dirtylibrarianthoughts:

A wonderful piece on Zanele Muholi at hyperallergic. In talking about queer photography and queer artists, names that come up tend to be overwhelmingly white and from the U.S. or Europe. Considering the amount of queer photographers out there in the world, all of whom may or may not be working with specifically queer issues, it is great that Muholi’s work, which focuses entirely on black queer women and black queer identities, is getting more attention.

excited to start this again.

…and because intent and words and understanding matter:

obsession |əbˈseSHən|

noun

• an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person’s mind

1. “caught a long wind”

2. the life + expression - the words of Ntozake Shange (and more and then some)

3. laffy taffy. (the banana flavor is life)

4. Cheryl Clarke (and “The Never-Ending Resource that is Black Queerness”)

4a. (and then some  and more).

5. black queers in film.

7. smiling. (…who knew).

8. “you’re delicious / you’re delicious…”

9. the number 5. 

10. bravery + healing. recognizing the bravery in healing. anticipating the look of bravery after healing. 

11. orgasms. the spit and release. the jerk and shake as i…. 

11a. exploring desire. 

12. lips: full lips. lips that speak. lips that move and dance. lips that convey nuance and subtle and blatant wants. 

13. silence. 

laborreguita:

new blog for the new zine idea! let there be submissions! this page has NOTHIN’ yet, but needs some lovely followers and some lovely submissions to make it possible! reblog far and wide! here are the guidelines for the zine:

* writings/art/photos should pertain to your experience as a queer/trans person of color, however that manifests itself for you (talking about body relations/body politic/image, relationships, your experience w/ allyship or your personal list of ally-tips(these are really fun to write!), coming out, your gender experience, cultural intersections(!!!), anything else you can think of that would pertain to the qpoc experience. *

interested in sharing a piece of writing? a piece of art that can be reproduced in 2D format? 

submit here, or email eliz.seibel@gmail.com (@laborreguita)

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