Cha Cha Chapina
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Submissions and questions welcome.
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“Your skin must be sensitive enough for the lightest kiss and thick enough to ward off the sneers. If you are going to spit in the eye of the world,...”
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A group portrait of female punk and new wave musicians in London, August 1980, L-R (back) Debbie Harry of Blondie, Viv...
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making some cloth pads today using the Marvel fabric I found. first, Hulk with green backing fabric. later…. Thor with yellow? Iron Man with red?...
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The half-sari (pavadai davani in Tamil) is a “training” sari worn by adolescent girls in South India to ease the...
Lazer lights! @saranflas #submission. #backtothe90’s
I just need a place to write. And a maybe a writing posse. #santacruz
I strongly agree and disagree with that statement to some extent.
A group portrait of female punk and new wave musicians in London, August 1980, L-R (back) Debbie Harry of Blondie, Viv Albertine of The Slits, Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie And The Banshees, (Front) Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders, Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex, and Pauline Black of The Selecter. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
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Que carajos
Proud of my essay posted on mujerestalk.org. I’m getting such incredible feedback. Took me so much to write I’m feeling emotionally exhausted. Feeling vulnerable, open and raw. I need a retreat so I can write more. #chapina #writer
By Jade(d)
So you’ve just graduated from college and you want to change the world. Good for you. The non-profit sector seems like a natural place for a justice-minded person such as yourself, and nonprofits are almost always hiring because the turnover rate is so high. But you may find the social justice industry to be… a little unjust. Here are a few tips and tricks for how to avoid being exploited by a nonprofit.
- Don’t work at one. Seriously. Working at a non-profit generally involves at least some level of exploitation. (When was the last time you saw a non-profit with a union?) If this doesn’t deter you, figure out what you’re willing to give up: Is it sleep? Weekends? Seeing your friends? Most non-profit workers do not work 9-5. Working nights and weekends is common. Paid overtime is not. Non-profits tend to make you feel like if you are not willing to work 24/7 then you are not “down for the cause.” That’s bullshit. Don’t ever let anyone make you feel like you’re not “down enough” because you are not willing to sacrifice your well-being for “the movement.” People who don’t take care of themselves burn out and often become jaded and bitter. You can’t sustain “the movement” if you don’t sustain yourself.
#Impermanence #AudreLordeWisdom #UniversalTruth
Photo credit: Dagmar Schultz
“…Pain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it. I always thought I had a very low threshold for physical pain, that I could not take it and that was…
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“They say I have a sweet ass, nice tits, a real pretty dress. They say I’m their future wife, or I’d look good with their dick in my mouth. They try (and probably succeed at times) to take pictures down my shirt. They ask if they can get my number, they ask where I live, why I’m not smiling, why my boyfriend lets me walk around by myself. Then they ask why I’m such a bitch, if my pussy is made of ice. They say that they never do this, as though I’ve somehow driven them to inappropriate behavior and deserve it. They say they’re just having fun, trying to pay me a compliment. Pretty frequently they get mean, slipping into a loud tourettes-like chant of bitch-whore-cunt-slut.
Before you try to tell me that it’s because I take my clothes off for a living, let me tell you that this started way before I was 18. Let me tell you that every single woman I know has at least one truly terrifying story of street harassment and a whole bunch of other stories that are merely insulting or annoying. Let me remind you that in a room of pornography fans, who have actually seen me with a dick in my mouth and who can buy a replica of my vagina in a can or box, I am treated with far more respect than I am walking down the street.”
— Stoya
The next generation of intelligent women using the porn industry to secure their financial future. Although she is physically appealing, if you read about her you find how insanely attractive her mind is.
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Maya Women reversing that White Settler-Colonial Gaze.
exotic white ppl we see u
i believe that being vulnerable is an act of resistance. it is countering oppression that tells us that we have to keep it all together and not show how affected we are by the systems of power and privilege. i mean isn’t “keeping it together” keeping it comfortable for everyone in power?
vulnerability is countering oppression.
fabian romero- indigenous immigrant queer boi writer
