June 2013
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April 2013
4 posts
What I wonder is if, when they're talking about the student exchange they say s-exchange (like actually say s ) or if they just call it sexchange
It is pronounced “sex change”
Black Power Mixtape for homework? Word.
Answer Questions on Identity for [I'm]Possible Zine: Race, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Class, Region... and the list goes on. →
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Here are some open-ended questions that the [I’m]Possible crew thought up for folks to respond to. Respond to as many as you want in whatever length you want; we’re looking for folks to share their story and will include responses in the zine. All responses are anonymous.
March 2013
15 posts
“A woman-of-color who writes poetry or paints or dances or makes movies knows there is no escape from race or gender when she is writing or painting. She can’t take off her color and sex and leave them at the door or her study or studio. Nor can she leave behind her history. Art is about identity, among other things, and her creativity is political.”
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Gloria Anzaldúa, Making Face/Making Soul: Haciendo Caras — Creative and Cultural Perspectives by Women of Color (via jalwhite)
We at [I’m]Possible highly recommend looking into reading works written and editited by Gloria Anzaldúa. A page on Voices from the Gaps gives information on Anzaldúa and her works: “Gloria Anzaldúa, a self-described ‘chicana dyke-feminist, tejana patlache poet, writer, and cultural theorist,’”
Some links below to get started
Making Face/Making Soul: Haciendo Caras
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color
(via impossiblewm)Queer/trans/poc zine project to create safer visible spaces in impossible places.
Accepting all submissionsssss. Spread the word.
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(Im)Possible Zine
tw: triggering/transphobic language
how do i get people to stop calling the “student exchange” (campus convenience store) a shortened name of “s.exchange”
all i’ve ever been able to do it stare, pause for too long of a time, push my yelling internal self aside, and mask up to respond.
Stories of Asian American Women, Trans, and Gender non-conforming Queer folks →
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Oh wow oh wow oh wow. There are a lot of videos and I don’t really have time right now because homework but omg this project is great.
VISIBILITY PROJECT REPRESENT!
check out the website at and see if they’re gonna be in your area or if there’s anything to volunteer for. I met one of the main folks who work on this and they’re good people
conversations in
content/trigger warning: discussion about war, violence
during big events at my school, we have event-staff come in. today I met a person who was tasked to sit outside the room, which was attached to our main office, where the performer and crew were changing/hanging out. they were super nice, soft spoken, honest, and inquisitive. they asked me about students at the school here after working the closing shift at swem library and seeing the mass of people leaving at 2am. they then told me about where they went to college, UofR and then VCU. and then they told me about the time that they spent between those two schools. less than a week after they withdrew from UofR because of finances, they received a draft letter from the US army to serve in the Vietnam War and served for three years. I tried not to ask too many questions nor let my mind wander about with curiosity on the subject and spent more energy listening. They opened up about some things that I never could have imagined, their own experiences, the people they knew, their thoughts on why the draft letter came so soon after their withdraw from the institution of UofR. After about thirty minutes, they paused and looked at me and said, “This is the most I’ve ever talked to anyone about it. That part of my life is completely over.”
Whitecismaledudeprivvy stares and whispers and gestures and vibes and aggression. Not into it.
I’m just tryn to listen to live music and do work in a nice space. Are you lookin at my me or the James Baldwin books on my table or the masks you apply to me or what what what.met an awesomeeee person during work today. we talked for a long time about poc/mixed/api/aapi/white spaces, privilege, growing up experiences, having mixed kids/how they see their kid experience being mixed in this context, williamsburg/colonial ventures, etc.
figuring out how to talk to people in a way that seems fulfilling, honest, truthful, and good in spaces with harmful cultures. <3
