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"Queerness, to me, is about far more than homosexual attraction. It’s about a willingness to see all..."

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:47:02 -0400

“Queerness, to me, is about far more than homosexual attraction. It’s about a willingness to see all other taboos broken down. Sure, many of us start on this path when we first feel “same sex” or “same gender” attraction (though what is sex? And what is gender? And does anyone really have the same sex or gender as anyone else?). But queerness doesn’t stop there.
This is a somewhat controversial stance, but to me queer means something completely different than “gay” or “lesbian” or “bisexual.” A queer person is usually someone who has come to a non-binary view of gender, who recognizes the validity of all trans identities, and who, given this understanding of infinite gender possibilities, finds it hard to define their sexuality any longer in a gender-based way. Queer people understand and support non-monogamy even if they do not engage in it themselves. They can grok being asexual or aromantic. (What does sex have to do with love, or love with sex, necessarily?) A queer can view promiscuous (protected) public bathhouse sex with strangers and complete abstinence as equally healthy.
Queers understand that people have different relationships to their bodies. We get what it means to be stone. We know what body dysphoria is about. We understand that not everyone likes to get touched the same way or to get touched at all. We realize that people with disabilities may have different sexual needs, and that people with survivor histories often have sexual triggers. We can negotiate safe and creative ways to be intimate with people with HIV/AIDs and other STIs.
Queers understand the range of power and sensation and the diversity of sexual dynamics. We are tops and bottoms, doms and subs, sadists and masochists and sadomasochists, versatiles and switches. We know what we like and don’t like in bed.
We embrace a wide range of relationship types. We can be partners, lovers, friends with benefits, platonic sweethearts, chosen family. We can have very different dynamics with different people, often all at once. We don’t expect one person to be able to fulfill all our diverse needs, fantasies and ideals indefinitely.
Because our views on relationships, sex, gender, love, bodies, and family are so unconventional, we are of necessity anti-assimilationist. Because under the kyriarchy we suffer, and watch the people we love suffering, we are political. Because we want to survive, we fight. We only want the freedom to be ourselves, love ourselves, love each other, and live together. Because we are routinely denied that, we are pissed.
Queer doesn’t mean “don’t label me,” it means “I am naming myself.” It means “ask me more questions if you’re curious” and in the same breath means “fuck off.””

- What Queerness Means To Me « Tranarchism (via docasaur)

what is said about gender is soooo much why i id as queer. but i love it all.

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Crunk Feminist Collective, hellz yes.

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this is just utter perfection. ugh. so good.

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I totally just quoted this on my FetLife profile.

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this really is PERFECT.

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afro-art-chick: “We all must live our lives always feeling,...

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afro-art-chick:

“We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.”

“We have more media than ever and more technology in our lives. It’s supposed to help us communicate, but it has the opposite effect of isolating us.”

“People’s real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you’re not sure what you really want or what you even really need.”

“You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I’ve been trying to do that. It’s really made a major difference for me. I’m a happier person.”

“Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don’t usually approach a record as a concept. There’s no overriding theme I’m trying to represent. It’s all about the individual songs.”

Happy 49th Birthday to singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman (b. March 30, 1964)

zenjamaican: tin-pan-ali: Since Whose Line is coming back we...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:36:49 -0400

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tin-pan-ali:

Since Whose Line is coming back we might as well bring this picture back too.

Speaking of self-deprecating white humor made me remember this show. I hope the new installment is as good as the old one.

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deadlydestroyedbeauty: xo

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deadlydestroyedbeauty:

xo

girlsuwillnevermeet: messymindoftaylor: Her face. her...

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girlsuwillnevermeet:

messymindoftaylor:

Her face.

her face>

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oecologia: “In March, due to a natural phenomenon,...

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oecologia:

“In March, due to a natural phenomenon, Siberia’s Lake Baikal is particularly amazing to photograph. The temperature, wind and sun cause the ice crust to crack and form beautiful turquoise blocks or ice hummocks on the lake’s surface.”

Photograph by Alex El Barto.

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other-wordly: pronunciation | “so-frO-‘sU-nAGreek script...

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other-wordly:

pronunciation | “so-frO-‘sU-nA
Greek script | σωφροσύνη

other-wordly: pronunciation | “so-frO-‘sU-nAGreek script...

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other-wordly:

pronunciation | “so-frO-‘sU-nA
Greek script | σωφροσύνη

iplayydirtyy: xo

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iplayydirtyy:

xo

poc-creators: You Should Be Reading: Vandana Shiva. Bio from...

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poc-creators:

You Should Be Reading: Vandana Shiva.

Bio from South End Press

Born in India in 1952, Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned environmental leader and thinker. Director of the Research Foundation on Science, Technology, and Ecology, she is the author of many books, including Staying Alive: Women, Ecology, and Development (South End Press, 2010) Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis (South End Press, 2008), Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace (South End Press, 2005),Water Wars: Pollution, Profits, and Privatization (South End Press, 2001), Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge (South End Press, 1997), Monocultures of the Mind (Zed, 1993), and The Violence of the Green Revolution (Zed, 1992).

Shiva is a leader in the International Forum on Globalization, along with Ralph Nader and Jeremy Rifkin. She addressed the World Trade Organization summit in Seattle, 1999, as well as the recent World Economic Forum in Melbourne , 2000. In 1993, Shiva won the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize (the Right Livelihood Award). In 2010, she was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize for her commitment to social justice. The founder of Navdanya (“nine seeds”), a movement promoting diversity and use of native seeds, she also set up the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology in her mother’s cowshed in 1997. Its studies have validated the ecological value of traditional farming and been instrumental in fighting destructive development projects in India .

Before becoming an activist, Shiva was one of India ’s leading physicists. She holds a master’s degree in the philosophy of science and a PhD in particle physics.

Some of the books are available at South End Press, a poc run independent press, including some in Spanish.

This woman is amazing.

Nicki on New Year’s Eve !

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Nicki on New Year’s Eve !

taylordonsker: Walnut Slab Dining Table in it’s new home....

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Walnut Slab Dining Table in it’s new home. Sitting on a folded steel plate base with a blackened patina.

welldamnwd: 2304 Aline

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welldamnwd:

2304 Aline

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