Hello, reader. How are you doing these days? I made a new zine: how to make beautiful signs for demonstrations. It’s a mini-zine–one legal size page folded up. It has some cool ideas–I like it. How to make beautiful signs for demonstrations had been on my mind for some months. So I’m glad I finally… Read More »
Hello, reader. How’s life? A good friend-housemate asked me about fashion. He’s learning more how to sew. He makes beautiful embroidery and quilts. But now he wants to make clothes too. Oh, but what about gender? He is a he/they trans enby person. He doesn’t wanna wear a dress these days. But maybe he wants… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you? What do you think is beautiful? Is fitting into a gender box important to your life and success? I like genderfucking. That’s when you play with gender intentionally and subversively. We can do better than restrictive roles. A motivation for genderfucking is cultural change. I like modeling that another way… Read More »
“You should say how even playing D and D, there was a way to say it’s too much, like asking for a content warning,” Ming said. He had just read my post about power in groups and content warnings for graphic content. “Right,” I said. The “change the subject immediately” for our D and D… Read More »
Hello! How are you doing? Sometimes people read one of my zines that’s a few years old, and they make the mistake of thinking all that stuff is still true. If you read something, it might not be true anymore. The reason I say anything can be that I need to say it, then lay… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? I’ve been speaking up about everyday disability justice. What are the best ways to bring more everyday disability justice to the world? How can we change culture to help us all treat each other more equitably? The experiences Ming and I are having in our travel and search for home… Read More »
When I was a kid, the Sinead O’Connor album I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got was the first cd I ever bought. I’m pretty sure it was the first cd. I’d bought a few tapes and records. But I heard Nothing Compares 2 U on the radio, loved its haunting stark truths about… Read More »
I want to change culture, and direct action is part of my life. I think about direct action of different kinds–symbolic, performative, solidarity. Some acts of service can be direct action also. statement Serving food to hungry people is a real way to help, but it can also be a statement. Food Not Bombs says… Read More »
A going away party is like a birthday party, memorial ceremony, funeral… It’s a social gathering to help us mark an occasion and assist one another through change. A wedding or baby shower can be a similar thing. We are about to make a huge change in our lives. We’d like to invite you to… Read More »
Happy birthday to Stacey Park Milbern, my disability justice hero. She would have been 35 on May 19. I didn’t know her, but I love her. She’s my disabled ancestor. The morning of her birthday, Ming and I listened to her crip socks essay that I read aloud and posted on my soundcloud. I hugged… Read More »