craigariathy

forlackofabettercomic: Some days are just TOO nice, you feel...

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:57:29 -0400

Some days are just TOO nice, you feel me? It’s like, save some for the other days.

"When the LGBT community is not united with social movements that address the issues facing the most..."

Sat, 04 May 2013 19:22:41 -0400

“When the LGBT community is not united with social movements that address the issues facing the most marginalized LGBT people, with racial justice proponents (proportionally more people of color identify as queer), with those fighting against systemic poverty, with pacifists, are we really making any progress? Or has the LGBT movement been kidnapped by power elites advocating for their own interests? The dilemma is reminiscent of an image circling some corners of the web: A white gay male couple superimposed over the Human Rights Campaign red equality symbol that dominated Facebook during the gay marriage Supreme Court hearings.”

- Human Rights Campaign: Largest LGBT Donors Are Drone Manufacturers

“WE WANT EQUALITY! WE WANT JUSTICE!” etc, etc.

(via mehreenkasana)

WHEN I HAVEN'T VISITED MY HOST FAMILY IN AWHILE AND I SEE THEM AROUND TOWN

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:46:53 -0400

whatshouldpcvscallme:

logotv: uesneppid: Someone just linked me this on facebook...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:45:36 -0400

logotv:

uesneppid:

Someone just linked me this on facebook AHAHAHA

#LivingForThis

didyoudrinkmygingerale: suburbanhymns: year you were born? gender? where you lived between...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:33:14 -0400

didyoudrinkmygingerale:

suburbanhymns:

year you were born?
gender?
where you lived between 0-18yrs? (city, state, or region)
where do you live now? (city, state, or region)

are these words pronounced the same? (yes/no)
1. cot / caught
2. Don / dawn
3. full / fool
4. pen / pink

are these sentences acceptable in casual, everyday speech?
5. Do you want to come with?
6. I’m done my homework.
7. Gas is really expensive anymore.
8. The table needs cleaned.

omg someone please fill this out for me i’m dying over here it’s for my linguistics class if you do it i’ll love you forever

1992, male, Colorado, Colorado

1. rhyme
2. rhyme
3. not rhyme
4. not rhyme
5. acceptable
6. unacceptable
7. unacceptable
8. acceptable

1985, guy, west Michigan, east Michigan

1. no 2. no 3. no. 4. no

5. yes 6. no 7. my family says it but it still sounds a little off to me 8. yes

unfreshing: this is my favorite video of the year so far

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:11:40 -0400

unfreshing:

this is my favorite video of the year so far

theeconomist: Tomorrow’s cover today: now especially, the world...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:30:17 -0400

theeconomist:

Tomorrow’s cover today: now especially, the world needs to hold fast to Margaret Thatcher’s principles.

the economist was hacked

whitewhine: Accidental Racist - The White Whiniest song ever...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:51:25 -0400

whitewhine:

Accidental Racist - The White Whiniest song ever recorded.

omg

over

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:20:13 -0400

whelmed

jrvmajesty: Great thanks to the RiseUpToHIV campaign for...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:23:59 -0400

jrvmajesty:

Great thanks to the RiseUpToHIV campaign for building visibility, awareness and embracing greater standards for dispelling stereotypes and sharing knowledge about HIV+ people in the world. Proudly still here.

Coming Out Again
Joseph R. Varisco | January 2013

About a month ago I found out that I am HIV positive.

I found that in speaking this news I was liberated and empowered from the stress and paranoia of imagining what it might be to hide a status. I honor that this is a privilege afforded to me by many factors:

I am surrounded by a brilliant community, family and friends some of which now join me in this next chapter of health and medical education. I have access to some of the top medical care in the country via Howard Brown. I have a partner who is brilliant, strong and wonderful and a sister who keeps me firmly rooted and safe.

The other night I was with my bio-fam and announced this change in my life to them. This was one of my greatest fears. I worried about children being pulled away and angry father/weeping mother, but I was so sorely mistaken. My news was met with surprising kindness and patience. So often I forget. They remind me.

They remind me why I see the world the way I do. The potential of community. The power of surrendering. Surrendering to a lack of understanding and to the reality of privilege. They remind me of the sacred. They remind me of bodies in a space wanting to thrive, to love, to be safe, to dream and make mistakes and disentangle the way the world views us so we can see ourselves the way we want to, need to, love to.

They remind me of the silence that we hold for each other when we cannot speak, do not know how to speak, can speak no more and the beauty that lives there. They remind me of how our bodies map out our pain, remember it, emboldened on our bones so that we do not need to summon it everyday. It will be there to remind us of who we are, what we’ve lost and why we fight.

I have made mistakes. I have lost and neglected people, places, projects, etc. I know forgiveness. It is a daily practice to ourselves, for ourselves. We will heal together. I hold this perspective in knowing that it is not the only way to see. I hold it because that is what calls to me. I honor what others see, how I cannot see. We make one another stronger for this. We are not alone anymore. Now lets make sure others know that too.

Reach out. Build relationships. Take risks and educate. Hold people accountable at home, in the office, at the bar, in public spaces. Hold people.

I will try harder. I will be better. I will remember.

Joseph R. Varisco is a documentarian and producer utilizing creative collaborations as a means of building community relationships and deconstructing boundaries. Since 2009 Varisco has invested in Chicago’s creative queer communities as the founder of JRV MAJESTY Productions, Creative Director of Chicago IRL, Artistic Assistant to the Youth Empowerment Performance Project and host and curator of monthly performance event LEX·IC·A. His work is featured in Chicago History Museum’s Out In Chicago Exhibit, his Queer Culture & Social Media Study project was presented at the Queer Horizons Conference and WTUL New Orleans Broadcasts the Future. As a teaching artist with About Face Youth Theatre, intern with the Broadway Youth Center and Night Ministry his work frames unconventional social justice practices.

http://www.facebook.com/jrvmajestyproductions
http://jrvmajesty.tumblr.com/
http://www.soundcloud.com/joevarisco

don’t stop writing.

purogallopinto: I’m sure if I posted this to Facebook, 80% of...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:41:44 -0400

purogallopinto:

I’m sure if I posted this to Facebook, 80% of the people I follow will unfriend me.

I want to post this so badly. So badly.

stop kony..

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:54:58 -0400

stop kony..

Actual facts.

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:38:00 -0400

Actual facts.

disobey: Created these to help show my support for our...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:34:42 -0400

disobey:

Created these to help show my support for our president.

i whine and i’m sad and i’m hurt and then all of a sudden, something happens, and...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:09:47 -0400

i whine and i’m sad and i’m hurt and then all of a sudden, something happens, and i’m just grateful

Most in Philly who test poz for HIV have AIDS

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:11:59 -0400

Most in Philly who test poz for HIV have AIDS:

projectqueer:

By WBadmin

Philadelphia skyline (Photo public domain)

A majority of Philadelphia residents who test positive for HIV already have full blown AIDS by the time they’re diagnosed, a Centers for Disease Control study reported by a Philadelphia CBS news affiliate found. The numbers are from the CDC’s HIV Surveillance Report, which comes out every three years, CBS said. The latest statistics are from 2011 and find Philadelphia ranked 24^th among metro areas in terms of new diagnoses with about 12,000 people living with AIDS in the city. An ActionAIDS official told CBS about 75 percent of the new cases diagnosed were at “stage three” for AIDS.

“It means they have full blown AIDS when they find out they’re sick, which is way too late in terms of the disease progression,” Kevin Burns, executive director of ActionAIDS told CBS.

Early testing is the key to keeping patients healthy, Burns and other health experts said.

An Argentinian opposed to liberation theology..

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:35:04 -0400

An Argentinian opposed to liberation theology..

missturdle: pokeapache: ifeellikeanoctopus: datcrackacaw: The...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:44:59 -0500

missturdle:

pokeapache:

ifeellikeanoctopus:

datcrackacaw:

The United States DHS has declared that areas 100 miles in from the US border are zones in which the 4th Amendment does not apply.

Major cities like New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and even Houston have been declared by the Department of Homeland Security to be within the official 100 mile ‘border’ of the United States, subjecting 197 million citizens to electronic belonging searches without any suspicion.

What is happening?

how about no

CASUALLY NOTICE HOW THE EXCLUSION ZONES ARE HEAVILY POC-POPULATED….

Yay! Michigan!

partysoft: every time someone tries to wedge some cis/str8s into the lgbtq “community,” they always...

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:24:12 -0500

partysoft:

every time someone tries to wedge some cis/str8s into the lgbtq “community,” they always make it so painfully obvious that the only thing that comes to mind when they think of us is sex. “it should include anyone who doesn’t have sex in the missionary position with the lights off in a house with a white picket fence blah blah blah!”

no, because who we are is not defined by the kind of sex we have (or don’t have!). our experiences are not defined by our sex, which is as varied as str8 sex. our difference, what sets us apart and what str8s revile so much, is so much more than how we fuck. it’s not how or where or how many or when - it’s who, and it’s not just sex. it’s who we love, who we prioritize, who we build lives and families with, and YES who we have sex with. but we are not just sex. and we are not hated and murdered and rejected and assaulted and oppressed just because of the way we have sex.

and how dare you people continue to reduce us to the sex you think we’re having?

The CFC: Feminist POC Wikipedia Takeover! 3/15 11-3 EST

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:33:44 -0500

The CFC: Feminist POC Wikipedia Takeover! 3/15 11-3 EST:

crunkfeministcollective:

Hello Friends!

I am really excited to tell you about a project I am working on called Feminists Engage Wikipedia, where folks around the country sign into Wikipedia, edit certain entries and add new ones to counteract the very white straight cis able bodied western dude nature of…