Y'ALL

"I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:00:24 -0400

“I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.”

- James Baldwin (via tranqualizer)

fabianromero: [first image of two cats, a black cat is licking...

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:32:02 -0400

fabianromero:

[first image of two cats, a black cat is licking the grey cat as the grey cat looks directly at the camera. second image is of loan, vietnamese boi and fabian, brown boi. fabian’s head is leaning against loans shoulder, their eyes closed, loan is leaning toward fabian as if they are going to kiss their nose.]

love cats

damn we’re cute

these annoying men at my terminal won’t stop talking very...

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:29:13 -0400

these annoying men at my terminal won’t stop talking very loudly about everything

they need to put cookouts in the airports

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:17:07 -0400

they need to put cookouts in the airports

"Part of being a revolutionary is creating a vision that is more humane. That is more fun, too. That..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:59:19 -0400

“Part of being a revolutionary is creating a vision that is more humane. That is more fun, too. That is more loving. It’s really working to create something beautiful.”

- Assata Shakur (via littlebrowngrrl)

OMG Y’ALL THESE SPOILERS DAMN IT

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:02:54 -0400

OMG Y’ALL THESE SPOILERS DAMN IT

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Thu, 16 May 2013 21:51:47 -0400

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omg and y’all are about to post hella scandal spoilers tears

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:50:42 -0400

omg and y’all are about to post hella scandal spoilers

tears

unsuccessful nap and stress crying, long distance and missing the boo crying, i forgot to bring my...

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:46:08 -0400

unsuccessful nap and stress crying, long distance and missing the boo crying, i forgot to bring my pizza home from work crying, i have so much to do crying, my back hurts crying

just crying cuz i can

power nap so i can wake up and pack for travel and hours and hours and hours of meetings this...

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:50:45 -0400

power nap so i can wake up and pack for travel and hours and hours and hours of meetings this weekend

[photo set of moving images. the first image is of a white and...

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:49:00 -0400

[photo set of moving images. the first image is of a white and gray cat hovering over a bowl of popcorn. the second image is of the same cat digging its face in the bowl.]

getoutoftherecat:

bunnyfood:

(via onlylolgifs)

go home cat, you are drunk.

but really.

this is Fabian

conference call life

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:04:36 -0400

conference call life

I’m not sure if you’d be interested, but a friend and I started a tumblr blog called “SumusInvisus” and the main point of the blog is to showcase the talents of people who aren’t getting the attention they deserve for whatever reason. If you’d like to submit something some work of yours, submit someone else’s work, send us a link to reblog from, or follow, the name is SumusInvisus and we’d love to help you showcase your talent or help deliver great unseen talent to where you can see it!

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:39:35 -0400

hi! thanks for sending this my way.

i’m going to post this publicly so other folks who are interseted can check it out.

as for me (and just as a general announcement to those who follow me and my writing), right now i am holding off from sharing and submitting my work outside of sharing select writings on my blog. i just joined youngist as a contributor so i will also be reserving some pieces as original content for publishing. i’m in the process of starting to write a book so i won’t be posting any of my writing that i feel will be included in my book.

thanks for thinking of me and i think this is a rad idea. folks are doing beautiful things.

humbly,

loan

Help a TWOC survive summer

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:32:02 -0400

Help a TWOC survive summer:

boobs-birds-botany:

mocosyamores:

Hi everyone,

I’m getting over my shame and internalized ableism and asking for help. I’m a chronically ill unemployed trans gurl who just left sex work (as in, yesterday) because I finally lost my shit. I’m also moving out of my abusive household in June, around the 15th or so. I don’t have a place to stay yet so the more money I have saved up, the more likely someone is going to trust me to move in with them.

Thanks to sex work and friends donating, I’ve saved up $2,000 for deposits, first/last month’s rent, housing applications, etc. I’m trying to raise another $2,000 to get me through the summer. Starting September/October, I should be receiving financial aid from my university, so that will help.

To give you an idea of where the money is going:
- Rent for a shared room is $500-$550/month
- Utilities are anywhere between $20-$60/month
- I’m limiting myself to $100-$125/month for food
- Gas is $40 a full tank, so about a $80/month if I do this right

I’ll also be looking for a job at this time. I have an open interview tomorrow so hopefully I’ll get called for a second interview!

Important to note! My memoir, Trauma Queen, is aiming to be published on May 31st, 2013. It’s going to cost $20, so if you want to hold off donating to buy the book, that’s totally understandable. I have a collection of writing and art here (x) that you can read/watch, and a zine here (x). I’ll also be selling various articles of clothing, shoes, collector’s items, etc. in the next week or so.

Signal boosting would be appreciated, and any donations would be very helpful. <3

¡Gracias! / Thank you!,
Lovemme/Sirena

-

P.S. (if the link doesn’t work, there’s a donate button on my page.)

reblogging because i’m about to get a little graduation gift cash and can definitely support a sister <3

the redeeming part about my job is the part where so many white people look the same that i make...

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:30:57 -0400

the redeeming part about my job is the part where so many white people look the same that i make them really uncomfortable when i mistake one of them for the other. they’ll get used to it.

and then i feel sad for being so mad at my body :(

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:13:31 -0400

and then i feel sad for being so mad at my body :(

it has to be the most ~trivial~ shit about my carpal tunnel and chronic back pain that makes me...

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:10:41 -0400

it has to be the most ~*trivial*~ shit about my carpal tunnel and chronic back pain that makes me the most frustrated.

often times i can’t open jars or bottles, i can’t twist things, i can’t really tug at things

and then just now i went to pick up 5 medium pizzas for my co workers and i carried it for less than 1 minute from the shop to my car and my back is like “this is fucking awful!”

and i’m like damn really, i can’t even carry 5 medium pizzas. this is awful. this is sad and awful.

I feel really awkward during awkward parts of movies I feel so awkward that I start getting anxious

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:27:13 -0400

I feel really awkward during awkward parts of movies
I feel so awkward that I start getting anxious

Hey Loan, I was wondering if you could give me some advice on a situation. My partner says & does a lot of problematic shit that I've called out on multiple occasions. Whenever I bring up these things, she never takes me seriously. Do I stay in this relationship and try to educate her, or do I just not because I don't need to tolerate her ignorance???

Thu, 16 May 2013 01:39:08 -0400

hey! thanks for messaging me.

i can give some experiences around past relationships where problematic shit has come up and hopefully it’ll be of value.

i think some of the most problematic shit that’s come up in my past relationships has been around power and privilege differences along lines of race. i’ve dated my fair share of white folks and that shit came up a lot. there were a lot of times that i was hella passive aggressive and there were a lot of times that i was angry and unapproachable. fortunately, the times when i did give myself and the person i was dating compassion, they’ve been pretty responsive.

in my current relationship, we challenge each other to stay on our game and to also be accountable when we do problematic things. that’s a commitment that we share and that’s being honest with ourselves and with each other and that even though we share a lot of experiences there are a lot of differences in our powers and privileges.

so i would say that if your partner is saying and doing a lot of problematic shit and doesn’t take you seriously when you bring it up maybe it’s time to have a conversation bout the problematic shit and also about values. it sounds like you value accountability and being responsible to the ways we do problematic things and that’s not so much the case for her.

it’s always really draining and difficult to educate folks who aren’t willing to learn. with that said, i don’t have any sort of recommendation either way but just a reminder to move from a place of love for yourself and for your partner. if the conversation around values comes to show the both of y’all that you’re just in really different places and don’t center anti oppression in the same ways then that’s sort of what it is.

we definitely don’t need to coddle folks who do problematic shit but i think we also have to remember that all of us do problematic shit. so yeah, give some compassion to yourself, take care of yourself, pull in other resources to move these conversations along and offer compassion to her because it’s obvious that you care about her, you believe in her ability to transform and change, and you want it to work out.

i would also encourage you to think about other reasons why you’d like to stay (or not stay) in this relationship and examine the sort of dynamic that is created when you don’t see yourself as her partner or see her as your partner but instead the person who will educate her.

i hope this helps some!

loan

"Take a day to heal from the lies you’ve told yourself and the ones that have been told to you."

Thu, 16 May 2013 01:00:18 -0400

“Take a day to heal from the lies you’ve told yourself and the ones that have been told to you.”

- Maya Angelou (via creatingaquietmind)

Y'ALL

"I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than..."

fabianromero: [first image of two cats, a black cat is licking...

these annoying men at my terminal won’t stop talking very...

they need to put cookouts in the airports

"Part of being a revolutionary is creating a vision that is more humane. That is more fun, too. That..."

OMG Y’ALL THESE SPOILERS DAMN IT

the—bear—necessities replied to your post: unsuccessful nap and stress crying, long...

omg and y’all are about to post hella scandal spoilers tears

unsuccessful nap and stress crying, long distance and missing the boo crying, i forgot to bring my...

power nap so i can wake up and pack for travel and hours and hours and hours of meetings this...

[photo set of moving images. the first image is of a white and...

conference call life

Help a TWOC survive summer

the redeeming part about my job is the part where so many white people look the same that i make...

and then i feel sad for being so mad at my body :(

it has to be the most ~*trivial*~ shit about my carpal tunnel and chronic back pain that makes me...

I feel really awkward during awkward parts of movies I feel so awkward that I start getting anxious

"Take a day to heal from the lies you’ve told yourself and the ones that have been told to you."

it has to be the most ~trivial~ shit about my carpal tunnel and chronic back pain that makes me...