brklyn boihood posted a BOMB article on Autostraddle the other day. Here's a snippet:
It’s just that of all the spectrum riding, genuinely evolving, delicate fixtures of flight in my life, I so love my sexuality being articulated as concrete. And yes, even concrete gets uprooted and reshaped and cracked and stepped inside of (whoa, I’m losing control of this metaphor!)—but that isn’t the point. The point is I love being gay. I came to understand myself, my identity in spaces that did not lend themselves to the latitude of this city at this time in history. ‘Queer’ felt as distant to me as ‘butch’—a term I’ve slowly begun to integrate into my spectrum of personal representation. Being queer meant having a ‘partner’ or ‘lover’ and I wanted a girlfriend. I have been so grateful, over the last several years to be introduced to queer spaces and to understand queerness as a statement of person and not sexual-identity. Like ‘butch’, I’ve tested it in my personal language of late. It feels quite right in so many realms—when talking to groups or conjuring the notion of space where we all can make room for each other. But, despite my greatest efforts to be so—I end up just feeling like a gay-ass in a queer-ass’s clothes. Love me anyway. I love you.
Ok and my favorite part:
ALSO ALSO ALSO the act of existing outside of the realm of gender (whether or not that is even *actually* happening…) does not speak in the language of the human condition. It is a privilege to imagine such a space and doing so, in my mind, leaves people out. The goal of progress should never be exclusion. The concept of removing gender as an identifying factor is exclusive because it is not a concept accessible to MOST of the world…particularly to women. In believing in its non-existence, what are we doing to the people who exist inside of this paradigm everyday?
That last part can also be applied to colorblindness. Now, go and read the whole thing.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
I'm Back on Tumblr
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| Taken by me. My name is Lydia. |
I couldn't stay away. It's just too gay and colored to pass up. I promise this tumblog is long-term. My last one was too contrived. This one actually serves a purpose. For those of you who don't know, my Canon Rebel XT was stolen. So, I'm compensating with my iPhone (Instagram and Hipstamatic. Look it up.). It serves one purpose in two ways. The first is to visually get my creative juices flowing, i.e., trying really hard to take great, spontaneous pictures using a phone. The second is to release creative energy being injected into my veins from beautiful people and reading books, i.e., writing haikus. Yay, creativity!
A note on reading books:
Books keep me sane. They are ESSENTIAL TO MY SANITY. I first made this discovery reading the Bible way back in my Jesus Freak days. I used to think it was just the Bible that made me better. But nay. It's knowledge and positive energy. Think Napoleon Hill and Thich Nhat Hanh and Russell Simmons and Alice Walker and soon some Audre Lorde. And yes, Jesus still counts. Contrary to popular belief, he was a cool dude. These people battle my dark side for me. Also, I'm hoping to compensate (word of the day) for my demons with some meditation. (Did that sentence make sense?)
Anyway, check me out.
One of the Traps
by Alice Walker
from Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth
One of the worst traps
Is finding yourself
Despising someone
Really good.
There they are
Wearing a miniskirt
Talking dirty
But washing
The filthy
Feeding the hungry
Defending
The poor
Befriending the dead
& all you can
Say in your
Defense
Is
Their bleached hair
& studded
Nostril
Hardly goes
With so much
Leg.
Happy STI Awareness Month!
MTV is on the bandwagon with GYT (Get Yourself Tested). And to encourage safety being first, it's holding a sweepstakes. If you search for the nearest testing center near you and vow to get tested, you will be entered to win 2 tickets to their 2011 Movie Awards. It's also chock full of very important and useful and essential information. In fact, the site is huge. I don't jive with MTV too hard but they are racking up some serious brownie points right now. So with that...
GET TESTED!!!
Hell, do it for fun. Duh, it's your sex life.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
THE ROE EFFECT
Synopsis: In a world frighteningly similar to our own, Dawn and her girlfriend Sam are madly in love. But unbeknownst to Sam, Dawn is hiding a terrible secret, one powerful enough to destroy all Dawn holds dear. In this heart-wrenching tale of love and loss, Dawn must choose between exposing a painful truth and losing the girl she loves.
To Be a Woman
by Alice Walker
from Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth
To be a woman
Does not mean
To wear
A shroud;
The Feminine
Is not
Dead
Nor is she
Sleeping
Angry, yes,
Seething, yes.
Biding her time;
Yes.
Yes.
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