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Who Said It Was Simple
I’m a bit behind on the blogging and probably won’t catch up until next week. But I just stumbled upon this brilliant poem by Audre Lorde, one of the few by her that I haven’t read before. It reminded me of the recent conflicts that I’ve witnessed between certain white feminist bloggers and women of…
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My pride cup overfloweth…
Puerto Rican Day Parade by Martin Wong This weekend was a little overwhelming with the pride in my various identities. On Saturday, Brooklyn Pride exploded in all its queer glory. Me, my girlfriend, and Bessie the dog went out and were queer. This basically consisted of walking up and down Prospect Park West, getting about…
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Fifth Radical Women of Color Carnival
A few days late, but… the 5th Radical Women of Color Carnival is up at Fabulosa Mujer. It includes some of what I’ve been writing about gentrification of late, but more importantly, it includes tons of awesome links and quotes from many women of color bloggers, all put into excellent context by Fab. Check it…
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more thoughts on gentrification
Yesterday, I visited a friend who lives uptown. Walking from her apartment back to the 125th street stop on the A, I was struck by the fact that almost every single person I passed was white. I thought this was Harlem. Turns out, according to Wikipedia, Harlem proper doesn’t really start on the west side…
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AngryBrownButch in the flesh
This weekend I’m going to be sitting on a panel at the New Fest, the big queer film festival here in NYC. The details: Masculinity In The Lesbian Community 1pm on June 11, 2006 The New Yorker Hotel 481 Eighth Avenue (at 34th St.) Grammercy Park Suite $6 As seen in NewFest 2006 films like…
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Another reason to scrape that blue equal sign sticker off your bumper
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The Onion: spot on, indeed
By way of Vagina Magazine: New ‘Anti-Abortion Pill’ Kills Mother, Leaves Fetus Alive. From the article: Pfizer, manufacturer of UR-86—dubbed the “last-morning-ever pill”—said the drug is intended only for occasions when the mind-set or politics of the mother threaten the life of the fetus. “This drug is designed for extreme cases in which the mother…
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Mi Puerto Rico
My dad called me up earlier tonight and told me to switch on channel 13, which is PBS here in the NYC area. I thought he was trying to tell me, yet again, that In the Life, a lesbian and gay news show, was on; my dad loves to tell me about every single remotely…
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Of race, gender, and mutants
Spoiler alert: don’t click on the link below if you haven’t seen X3 yet, plan to, and care about things getting ruined for you. (I myself am extremely irritated when people, blog entries, film reviews, etc reveal crucial plot points of films that I’ve yet to see.) Just read some astute analysis on the WIMN’s…
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Alison Duncan for Lieutenant Governor
My good friend Alison Duncan is running for Lieutenant Governor of New York on the Green Party ticket. She’ll be keeping a campaign blog, which I encourage you all to check out. I have to admit that I know nothing about the other candidates for the post, including Senator David Paterson, the NY State Senator,…