Never expected to get noticed. Hehe. Oh well.
Back to being me!
No Queer Is An Island: An Interview with Ryka Aoki
Chemist. Poet. Fifth-degree black belt. Meet Ryka Aoki, author of the new Lamba Literary Award-nominated book of poetry (and more), Seasonal Velocities. In this interview, we discuss her previous job doing weird science (really, really weird science), publishing her book with a brand-new DIY all-trans press, and her Lamba Literary Award nomination. Highlights include:
- how judo prepared her for a life in the social justice movement,
- how being an abuse victim helped prepare her for an MFA in poetry,
- why your “movement” work doesn’t have to end in becoming jaded and burning out.
Downloadable version here.
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What exactly does “normal” to dark skin mean? So dark skin isn’t normal? Dove is fucked up.
What the hell
yeah my friend showed me this and what can i do
2013, every body.
Ok. I’m convinced that bottles of DOVE LOTION and it’s distributors are racist fucks.
plus dove sells skin-lightening products in a lot of countries
Dove are also owned the same company who owns lynx
(google ‘the lynx effect’ for your daily dose of misogyny) Dove are evil fucksbut guuuuuuuys ~*~real beauty campaign~*~!!!!!!!
nooooooope.
Dove, you can go sit in the corner and think about what you did wrong.
(via sensual-grandma)
An abandoned Atlanta school’s bathroom is slowly reclaimed by ivy and kudzu.
(via princess-axolotl)
Ate jalapenos with eggs and mushrooms
Rubbed crotch
Now crotch tingles with the joy of spicy jalapenos
WTF.
If you accidentally misgender someone
Do:
-apologize quickly once
-correct yourself
Don’t:
-apologize profusely
-ramble on about how you’re actually really accepting
-keep apologizing
-tell them about your trans* best friend who you’re so very supportive of
-apologize some more
-talk about how you never do this
-apologize even more
(via alexandraerin)
Anyone out there who has changed their name (for trans* reasons)
Has that helped you at all with avoiding misgendering?
Will it be necessary to change my name only, or go all the way and change the gender marker?
Maybe we can finally get rid of that BBC stock image of ‘veils of Muslim world’.
(via theboyprincessdiaries)
“Pepper, pay attention to me”
I guess she forgot to take him or a walk today
if anyone needs me i’ll just be over here laughing for the next ten years
*stupid flailing*
I THOUGHT PETS WEREN’T ALLOWED IN THAT EVENT
So me. <3
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(via sensual-grandma)
Blocked a shit-ton of people
holy fuck
