April 2011
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Queer Musings: Wrong bodies, wrong gestures →
delisubthefemmecub:
This was a blog I wrote (quickly) for my queer poetics class. It was an effort to theoretically link a critique of the “trapped in the wrong body” narrative with Munoz’ work on “queer gesture”.
For the sake of example, I’m going to place myself within the lens of the…
something worth fighting for: couch surf for a month or so, hang with my homos and enjoy life for a moment. learn spanish and brush up on my osteo. find a job and save up for Peru. do research in Huari for a month then head down to Nazca and Arequipa, possibly back to Cuzco. head back to the states, pack up my shit and head off to the UK, get settled and kick ass in grad school.
this assuming...
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20 days until I fly to PA.
5 herbal supplements: tribulus, damiana, sarsparilla, ho shou wu and ashwaganda.
3 months ago, it would have been nice if I met them instead of her.
6 months until I’ll be in the UK.
3 months to save up to get to Peru.
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“Some will read “queer” as synonymous with “gay and lesbian” or “LGBT.” This...”
– toward the queerest insurrection (via eastofethan)
Queer is also about having the right to embrace identities as our own even if its standard practices, expressions, and implementations have been shown to be ineffective. Don’t forget that part. The last thing we need is for queer individuals who...
“There is a moral panic in America over young women’s sexuality- and it’s...”
– Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth How America’s Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women (via veggielezzyfemmie)
“What does it say about society that men are so comfortable drawing their own...”
– Sara Quin (via ruwilling)
YES! THIS!
I read a book once, where the protagonist got in trouble for drawing a vagina on the bathroom wall. All the characters in the book thought she did it because she was a lesbian, but she really did it because she was fascinated that no one else did. Penises are...
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Children are taught not to steal; they are taught...
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Despite dressing dapper as fuck this week, I was still referred to as ‘miss’ way too often. Is it the boobs? It has to be. If someone could tell me exactly what the main give away is, I’d love to correct it.
Though the guy checking me into my flight didn’t use any pronoun for me when he used it for the people before me. He was gay though, so maybe more aware?
Can I just...
Sleepover!
’ let’s eat ice cream and talk about boys!’
… Wait, other way around
‘lets eat girls and talk about ice cream!’
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I want to rip out my ribs and stab people with...
I’ve become increasingly bitter, resentful and misanthropic lately, despite the few good things that have been happening lately.
Clearly, I’m on my way to becoming a bitter old man :)
Accepted to Bradford and Bournemouth
commence epic freakout and scramble to plan visits to each.
