June 2012
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The culture wants us obsessed and addicted; they don’t want us joyous and...
– Sapphire
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Why am I compelled to write? Because the writing saves me from this complacency...
– Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua
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I wish I could be a modern day Robin Hood
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But it’s a little too risky. If I’m half decent I’ll end up in jail, and if I’m really good I’ll probably end up dead. Imperialists and corporatists guard their wealth like dragons. Only those who steal from the poor are shown mercy.
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I want to be the girl your parents will use as a bad example of a lady.”- ...
– from ‘If Only Out of Vanity’
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Nature has all the answers. stone crabs
I saw these crabs at a beach in Belize; Stone crabs with two different sizes of claws. One which is more common and the other, which was humongous. My friend Omar who was showing me around, told me that waiting for the big claws to grow is pretty much a big deal for these crustaceans. Like people waiting for love or knowledge I suppose. These precious claws, unfortunately, are the popular tourist...
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BlackOUT magazine
BlackOUT is a magazine for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer identifying individuals of African descent.
BlackOUT magazine was founded by Sajdah Golde after her experience as a cast member of Showtime’s The Real L Word, a reality television series that focuses on lesbian women living and loving in Los Angeles. After receiving both praise and criticism for her role in representing the...
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Femme On Femme
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by Mia McKenzie
I was talking a couple of nights ago with the beautiful and fabulous Cherry Galette about the femme/butch dichotomy that seems to be so prevalent in queer community, lamenting the fact that feminine-identified girls like us who want to get down with other feminine-identified girls sometimes get funny looks. Or just…less play.
Somewhere back in the early days...