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QUEER FOR THE HOLIDAYS

QUEER FOR THE HOLIDAYS:

andrewgibby:

that this is the hardest time of year for many people in my community. that many of my friends will never be welcome “home” for the holidays. that I have friends who have children who will never know their grandparents. that if I went home I would be the only “single” cousin at my grandmother’s…

childhoodreclaimed:[Photo of a book “What the Night Demands”...

childhoodreclaimed:

[Photo of a book “What the Night Demands” Poems by Miles Walser and the first page signed.  It reads “Jamie! Here’s to you, you bottle of magic. I am honored to be sharing this book with you. Here’s to a wonderful new year for you. Best, Miles Walser”]

So, my big gift for Yule from my wife came in the mail today.  I am giddy.  Miles Walser is one of the artists I go to when I am looking to feel inspired, and this is so cool.  

If you don’t know Miles Walser, you should go look him up.  There are some amazing videos of him preforming that you can find on You Tube, although I’d slap a giant Trigger Warning on that idea for discussions of transphobia, violence, and sexual assault.  And possibly other things. (depression, self injury, suicide … my wife is flipping through the book since I asked her what trigger warnings one might put on Miles Walser’s poetry)

sadurday:oh man the best is when a dude is like "you’re not wife material." fucking good. i want...

sadurday:

oh man the best is when a dude is like "you’re not wife material." fucking good. i want to be totalitarian dictator material; blood sucking life ruiner material; fucking bulletproof immortal drug lord material. not your fucking wife you gross asshole. 

You get that Write Bloody book for someone righteous on your...

You get that Write Bloody book for someone righteous on your Christmas list: I accept:

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"I could say that being a writer gives me a high need to emotionally process things and find their..."

“I could say that being a writer gives me a high need to emotionally process things and find their meaning. I could say that every rotten thing that happens to a writer is still, in its own way, a gift. An inspiration. But I won’t. What I will say is this: being a writer makes me a healthier person. The poison leaves through the pen. I don’t walk around carrying it all day. Whenever I read my work to a room, I give it away.”

- Megan Falley, interviewed for Petrichor Review (via nps2013)

Last chance for a book in time for Christmas! “After the...

Last chance for a book in time for Christmas! “After the Witch Hunt” is a book of poetry published by Write Bloody Press & includes the poems “Fat Girl”, “The First Time I Met His Mother”, “What the Hour Hand Said to the Minute Hand” and about 40 more!

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After the Witch Hunt is a book of poetry by Megan Falley that is a perfect and inexpensive holiday present for girls, women, writers, readers, survivors, daughters, mothers, grandmothers, great grandmothers, and people who need feminism.

If you order it today, you can receive a signed & personalized copy for yourself or whoever you’re gifting it to this year.

This holiday season, support artists and small businesses over large corporations. Support poetry! Support women.

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"TAKE MY SECRETThe desire to have courageis courageous.The desire to end fearis fearful.I..."

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TAKE MY SECRET

The desire

to have courage

is courageous.

The desire

to end fear

is fearful.

I have a nest of

harmonicas in my

shoulders.

And anytime

I want to sing,

I sing.

”

-

Shira E

www.shirae.com 

(via shiraeeee)

The One Where A Woman Keeps Repeating A Hurtful Term That's Been Hurled At Her For Her Entire Life

The One Where A Woman Keeps Repeating A Hurtful Term That's Been Hurled At Her For Her Entire Life:

Maybe by the time she’s done, you’ll understand how damaging this term is.

My poem “Fat Girl” was just featured on UpWorthy! I am so thankful that this particular poem will get to reach more people now, especially those who have been told, for whatever reason, that they are not beautiful. The world was lying to you. You Are. You are. You ARE. BEAUTIFUL!

"Your pervasive belief in your own radness is part of the job. It is, in fact, the battery to the..."

“Your pervasive belief in your own radness is part of the job. It is, in fact, the battery to the whole shebang.”

- Angel Nafis (via laurenzuni)