[checks in on the writer who wrote that really moving essay last year about coming to terms with the possibility of being alone forever and what it meant for their future, self-image, and the other relationships in their life]
[finds new blog chronicling their effort to go on two dates per week and all their public sexcapades all over the city]
Sounds about right.
I made roasted chicken thighs with blistered cherry tomatoes for dinner tonight. A tomato burst in my mouth while I was eating. It was the most action I’ve had in six years.
Being lonely in the age of the internet / social media is cool because you get to be constantly bombarded with all the fun, rewarding, sexy things everyone else is doing while you search in vain for ‘your people’ (who you may never find or meet).
“this is as patriotic as I’ve felt in a long time” (source)
this is what i wanted, none of his words, just him getting wrecked on loop
Turn your damn sound on.
Alt-High-Five
Imagine performing an act of patriotism like this and never being able to talk about it. True sacrifice.
Happy America Day.
Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965, Photographer. Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, 1942 - 1945. Record Group 210: Records of the War Relocation Authority, 1941 - 1989
Professional photographers such as Dorothea Lange were commissioned by the War Relocation Authority to document the daily life and treatment of Japanese-Americans interned during World War II.
This reminds me that I saw the Dorothea Lange exhibit on its opening weekend at the OMCA a few weeks ago. Can confirm that her ‘War Relocation’ (yay, euphemisms) photos are intense as ever. Considering the current political climate, her images of Depression-era migrants hit hard as well.
The coolest thing I saw, though, was a section devoted to current photographers whose work is inspired by Lange’s. One of the photographers, Ken Light, even has a whole series documenting farmworkers in the area where I grew up. Dope to see that Lange’s legend lives on.
Two days ago, seven Colorado residents with disabilities and two
attendants passed through security and into the office of Sen. Cory
Gardner (R-CO) in downtown Denver. More than 50 hours later, they’re
still there.
As someone who’s been very 🤔about the increasing marginalization of very visibly disabled people in disability rights / social justice spaces, I have to admit that it’s heartening seeing the media and the wider public finally pay attention to all these wheelchairs, trachs and ventilators and their owners. People with significant physical disabilities have always been at the forefront of fights like this but have historically had their contributions erased or overlooked in favor of more aesthetically acceptable icons.
Is my thinking on this biased as an obviously disabled wheelchair user? Clearly. But still! Resistance takes many forms and they’re all dope as hell. We should be seeing/seen more.
Congratulations to Draymond Green on earning the 2017 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year award! #KiaDPOY #NBAAwards
My beautiful baby.
So I’m off Twitter and back on OkCupid. (Because I apparently hate myself and want to know just how much strangers also hate me, I guess.)
Watch this space for updates.
