the keyboard activist speaks

Oct 25, 2005 00:18

THIS IS NOT A LIST-THE-NEGATIVITY EXERCISE AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COUNTER-EXAMPLES BUT THEY ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. I FIGURED A FAIR NUMBER OF PEOPLE READ MY JOURNAL AND IT MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT HOW MUCH HATE THERE IS OUT THERE. THIS IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT SCREWED-UP GENDER ROLES BUT BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS.I am the girl ( Read more... )

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ecclesiastes23 October 24 2005, 16:55:08 UTC
hey, hv't been toking to u 4 some time. take care, alrite?
huggles

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immoralfear October 24 2005, 19:29:05 UTC
I am buried six feet under work :(

Catch you late Nov. Take care!

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urbayne October 24 2005, 17:36:06 UTC
brought tears to my eyes..

thanks for such an honest post...

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flynt October 24 2005, 17:45:56 UTC
did u come up with all those lines? haunting i must say... but speaks volums when its played in the head.... will repost once im done with this reply. Be well and all the best!! :D

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immoralfear October 24 2005, 19:21:05 UTC
My feminazi friends emailed it to me :-)

Take care of yourself!

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the_nightfairy October 24 2005, 21:20:34 UTC
even though I'm heterosexual so I don't have such problems (even though sometimes I do look a bit like a lesbian) I must say: I will repost it. it's sad but it's true. and it's quite a brilliant text. hope some more "straight" people will get the message.

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immoralfear October 25 2005, 02:06:20 UTC
Thanks Gabby. We really need more people like you :-)

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the_nightfairy October 25 2005, 12:24:56 UTC
you don't have to thank me at all! that text touched my heart and it's like you said: it's mostly about human rights. :)

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neuy October 25 2005, 00:43:58 UTC
how easy is it to cry out loud that simplicity is bliss, and simply sweep 'em all under the carpet of our aweful mind?

but how easy is it though, to stare at reality in the face and yell fuck you?

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immoralfear October 25 2005, 02:08:56 UTC
I honestly don't know.

If visibility ie. being "out" is political, then I guess the GLBT community in Asia has a long, long way to go.

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neuy October 25 2005, 02:51:52 UTC
what do you mean?

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neuy October 25 2005, 08:48:47 UTC
i am under the impression (misled, perhaps and misunderstood, possibly but an impression nonetheless) of an asian LGBT society much more keen in visibility being social, and overdosed with hipster "in"ness.

strobes and boomboxes. muscles and weights. sex and sex. blek.

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