April 2013
10 posts
“Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.”
– Rosa Luxemburg (via downbeatlove)
WHEN CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISTS ASK SILLY QUESTIONS
everydayimpastoring:
I reply to them all like
WHEN ONE OF MY PROGRESSIVE CLERGY FRIENDS PROCEEDS...
everydayimpastoring:
(Usually in an attempt to appear smarter or more justice-driven.) (Note: Women can mansplain, too.)
THIS. You can try bigger words and more of them. I am fine with it. It won’t make you right and it won’t make you smarter than me.
“It is sometimes so bitterly cold in the winter that one says, `The cold is too...”
– Vincent van Gogh, from a letter to Theo van Gogh in August 1879 (via awritersruminations)
HRC and Me—Issues with Marriage Equality
March 2013
2 posts
Acting Out Of Love...
fabianromero:
acting out of love isn’t about being nice. sometimes it is asking people to change because they are hurtful or insensitive, racist or oppressive. it is pushing people to grow and rethink their behavior.
love is many things but when its limited to being nice, manipulation can easily be labeled love.
fabian romero- indigenous immigrant queer boi writer
“There is a very common reason that people do not visit or call others who are in...”
– Rabbi Naomi Levy, To Begin Again p.54 (via revnaomiking)
February 2013
58 posts
my conclusions are not always pleasant:... →
muckrakingiswomenswork:
i mean proper crediting of sources is just baseline
and crediting/citation is used to protect the supposed integrity of the researcher/academic/writer themselves
to protect THEM from being accused of plagarism NOT to protect the source of the information
so…
this sums up the injury to my friends the zinesters, the poets, the scrawlers…
What does it mean to be a seminarian of color?
Joan Amtoft-Nielsen is a physician who works with cancer patients. She borrows words from Mother Teresa to express how she connects action with service:
“Ironically, we can only serve that to which we are profoundly connected, that which we are willing to touch. This was Mother Teresa’s basic message: “We serve life, not because it is broken, but because it is holy.”
For the explanation of how...
“The question lesbian and gay people need to answer is not “Why are transgender...”
– Transgender Communities: Developing Identity Through Connection Lev AI in Bieschke et al (2007)
This is for true. We can’t leave anyone behind—or, we must bring everyone along as we advance in rights.
What do you call a girl with a penis?
sunwillswallow:
sparkzter:
Her name.
reblogging again because this post has less than 4000 notes but the one about trans men has over 20k
Ten Days of Body Love: Day 8—I love my body when…
I love my body when I decorate it. This love is a green light for the fancy beauty or handsomeness of your personal style. Lately, I’ve been daydreaming about wearing ties. It’s not because I feel butch in that way. It’s just because I find the thin necktie visually pleasing. It’s a lot tidier and more geometric than a women’s scarf.
A long time ago I heard from...
The amount I’m receiving in food stamps was cut by half. It’s probably because of the outrageously opulent payment I am getting from Social Security.
I can't stand it...
Of course. Of course, I want more justice in the world. Of course I think Love is the way to go about it. What’s the problem, then? Simple. I’m tired of the inherent ableism in the Standing On The Side Of Love campaign name.
What I won’t be doing is standing. I’ll be sitting or riding by on my scooter. But the name doesn’t leave any room for that.
I can hear the...
tranqualizer:
who cares if change doesn’t happen in my lifetime. the revolution is not about whether or not i will be around to attach my name its fruition. i have faith in the struggle, i believe that all that i do is worth it. i believe that all that we do is worth it, that it moves us closer to collective liberation. that’s what matters.
I am reblogging this because what I am born to do...
Ten Days of Body Love: Day 7—I love my body when…
I love my body when I honor my scars. I think of them as geography across multiple dimensions, serving as both tangible, physical markers and sometimes as bookmarks, allowing us to remember meaningful moments and lessons.
This image is one that I made for a zine about beauty and body image, but I think it’s a good one for this topic. Some of my friends celebrate scars as part of what...
tranqualizer:
the saddest and sweetest tender moment today was when an elderly woman of color came into our workplace to pick up her items. i wasn’t around to get the door for her on her way in (she uses a cane) so i offered to get it for her on her way out. she agreed and by the time she had left the door she asked if i would walk her to her car. she held onto my arm and said, “thank you sir....
tranqualizer:
I swear I am not all that intimidating but there is something about me that makes lil prepubescent white boyz painfully lower their voices to interact with me good
some things like strength of will and precision of focus
Somewhere on Tumblr, I read that the remains at the Dorner cabin incident were identified as female. But I can’t find it again. If you know where that is or where that came from and can link me to it, I’d appreciate it. Thanks.
eta: can’t find it
ro-s-aspa-rks:
This Oscar Pistorius murder story makes no sense.
It really doesn’t. My lawyerness (previous career) says that what we are hearing and seeing is the PowerPoint designed to keep him from being discarded.
Spongebob: "What if I break your trust someday?"
Patrick: "Trusting you is my decision, proving me wrong is your choice."
(tw:sexual assault) I am not accustomed to...
though once I was, I am no longer
accustomed to sleeping in the dark.
after that thing, that time, I began to
cast a magic circle around my body,
as far as the light would shine.
in the jungle:
the bare incandescent bulb
in Miami:
the desk lamp with a push button for
the on and the off.
in Connecticut:
the street light that amber shone down
on lines and rows of student homes.
and then...
Days of Body Love
I know I’m a little behind. I will complete it, beginning again tomorrow. Tonight, I am going to write about something else.
“You don’t need someone who is oppressing you to validate your feelings about...”
– Kim Katrin Crosby (via queergiftedblack)
I was just talking tonight about speaking out in the face of oppression and having that minimized like a Windows popup.
I have a replacement scooter--now if we could...
fabianromero:
inexplicablebeauty:
I have a replacement scooter! Stacey Wilson’s mom bought it for $275, so if we could pay her back that would be super swell. Stacey’s Paypal email is staceymwilson74@yahoo.com. Thank you so infinity much, Stacey’s mom!
hey yall this is my friend who’s scooter was stolen in Portland. please pass this on and donate if you can. :)
reblog to...
I have a replacement scooter--now if we could...
I have a replacement scooter! Stacey Wilson’s mom bought it for $275, so if we could pay her back that would be super swell. Stacey’s Paypal email is staceymwilson74@yahoo.com. Thank you so infinity much, Stacey’s mom!
eta: Stacey’s email isn’t working; mine is tisoto@gmail.com.
“But listen to me: for one moment,
quit being sad. Hear blessings
dropping...”
– “Listen for Blessings,” Jelaluddin Rumi in The Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks (via uurevphil)
Y'ALL: 2.12.13's daily →
tranqualizer:
If I am writing then I am still alive
When I am writing I am still alive
I am writing so I am still alive
I have to thank my ancestors for that one, for letting their spirits be words that fall into stories where words are missing accents and caps and I’ll be writing about their city and…
Fabian Romero: witnessing humility: prose about... →
fabianromero:
grief and sadness are the greatest humblers taking men that never cry into the depths of rainfalls in tears, collapsing strong women to their knees, breaking through the armor of those with non-binary genders who have found ways of surviving by reinforcing walls. i have seen a lot of people break…
eres siempre mensajerx de salud del corazón. te quiero mucho.
The face I make when my scooter gets stolen
Part of what I am experiencing is an obligation to act strong, lest you get the impression that people with disabilities are weak, lest you get the impression that if you take my mobility device away from me I will crumble. Part of what I am feeling is an instinct to hide emotions that are not so pretty. Rage. Shame. Sadness. Even moments of questioning hope—can it, will it get better? But...
Trans friendly Rape Survivors Resources →
therapsid:
Signal boost this, please. 500 notes isn’t enough.
Stolen mobility scooter update: Portland 2/11/13
Someone saw my scooter around Pioneer Square about 15 minutes ago. When the police went to look they couldn’t find it.
fabianromero:
one of my most affective and easy self care practices is simple, i intentionally limit my exposure to photos that glorify impossible to achieve beauty standards. To me that means that I can’t follow blogs with endless pictures of white skinny able bodied queers. I need brown and black skin, I need fat, I need differently abled images, I need traditional clothes, I need...
