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August 2024
in imagearen't forever
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bodies
get
bodies
even
but
so cool that we
@ raminnazer
@raminnazer
O
0
bodies
get
bodies
even
but
so cool that we
@ raminnazer
@raminnazer
in imageArt Anthony Hurd
Words Aleah Black
y
And
what
self
would
you truly
live for?
@gendersauce
Words Aleah Black
y
And
what
self
would
you truly
live for?
@gendersauce
in imageDHLIDIAL Pr
I love Leo's writing
in imageI was always told Id never make it to 40.
Sex education, bullies and movies said Id die of AIDS
or loneliness. There were no sitcoms about older Gay
men (a "special episode" if I was lucky). My script was
written: Id be cast as "angsty, closeted teen
then
addicted, suicidal hustler then
sexless,
funny,
fashionable sidekick (no older than 35),
white picket
husband or creepy, flaming villain. Then I vanished.
Why would I argue or expect more? So many heroes
died by 40. My addiction and suicide rates are so much
higher than my straight counterparts. My own
community's ageism suspends youth and virility by
any needle, pipe,
an this culturalermi, ermpis te otter side ry
action movie bridge, broken and perilous.
I am 43 today. My need for sexual validation has
simmered (a little bit). The chips on my shoulder are
melting off and the scars of gay bashings look kinda
cool. I earned rights and built tools unimaginable to
my ancestors. What I sacrificed and valued means the
next generations will not need to start from scratch.
Audiences will not forget they've seen us. I no longer
need to buy or sell scripts about invisible men. In our
fatherless culture, my elders call me baby and my
children call me Daddy.
Iam the last First Generation.
Leo Herrera
@herreraimages
I love Leo's writing
Sex education, bullies and movies said Id die of AIDS
or loneliness. There were no sitcoms about older Gay
men (a "special episode" if I was lucky). My script was
written: Id be cast as "angsty, closeted teen
then
addicted, suicidal hustler then
sexless,
funny,
fashionable sidekick (no older than 35),
white picket
husband or creepy, flaming villain. Then I vanished.
Why would I argue or expect more? So many heroes
died by 40. My addiction and suicide rates are so much
higher than my straight counterparts. My own
community's ageism suspends youth and virility by
any needle, pipe,
an this culturalermi, ermpis te otter side ry
action movie bridge, broken and perilous.
I am 43 today. My need for sexual validation has
simmered (a little bit). The chips on my shoulder are
melting off and the scars of gay bashings look kinda
cool. I earned rights and built tools unimaginable to
my ancestors. What I sacrificed and valued means the
next generations will not need to start from scratch.
Audiences will not forget they've seen us. I no longer
need to buy or sell scripts about invisible men. In our
fatherless culture, my elders call me baby and my
children call me Daddy.
Iam the last First Generation.
Leo Herrera
@herreraimages
I love Leo's writing
in imagethem
"The American ideal, then, of sexuality appears to be
rooted in the American ideal of masculinity. This ideal has
created cowboys and Indians, good guys and bad guys,
punks and studs, tough guys and softies, butch and faggot,
black and white. It is an ideal so paralytically infantile that
it is virtually forbidden - as an unpatriotic act -that the
American boy evolve into the complexity of manhood."
— James Baldwin in his essay
"Here Be Dragons," 1985
Anthony Barboza/Getty Images
@them
"The American ideal, then, of sexuality appears to be
rooted in the American ideal of masculinity. This ideal has
created cowboys and Indians, good guys and bad guys,
punks and studs, tough guys and softies, butch and faggot,
black and white. It is an ideal so paralytically infantile that
it is virtually forbidden - as an unpatriotic act -that the
American boy evolve into the complexity of manhood."
— James Baldwin in his essay
"Here Be Dragons," 1985
Anthony Barboza/Getty Images
@them
in imageWords Aleah Black
Joy can also be the
great motivator of
change.
@gendersauce
Joy can also be the
great motivator of
change.
@gendersauce
in imageDr. John Rusin
@drjohnrusin
The average American
lifespan is 76.4 years.
MIDDLE AGE isn't 50, it's 38...
Regular structured exercise
(specifically strength training)
can not only help slow aging, but
REVERSE aging before it begins.
Start now, and never stop.
@drjohnrusin
The average American
lifespan is 76.4 years.
MIDDLE AGE isn't 50, it's 38...
Regular structured exercise
(specifically strength training)
can not only help slow aging, but
REVERSE aging before it begins.
Start now, and never stop.
July 2024
new cam who dis
in image1418
new cam who dis
new cam who dis
Go watch the whole thing.
Ru is so clear.
Ru is so clear.
in imageI have a lot of thoughts on this
Go watch the whole thing. Ru is so clear.
You are power. You don't need to get more power.
Go watch the whole thing. Ru is so clear.
You are power. You don't need to get more power.
in imageCreative work is still
relational, even when
done in solitude.
J7
Vg
@yumisakugawa
1-11g
YUMI SAKUGAWA
relational, even when
done in solitude.
J7
Vg
@yumisakugawa
1-11g
YUMI SAKUGAWA
me explaining vinyasa counts
in imageme explaining vinyasa counts
ADHDers when something is understimulating and they aren't engaged:
me explaining vinyasa counts
ADHDers when something is understimulating and they aren't engaged:
the subcommittee
ADHDers when something is understimulating and they aren't engaged:
me explaining vinyasa counts
ADHDers when something is understimulating and they aren't engaged:
the subcommittee
in imageAMOHAHA
"I'm from San Francisco. I know folks who've,
you know, been in the system and they'll just
say flat out, 'Look, like, she's a cop.' On the
other hand, what's always been really telling
for me is that there are a lot of folks within
San Francisco's criminal justice reform
system, a lot of organizers, a lot of community
groups that are pretty ride or die for her. Like,
they don't agree necessarily with all of the
decisions she's made, but they recognize that
she was one of the few people to even give
them a seat at the table."
- Jamilah King, Mother Jones
@nprcodeswitch and npr
"I'm from San Francisco. I know folks who've,
you know, been in the system and they'll just
say flat out, 'Look, like, she's a cop.' On the
other hand, what's always been really telling
for me is that there are a lot of folks within
San Francisco's criminal justice reform
system, a lot of organizers, a lot of community
groups that are pretty ride or die for her. Like,
they don't agree necessarily with all of the
decisions she's made, but they recognize that
she was one of the few people to even give
them a seat at the table."
- Jamilah King, Mother Jones
@nprcodeswitch and npr
pepsi black tbh
in imageSPEARS IN THE CROSSFIRE
SINGER SPOKE WITH "CROSSFIRE" CO-HOST
One of the most iconic Britney Spears moments of all time
SPEARS IN THE CROSSFIRE
SINGER SPOKE WITH "CROSSFIRE" CO-HOST
was
pepsi black tbh
SINGER SPOKE WITH "CROSSFIRE" CO-HOST
One of the most iconic Britney Spears moments of all time
SPEARS IN THE CROSSFIRE
SINGER SPOKE WITH "CROSSFIRE" CO-HOST
was
pepsi black tbh
in imageTRUMP ASKS RALLY CROWD: "BLACK PRESIDENT OR WHITE PRESIDENT?"
in imageWhat if instead of a nervous system we just had a
really chill system
@mytherapistsays
really chill system
@mytherapistsays
this is Liz celebrating her nuptials-- I used it for an article about celebrating jump throughs 😅
in imagethis is Liz celebrating her nuptials- l
used it for an article about
celebrating jump throughs
New article!
To
used it for an article about
celebrating jump throughs
New article!
To
✎ Essay · Personal Notes
Sometimes the Support is the Success
I got to watch a long-time practitioner nail her first straight-leg jump-through this week. Liz has been practicing for years with my dear friend and colleague Jen Rene before joining me shortly after the pandemic. She's a gem. Right after hearing the tell tale 'swiff'…
Read the essay →
in imageFOREVER WILIN
@Foreverihyy
Dudes b asking where the bitches at
but never look inward
4:51 PM • 2022-12-15 • Twitter for iPad
@healingfromhealing
@Foreverihyy
Dudes b asking where the bitches at
but never look inward
4:51 PM • 2022-12-15 • Twitter for iPad
@healingfromhealing
in imageNEWS
WIRE
NewsWire ®
@NewsWire_US
D
ROGUEDNC
Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) calls Vice
President Kamala Harris a "DEI hire."
Not George Santos (allegedly)
George Santos
alex
@ax_ferg
you cannot tell me this isn't george santos
in drag again
WIRE
NewsWire ®
@NewsWire_US
D
ROGUEDNC
Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) calls Vice
President Kamala Harris a "DEI hire."
Not George Santos (allegedly)
George Santos
alex
@ax_ferg
you cannot tell me this isn't george santos
in drag again
You don’t have to be trans to experience gender euphoria. Having a body capable of radical transformation is a gift, and even cis folks should recognize that!
Many sensitive souls have faced belligerent questions about whether they are a boy or a girl. Children still ask, and as Bob the Drag Queen says, if you tell them you’re a girl (and you are a boy), they’ll say, “No, you’re not!” which means they knew the answer already. For whatever reason, it doesn’t feel great to have your gender questioned.
Gender euphoria is a feeling of joy or satisfaction that occurs when someone’s gender identity aligns with their gendered experience, rather than the gender they were assigned at birth. It can also include feelings of comfort, confidence, and certainty. Gender euphoria is often considered the opposite of gender dysphoria, which is a feeling of discomfort or distress that arises when someone’s gender identity doesn’t match their gendered body parts or experiences.
It’s a difficult experience to feel male, be in a male body, and have others tell you you’re part girl. As Madonna wrote in “What It Feels Like for a Girl”:
“Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short
Wear shirts and boots ‘cause it’s okay to be a boy
But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading
‘Cause you think that being a girl is degrading.”
To feel aligned with my masculinity without feeling a need to degrade or repress femininity is euphoric. Get into it.
Many sensitive souls have faced belligerent questions about whether they are a boy or a girl. Children still ask, and as Bob the Drag Queen says, if you tell them you’re a girl (and you are a boy), they’ll say, “No, you’re not!” which means they knew the answer already. For whatever reason, it doesn’t feel great to have your gender questioned.
Gender euphoria is a feeling of joy or satisfaction that occurs when someone’s gender identity aligns with their gendered experience, rather than the gender they were assigned at birth. It can also include feelings of comfort, confidence, and certainty. Gender euphoria is often considered the opposite of gender dysphoria, which is a feeling of discomfort or distress that arises when someone’s gender identity doesn’t match their gendered body parts or experiences.
It’s a difficult experience to feel male, be in a male body, and have others tell you you’re part girl. As Madonna wrote in “What It Feels Like for a Girl”:
“Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short
Wear shirts and boots ‘cause it’s okay to be a boy
But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading
‘Cause you think that being a girl is degrading.”
To feel aligned with my masculinity without feeling a need to degrade or repress femininity is euphoric. Get into it.
in imageWTF Should I Do With My Shoulders in Adho Mukha Shvanasana (Downward-Facing)? See caption for details
🤬 WTF Should I Do With My Shoulders in Adho Mukha Shvanasana (Downward-Facing)? 🤩
See caption for details 👇
🤬 WTF Should I Do With My Shoulders in Adho Mukha Shvanasana (Downward-Facing)? 🤩
See caption for details 👇
love this earlier work by @davidgarriguesyoga @joymarzec nailed it as editor
in imageYoga Su
eelected writing
sclated writings by
JAMES
а,)
додре
AAPa
DAVID GARRIGUES
American Sanskrit IA
ASHTANGA YOGA
IMAPS AND MIUSIINGS
articles, interviews and images
love this earlier work by
@davidgarriguesyoga
@joymarzec nailed it as
editor
EDITED BY JOY MARZEC
eelected writing
sclated writings by
JAMES
а,)
додре
AAPa
DAVID GARRIGUES
American Sanskrit IA
ASHTANGA YOGA
IMAPS AND MIUSIINGS
articles, interviews and images
love this earlier work by
@davidgarriguesyoga
@joymarzec nailed it as
editor
EDITED BY JOY MARZEC
in image«етв тотель wen eve.
wasted
was all preparation for now
raminnazer
@raminnazer
wasted
was all preparation for now
raminnazer
@raminnazer
in imageWatching the "Back the Blue"
crowd choose a felon and
the "ACAB" crowd choose a
cop/prosecutor like:
N0
crowd choose a felon and
the "ACAB" crowd choose a
cop/prosecutor like:
N0
in imageRegional interdependence:
"You think [that injury] just fell out of a coconut tree?
[That injury] exists in the context of all in which it lives and what came before it."
I'll see myself out.
Regional interdependence:
"You think [that injury] just fell out of a coconut tree?
[That injury] exists in the context of all in which it lives and what came before it."
I'll see myself out.
"You think [that injury] just fell out of a coconut tree?
[That injury] exists in the context of all in which it lives and what came before it."
I'll see myself out.
Regional interdependence:
"You think [that injury] just fell out of a coconut tree?
[That injury] exists in the context of all in which it lives and what came before it."
I'll see myself out.
Want a peek in at the bodyweight transitions workshop?
Our new format is really open and communal— im loving it.
Couldnt make it in person to @theyoga.club ? Take the followup course at @ashtanga.tech !
It includes 15 micropractices to help you explore more bodyweight transitions. Message me here/DM me if you want access to the course 🙂
Our new format is really open and communal— im loving it.
Couldnt make it in person to @theyoga.club ? Take the followup course at @ashtanga.tech !
It includes 15 micropractices to help you explore more bodyweight transitions. Message me here/DM me if you want access to the course 🙂
word
in imageexercises are helpful.
in imageHappiness is a state of mind.
Td
@gayunclemario2
Td
@gayunclemario2
in imageThe first two gay guys to ever hear The Star-Spangled Banner
I thought it was the only
The first two gay guys to ever hear The Star-Spangled Banner
I thought it was the only
The first two gay guys to ever hear The Star-Spangled Banner
in imagelavernecox
in imagejeniferlewisforreal
gorgeous human
in imagekellyferraro
Love this human. Lucky to take
his morning ashtanga class then
catch an afternoon snack. fa
@michaeljoelhall
gorgeous human
• PLANTA Cocina
Love this human. Lucky to take
his morning ashtanga class then
catch an afternoon snack. fa
@michaeljoelhall
gorgeous human
• PLANTA Cocina
They closed down the @lululemon in my neighborhood because the theft was just too high. Bummer.
I was a brand ambassador for lulu for a few years. My image got used nationally. It was super cool. Lululemon helped me leverage my skillfulness as a teacher into something more meaningful. By offering opportunities to teach via their community development projects (for which i was paid and dressed) i was able to reach across the city to find intereated practitioners.
So weird to have been an influencer before there were “influencers,” or to have been ‘sponsored’ by a brand. But its true! And it was great! People in hugh paying positions liked seeing me in new, expensive clothes. It opened doors.
They invested a lot in my leadership development and I wonder now about what it means to be a community organizer (which i would call myself) and using that as a juxtaposition for compariosn to how we define influencer (which I would not label myself).
in some small way, I knew that I was picked because I looked chipper and non-threatening while still being somehow masculine. I had to reckon on leveraging my lookw and charisma for business AND service opportunities.
Long term, I wonder which is better for the wallet? To be a local brand ambassador or an Internet influencer? Which is better for the soul? Same same? I mean, when I got published in @yogajournal for my work on yoga during times of political unrest, it was my knowledge and hard work that got me in the door— but lulu was right there to help me look my best. I appreciated that.
I was a brand ambassador for lulu for a few years. My image got used nationally. It was super cool. Lululemon helped me leverage my skillfulness as a teacher into something more meaningful. By offering opportunities to teach via their community development projects (for which i was paid and dressed) i was able to reach across the city to find intereated practitioners.
So weird to have been an influencer before there were “influencers,” or to have been ‘sponsored’ by a brand. But its true! And it was great! People in hugh paying positions liked seeing me in new, expensive clothes. It opened doors.
They invested a lot in my leadership development and I wonder now about what it means to be a community organizer (which i would call myself) and using that as a juxtaposition for compariosn to how we define influencer (which I would not label myself).
in some small way, I knew that I was picked because I looked chipper and non-threatening while still being somehow masculine. I had to reckon on leveraging my lookw and charisma for business AND service opportunities.
Long term, I wonder which is better for the wallet? To be a local brand ambassador or an Internet influencer? Which is better for the soul? Same same? I mean, when I got published in @yogajournal for my work on yoga during times of political unrest, it was my knowledge and hard work that got me in the door— but lulu was right there to help me look my best. I appreciated that.
✎ Essay · Personal Notes
I was shocked when Lululemon moved into the neighborhood, and now I’m shocked it’s gone
They closed down the @lululemon in my neighborhood because the theft was just too high. Bummer. I was a brand ambassador for lulu for a few years. My image got used nationally. It was super cool. Lululemon helped me leverage my skillfulness as a teacher…
Read the essay →just a few spots left for the body weight transitions workshop
in imagejust a few spots left for the body weight transitions workshop TRANSITIONS
had to find my authorization paperwork for a background check.
Came across this gem.
9 years!
Came across this gem.
9 years!
in imagehad to find my
authorization paperwork
for a background check.
Came across this gem.
9 years!
ASHTANGA YOGA NILAYA
VIDWAN SHRI K. PATTA BHI JOIS
#235, 8* Cross,
Gokulam II Stage,
Mysore.
K Pattabhi Jois
У
O+ SHTANGA
authorization paperwork
for a background check.
Came across this gem.
9 years!
ASHTANGA YOGA NILAYA
VIDWAN SHRI K. PATTA BHI JOIS
#235, 8* Cross,
Gokulam II Stage,
Mysore.
K Pattabhi Jois
У
O+ SHTANGA
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