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interstitial stitching: checkin’ for real womanist solidarity with trans kin

Posted on July 17, 2015

from genesissy & on the eighth day, God said let there be fierce & that’s the story about the first snap, the hand’s humble attempt at thunder, a small sky troubled by attitude // & on the ninth day, God said Bitch, werk & Adam learned to duck walk, dip, pose, death drop, Eve became […]

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Posted in Activism, Body Image, Creative Writing, Gender-based Violence, Human Rights, Political Education, Relationships, Social Justice Tagged autonomy, blkcowrie, body image, community, feminism, gender, gender non-conforming, gender queer, gender violence, heterosexism, identity, self determination, sexual identity, she breathes, solidarity, trans, transgender, transphobia, womanism Leave a comment

LadyFest Artist Spotlight #8:FREE CAKE FOR EVERY CREATURE

Posted on November 21, 2014

The eighth in a series of Artist Spotlights brought to you by Lady Fest Upstate! For details on Lady Fest Upstate go to their Facebook Page For the Schedule of Events Get Tickets! ARTIST SPOTLIGHT #8: FREE CAKE FOR EVERY CREATURE Free Cake For Every Creature is the project of Saratoga Springs-based Katie Bennett, who […]

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Posted in Activism, Events, Uncategorized Tagged activism, feminist events, free cake for every creature, holding our own, LadyFest Upstate, she breathes, trans artists, transgender, transgender artists Leave a comment

LadyFest Artist Spotlight #6: Amani Olugbala

Posted on November 21, 2014

The sixth  in a series of Artist Spotlights brought to you by Lady Fest Upstate! For details on Lady Fest Upstate go to their Facebook Page For the Schedule of Events Get Tickets!   ARTIST SPOTLIGHT #6: AMANI OLUGBALA A radical of the heart and pacifist of the mind, Amani spends much of her time […]

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Posted in Activism, Social Justice, Uncategorized Tagged amani alubala, feminist events, gender noncomforming, holding our own, LadyFest Upstate, she breathes, trans, trans artists, transgender, women of color Leave a comment

LadyFest Artist Spotlight #4: Moor Mother Goddess

Posted on November 20, 2014

The fourth in a series of Artist Spotlights brought to you by Lady Fest Upstate! For details on Lady Fest Upstate go to their Facebook Page For the Schedule of Events Get Tickets!     ARTIST SPOTLIGHT #4: MOOR MOTHER GODDESS Moor mother goddess is a musician, beat maker, event curator, poet,writer, and workshop facilitator […]

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Posted in Activism, Uncategorized Tagged activism, feminism, feminist events, gender noncomforming, holding our own, lady fest upstate, moor mother goddess, she breathes, trans, trans artists, transgender, women and poverty, women of color Leave a comment

LadyFest Artist Spotlight #3: Evan Greer

Posted on November 20, 2014

The third  in a series of Artist Spotlights brought to you by Lady Fest Upstate! For details on Lady Fest Upstate go to their Facebook Page For the Schedule of Events Get Tickets!   ARTIST SPOTLIGHT #3: EVAN GREER Evan Greer is a radical genderqueer singer/songwriter, parent, and community organizer based in Boston. (S)he writes […]

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Posted in Activism, Uncategorized Tagged activism, evan greer, feminism, feminist events, gender nonconforming, gender queer, holding our own, LadyFest Upstate, she breathes, the low beat, trans, transgender Leave a comment

LadyFest Artist Spotlight #2: CIHUATL CE

Posted on November 19, 2014

The second  in a series of Artist Spotlights brought to you by Lady Fest Upstate! For details on Lady Fest Upstate go to their Facebook Page For the Schedule of Events Get Tickets!   ARTIST SPOTLIGHT #2: CIHUATL CE Back again for the 2nd year, Cihuatl Ce has been spitting truth to power in the […]

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Posted in Activism, Events, Social Justice, Uncategorized Tagged activism, cihuatl ce, clitoral mass, feminism, feminist events, gender noncomforming, holding our own, lady fest upstate, ovarian psycos brigade, she breathes, trans, trans artists, transgender, women and poverty, women of color Leave a comment

Lady Fest Artist Spotlight #1: GARMIN

Posted on November 19, 2014

The first in a series of Artist Spotlights brought to you by Lady Fest Upstate! For details on Lady Fest Upstate go to their Facebook Page For the Schedule of Events Get Tickets! ARTIST SPOTLIGHT #1: GARMIN right here. be here now. is an installation that exists somewhere between performance and social practice. The project […]

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Posted in Activism, Events, Uncategorized Tagged activism, albany, albany ny, feminism, feminist events, GARMIN, gender noncomforming, holding our own, LadyFest Upstate, she breathes, the low beat, trans, trans artists, transgender, women of color Leave a comment

Overcoming trans* and gender-based oppression by Jac Mautner

Posted on December 6, 2013

Jac Mautner is an activist and member of Women Organized to Resist and Defend (WORD) – a grassroots women’s rights organization. She has worked on a wide number of campaigns and actions including those for queer and trans liberation, for women’s rights, and against police brutality. Violence towards trans and gender non-conforming people is pervasive […]

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Posted in Activism, Gender-based Violence Tagged 16 days, activism, california bathroom bill, ce ce, coy mathis, eyricka morgan, gender non-conforming, gender-based violence, holding our own, NOM, privacy for all students, sexual assault, she breathes, trans, transgender Leave a comment

Chelsea Manning, Identity Control & Government Violence by Drew Cordes

Posted on August 23, 2013

This article re-posted from the Bilerico Project with the permission of the author. “Discipline” may be identified neither with an institution nor with an apparatus; it is a type of power, a modality for its exercise, comprising a whole set of instruments, techniques, procedures, levels of application, targets; … an essential instrument for a particular […]

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Posted in Activism, Political Education, Prison Justice, Uncategorized, Women in the Military Tagged chelsea manning, michael behenna, political prisoner, she breathes, trans, transgender, u.s. army, whistleblower Leave a comment

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