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quarantine coping

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TW: aggressive language with potentially traumatic past usage for readers, traumatic life events

I know this is a bit late, but this was something far too meaningful to me not to share. 

Growing up queer, I was faced with an onslaught of names, labels, and bullying… their words were intended to silence me, but have instead made me the person I am today. Those words of hate became a thing of beauty, and that to me is the heart of pride.

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a bit of my take on pride and my drag art :)

Tampa’s pride events were supposed to occur this past weekend, but unfortunately world health events made this impossible. As such I stayed home and painted my face at a safe social distance.

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  Paris is Burning documents the Harlem ball culture of the mid-to-late 80′s. The ball scene was a crucial portion of queer history that rose to prominence in the early 1920′s in large part due to a necessity for community and family in lieu of compounding intersectionality. 

  The film opens with the legendary drag queen Pepper LaBeija speaking to this experience that I feel accurately represents the discrimination and disadvantages wrought by such intersectionality. 

  “I remember my dad said, ‘You have three strikes against you in this world. Every black man has two - that they’re just black… and they’re male. But you’re black and you’re male and you’re gay. You’re gonna have a hard fucking time.’ Then he said, ‘If you’re gonna do this, you’re gonna have to be stronger than you ever imagined.’”

EM

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I had the opportunity to write on a film that has had a massive impact on my life in class the other day. I remember initially watching Paris is Burning when I was younger and realizing for the first time in my life that what I was was not an anomaly. My voice was a part of a much bigger portion of history than I had previously thought existed, and though the documentary has its problems, that feeling of being recognized as a valid part of America’s past was hugely transformative. 

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brushed brows & broken bones

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Call Me Des -

Desdemona was a character taken from Shakespeare’s Othello, ostracized by her family for who she chose to love. That story encapsulates so much of what I consider to be an incredibly common queer narrative and is especially analogous to my own journey of self discovery and expression. From that thinking came my drag persona who helped me in sorting through what gender meant within the context of my life. Gender is performative and seeing just how superficial a construct it was made me realize I could no longer comfortably identify myself within the gender binary.

The acronym LGBTQIA+ acts as an umbrella term to many sexual and gender minorities, but I personally feel it important to remember that this is a colloquial representation of a far wider spectrum. It increases visibility and awareness, but one ought not feel confined to the labels therein. I am many things, but regardless of those things, most importantly, I am human.

EM

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One of my classes this year delves into lgbtq+ issues and this was a post I recently made. Please give this page a follow if you’re interested in learning more about queer culture and our history in general!

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finals for philosophy students.

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Mark Hearld (b.1974) - Roebuck. Collage and mixed media.

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source

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that time where everything was just peachy 🍑

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In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation.

Simone de Beauvoir

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something something something...

undeveloped...

art.

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the wonders of a five o’clock shadow in a room devoid of the essence of the name

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another one...

ft. the sounds of family life

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Hey if you wanna hear me playing some piano diddies, here’s some for your listening pleasure

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Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.

Pablo Casals

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be nice. 

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when your bestie’s tumblr game is poppin, but its okay cause you know her dog is in love with you