March 2012
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a man named ben and the way he caught us admiring crafted owls in the window display of an art supply store and told us that owls sing the death song of a spirit releasing itself from a body and how when he last heard an owl hoo hoo in the night, he found out the next morning it was his brother that had died. you lock eyes with all humans and aren’t afraid of the alley ways.
February 2012
166 posts
QUEERING THE GAME OF LIFE: 13 Year Old Jada... →
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baddominicana:
thatmuchlove:
13 Year Old Jada Williams Persecuted by the Rochester City School District Over her essay on Frederick Douglass.
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beautifulbrwn:
“On Saturday, February 18, 2012, the Frederick…
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forgive me when i showed you the deep set bruises on my wing bones, the only sonnet i ever conducted, i wrote it in spanish, the soil around the succulents was wet with left over fog, i clutched doris in my palms, told her i’d wish a thousand times she’d teach me how to string a ribbon through a typewriter’s skull because when i press down on its teeth, it makes the prettiest sound. i...
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yo portland queers!
what are some cool venues to see shows at?
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“go slow. it’s so hard to go slow when you can feel your dreams coming...”
– cindy crabb, “ramp holler” from doris 28
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that one time when your ~*sweetheart*~
gifts you a new diva cup
and makes you breakfast in bed.
now i will make a soap concoction and write poems
on this perfectly beautiful san francisco day.
lafemmechat:
There are those who party, and those who potluck.
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if you* are socialized female
and your hair is short then you must want to be a man.
if you are socialized male
and your hair is long then whatever.
“if you buzz your head,
don’t show your father because
it’s already difficult for him to comprehend your gender.”
*NIC/ME/I
“a lot of people refuse to do things because they don’t want to go naked,...”
– nikki giovanni
neutral pronoun hotel:
they/them pronouns, please
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i love the that my friends fulfill me in different ways,
teach me things,
share their perspectives,
want to learn from me,
grow along side of me,
basically just breathe different types of beauty into my life.
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i love my babes!!!!
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when i burrowed my face into her chest
as i was drifting off to sleep,
she asked,
“have you ever seen fireflies?”
i shook my head and mumbled “no”,
and she said,
“oh, nic,
i’m going to show you all the fireflies.”
15) 'Hi my preferred pronouns are....' I have no...
FOR REAL.
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“my rollercoaster’s got the biggest ups and downs, as long as it keeps goin’ round it’s unbelievable”
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YO PNW,
ME AND SOME BABES WILL BE INSIDE OF YOU
MARCH 18-26ish!
PORTLAND ON/AROUND MARCH 21ST,
CAN WE SLEEP OVER?
THANKS!
p.s. kate holub, i’m coming for you<3!
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c.r.u.s.h.i.n
h.a.r.d.
just the same old motherboy
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EDITED from a prose piece:
violin i love violins like i was born inside of one. all wood, all lacquer, all strings around my fists, all pulsating fingertips, you know, truly, you are unlike any of the bodies i’ve seen falter on the floor boards, truly, your wrists are a dialog of scar tissue spilling like poems off a violin’s neck, you call this the madness vase where you keep your voice...
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had coffee with babes at my kitchen table, danced to tacocat in the cottage, milo took pictures of mars and me for a genderqueer photo project, biked to the store to buy bread, practiced poems, texted babes, now sitting on the patio with three (3!) cats, going to go visit char at work and write, eat some food, and then the lit slam!
what a good wednesday so far
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walk through golden gate park, snack picnic by the windmill, sand dollar collection on the beach, large pieces of driftwood that look like gophers, vegan pie and iced coffee at mission pie. date 1: successful. now onto round 2.
“It reminds me of the “bike to work” movement. That is also portrayed as white,...”
– comment left on the Racialious blog post “Sustainable Food & Privilege: Why is Green always White (and Male and Upper-Class)” (via ouiominy)
BOOM.
(via theoceanandthesky)
cuddle
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: Daphne Gottlieb, "Why Things Burn" →
sharingpoetry:
My fire-eating career came to an end when I could no longer tell when to spit and when to swallow. Last night in Amsterdam, 1,000 tulips burned to death. I have an alibi. When I walked by your garden, your hand grenades were in bloom. You caught me playing loves…
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i can’t stop talking in a baby voice, even when i’m by myself……………
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“everyone needs a tortured poet in their lives”
– mars rea
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…the last row of planter pots you kicked over and screamed and i joined you in a fury fit to match your rage just so we could watch the dried clay break against the concrete, how good it felt to watch you seething in your anger splitting into the homes of something that was once alive, i know you would never throw a pot if a flower had been blooming inside it, but you needed to show...
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one of the plants in my room just bloomed today, i’ve cleaned off my desk so my typewriter isn’t just an accessory but has space to serve it’s purpose, no more typing on the floor, i dusted after 6 months, have one poem completely memorized and another on it’s way, my bike can change gears after being stuck in a high gear for 3 months - i’m going to paint her purple,...
acid and childhood flashbacks.
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“Boys are told from a young age that whatever they do will be excused under the...”
– http://yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/the-nonexistent-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-consequences-of-enthusiastic-consent/ (via 2222222222222222222222
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“This is a pretty common perception of White Identity that should definitely be...”
– foxtalbotnegatives (via sapphrikah)
(via queerandpresentdanger)
“Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good. Anybody who...”
– Amy Poehler (via stupidhandshakeything)
While cis gays are fighting for the right to...
inflateablefilth:
Please stop saying that the LGBT community is achieving victories when you talk about marriage and DADT. It’s the LGB community.
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