who can say

sing the merciless. make a space.

[8-bitfiction]

[theparisofthe90s-blog]

too real

[yesterdaysprint]

  Buffalo Courier, New York, January 8, 1923

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Photo by Camille Orgel on Unsplash

[workingitinportland-deactivated]

https://form.jotform.co/81015019072849 #sexwork #sesta

[workingclasshistory]

On this day, 26 February 2012, Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, was murdered by a neighborhood watch volunteer for being black, wearing a hoodie, and being in the “wrong” neighbourhood. In the aftermath of his death, there were marches and protests across the USA, and Black Lives Matter was born. Over a year after, however, his shooter went on trial and was acquitted of his charges of murder. Here is an article responding to the lack of conviction: http://ift.tt/2EVY1WV http://ift.tt/2FwkWZK

[peopleofcolourmatter]

✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿People of Colour Matter✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

[yesterdaysprint]

The Winnipeg Tribune, Manitoba, January 26, 1934

[theparisofthe90s-blog]

Christmas 2017

dad: who knows the NAME of the clown from It?

me: Pennywise

mom: Pennywise

me: everybody knows that

mom: yeah everybody knows that

dad:

[yesterdaysprint]

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, May 3, 1902

[coastandpine]

[theparisofthe90s-blog]

idea

what if I founded an independent chapbook press

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so it appears I am expected to give an hourlong talk on the state of women’s fiction in the world today

how did I get here? 

[lifeinpoetry]

… the night was dark // And love was a burning fence about my house.

Audre Lorde, from “Gemini,” The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde (W.w. Norton & Co., 1997))

[astronomy-is-awesome]

Nebula Images: http://nebulaimages.com/

Astronomy articles: http://astronomyisawesome.com/

[theparisofthe90s-blog]

tacos.

black beans, collards, garlic, lentils, berbere, potatoes, sprouts, peanuts, tacos tacos tacos.

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whittling

At the bookstore I sold a bagful of things I once loved for the high price of eleven dollars, and used eight on a slow cooker vegetarian book. Simple ingredient list, simple method: I’ve lost the needed time and energy for ambition. Maybe one day that will come back. I like the idea of of purifying my body through food. Sometimes––when I’m tired and order Bill Miller BBQ and feel disappointed and repulsed––I wonder if this is linked to the kind of perfectionism that breeds disordered eating. Remember all the saints who starved?

[theparisofthe90s-blog]

artbeat

Today I’ve been drinking tequila and looking at apartments on Craigslist from 2000 miles away. It feels good.

The cats don’t approve.