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Critique of Professional
Warning: This blog post is not professional. But it is real. Can you deal with it? You say I’m “not professional enough.” I hear “you are not white enough.” Profession-al. It’s such a capitalist word, imbued in the disciplining of Read More …
DREAM Perception
Favianna Rodriguez, who is a really badass and talented Oakland-based artivist, just did some pieces on DREAMERS and our/their complexities. You can read about it on her blog. The image on the left is a portrait of me by Favianna Read More …
“Camping”
If you read nothing today (and hopefully not any of my hormonal teenage crap), you should certainly read this piece: Whenever people in the United States ask if I’ve ever been camping, I say “No, but does refugee camping count?” Read More …
Placid Pool
I am a placid pool You look at me, speaking volumes with your eyes I want to drown in them Even when your eyes seem to drown within me. You chatter non-stop, from nonsense to sense to more nonsense, I Read More …
Writing
“But sexuality is fluid.” “Yes. My sexuality is very fluid in terms of moving from one woman to the next.” I am writing a novel. I’m re-writing it as I write it. And I’m too possessive about it right now Read More …