December 2011
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Using Real Psychology in Your Writing →
cypheroftyr:
thisisnotpsychology:
What Will Your Character Do When Disaster Strikes? by Carolyn Kaufman, PsyD
Characterization and Conflict: Using Psychological Tests to Improve Your Writing by Carolyn Kaufman, PsyD
Gathering Information from Characters: Types of Questions by JJ Cooper
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Dropping this here as a reference for my writing.
“Truth for anyone is a very complex thing. For a writer, what you leave out says...”
– Jeanette Winterson, All About My Mother (via @sexgeekAZ)
“Start telling the stories that only you can tell, because there’ll always be...”
– - A bit of writing advice from Neil Gaiman. (via faramirs)
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“There are so many things that we can’t say, because they are too painful....”
– Jeanette Winterson, All About My Mother (via @sexgeekAZ)
“For those who are told to speak only when spoken to and then are never spoken...”
– Anis Mojgani, Shake The Dust (via colporteur)
“So when people say that poetry is a luxury, or an option, or for the educated...”
– From Jeanette Winterson’s “All About My Mother.” The whole piece is riveting & gorgeous, but this bit in particular made me pump my fist in the air. (via queershoulder)
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“The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love...”
– James Baldwin
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“In a lot of work by non-disabled people, disability is used as a tool to explore...”
– Tera (via fragmentsofstuff)
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“Arguing that fat characters should not be seen on television is making the...”
– Lesley Kinzel, Yes, Fat People Exist: A Vote in Favor of More Diverse Bodies on TV (via adrowningwoman)
Surviving the Holidays in a Fat-Negative... →
metrofats:
Last weekend, MetroFats held a very successful skills share around body-shaming during holiday visits with family. We discussed the following questions:
What about holiday gatherings is hard for you? Is it just about body size, or is there other stuff too? What kinds of…
“The idea that perhaps the way women are portrayed in fandom is aleetle sexist is...”
– Nerds and Male Privilege | Paging Dr. NerdLove (via fridayfelts)
Totally accurate. Also, replace fandom/geekdom with hardcore/punk/straight edge and it’s dead on.
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“When someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes the world and you...”
– Adrienne Rich, Blood, Bread and Poetry
My next big article is about the importance of incorporating Gender and Sexuality Diversity into schools’ curriculums and social worlds. I’ve just started working on it, and Ms. Rich in all her genius is guiding the way with this quote that is just too true.
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What you don't see in the U.S. history books: POC... →
angrybrownbaby:
I ran across this and found it interesting (though I knew a good portion of the history since I remember learning about this as a kid in Mexico). I think the title should say Mexican and Black American Solidarity, though. As per usual, I will mention that Black people and…
“The hypervisibility of black women academics means that visibility, too, can be...”
– Evelynn M. Hammonds “Towards a Genealogy of Black Female Sexuality: The Problematic of Silence” (via abolitionista)
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“Being a body that desires to be seen, the black body lives on a fine line...”
– LEWIS GORDON, Bad Faith and Antiblack Racism
(via thefactofblackness)
“Unfortunately, it’s a common message: that eating disorders and body image...”
– Body Image Program Criticized For All-White Flier (via thewayshedances)
Exactly. Fat girls can’t possibly ever have eating disorders! Um… no. They can. Sorry.
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“It is alternately frustrating & enraging to read fiction that erases you, or...”
– karnythia over at Future Fire. (via wildunicornherd)
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The Big Sexy Problem with Superheroines and Their... →
queershoulder:
This is really smart & spot-on. Worth a read.
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XO Jane: Everybody Loves "Glee" (Except the... →
meloukhia:
So, “Glee” is back. My Twitter timeline seems to be about evenly split between cries of rejoicing and people moaning about their love/hate relationship with the show. I have a confession to make, though, which is really not much of a confession of all to anyone who knows me: I have a hate relationship with “Glee.” I never thought I would be in the position of hatewatching a show, but...
A call to action for GOOD LGBTQ portrayals →
dancinggoats:
http://arsmarginal.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/poking-again-at-the-aftermath-of-the-ya-drama/
Yes, yes, yes to all of this. For the love of all that is good, can we please get beyond the stereotypes, the homophobia, the sexuality-is-all-LGBTQ-peoples-think-about trope, the…
“There is an argument that it’s OK to draw women in this hyper-idealized and...”
– Jamie McKelvie, Female Super-Hero Characters and Sex (via elliottmarshal)
“But I can tell you, absolutely, without a doubt, that they are desperately...”
– Sarah Diemer (via fuckyeahlesbianliterature)
“I try not to read too much into it, but there’s a bit of a bias, where you’re...”
– Peter Dinklage on how fantasy depicts dwarves (via obsessionfull) (via nunmoreblack)
Have I told you guys how much I adore Peter Dinklage?
Because you guys
Peter Dinklage is the fucking best!
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I’m hearting this so hard right now. See? See? We toldja this social justice...
“I noticed when I talked with audiences about the representation of Asian women...”
– bell hooks (via swintons)
“I do not want to be tolerated, or misnamed. I want to be recognized.”
– Audre Lorde
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“The insistence of Black women’s self-definitions reframes the entire dialogue...”
– Patricia Hill Collins (via ohhsequin)
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Strength, Survival, & Black Women →
theoceanandthesky:
karnythia:
We’ve been discussing the myth of the Strong Black Woman on twitter lately, and why so many people need to believe it. There’s the internal community stuff that leaves little room for nurturing or healing because black women are expected to bear everything….
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“Sometimes, Black women can conquer negative myths, sometimes they are defeated,...”
– Dr. Melissa V. Harris-Perry (via newwavefeminism)
“Significantly, even when individual black women are able to advance...”
– bell hooks, “Ain’t She Still a Woman?” (via nottingham)
I am reading my erotica this Thursday in NYC
Baby it’s cold outside. Come heat it up at my erotica reading on Thursday. You know you want to.
My story, “How He Likes it” appears in Best Lesbian Erotica 2012, which is now out and available, and recommended in Autostraddle’s gifting guide. I will be reading from that story at Drunken Careening Writers as part of the annual Best Lesbian Erotica reading. Copies of the book...
Gina: 'Tis the Gig-Hunting Season! →
queershoulder:
Hello, lovely folks, ‘Tis gig-hunting season again, and I am putting myself out there for 2012 gigs. If you’re interested in bringing me to your community center or college campus for a performance or a workshop, please have a look at my Booking Page and get in touch. Teaching & performing…
Sapphire Caricature (Angry black woman... →
queennubian:
Sapphire Caricature
The Sapphire Caricature portrays Black women as rude, loud, malicious, stubborn, and overbearing.1 This is the Angry Black Woman (ABW) popularized in the cinema and on television. She is tart-tongued and emasculating, one hand on a hip the other pointing and jabbing (or arms akimbo), violently and rhythmically rocking her head, mocking African American men for...
Fetishizing People of Color: The Downside of... →
shanzizcassette:
So important.
The Tom Caricature (Uncle Ben, black butlers,... →
queennubian:
The Tom Caricature
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The Tom caricature portrays Black men as faithful, happily submissive servants. The Tom caricature, as with the Mammy Caricature, was born in ante-bellum America in the defense of slavery. How could slavery be wrong, argued its proponents, if Black servants, males (Toms) and females (Mammies) were contented, loyal servants? The Tom is presented...
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Reasons why the "positive" racism, "model... →
fromonesurvivortoanother:
Any standard that is unrealistic and homogenous is inherently damaging by creating inhuman expectations.
This is especially true when Asian American socio-economic status, although higher on average than other non-white groups, can actually vary hugely between…
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“Racial stereotypes are a part of a belief system deeply embedded in American...”
– Dorothy Roberts, Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare (emphasis mine)
Some thoughts I have on this quote are this thought: Do we believe that people in the highest places with the most access to things honestly don’t know these stereotypes are untrue and just replicate them for their...
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“What the people need is the truth, and not the pretty truth. The horrible,...”
– Huey Freeman, The Boondocks.
This is one of the largest reasons why I write and teach.
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Ignacio Rivera offering free tix to Dark Odyssey... →
“Although I can’t be at Winter Fire, that doesn’t mean you don’t have to. As, you all should know by now, the discussion of race and class is very important to me. I’ve consistently raised issues about people and or organizations that don’t make events such as this one accessible. We’ll I’m happy to say that the organizers at DOWF, have upheld their commitment to diversity set forth by...
BROKEN BODIES - A Cultural Revolution: Disabled... →
What: Album Release Celebration and Panel
When: Sunday, Feb 19th
Time: TBA
Where: San Francisco Main Library Room(?) – 100 Larkin street, San Francisco.
Krip-Hop Nation, a powerful group of international Hip Hop artists and other musicians with disabilities, 5th Battalion Entertainment of LA led by DJ Quad, a Hip-Hop artist with a disability, Emmitt Thrower, a retired NYPD officer turned...
Sex Workers' Writing Workshop TOMORROW (December... →
queershoulder:
Hey folks, Sex Workers’ Writing Workshop is happening tomorrow (Saturday, December 10th) at the Center for Sex & Culture. Come out! More info below. :) xxx, Gina —-
Sex Workers’ Writing Workshop
Saturday, December 10th (usually 2nd Saturday of Every Month), 2-4pm …
Law for the People: What’s worse than getting... →
lawforthepeople:
What’s worse than getting deported?
{Recently LftP has explored the civil right to counsel - when people have a right to free legal assistance in non-criminal matters. (See, e.g., here and here.) Over the next few weeks we’ll shift to immigration. New contributor Jessica Jenkins explains, in this piece cross-posted with her immigration blog, Beside the Golden Door, how the two...
example of state violence
(trigger warning: detailed description of sexual and racist violence by ICE agents and police officers)
mysunwolf:
“Suddenly there was a loud banging at the door and voices shouting “Police!” and “Policia!” When no one answered, the agents tried to force the door open. Scared, Jesus hid in a closet. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents began hitting objects against the bedroom...
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“Parental conduct or home conditions that appear innocent when the parents are...”
– Dorothy Roberts, Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare (via thecurvature)
“White women drug abusers are far more likely to receive counseling, treatment...”
– Sikivu Hutchinson (rest of the article here)
Black & Missing - Missing Adults, Children, Cold... →
border-war-dispatches:
This is a recording from...
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“At the same time as we organize behind specific and urgent issues, we must also...”
– Audre Lorde, “The First Black Feminist Retreat: July 6, 1977”, From the Audre Lorde Papers, Spelman College Archives. Published for the first time in I am Your Sister: Collected and Unpublished Writings of Audre Lorde