August 2011
10 posts
You are magnificent →
Mia Mingus is a queer physically disabled woman of color, korean transracial and transnational adoptee writer, organizer and community caretaker. She was a keynote speaker at the 2011 Femmes of Color Symposium.
The full text of her keynote - Moving Toward the Ugly: A Politic Beyond Desirability - is available here. Here’s an excerpt:
“If we are ever unsure about what femme...
Femmes of Color Symposium - Aug. 19-21, Oakland →
The Femmes of Color Symposium is taking place later this month in Oakland, CA. The line-up features many amazing presenters and performers, including Persistence contributor Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.
Rachel Kramer Bussel calls Persistence "profound."... →
Author and editrix extraordinaire Rachel Kramer Bussel digs our book.
rkb:
I love this photo and I love Bevin’s piece in the book. I will be writing a full review of Persistence soon but I seriously cannot recommend it enough. And I truly hope people outside the queer world read it too. Obviously, it speaks to some very specific stories but what has impressed me so much is that those...
