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my god i love when my school work gives me an oppurtunity to rant about the church and christianity and you better belive itake every chance i get to write pages and pages about the evil that is and was the roman catholic church

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when I was a kid I thought neopolitan ice cream was called napoleon ice cream and just assumed it was napoleon favorite flavors or something

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#Repost @m_o_t_h_a ・・・ A small excerpt of archival materials and artworks from many different iterations of MOTHA’s “Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects” exhibition series represented in Girls Like Us magazine, the latest issue on “Biography “ @girlslikeusmagazine ‼️ ▪️ ▫️ #transhirstoryin99objects exhibition series (2015-2019) was a creative, critical, and expansive engagement with queer archives and trans #hirstory. Every show built toward 99 objects and artworks that attempt to narrate a cohesive trans hirstory in spite of the inherent institutional roadblocks and linguistic complications of doing so. A book that brings some of this material together(+more!) is in the making! ▪️ ▫️ Shows took place at - ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archive at USC Libraries @onearchives in Los Angeles, CA from March 21, 2015 to August 1, 2015 - Henry Art Gallery @henryartgallery in Seattle, WA from August 13, 2016 to June 04, 2017 - Legacy Art Gallery/ Transgender Archives @uviclegacygalleries @transarchives at UVIC in Victoria, B.C. January 13 to March 29, 2018 - Portland Art Museum @portlandartmuseum in “Between.” @we.construct.marvels July 20 to October 14, 2018 - New Museum @newmuseum in the exhibition “MOTHA and Chris E. Vargas: Consciousness Razing—The Stonewall Re-Memorialization Project” from September 26, 2018 to February 3, 2019 - Oakland Museum of California @oaklandmuseumca in the exhibition “Queer California: Untold Stories” from April 13 to August 11, 2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/B84NNy3BOvq/?igshid=t4vc59cxxeiv

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Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects at the Henry Art Gallery

MOTHA and Chris E. Vargas present: Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects  

August 13, 2016 — June 04, 2017 Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

The second iteration of Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects, an ongoing series of exhibitions organized by Chris E. Vargas, Executive Director of the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art is now open.

Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects gathers archival materials and works by contemporary artists that narrate the history of transgender communities, the presentation at the Henry focuses on lives and experiences specific to Seattle and the greater Pacific Northwest.

Artists: Ria Brodell, micha cárdenas, Rhys Ernst, Lorenzo Triburgo, Jono Vaughan, Storme Webber, Darius X

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Transgender Hirstory in 99 Objects: Legends and Mythologies

The Museum of Trangender Hirstory & Art at ONE Archives

March 21 – July 11, 2015

ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives 909 West Adams Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90007

Find location, hours, and parking information for ONE Archives here.

Opening reception: Saturday, March 21, 2015, 6-9pm Linda Simpson’s The Drag Explosion at the West Hollywood Council Chambers: Friday, April 3, 2015, 7:30pm

Organized by the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art, or MOTHA, Transgender Hirstory in 99 Objects examines objects that hold significance in narrating the history of transgender communities. The project blurs the line between the real and the imaginary, the known and the unknowable, giving visibility to actual people and events that remain foundational for transgender history while embracing partial facts, rumors, and maybes. Inspired by the Smithsonian’s book American History in 101 Objects, which was in turn inspired by A History of the World in 100 Objects by the BBC and the British Museum, this presentation of Transgender Hirstory in 99 Objects at ONE Archives, subtitled Legends and Mythologies, marks the first iteration of this evolving, multi-exhibition project. Founded and directed by artist Chris E. Vargas, MOTHA is an imagery museum that seeks to bring a cohesive visual history of transgender culture into existence through temporary autonomous programs that envision the existence of a legitimate and legitimizing arts and history institution for trans people.

Legends and Mythologies includes work by nine contemporary artists alongside artifacts and historical documents from the collections at ONE Archives. A Sappho-inspired banner by artist Tuesday Smillie, with its loose threads and exposed seams, speaks directly to the stitched-together nature of history and its combination of the known and the unknowable. An altar of mourning by Wu Tsang and R.J. Messineo provides a receptacle for the living to deposit our collective grief for loved ones who have passed on. Sam Lopes mines the trans-ness of popular mythology with papier-mâché sculptures of hybrid creatures such as “mermyn” and the bears they love. A pube collection by Emmett Ramstad creates a private yet collective space for our pubic hirstories. Nicki Green’s ceramic vessels recount rural legends of backwoods orchiectomies. A drawing by Craig Calderwood depicts Angela Douglas, a legend who connects early trans activism with a more evolved extraterrestrial life.

The archival materials in the exhibition point to a sampling of individuals who made an impact on the formation of transgender communities as we understand them today. The transgender pride flag, designed by the Betsy Ross of the trans community Monica Helms, is displayed alongside a collaborative video interview with her and MOTHA’s Executive Director Chris Vargas. Another video provides a mediated experience of looking through Eric’s Ego Trip, a photo album assembled by and featuring ONE’s early, eccentric benefactor Reed Erickson. The video album is presented with decorative wallpaper designed by Onya Hogan-Finlay that features images of Erickson’s life, including his pet leopard Henry. The exhibition also includes print ephemera featuring Lady Java, a nightclub legend and outspoken opponent of L.A.’s Rule No. 9, the anti-crossdressing regulation that compromised many performers’ livelihoods during the 1960s.

Transgender Hirstory in 99 Objects: Legends and Mythologies is accompanied by a printed brochure including nine newly commissioned texts addressing the artists and historical figures in the show. The contributing writers include: Ari Banias on Sam Lopes; Ezra Berkley Nepon on Nicki Green; Kelly Besser on Sir Lady Java; Maxe Crandall on Emmett Ramstad; Aaron H. Devor on Reed Erickson and Onya Hogan-Finlay; Reina Gossett and Grace Dunham on the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) and Tuesday Smillie; Raquel Gutiérrez on Wu Tsang and R.J. Messineo; Abram J. Lewis on Angela Douglas; and Chris E. Vargas on Monica Helms.

Transgender Hirstory in 99 Objects: Legends and Mythologies is organized by Chris Vargas, Executive Director of MOTHA, with David Frantz, Curator at ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. This exhibition is made possible, in part, by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs. Additional support provided by the ONE Archives Foundation.