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June 17, 2013
"are “cum” and “come” both correct? If one writer uses one, can another writer use the other..."
- Copy editing notes on the second issue of Prose & Lore, the RedUP literary journal. As you do.
June 13, 2013
Ceyenne Doroshow tells the story of how Cooking in Heels came to...
Ceyenne Doroshow tells the story of how Cooking in Heels came to be, at The Wooden Shoe in Philly
Ceyenne’s Cooking in Heels book event on official Philly...
Ceyenne’s Cooking in Heels book event on official Philly Trans Health Con schedule
June 11, 2013
Today’s vanity google alert revealed that Laurenn...
Today’s vanity google alert revealed that Laurenn McCubbin’s interview with me for her art installation “A Monument to the Risen” is now online.
Wherein I discuss how I disliked intimacy with clients when doing sex work, and tell a story about trying to pretend I was *not* having an orgasm.
Oh hello, its the second issue of RedUP’s literary...
Oh hello, its the second issue of RedUP’s literary journal, Prose & Lore (yes, we changed the name from Pros(e) to Prose & Lore, for reasons)! We’re planning on publishing the journal twice a year, and so now we’re offering subscriptions! A digital subscription includes two ebooks of the journal and two subscriber-only ebooks with interviews with the writers. A print-digital subscription includes all that, plus hard copies of the journal mailed to you. Subscribe here and support sex worker-produced publishing that features the memoir stories of sex workers.
Issue 2 will officially be out July 10th and ships that week.
June 9, 2013
Have you been waiting to buy Trauma Queen in print? It's finally here!
Trauma Queen [Lovemme Corazón] on Amazon.com. *FREE* super saver shipping on qualifying offers. Lovemme Corazón’s debut book, Trauma Queen, is a memoir documenting the struggles of being a child survivor of rape and abuse. Through the use of multi-genre writing (poems
Click through to buy on Amazon!
(It should be available in some regional stores and not only on amazon.com)
Just ordered my copy!
You, too, should support memoir writing by trans women of color - as Janet Mock pointed out recently, there aren’t enough of them being published.
And after you’ve read it, you should review it on Amazon, Goodreads, and wherever else you hang out and talk/learn about books. Speaking as a indie publisher myself, I know that these reviews *really* help the book’s visibility to other potential readers.
June 6, 2013
#nycondom press conference at City Hall just about to kick off!
#nycondom press conference at City Hall just about to kick off!
Not All Memoirs Are Created Equal: The Gatekeeping of Trans Women of Color's Stories
Inspired by the release of Lovemme Corazón’s memoir, I decided to write this post on my blog, answering, “Why don’t we have more books by trans women of color?”
Thanks, Janet, for shouting out Ceyenne Doroshow’s book Cooking in Heels!
June 4, 2013
redupnyc:
New York peoples! Join the No Condoms As Evidence...
New York peoples! Join the No Condoms As Evidence Coalition on Thursday, June 6th at 11 am on the steps of City Hall to demand action on this bill we’ve been working on for a quite while!
Speakers include:
• Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice
• Office of Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes
• New York Assemblymembers Walter T. Mosley III, Francisco Moya
• New York City Council Members Jessica Lappin, Stephen Levin, Daniel Dromm, Jimmy Van Bramer
• Ellen Meyers, widow of Judge Gustin Reichbach
• Michael Polenberg, Vice President of Government Affairs, Safe Horizon
• Suzanne Seltzer, New York Anti-Trafficking Network
• Individuals affected by this practice
• Human Rights Watch, Lambda Legal, Make the Road New York, New York City Anti-Violence Project, New York Civil Liberties Union, Red Umbrella Project, Streetwise and Safe (SAS), Urban Justice Center.
Background: Legislation that would prohibit police from confiscating and prosecutors from introducing possession of condoms as evidence of intent to engage in prostitution-related offenses is currently pending before the New York State legislature (AB2736/SB1379) (Clark/Montgomery), and a resolution in support of the state bills is now before the City Council (Res. 0710-2011) (Lappin). Last year Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, who will assume leadership of the District Attorneys Association of New York State next month, became the first to issue a policy that her office would no longer introduce possession of condoms as evidence in any prostitution-related cases, including sex trafficking cases. Recently, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes instructed the New York City Police Department to stop collecting condoms as evidence in prostitution cases. Anti-trafficking advocates, civil and human rights groups, LGBT organizations, immigrants’ rights groups and advocates for the rights of individuals in the sex trades are calling on the NYPD to comply with DA Hynes’ request, and on city and state lawmakers to pass legislation to ensure that all New Yorkers can protect themselves by carrying condoms.
May 2, 2013
gorgonetta:
[Self-portraits by Carrie Mae Weems, Käthe...
Carrie Mae Weems, self-portrait, Kitchen Table Series, 1990
Käthe Kollwitz, Self Portrait Drawing, 1933
Judy Baca, self portrait, 2009
Frida Kahlo, Self Portrait with Monkeys, 1943
[Self-portraits by Carrie Mae Weems, Käthe Kollwitz, Judy Baca, and Frida Kahlo, text “Never apologize for selfies”]
Wanted to get modern women artists and some WOC up in this one. If you reblog it would be cool if you kept the part in the brackets so these artists, two of whom are still working, will get credit—this conversational part below is nbd.
