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2017
My partner in crime at the ashram (oh, we were bad) just reminded me that our 10 year anniversary is this year. 10 years of teaching yoga. Oh my word.
Feeling some kinda way about being gay in India.
There has to be a word for feeling very young and very old at the same time.
I'm self employed and will likely lose my health insurance because of these plates in my face and that PTSD I had for a hot minute. I didn't love my premiums, but I was glad to have health care.
13 years ago-- the march for women's lives.
Thank you to those that continue to teach me.
Kristen and Me, five years ago! Feels like a lifetime!
5 years later.
I love this pic. Sleeping in conference.
I've failed at adulting today. Trolling trolls is not activism.
Missing Charlie.
Time flies.
In fact, this is almost 16 years ago.
I'm having an incredible time, don't get me wrong... But I'm so ready to be home. I love and miss my friends and blood/yoga/work family. xxoo
This is from 2012... And it's accurate in 2017 ð²
I think I have a book in me.
Goal setting.
Oh, just 16 years ago.
I'm excited to hold hands. To put on a sharp suit. To wear glitter. Probably not together, but I'm not here to set limits.
15000 contact hours.
Wanted to fly around on my mat today... wanted to do the biggest work.
Nope. "Not today," said this body of mine. So, a snuggly practice up to Janu A, and some extra purvotanasana. Fine by me.
Nope. "Not today," said this body of mine. So, a snuggly practice up to Janu A, and some extra purvotanasana. Fine by me.
A friendly reminder that, at 83, RBG does 10 push-ups consecutively without using her knees.
Oh. Then she does 10 more.
Dis-ease in the body, dis-ease in the mind.
Hit me up if you are looking to create time & space for ease. Appropriate for 13-84. Fat, sickly, skinny, judicial or ripped: It's time for yoga!
http://politi.co/2mu6ZB2
Oh. Then she does 10 more.
Dis-ease in the body, dis-ease in the mind.
Hit me up if you are looking to create time & space for ease. Appropriate for 13-84. Fat, sickly, skinny, judicial or ripped: It's time for yoga!
http://politi.co/2mu6ZB2
A follow up/ companion piece to the article on gay loneliness. This rings true to this reader-- but I'm left with a curious quarrel-- does it all boil down to privledged folks using privledge to get ahead and feeling the sting of its effects?:
"In the community, we have a name for these people: âA-gays." They enforce the social rules of a certain kind of urban gay space, implicitly or sometimes explicitly excluding other types of gays (and almost all queer people) who donât fit their strange standards. They are the donors and board members of the big gay nonprofits, the setters of the mainstream gay agenda.
Crucial to understanding the A-gays is seeing their cultural and economic complicity in the systems that both benefit them and, ironically, make them feel miserable. Please do not misunderstand: No one is responsible for suicide or mental illnessâthese are both complex phenomena that deserve to be addressed regardless of whoâs experiencing them. But part of taking a problem seriously is understanding where it comes from. If Iâm rolling my eyes at Hobbesâ piece, itâs not for lack of sympathy; itâs just the same way I might roll my eyes at an article about miserable hedge fund managers that didn't interrogate their exploitative profession and the way it might contribute both to their sadness and their privilege."
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2017/03/06/gay_loneliness_is_real_but_toxic_gay_cultures_isn_t_the_problem.html
"In the community, we have a name for these people: âA-gays." They enforce the social rules of a certain kind of urban gay space, implicitly or sometimes explicitly excluding other types of gays (and almost all queer people) who donât fit their strange standards. They are the donors and board members of the big gay nonprofits, the setters of the mainstream gay agenda.
Crucial to understanding the A-gays is seeing their cultural and economic complicity in the systems that both benefit them and, ironically, make them feel miserable. Please do not misunderstand: No one is responsible for suicide or mental illnessâthese are both complex phenomena that deserve to be addressed regardless of whoâs experiencing them. But part of taking a problem seriously is understanding where it comes from. If Iâm rolling my eyes at Hobbesâ piece, itâs not for lack of sympathy; itâs just the same way I might roll my eyes at an article about miserable hedge fund managers that didn't interrogate their exploitative profession and the way it might contribute both to their sadness and their privilege."
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2017/03/06/gay_loneliness_is_real_but_toxic_gay_cultures_isn_t_the_problem.html
Moonday -- sleep in, wash stuff.
Don't worry-- we're back to business on Monday.
Don't worry-- we're back to business on Monday.
Thoroughly enjoyed "Champion," an opera in Jazz based on the real life experiences of a 50's champion welterweight fighter who just so happened to be queer... And killed a man in the ring. http://m.kennedy-center.org/home/event/orosd
"The No. 1 rule is: Donât. Take. Life. Too. Fucking. Seriously. That is the No. 1 rule. I learned it early on and, initially, I was really heartbroken because I was taking life seriously. I couldnât believe that my parents and people could be so cruel and so heartless. For a sweet, sensitive soul, there are stages of the evolution . . . once you uncover lifeâs cruel hoax, you become angry and you become mad as hell and then you become bitter. And then you become very cynical. Unfortunately, most sweet, sensitive souls stay in the bitterness and the cynicism. But the next level beyond thatâif you can go beyond thatâis laughter and irreverence . . . you can laugh, you can dance, you can seek out the places where you can blossom and expand, because you wonât get tied down to what other people have to say about what youâre doing."
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/03/rupaul-drag-race-interview?mbid=social_twitter
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/03/rupaul-drag-race-interview?mbid=social_twitter
"The origin of truth is love."
7 years since my last marathon.
"Learn to mock convenience"
It's been 17 years since David Brooks' "Bobos in Paradise" was published.
"...the bourgeois bohemians--"Bobos"--an unlikely blend of mainstream culture and 1960s-era counterculture that, according to David Brooks, represents both America's present and future."
"...the bourgeois bohemians--"Bobos"--an unlikely blend of mainstream culture and 1960s-era counterculture that, according to David Brooks, represents both America's present and future."
At least once a week I think of you as I ride my scooter up the hill. xx.
in imageCONSTRUCTIVE CRITIQUE ESSENTIAL
KECEIVING FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS
REFINES YOUR ALIGNMENT AND
TECHNIQUE EFFECTIVELY.
EMBRACE PERSONAL GROWTH
EACH SESSION OFFERS UNIQUE INSIGHTS
INTO YOUR EVOLVING PHYSICAL AND
MENTAL STATE.
INNER EXPERIENCE MATTERS
PERSONAL AWARENESS ENHANCES YOGA
PRACTICE, GUIDING YOUR MOVEMENTS
AND BREATH.
BALANCED ASHTANGA PRACTICE
MAINTAIN SELF-AWARENESS
BEING ATTUNED TO YOUR BODY FOSTERS
DEEPER CONNECTIONS IN YOUR PRACTICE.
OBJECTIVE JUDGMENT COUNTS
EXTERNAL FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS HELPS
CLARIFY AND IMPROVE YOUR PRACUICE.
KECEIVING FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS
REFINES YOUR ALIGNMENT AND
TECHNIQUE EFFECTIVELY.
EMBRACE PERSONAL GROWTH
EACH SESSION OFFERS UNIQUE INSIGHTS
INTO YOUR EVOLVING PHYSICAL AND
MENTAL STATE.
INNER EXPERIENCE MATTERS
PERSONAL AWARENESS ENHANCES YOGA
PRACTICE, GUIDING YOUR MOVEMENTS
AND BREATH.
BALANCED ASHTANGA PRACTICE
MAINTAIN SELF-AWARENESS
BEING ATTUNED TO YOUR BODY FOSTERS
DEEPER CONNECTIONS IN YOUR PRACTICE.
OBJECTIVE JUDGMENT COUNTS
EXTERNAL FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS HELPS
CLARIFY AND IMPROVE YOUR PRACUICE.
Lifted and got my heart rate up. Bye-bye bad mood. It's so simple, and yet...
"Playing devilâs advocate so well, people with this personality type may find that the most complex and rewarding intellectual challenge is to understand a more sentimental perspective, and to argue consideration and compromise alongside logic and progress."
https://www.16personalities.com/entp-personality
https://www.16personalities.com/entp-personality
Four years, eh?
On my scooter: I exited the city via the 9th street tunnel and returned on the 14th street bridge. Saw my favorite paddle board/canoe spot from a different vantage point. I love this city.
The game? Your first profile pic and your current profile pic. I flubbed and picked a recent post. 😉 July 2007, April 2017.
Rape is not a preexisting condition.
I can't ever know what would have happened to the deeply damaged 20 year old boy I remember so well if not for yoga.
Now, more than ever, I think of the importance of practice.
http://www.healthline.com/health-news/yoga-can-help-girls-with-trauma
Now, more than ever, I think of the importance of practice.
http://www.healthline.com/health-news/yoga-can-help-girls-with-trauma
Treat an orchid like a rose and it will surely die.
Had whiskey and a kiki -- came home and ordered snail mucus ð -- this is 34 (almost!)
A gentle reminder for me, today.
This hits home.
I had turned 18 the month before. bb-mjh
Relavent from 2014
Being able to begin a sentence with "My teacher says..." is one of the greatest privledges I have in this life. So much of what follows is from Pattabhi Jois-- I'm so grateful for his lifelong dedication to teaching, teaching my teachers. 1915- May 18, 2009.
Maybe the cicada is my spirit animal? Some of y'all are monarchs, others painted ladies-- that's well and good.
"They have an exceptionally loud song. Most cicadas are cryptic, singing at night to avoid predators. The periodic cicadas spend most of their lives as underground nymphs, emerging only after 13 or 17 years, which may reduce losses by starving their predators and eventually emerging in huge numbers which overwhelm and satiate any remaining predators.
Cicadas have been featured in literature since the time of Homer's Iliad, and as motifs in art from the Chinese Shang dynasty. They have been used in myths and folklore to represent carefree living and immortality."
"They have an exceptionally loud song. Most cicadas are cryptic, singing at night to avoid predators. The periodic cicadas spend most of their lives as underground nymphs, emerging only after 13 or 17 years, which may reduce losses by starving their predators and eventually emerging in huge numbers which overwhelm and satiate any remaining predators.
Cicadas have been featured in literature since the time of Homer's Iliad, and as motifs in art from the Chinese Shang dynasty. They have been used in myths and folklore to represent carefree living and immortality."
Was I ever really 23? The Hotel Helix is now Mason & Rook, she's a doctor, and I'm... 34. #fbf
WE'RE HERE! WE'RE QUEER! GET USED TO IT!
I wish that the White House would have acknowledged the male spouse of Luxembourgs's male prime minister. I wish that 45 would have made a statement for June, which is Pride Month. I do not wish I hadn't been assaulted physically and verbally most days growing up-- told my voice, my body, my mind, and my capacity for love were wrong, ugly and loathesome-- because it has made me who I am today. However, I do not wish it on your children, my children, or anyone else.
As a child, that kind of violence almost killed my spirit. As an adult, it almost killed my human form.
The silence is deafening and the message is clear. Systematic erasure. You want to help? Know that it's pride. Know when black history month is. Talk frankly and openly about sexuality and race. If you can't, ask for help. Im talking frank conversation from your cohort. If you don't have anyone you can have this conversation with, I'm here. Get real. Get woke. GET LOUD.
I assure you, WE aren't going back in the closet-- we won't die to the pages of history. Tell your friends.
I wish that the White House would have acknowledged the male spouse of Luxembourgs's male prime minister. I wish that 45 would have made a statement for June, which is Pride Month. I do not wish I hadn't been assaulted physically and verbally most days growing up-- told my voice, my body, my mind, and my capacity for love were wrong, ugly and loathesome-- because it has made me who I am today. However, I do not wish it on your children, my children, or anyone else.
As a child, that kind of violence almost killed my spirit. As an adult, it almost killed my human form.
The silence is deafening and the message is clear. Systematic erasure. You want to help? Know that it's pride. Know when black history month is. Talk frankly and openly about sexuality and race. If you can't, ask for help. Im talking frank conversation from your cohort. If you don't have anyone you can have this conversation with, I'm here. Get real. Get woke. GET LOUD.
I assure you, WE aren't going back in the closet-- we won't die to the pages of history. Tell your friends.
Remembering the dead.
Sunday -- no filter.
Rent is still a treat to sing along to, 20 years later. Why no, I'm not crying and belting on south broad street -- keep. it. moving.
Me at 27, living the good life.
My first love, Sebastian, and me, #tbt 2010.
No more talking about hating the internet or the phone.
Jimmy Eat World's Album "Bleed American" stands up as excellent. Wow.
For those that don't know, I was obese. I'm not anymore. Getting a handle on the info included in this post took trial, error, and a myriad of sources. If you like really clear, sound instruction that comes with quality snark and cute pics-- here you go. Does what it says on the box.
http://physiqonomics.com/fat-loss/
http://physiqonomics.com/fat-loss/
"Pondexter-Moore calls that whole line of argumentation ridiculous. "The only message my clothes are sending is, 'This is what I want to put on,'" she says. "If one man wears a football jersey and another man tackles the shit out of him, can he say, 'Well, your clothes say you're a football player?"
A Heated Confrontation In Southwest Sparks Anger And Debate About Street Harassment: DCist
http://dcist.com/2017/08/heated_confrontation_debate_street_harassment.php
A Heated Confrontation In Southwest Sparks Anger And Debate About Street Harassment: DCist
http://dcist.com/2017/08/heated_confrontation_debate_street_harassment.php
Found a painted rock on a fire hydrant. "Grow" was its imperative.
Sunday vibes.
A fun memory.
Overheard today: "Remember the spiritual principal of persistence."
In the last few months, two different gay friends were assaulted. Both are over 50. Both in Washington, DC. One had an assailant yelling about being "in trumps America now." Y'all, we've been in this America.
Had the good fortune to see him perform a few times. Came with humor and gravitas and somehow had a paradoxical attitude of no fucks given whilst also giving all the fucks.
My outfit from 2010, when I decided I wanted to go explore the teabagger events. Notes: 1) ive been wearing these cut up shirts for a long ass time. 2) how these politics have morphed!
Mercurial in nature. Sweat more, whine less. Reclaiming my time -- all the time. Totes fun.
in imageGemini
& What They Hate
J People who overly complain and whine
when they and everyone else are just
trying to have some fun.
/ Those who cannot keep up with them
and are critical about their mercurial nature.
/ Extremely sensitive people who cannot
take a Joke.
J People who try to control them and pin
them down by demanding their
promise and time.
zodiacsociety
& What They Hate
J People who overly complain and whine
when they and everyone else are just
trying to have some fun.
/ Those who cannot keep up with them
and are critical about their mercurial nature.
/ Extremely sensitive people who cannot
take a Joke.
J People who try to control them and pin
them down by demanding their
promise and time.
zodiacsociety
My day, everyday (give or take), by the numbers:
3-3 1/2 hours in the Mysore room teaching
1-3 Hours Asana Focused Meditation & Pranayama
1-2 hours lifting, physical therapeutics, and internal research
2-3 paid corporate or group fitness classes 1/hr + commute & post class convo
1 Hour Mentoring
1 Hour Skill Development (singing, reading, business, personal development/self-help)
1 Hour bullshitting on the phone with a close friend (we'll call this my lunch break, and should count)
3-3 1/2 hours in the Mysore room teaching
1-3 Hours Asana Focused Meditation & Pranayama
1-2 hours lifting, physical therapeutics, and internal research
2-3 paid corporate or group fitness classes 1/hr + commute & post class convo
1 Hour Mentoring
1 Hour Skill Development (singing, reading, business, personal development/self-help)
1 Hour bullshitting on the phone with a close friend (we'll call this my lunch break, and should count)
Resilience isnât just being tough; itâs a skill you can develop. Hereâs how I did it. - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/resilience-isnt-just-being-tough-its-a-skill-you-can-develop-heres-how-i-did-it/2017/08/29/9d077a1e-881f-11e7-a50f-e0d4e6ec070a_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.9dd9363f58db
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/resilience-isnt-just-being-tough-its-a-skill-you-can-develop-heres-how-i-did-it/2017/08/29/9d077a1e-881f-11e7-a50f-e0d4e6ec070a_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.9dd9363f58db
Vintage Selfie. 2009-ish?
TFW every cell in your body is humming the song of the universe AND YOU CAN FEEL IT.
I wish Roxanne Gay had spoken with me before including me in her book "Bad Feminist." Maybe sent me a copy. I dunno.
Seven years ago, my friends and I won a cow for our exploits at the cave man Olympics. I was getting into the "best shape of my life" -- I look back at these times incredibly fondly -- the resilience, determination, and unfuckwithableness I gleaned in that time has proved invaluable as I continue to grow in my inner and outer fitness.
On this new moon, I cleaned out my inbox.
The overlap between being objectified by people of power and situations where assault of the sexual variety occurs runs the risk of allowing "me too" to be viewed from the cheap seats as a bit of a toothless tiger.
Sexual harassment occurs constantly. I have been sexualized and demeaned to some degree in every job I've had as an adult. I suspect almost every woman/gay men have, too. I know almost every gal in town has been catcalled, for sure.
On a hierarchical level we have given passes to strong men taking sex acts by force. The amount of people who voted for a man who literally propagated grabbing woman by their pussies and doing whatever he wants with them needs addressing. "They'll let me," he says.
At least 16 women have publicly accused Trump of forcibly attempting to kiss, grope and have sex with them. He is on the record saying he forcibly touches woman.
This is not sexual harassment-- this is sexual assault.
What kind of accountability do we reasonably expect men in power to have when we give them a "yes, but" along with a "me, too" So glad we're speaking up: remember this in 3 years, fam. The more voices we raise, the more potential we create.
Take that "Me, too" and talk to you husbands, wives, sisters, brothers, and kids.
Me, too.
Sexual harassment occurs constantly. I have been sexualized and demeaned to some degree in every job I've had as an adult. I suspect almost every woman/gay men have, too. I know almost every gal in town has been catcalled, for sure.
On a hierarchical level we have given passes to strong men taking sex acts by force. The amount of people who voted for a man who literally propagated grabbing woman by their pussies and doing whatever he wants with them needs addressing. "They'll let me," he says.
At least 16 women have publicly accused Trump of forcibly attempting to kiss, grope and have sex with them. He is on the record saying he forcibly touches woman.
This is not sexual harassment-- this is sexual assault.
What kind of accountability do we reasonably expect men in power to have when we give them a "yes, but" along with a "me, too" So glad we're speaking up: remember this in 3 years, fam. The more voices we raise, the more potential we create.
Take that "Me, too" and talk to you husbands, wives, sisters, brothers, and kids.
Me, too.
Britney's Blackout is 10. I was 24! Rollerskates, short shorts, eyeliner, and friendship. PUJA
Y'all still supporting that no-tax-paying, bigot enriching, minority oppressing, opiating organization?
k.
FTR: Im talking about the one that charges $9 for a bud light, not the one that asks for 10% of your income.
k.
FTR: Im talking about the one that charges $9 for a bud light, not the one that asks for 10% of your income.
Drag and yoga are so similar.
I'm 100% here for this.
I worked with her a number of years ago, shortly after the d-lists first season. She was incredibly professional and kind. The club's AC was broken, and her face was melting. My co-workers were passing out from heat exhaustion. No hyperbole. As the DC summer got hotter and swampier, the working conditions got worse. it's so easy to lose your cool under the lights, but she still did her thing and gave her all.
Like my friend Jarrett noted, she didn't thank those that supported her in this journey, and that gives me hella pause.
https://www.out.com/popnography/2017/10/28/kathy-griffin-drags-andy-cohen-and-releases-harvey-levins-phone-number
I worked with her a number of years ago, shortly after the d-lists first season. She was incredibly professional and kind. The club's AC was broken, and her face was melting. My co-workers were passing out from heat exhaustion. No hyperbole. As the DC summer got hotter and swampier, the working conditions got worse. it's so easy to lose your cool under the lights, but she still did her thing and gave her all.
Like my friend Jarrett noted, she didn't thank those that supported her in this journey, and that gives me hella pause.
https://www.out.com/popnography/2017/10/28/kathy-griffin-drags-andy-cohen-and-releases-harvey-levins-phone-number
I was born on my phone number and I will not work with you.
"I look back and think about all the ways weâre told that those two
goals: being chosen and having kids, are what makes you
worthy. I mean: Nursery Rhymes. Fairytales. Books. Movies. Sixteen
Candles, every love song, and even Black-ishâall reiterating this
narrow story of âhusband plus child equals womanâ. And the
patriarchyâthe patriarchy is not pleased with me right now. Iâm
failing at my function. Let me tell you, Mike Pence is fucking
confused by me right now."
https://www.glamour.com/story/tracee-ellis-ross-glamour-women-of-the-year-speech-2017?mbid=social_facebook_fanpage
goals: being chosen and having kids, are what makes you
worthy. I mean: Nursery Rhymes. Fairytales. Books. Movies. Sixteen
Candles, every love song, and even Black-ishâall reiterating this
narrow story of âhusband plus child equals womanâ. And the
patriarchyâthe patriarchy is not pleased with me right now. Iâm
failing at my function. Let me tell you, Mike Pence is fucking
confused by me right now."
https://www.glamour.com/story/tracee-ellis-ross-glamour-women-of-the-year-speech-2017?mbid=social_facebook_fanpage
50% English and Irish... But there's enough Eastern European, French/German, Scandanavian, Ashkenazi Jewish, Balkan, and Iberian to be really interesting.
7 years. 7 lifetimes
Thinking about my Indian Christmas.
26 was dope.
From the last time I was in the best shape of my life.
The moon hangs sideways.
âWe call this mosquito net green. But how do you know what I see as green looks like what you see as green? No, all we can say is that we both agree that this thing we see is that which we both call green... which tells us nothing about either the net orâ¦
It was a silver tab t-shirt. Probably $25. My mom, god bless her, bought it for me. From 16-22, eye wore that shirt. After eye lost a ton of weight, eye cut it up and wore it more.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/opinion/sunday/shopping-consumerism.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/opinion/sunday/shopping-consumerism.html
From the article: âð was called a faggot long before ð was called a ni**er.â
Me? Last called a faggot: thanksgiving morning, out walking the dog. Responding promptly, ðTold the guy to get his ass over here so ðcould stuff it like a turkey. He asked me to repeat myself, and ðsaid âyou heard me. Say what you said to me again, and get your ass over here so ðcan fuck it. â he, a straight black man, wanted no part of this crazy.
In the constructed hierarchy we are all enslaved by, ð am not on the bottom. Who is? Well, just days before this transgression, a black trans woman became the 29th of the year to be murdered.
Yogiâs, what are you doing to ensure that all of us are equal? Are you speaking up at your relatives house? Are you actively deconstructing this hierarchy? Or are you buying in?
https://www.theroot.com/fear-of-the-state-fear-of-my-home-to-be-black-and-que-1821141920
https://www.theroot.com/fear-of-the-state-fear-of-my-home-to-be-black-and-que-1821141920
Me? Last called a faggot: thanksgiving morning, out walking the dog. Responding promptly, ðTold the guy to get his ass over here so ðcould stuff it like a turkey. He asked me to repeat myself, and ðsaid âyou heard me. Say what you said to me again, and get your ass over here so ðcan fuck it. â he, a straight black man, wanted no part of this crazy.
In the constructed hierarchy we are all enslaved by, ð am not on the bottom. Who is? Well, just days before this transgression, a black trans woman became the 29th of the year to be murdered.
Yogiâs, what are you doing to ensure that all of us are equal? Are you speaking up at your relatives house? Are you actively deconstructing this hierarchy? Or are you buying in?
https://www.theroot.com/fear-of-the-state-fear-of-my-home-to-be-black-and-que-1821141920
https://www.theroot.com/fear-of-the-state-fear-of-my-home-to-be-black-and-que-1821141920
From the article: âð was called a [redacted] long before ð was called a ni**er.â
Me? Last called a [redacted]: thanksgiving morning, out walking the dog. Responding promptly, ðTold the guy to get his ass over here so ðcould stuff it like a turkey. He asked me to repeat myself, and ðsaid âyou heard me. Say what you said to me again, and get your ass over here so ðcan fuck it. â he, a straight black man, wanted no part of this crazy.
In the constructed hierarchy we are all enslaved by, ð am not on the bottom. Who is? Well, just days before this transgression, a black trans woman became the 29th of the year to be murdered.
Yogiâs, what are you doing to ensure that all of us are equal? Are you speaking up at your relatives house? Are you actively deconstructing this hierarchy? Or are you buying in?
https://www.theroot.com/fear-of-the-state-fear-of-my-home-to-be-black-and-que-1821141920
https://www.theroot.com/fear-of-the-state-fear-of-my-home-to-be-black-and-que-1821141920
Me? Last called a [redacted]: thanksgiving morning, out walking the dog. Responding promptly, ðTold the guy to get his ass over here so ðcould stuff it like a turkey. He asked me to repeat myself, and ðsaid âyou heard me. Say what you said to me again, and get your ass over here so ðcan fuck it. â he, a straight black man, wanted no part of this crazy.
In the constructed hierarchy we are all enslaved by, ð am not on the bottom. Who is? Well, just days before this transgression, a black trans woman became the 29th of the year to be murdered.
Yogiâs, what are you doing to ensure that all of us are equal? Are you speaking up at your relatives house? Are you actively deconstructing this hierarchy? Or are you buying in?
https://www.theroot.com/fear-of-the-state-fear-of-my-home-to-be-black-and-que-1821141920
https://www.theroot.com/fear-of-the-state-fear-of-my-home-to-be-black-and-que-1821141920
Santa likes rich kids more and must of known that Rudolph was being bullied.
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14404-night-work/
âNight Workâ is one of my favorite albums of all time by my favorite band of all time. This review is basically saying that music by gay people for gay people is not palatable to a straight audience and therefor not inclusive enough.
This is why Iâve been so fucking pissed for 2017 and will carry that fire into 2018. This is why Living Single isnât on Hulu. Because I have participated in fucking straight people culture without complaint and have had to pull teeth to get straight people to even consider coming to a queer event (other than the pride parade-- but who doesn't love a parade? I digress ). This is to me self evident of the fact that straight folk (especially, but not limited to, white ones) think their activities are normal, and gay folks activities are not. No wonder gay folk dont want y'all in their safe spaces-- folks act like theyre on safari or doing something lurid. No gurl, it's a fucking Thursday and the drinks are cheap.
You know who does come to queer events when I ask? My non-white female friends. They also know how to treat the space (ie, putting away any urge to behave in an entitled manner). You know who came with me to see the Scissor Sisters tour Night Work? Wanna know who watches Living Single?
This article, and this situation, is garbage. If this made your asshole pucler, then maybe now you know why your gay friends low key think youâre the worst and if youâre white, your non-white friends low key think youâre even worse than that. But Facebook is an echo chamber, so if you made it this far, youâre probably not the problem.
Back to the pitchfork review:
âIf the cover of Night Work did not clue you in, let's just state the obvious right now: This is a very, very gay album. Whereas the first two Scissor Sisters records found a way to translate specifically gay subject matter into big-tent camp that opened up their appeal to anyone with a taste for colorful dance music and 1970s radio pop, their third album isn't quite as inclusive. They are no less tuneful, but their aesthetic and lyrical themes are more firmly rooted in gay culture, to the point that many straight listeners may find themselves feeling like outsiders looking in. Instead of presenting a queer pop sensibility for the masses, they've gone deeper into their subcultural niche."
âNight Workâ is one of my favorite albums of all time by my favorite band of all time. This review is basically saying that music by gay people for gay people is not palatable to a straight audience and therefor not inclusive enough.
This is why Iâve been so fucking pissed for 2017 and will carry that fire into 2018. This is why Living Single isnât on Hulu. Because I have participated in fucking straight people culture without complaint and have had to pull teeth to get straight people to even consider coming to a queer event (other than the pride parade-- but who doesn't love a parade? I digress ). This is to me self evident of the fact that straight folk (especially, but not limited to, white ones) think their activities are normal, and gay folks activities are not. No wonder gay folk dont want y'all in their safe spaces-- folks act like theyre on safari or doing something lurid. No gurl, it's a fucking Thursday and the drinks are cheap.
You know who does come to queer events when I ask? My non-white female friends. They also know how to treat the space (ie, putting away any urge to behave in an entitled manner). You know who came with me to see the Scissor Sisters tour Night Work? Wanna know who watches Living Single?
This article, and this situation, is garbage. If this made your asshole pucler, then maybe now you know why your gay friends low key think youâre the worst and if youâre white, your non-white friends low key think youâre even worse than that. But Facebook is an echo chamber, so if you made it this far, youâre probably not the problem.
Back to the pitchfork review:
âIf the cover of Night Work did not clue you in, let's just state the obvious right now: This is a very, very gay album. Whereas the first two Scissor Sisters records found a way to translate specifically gay subject matter into big-tent camp that opened up their appeal to anyone with a taste for colorful dance music and 1970s radio pop, their third album isn't quite as inclusive. They are no less tuneful, but their aesthetic and lyrical themes are more firmly rooted in gay culture, to the point that many straight listeners may find themselves feeling like outsiders looking in. Instead of presenting a queer pop sensibility for the masses, they've gone deeper into their subcultural niche."
So far, I really like 2018.
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