Hey, reader. How are you doing? At an event watching local Indigenous people dance, they were burning copal. I felt so happy, some things came together in my mind. I connected dots, and I felt excited. It made me want to write a blog post and tell you what dancing is for. prayers Dancing is… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I’m glad to be asked anywhere. I’m rarely invited to any gathering, to the point that being invited to a party or workshop is cause for celebration. I consider it carefully. Recently I was reading an acquaintance’s social media post about being nonbinary, assigned female at birth, and invited… Read More »
Hello, reader. How’s things? I was talking to a new friend yesterday. Lately I’ve been meeting trans, queer, disabled, and crazy people I like. I realized that in conversation, new folx who don’t know me yet are often wrong about what I’m actually thinking. They guess wrong because they don’t have much to go on. … Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? You know I’m able to be around people these days in a conventional manner. Well, I stim a lot and cry extra, and I laugh at the wrong times. I might say something inappropriate. But I’m disabled and have the autism. When I was young, there were years I… Read More »
“Are people being respectful to you?” I asked my dear one. We were talking on the phone. They were out of state at an action, organizing with radicals in the woods. Daily they would go to town for cellphone reception and to txt people. I was fortunate to receive an unplanned phone call. “I think… Read More »
Hello, reader. Would you like to dance? Do you know that all bodies are valid bodies, fat is ok, and fat people have as much worth as thin people? Maybe you know those ideas theoretically, but I wonder if you know the ideas in your heart. Do you respect fat people similarly to how you… Read More »
‘ Hello, reader. How are you doing? I had an autistic freakout this morning. “I’m sorry you’re having a rough day,” my friend texted me, when I mentioned the autistic freakout. It’s nice to have an old friend’s sympathy. He had possibly regained the dignity he lost during a pinball tournament the night before. “I… Read More »
Don’t underestimate Ming. Don’t misunderstand this brilliant, caring person. Just because Ming is humble and disabled, please don’t ignore their generous helpfulness. Don’t let self-aggrandizing, big ego people throw off your sense of what great is. Quiet, calm caring is the real greatness in this world, supporting others and making a better world. If you… Read More »
Fat transqueer disabled dance is a guest post by Ming. Photos by Ming! *** The dance happened on the same day as a national political protest occurred, Hands Off. We at the Fat TransQueer Disabled Ecstatic Dance were creating and celebrating the world that the protesters were dreaming for. Here is now. Why not? Before… Read More »
Yesterday we held the first fat transqueer disabled dance. It was a beautiful day for unconditional love. All bodies are valid bodies, and I’m compelled to co-create a space where all bodies belong. I’m happy to dance in the revolution. When I scheduled the fat transqueer disabled dance, I didn’t know there was a huge… Read More »