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Infinite Mirror by Matias Viegener

They are our spooky friends, the drones.  You think they’re coming but they’re already here.  You know that movie Poltergeist? Back then they still needed to come through our TV sets.   Now they’re much smarter.  There might be one under

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Infinite Mirror by Matias Viegener

They are our spooky friends, the drones.  You think they’re coming but they’re already here.  You know that movie Poltergeist? Back then they still needed to come through our TV sets.   Now they’re much smarter.  There might be one under

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Hazing the Muse Part II: Dr. Laurie Weeks interviews Benjy Russell and Rya Kleinpeter

To Darken This Darkness RECAPS featured an earlier version of  Hazing The Muse  in the Fall if 2012.  After connecting in virtual space for the past two years, it was cosmic timing that Russell rolled into LA on his truck in from

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Hazing the Muse Part II: Dr. Laurie Weeks interviews Benjy Russell and Rya Kleinpeter

To Darken This Darkness RECAPS featured an earlier version of  Hazing The Muse  in the Fall if 2012.  After connecting in virtual space for the past two years, it was cosmic timing that Russell rolled into LA on his truck in from

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When You Think the Night Has Seen Your Mind: Thoughts on Queers and Astrology by Marty Windahl

As I write this, the sun is in the astrological sign of Gemini.  Gemini is known as the sign of the Twins.  In the Greek myth associated with this constellation and sign, the twins are two brothers or in some

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When You Think the Night Has Seen Your Mind: Thoughts on Queers and Astrology by Marty Windahl

As I write this, the sun is in the astrological sign of Gemini.  Gemini is known as the sign of the Twins.  In the Greek myth associated with this constellation and sign, the twins are two brothers or in some

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Notes On Plastic by Heather Davis

  Better Things (detail), 1939, Dupont Archives It permeates almost everything about our daily existence, subtending and making possible the so-called comforts of contemporary life, the fixations of our modernity, our abundance, our media and communication networks. Yet its ubiquity

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Notes On Plastic by Heather Davis

  Better Things (detail), 1939, Dupont Archives It permeates almost everything about our daily existence, subtending and making possible the so-called comforts of contemporary life, the fixations of our modernity, our abundance, our media and communication networks. Yet its ubiquity

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On Nature by Martin Eiermann

The map I used to teach myself map-reading had been around for more than a decade when I found it in the glove compartment of my parents’ car. It was the type of map that was sold en masse in

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On Nature by Martin Eiermann

The map I used to teach myself map-reading had been around for more than a decade when I found it in the glove compartment of my parents’ car. It was the type of map that was sold en masse in

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“¿Qué es esa cosa Installation Art?” by Óscar Diaz

           Mi mamí me preguntó “¿Qué es esa cosa Installation Art?” I put the book down and walked with her around our casita. Guadelupe, Jesús and various Santos atop entrance ways watching over us as we move

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“¿Qué es esa cosa Installation Art?” by Óscar Diaz

           Mi mamí me preguntó “¿Qué es esa cosa Installation Art?” I put the book down and walked with her around our casita. Guadelupe, Jesús and various Santos atop entrance ways watching over us as we move

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Relative Truths: Zackary Drucker interviews Flawless Sabrina for RECAPS

Zackary Drucker: “I had known truth…” Flawless Sabrina: I had known truth and he was a drug addict. Last I heard he was in prison somewhere in New Jersey. But he was very old at the time, so he could

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Relative Truths: Zackary Drucker interviews Flawless Sabrina for RECAPS

Zackary Drucker: “I had known truth…” Flawless Sabrina: I had known truth and he was a drug addict. Last I heard he was in prison somewhere in New Jersey. But he was very old at the time, so he could

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Why Queers Love Astrology by Christopher J. Lee

The queer reluctance to disclose intrinsic natures is a well-theorized subject in cultural criticism, epitomized in David Halperin’s note on the definitional bounds of queerness: “an identity without essence.” Yet enter a room full of queers, and one comes to

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Why Queers Love Astrology by Christopher J. Lee

The queer reluctance to disclose intrinsic natures is a well-theorized subject in cultural criticism, epitomized in David Halperin’s note on the definitional bounds of queerness: “an identity without essence.” Yet enter a room full of queers, and one comes to

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#Submissions, Surveillance, and The Mobile Gaze by Amelia Acker

A new Tumblr has made the rounds called, “MEN TAKING UP 2 MUCH SPACE ON THE TRAIN.” The site features photograph submissions of men with their legs spread, usually sitting on more than one train seat, using plenty of legroom

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#Submissions, Surveillance, and The Mobile Gaze by Amelia Acker

A new Tumblr has made the rounds called, “MEN TAKING UP 2 MUCH SPACE ON THE TRAIN.” The site features photograph submissions of men with their legs spread, usually sitting on more than one train seat, using plenty of legroom

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Alien vs. Predator by Nikki Darling

For Ann and Sammie    Yellow, yellow flower, and flower of industry, tough spikey ugly flower, flower nonetheless, with the form of great yellow Rose in your brain! This is the flower of the World. –  Ginsey the Great You

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Alien vs. Predator by Nikki Darling

For Ann and Sammie    Yellow, yellow flower, and flower of industry, tough spikey ugly flower, flower nonetheless, with the form of great yellow Rose in your brain! This is the flower of the World. –  Ginsey the Great You

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The Tattoo Without Meaning by Christopher J. Lee

“I am interested in language because it wounds or seduces me.” French intellectual Roland Barthes wrote countless times on language—vividly, intimately—but not quite so directly on tattoos, instead arriving by coincidence at the site of marked skin, which, true to

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The Tattoo Without Meaning by Christopher J. Lee

“I am interested in language because it wounds or seduces me.” French intellectual Roland Barthes wrote countless times on language—vividly, intimately—but not quite so directly on tattoos, instead arriving by coincidence at the site of marked skin, which, true to

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Hospice Watercolors and Handsome Women’s Club by Heather Anne Welch

RECAPS IS PROUD TO PRESENT TWO ORIGINAL ZINES OF THE WORK OF HEATHER  ANNE WELCH.  Simone de Beauvior by Gisele Freund I’m starting a club, The Handsome Women’s Club. We’re not strictly against admitting men to the club, but they

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Hospice Watercolors and Handsome Women’s Club by Heather Anne Welch

RECAPS IS PROUD TO PRESENT TWO ORIGINAL ZINES OF THE WORK OF HEATHER  ANNE WELCH.  Simone de Beauvior by Gisele Freund I’m starting a club, The Handsome Women’s Club. We’re not strictly against admitting men to the club, but they

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Enduring Distraction by Kellie Lanham with Images by Victoria Fu

  Installation photos: Cult of Splendor,  Jan 09, 2014 to Feb 08, 2014, University Art Gallery,  University of California at Irvine, photographs by Elan Greenwald   Enduring Distraction by Kellie Lanham The stimulations of the senses succeed one another with such rapidity that there is no

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Enduring Distraction by Kellie Lanham with Images by Victoria Fu

  Installation photos: Cult of Splendor,  Jan 09, 2014 to Feb 08, 2014, University Art Gallery,  University of California at Irvine, photographs by Elan Greenwald   Enduring Distraction by Kellie Lanham The stimulations of the senses succeed one another with such rapidity that there is no

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G-chatting with John Greyson

G-chatting with John Greyson “John [Greyson] belongs to a category of gay and lesbian artist that I call “credible.” By this I mean that they have consistently produced artistically engaged work with authentic queer content and that they treat other

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G-chatting with John Greyson

G-chatting with John Greyson “John [Greyson] belongs to a category of gay and lesbian artist that I call “credible.” By this I mean that they have consistently produced artistically engaged work with authentic queer content and that they treat other

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Sarah Schulman on “Israel/Palestine and the Queer International” Interview by Nadia Gaber

On May Day 2011, the first Palestinian trade union conference for boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against the Israeli occupation was held in Ramallah, aligning labor organizers with the largest Palestinian civic movement, a non-violent resistance strategy that has solidarity

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Sarah Schulman on “Israel/Palestine and the Queer International” Interview by Nadia Gaber

On May Day 2011, the first Palestinian trade union conference for boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against the Israeli occupation was held in Ramallah, aligning labor organizers with the largest Palestinian civic movement, a non-violent resistance strategy that has solidarity

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The Politics of Apathy by Christopher J. Lee

Of the many charges leveled against the so-called millennial generation,  there’s none more damning than ‘apathetic.’ Stock photos of bored young people corroborate questionable reporting; millennials evidently spend their time lying in grassy meadows, resting their heads in their hands,

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The Politics of Apathy by Christopher J. Lee

Of the many charges leveled against the so-called millennial generation,  there’s none more damning than ‘apathetic.’ Stock photos of bored young people corroborate questionable reporting; millennials evidently spend their time lying in grassy meadows, resting their heads in their hands,

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The Camera is Broken by Andrew McFarland

I live in a collective space in Brooklyn, and prior to my residency there eight months ago, my camera broke, and sometime thereafter I began working as an assistant at a commercial photography studio in Chelsea. I can’t tell whether

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The Camera is Broken by Andrew McFarland

I live in a collective space in Brooklyn, and prior to my residency there eight months ago, my camera broke, and sometime thereafter I began working as an assistant at a commercial photography studio in Chelsea. I can’t tell whether

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Thinking Femen by Martin Eiermann

  During the 1968 Olympics, it was a gloved fist, raised defiantly towards the sky. During the Occupy protests of 2011, it was a smartphone pointed at approaching police officers in riot gear, the “peace symbol of the 21st century”

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Thinking Femen by Martin Eiermann

  During the 1968 Olympics, it was a gloved fist, raised defiantly towards the sky. During the Occupy protests of 2011, it was a smartphone pointed at approaching police officers in riot gear, the “peace symbol of the 21st century”

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Puppets, Pink Felt, and Levi’s Pockets: Materials from the Main Club by Lucas Hilderbrand

Materials from “The Main Club” donated by Robert Jansen. Used courtesy of the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies, University of Minnesota Libraries. In summer 2011, I kept hearing about the Main Club in Superior, Wisconsin.[1] I was spending the

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Puppets, Pink Felt, and Levi’s Pockets: Materials from the Main Club by Lucas Hilderbrand

Materials from “The Main Club” donated by Robert Jansen. Used courtesy of the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies, University of Minnesota Libraries. In summer 2011, I kept hearing about the Main Club in Superior, Wisconsin.[1] I was spending the

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Fag Face by Zach Blas

Facial Weaponization Communiqué: Fag Face.     I think about fag face sometimes when a cock is in my mouth, or an ass is pressed against my head, or cum runs down my chin. That accusation, that claim that has

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Fag Face by Zach Blas

Facial Weaponization Communiqué: Fag Face.     I think about fag face sometimes when a cock is in my mouth, or an ass is pressed against my head, or cum runs down my chin. That accusation, that claim that has

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The Becoming — Lupe of Mario Montez by Lara Mimosa Montes

  Is it becoming to be a woman? I suppose it depends on how one does it—becomes, that is. It also depends upon what kind of woman one becomes and whether or not such a becoming is becoming: flattering, fitting,

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The Becoming — Lupe of Mario Montez by Lara Mimosa Montes

  Is it becoming to be a woman? I suppose it depends on how one does it—becomes, that is. It also depends upon what kind of woman one becomes and whether or not such a becoming is becoming: flattering, fitting,

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Does Silence (Still) = Death by Christopher J. Lee

It’s been over thirty years since a group of New York activists took to the streets and wheatpasted the logo, SILENCE = DEATH, wherever it might be visible; its effects on queer culture are numerous and notable. Shirts have been

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Does Silence (Still) = Death by Christopher J. Lee

It’s been over thirty years since a group of New York activists took to the streets and wheatpasted the logo, SILENCE = DEATH, wherever it might be visible; its effects on queer culture are numerous and notable. Shirts have been

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Fire in Her Belly Catalog Essay by Martabel Wasserman

I recently curated a show, Fire In Her Belly, at Maloney Fine Art in Culver City. I am including the catalog essay in RECAPS as a way to share the questions posed by the work with a larger virtual audience. I

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Fire in Her Belly Catalog Essay by Martabel Wasserman

I recently curated a show, Fire In Her Belly, at Maloney Fine Art in Culver City. I am including the catalog essay in RECAPS as a way to share the questions posed by the work with a larger virtual audience. I

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“Gregory Crewdson: BBM Encounters” by Ali Tenenbaum

I “sat down” with Gregory Crewdson via BBM (yes we are in the club of dwindling but highly devoted and loyal users of the black berry) and talked about his work, Blue Velvet and movies that change your life. Ali: I

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“Gregory Crewdson: BBM Encounters” by Ali Tenenbaum

I “sat down” with Gregory Crewdson via BBM (yes we are in the club of dwindling but highly devoted and loyal users of the black berry) and talked about his work, Blue Velvet and movies that change your life. Ali: I

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What Have We Lost? by Kellie Lanham

“At the tiny Newman Popiashvili gallery, steps below the street, the scum line ran right through the paintings that still hung on the wall. A woman standing in the gloom cried when asked whether the gallery had insurance.”[1] On a

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What Have We Lost? by Kellie Lanham

“At the tiny Newman Popiashvili gallery, steps below the street, the scum line ran right through the paintings that still hung on the wall. A woman standing in the gloom cried when asked whether the gallery had insurance.”[1] On a

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Returning to the Self, Reigniting Community: the RECAPS Ira Sachs Interview

  A spectrum of intimacy is rendered visible by the artist’s hand. The concentration in the eyes of the masturbating subject posing for the camera is met and mediated by the image being rendered as a line drawing. The slickness

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Returning to the Self, Reigniting Community: the RECAPS Ira Sachs Interview

  A spectrum of intimacy is rendered visible by the artist’s hand. The concentration in the eyes of the masturbating subject posing for the camera is met and mediated by the image being rendered as a line drawing. The slickness

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Roses, Too: Slices of Gay Labor by Colette S

  I’m a labor organizer in San Francisco. The former, a method of employment and a belief system; the latter, my current geographic reality. It took me until moving here to understand that the rainbow flags that fly high above

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Roses, Too: Slices of Gay Labor by Colette S

  I’m a labor organizer in San Francisco. The former, a method of employment and a belief system; the latter, my current geographic reality. It took me until moving here to understand that the rainbow flags that fly high above

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Slogans. Repeat! by Marcus Civin

Beauty flows through me! Beauty flows through me! Beauty is ugly! Beauty is ugly! Be cheap! Be cheap! Be especially careful sometimes! Be especially careful sometimes! Beggars can make enough money too! Beggars can make enough money too! Confusion! Confusion!

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Slogans. Repeat! by Marcus Civin

Beauty flows through me! Beauty flows through me! Beauty is ugly! Beauty is ugly! Be cheap! Be cheap! Be especially careful sometimes! Be especially careful sometimes! Beggars can make enough money too! Beggars can make enough money too! Confusion! Confusion!

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Coming to America by Martin Eiermann

“It’s not just us keeping them apart. It’s everyone in Beszel and everyone in Ul Qoma. Every minute, every day. We’re only the last ditch: it’s everyone in the cities who does most of the work. It works because you

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Coming to America by Martin Eiermann

“It’s not just us keeping them apart. It’s everyone in Beszel and everyone in Ul Qoma. Every minute, every day. We’re only the last ditch: it’s everyone in the cities who does most of the work. It works because you

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Eileen Myles and JD Samson in Conversation

[Transcript edited for clarity, MW] Martabel Wasserman: I was very excited and anxious preparing for this conversation so I decided to email one of my teachers from college, Helen Molesworth, who introduced me to Eileen’s work, to ask for question

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Eileen Myles and JD Samson in Conversation

[Transcript edited for clarity, MW] Martabel Wasserman: I was very excited and anxious preparing for this conversation so I decided to email one of my teachers from college, Helen Molesworth, who introduced me to Eileen’s work, to ask for question

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On Roads and On Roadmaps by Flora Kao

  Flora Kao, Lines of Desire, 2008  Acrylic on vellum 7.5 x 10.5 feet [Detail] Referencing the blueprint as a locus of dreams, Lines of Desire is made of hundreds of overlays of the LA street-grid on vellum. Upon approach, its delicate atmospherics

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On Roads and On Roadmaps by Flora Kao

  Flora Kao, Lines of Desire, 2008  Acrylic on vellum 7.5 x 10.5 feet [Detail] Referencing the blueprint as a locus of dreams, Lines of Desire is made of hundreds of overlays of the LA street-grid on vellum. Upon approach, its delicate atmospherics

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Office Hours with Jack Halberstam

Martabel: How would you describe your practice? Jack: Practice is a tricky word. My practice is associated with public intellectual labor, with being out in the world, and taking some of the work I do in the context of the

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Office Hours with Jack Halberstam

Martabel: How would you describe your practice? Jack: Practice is a tricky word. My practice is associated with public intellectual labor, with being out in the world, and taking some of the work I do in the context of the

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Undocubus Riders Confront Democrats and the Poli-Migra by Gabriela Alcazar

On July 29th, 2012, the Undocubus took off from Phoenix, Arizona with a brave group of undocumented immigrants and allies of all ages.  The No Papers, No Fear: Ride For Justice is headed east to the Democratic National Convention taking

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Undocubus Riders Confront Democrats and the Poli-Migra by Gabriela Alcazar

On July 29th, 2012, the Undocubus took off from Phoenix, Arizona with a brave group of undocumented immigrants and allies of all ages.  The No Papers, No Fear: Ride For Justice is headed east to the Democratic National Convention taking

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Recapping Time by Martabel Wasserman

“Feeling the press of the complexity upon the emptiness of life, people are fearful at the thought that at any moment things might thrust out of control.”- The Port Huron Statement, 1962 This lens is ready-made nostalgia; it was as

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Recapping Time by Martabel Wasserman

“Feeling the press of the complexity upon the emptiness of life, people are fearful at the thought that at any moment things might thrust out of control.”- The Port Huron Statement, 1962 This lens is ready-made nostalgia; it was as

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How Can an Artist Be? by Cora Currier

    In the 1860s, the British writer G.H. Lewes trumpeted the professionalization of literature. “To write for a livelihood,” he remarked, “even on a complete misapprehension of our powers, is at least a respectable impulse. To play at literature

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How Can an Artist Be? by Cora Currier

    In the 1860s, the British writer G.H. Lewes trumpeted the professionalization of literature. “To write for a livelihood,” he remarked, “even on a complete misapprehension of our powers, is at least a respectable impulse. To play at literature

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(Re) United in Anger, an interview with Jim Hubbard

  I was lucky enough to interview  Jim Hubbard before the LA premiere of his documentary United in Anger at Outfest . The film is a history of ACT UP New York that draws on archival footage and the 130+ interviews and counting

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(Re) United in Anger, an interview with Jim Hubbard

  I was lucky enough to interview  Jim Hubbard before the LA premiere of his documentary United in Anger at Outfest . The film is a history of ACT UP New York that draws on archival footage and the 130+ interviews and counting

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Two Billboards by Nadia Gaber

This is a simple reflection on two billboards: one, the last I saw upon leaving the cacophonous streets of Cairo; the other, the first I saw upon arriving back in placid, progressive San Francisco.   In an early-morning taxi to

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Two Billboards by Nadia Gaber

This is a simple reflection on two billboards: one, the last I saw upon leaving the cacophonous streets of Cairo; the other, the first I saw upon arriving back in placid, progressive San Francisco.   In an early-morning taxi to

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Black and Pink Issue 3: Coming Out as Trans

Our Third Installation from the queer prison abolition network Black and Pink Artwork by David R. Flint Jr #267953 Avon Park Correctional Institution A-1106-U PO Box 1100 Avon Park, FL 33826-1100 Hello Family of Black & Pink, My name is Charles,

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Black and Pink Issue 3: Coming Out as Trans

Our Third Installation from the queer prison abolition network Black and Pink Artwork by David R. Flint Jr #267953 Avon Park Correctional Institution A-1106-U PO Box 1100 Avon Park, FL 33826-1100 Hello Family of Black & Pink, My name is Charles,

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Why are Bicycle Frames Still Gendered Objects? By Hanna Negami

To mount the first bicycle, invented in 1817 by Karl von Drais, one needed to swing a leg over the top beam, a practice considered too un-ladylike for women; the seated position was also difficult to maintain while wearing a

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Why are Bicycle Frames Still Gendered Objects? By Hanna Negami

To mount the first bicycle, invented in 1817 by Karl von Drais, one needed to swing a leg over the top beam, a practice considered too un-ladylike for women; the seated position was also difficult to maintain while wearing a

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On Wearing Masks: Jon Leon and Bdydbl in Conversation

BDYDBL: This is a spread I put together for an issue of Daddy Magazine in 2007 this issue was called “black daddy”, when reading your essay on Lindsay I thought of this image. In your essay, you write that the

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On Wearing Masks: Jon Leon and Bdydbl in Conversation

BDYDBL: This is a spread I put together for an issue of Daddy Magazine in 2007 this issue was called “black daddy”, when reading your essay on Lindsay I thought of this image. In your essay, you write that the

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Cruising the Archive with Ann Cvetkovich

Cruising the Archive with Ann Cvetkovich : An Impromptu Salon with Kathryn Garcia, Catherine Lord and Martabel Wasserman In conjunction with the numerous site-specific installations and retrospectives happening in and around Los Angeles associated with Pacific Standard Time, David Frantz and

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Cruising the Archive with Ann Cvetkovich

Cruising the Archive with Ann Cvetkovich : An Impromptu Salon with Kathryn Garcia, Catherine Lord and Martabel Wasserman In conjunction with the numerous site-specific installations and retrospectives happening in and around Los Angeles associated with Pacific Standard Time, David Frantz and

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Notes from the Underground by Karen Narefsky

  Author’s note: This organizing campaign took place throughout the summer and fall of 2011. It was led by a team of seven organizers (three students, three union workers, and one union organizer), as well as a committee of 12-15

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Notes from the Underground by Karen Narefsky

  Author’s note: This organizing campaign took place throughout the summer and fall of 2011. It was led by a team of seven organizers (three students, three union workers, and one union organizer), as well as a committee of 12-15

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Black and Pink

  Sapp Troy Sapp 511613 5-A-117 ERDC C2727 Highway K Bonne Terre, MO 63628   2,297,400 people in the US are locked up in prisons and jails[1].  Considering that queer and trans people are disproportionately incarcerated, that means that hundreds

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Black and Pink

  Sapp Troy Sapp 511613 5-A-117 ERDC C2727 Highway K Bonne Terre, MO 63628   2,297,400 people in the US are locked up in prisons and jails[1].  Considering that queer and trans people are disproportionately incarcerated, that means that hundreds

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An Essay for Paul Jeanes, David Kelley, and Hong-An Truong by Marcus Civin

An Essay for Paul Jeanes, David Kelley, and Hong-An Truong This essay has five parts: Line, Form, Color, Production, and Giving-It-Away. These are five subjects I am thinking about, five subjects somehow, I think related to a poster project I

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An Essay for Paul Jeanes, David Kelley, and Hong-An Truong by Marcus Civin

An Essay for Paul Jeanes, David Kelley, and Hong-An Truong This essay has five parts: Line, Form, Color, Production, and Giving-It-Away. These are five subjects I am thinking about, five subjects somehow, I think related to a poster project I

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My Pussy Is Still In Los Angeles (I Only Live in Berlin)

      My Pussy is Still in Los Angeles (I Only Live in Berlin) a commission piece by The Getty/Pacific Standard Time produced by West of Rome Public Art Agency Curator Emi Fontana Ms. Davis’ gown and shoes by

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My Pussy Is Still In Los Angeles (I Only Live in Berlin)

      My Pussy is Still in Los Angeles (I Only Live in Berlin) a commission piece by The Getty/Pacific Standard Time produced by West of Rome Public Art Agency Curator Emi Fontana Ms. Davis’ gown and shoes by

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A Case for Shit by Iman James

  A Catholic priest performs the Holy Eucharist and reading from the Roman Missal he says, “the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread, and giving thanks, broke, and said: Take Ye and Eat: This

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A Case for Shit by Iman James

  A Catholic priest performs the Holy Eucharist and reading from the Roman Missal he says, “the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread, and giving thanks, broke, and said: Take Ye and Eat: This

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Pink Washing: A Documentary Guide by Sarah Schulman

“Not only do Palestinian queers face these injustices on a daily basis and undergo Israeli oppression like any other Palestinian, but also our name and struggle is often wrongly used and abused to “Pinkwash” Israel’s continuous crimes against the whole

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Pink Washing: A Documentary Guide by Sarah Schulman

“Not only do Palestinian queers face these injustices on a daily basis and undergo Israeli oppression like any other Palestinian, but also our name and struggle is often wrongly used and abused to “Pinkwash” Israel’s continuous crimes against the whole

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Indocumentalismo Manifesto—an Emerging Socio-Political Ideological Identity

  Indocumentalismo Manifesto—an Emerging Socio-Political Ideological Identity 31 March 2010 By Raúl Alcaraz/Daniel Carrillo www.antifronteras.com (versión en español será agregada a la página próximamente) Note: The following article tries to put together ideas that already exist. None of this is new

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Indocumentalismo Manifesto—an Emerging Socio-Political Ideological Identity

  Indocumentalismo Manifesto—an Emerging Socio-Political Ideological Identity 31 March 2010 By Raúl Alcaraz/Daniel Carrillo www.antifronteras.com (versión en español será agregada a la página próximamente) Note: The following article tries to put together ideas that already exist. None of this is new

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Reclaim Theory by Martin Eiermann

  Of all the places to root one’s criticism of the Old Left, the bible is perhaps a rather unlikely one. Yet there it is, right in the words of Matthew 9.17, where Jesus addresses the Pharisees: “Neither do men

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Reclaim Theory by Martin Eiermann

  Of all the places to root one’s criticism of the Old Left, the bible is perhaps a rather unlikely one. Yet there it is, right in the words of Matthew 9.17, where Jesus addresses the Pharisees: “Neither do men

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Mor Lovehours

An homage to Mike Kelley text and images by Caren Spitler On February first I felt the world around me exhale and cease to take another breath. Still coming off a high from the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time performance festival,

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Mor Lovehours

An homage to Mike Kelley text and images by Caren Spitler On February first I felt the world around me exhale and cease to take another breath. Still coming off a high from the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time performance festival,

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