September 2011
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A LITANY FOR SURVIVAL
For those of us who live at the shoreline standing upon the constant edges of decision crucial and alone for those of us who cannot indulge the passing dreams of choice who love in doorways coming and going in the hours between dawns looking inward and outward at once before and after seeking a now that can breed futures like bread in our children’s mouths so their dreams will...
There are things we do because they feel right & they may make no sense...
– quote a friend sent to me.
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bell hooks, layin it down:
Young progressives committed to social justice who had found it easy to maintain radical politics when they were living on the edge, on the outside, did not want to do the hard work of changing and reorganizing our existing system in ways that would affirm the values of peace and love, or democracy and justice. They fell into despair. And that despair made capitulation to the existing social order...
I am more and more convinced that true revolutionaries must perceive the...
– Paulo Freire
Breaking the silence – talking about class and coming to terms with where we...
– bell hooks
FEMME SHARK MANIFESTO
FEMME SHARKS DON’T EAT OUR OWN. FEMME SHARKS LIKE TO EAT THOUGH FEMME SHARKS RECOGNIZE THAT FEMMES COME IN ALL KINDS OF SIZES AND EACH KIND IS LUSCIOUS. WE WORK TOWARDS LOVING OUR CURVY, FAT, SKINNY, SUPERSIZE, THICK, DISABLED, BLACK AND BROWN FINE-ASS BODIES EVERY DAY. WE REALIZE THAT LOVING OURSELVES IN A RACIST/SEXIST/HOMO/TRANSPHOBIC/ABLIST/CLASSIST SYSTEM IS AN EVERY DAY ACT OF...
The subtle sculpting of identity has roots in Boston for me. I was never out...
– http://bodiesofstory.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/on-leaving-new-england/
Great article on male sexuality →
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Download The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton and... →
hickiesandhotpants:
So I dug through my e-mail and found The Ethical Slut (THE book on polyamory and effective communication that taught me everything I know) in pdf form so DOWNLOAD THAT SHIT. READ IT. SEND IT TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW. Cause even if you have no interest in being poly, it saved my LIFE in teaching me how to communicate non-violently and talk about my...