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I did that thing yesterday where you’re holding someone’s hand and then you slip, but you don’t let go of their hand so while you’re falling in slow motion, you’re accidentally taking them down with you. If he was taller than me and aware that I was falling, it would’ve made some sense to keep holding his hand, but he was Eli and walking ahead of me, completely unable to prevent me from falling and totally unaware that he was about hit the pavement, too. Only it also wasn’t pavement, it was the slick, star-lined sidewalk of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and people were everywhere, including the one guy who’d just relieved himself in the alley. But it was ok! Eli did sort of break my fall and after we all ducked into the nearest gift shop, we agreed that he and I really did deserve this award.
Not the one on the right, though. Not that one.
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+ Your own Yvonne Marquez, Senior Editor at this very establishment, has shared Three Queer Forces To Be Reckoned With.
+ Part Neither, Part Both by Michelle Tea.
Doll Parts
+ Women in Trades: A look into Puget Sound’s hardworking women
in traditionally male jobs, by Susan Kelleher with photos by Bettina Hansen.
+ The Equality Myth: The Erasure of Black Struggle from American History by Ijeoma Oluo.
+ Men Consume, Women Are Consumed: 15 Thoughts on the Stigma of Sex Work by Charlotte Shane.
+ Inside The Persistent Boys Club Of Animation by Ariane Lange.
+ Exploring Women by Christine Dennison on Misadventures Magazine.
+ Moving Company Will Help You Leave an Abusive Partner for Free.
Saw This, Thought of You
+ Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard Released New LP as Thunderbitch and I believe you will enjoy it. Stream it on their website! Set a sofa on fire! The day is yours.
+ ‘Airbnb for Refugees’ Overwhelmed by Offers to Help.
+ Three Things Privileged White People Should Consider When House-Hunting in Gentrifying Cities by Ally Boguhn.
+ Well this is just dumb.
+ This is much better: 90s Nickelodeon Characters Will Return in Nicktoons Crossover Film.
And Finally
“Part Neither, Part Both.” Love the title, and love the whole piece.
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I am so glad that you are okay after this slip-and-fall.
Also I want you to know that I never miss a single edition of AAA because whenever I do, my fiancé will inevitably be like “i’m reading about the [thing]” and I’ll be like, “oh, what [thing]?” and then she’ll be like “it was in laneia’s also also also,” because she never misses a single edition of the AAA. i just want you to know that i am sitting here in a lawn chair ready for this.
i’m so proud to play such a large role in your relationship on both mondays and fridays! it is an honor.
Glad you’re ok! I really need one of those awards to put on my desk. There are too many good things here right now so I’ll have to make some lunch and come back!
monique i do believe in my heart that you deserve one of these awards.
Thanks!
So The Equality Myth, it amazes me to no end that people believe in that bs but I guess that ties in with what Heather wrote about Fox News’ brainwashing. It’s just so infuriating. Especially that people can say these things and perpetuate these myths with a clear conscience.
I like this also also also!
That dumb-dumb is dumb but he accidentally brings up a pertinent thing in my thought processes other than how lack of representations media influences perspectives ect.
Some of the nice woodsy places I visited growing that one could camp at were rural, predominantly or overwhelmingly white, and other factors that make me hesitate to go visit, never mind camp, with a person of colour. Being clearly “city folk” is one thing, but being a white AFAB human with a AMAB human of colour who may or may not be my significant other is another.
You can WANT to go camping, you could LIKE to go camping but is going camping safe? I mean just living while black in daily life without getting shot or choked to death in a banned hold. Why spice it up by getting killed in a Deliverance the Race Edition situation and your loved ones with no closure because no one’s going to comb the wilderness looking for your body.
Does this sound too out there a thought process or like apologetics for a moron?
If so sorry.
Giant Panda Cam – wow that show is s l o w. Someone needs to jazz up the plot and get a little backing music going.
i knowwwwww. it was asleep for HOURS when i watched and i was like UGH FORGET IT, PANDA.
Thank you so much for pointing me in the direction of Part Neither, Part Both and Thunderbitch. Off to set a sofa on fire.