I want so badly to bring forth ( Read more... )

So I've been thinking about this trope, this cultural imagining we have. I see it in Eat, Pray, Lve. It's the trope of the magical person of color. Magic, mystery, wonder, the secret to a truly fulfilling life, is hidden in some ancient folk wisdom guarded by a laughing, old, brown face ( Read more... )

So here, repackaged, are the scraps of things in my mind ( Read more... )

Jim Henson
Lorraine Hansberry
Jonathan Larsen

It should be duly noted that, as I make arguments about the rights of men, I am dealing with my own internalized fatphobia, racism, anti-female-ism, and probably several other internalized oppressions that I enact on other people.

I'm sorry to those people who may have suffered from my fears or my lack of education.

Allow me a consideration on choices permitted. The choices we allow partners in dating and relationships ( Read more... )

So what is it here ( Read more... )

videos hurled out

speaking into a darkness
and hearing a long echo
of warmth

You. I wish to breathe new, flamey life into you.

Postulate #1: Anger is largely useless and serve to damage the angered more than stir justice and equity.

So shallow the pool of my self-admiration ( Read more... )