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Austin Transplanted Poet, Shappy Seaholtz, Chupacabra, The one....

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:48:50 -0600

Austin Transplanted Poet, Shappy Seaholtz, Chupacabra, The one. The Only. Shappy. Can’t wait to see him tonight. Spiderhouse Ballroom. Find more poems and cartoons at his Very Dry Cool Place.

Austin Transplanted Poet, Anis Mojgani, For Those Who Can Still...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:34:56 -0600

Austin Transplanted Poet, Anis Mojgani, For Those Who Can Still Ride An Airplane For The First Time. Ask any slam/spoken word poet who their favorite poet is and odds are that this miracle of a man is in their top 5. He astounds. He lifts. He soothes. He is one of the best we’ve got. Also a Write Bloody Author, you can find him touring all over the country and more of his work at The Piano Farm.

Austin Poet, Danny Strack, A Wish That The Universe Wasn’t...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:23:01 -0600

Austin Poet, Danny Strack, A Wish That The Universe Wasn’t Made Out of Clocks, Danny is a one of those brilliant people who understands science and poetry and can makes sense if it in a stunning way. He also juggles. Literally. Find more of his work on his website. And look for him traveling around the country and being the slammaster for the Austin Poetry Slam, Tuesday nights at SpiderHouse Ballroom.

Austin Slam Poet, Lacey Roop, Gender is a Universe. This is the...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:13:00 -0600

Austin Slam Poet, Lacey Roop, Gender is a Universe. This is the first poem I ever saw Lacey do. So much heart and expansive language. This poem says and does so much. You can check out more of Lacey’s work on her website. Also, look for her touring across the country and at her home venue tonight, SpiderHouse Ballroom in Austin, TX.

Kindness School. Seattle. I love the idea of this school. I love...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:20:00 -0600

Kindness School. Seattle. I love the idea of this school. I love the idea of starting and ending each day with gratitude. I hate that the tuition is 15 grand a year and this school is predominantly made up of wealthy, white students.

Beyond Gay Marriage and Queer Separatists–The Call for a Working-Class Queer Movement

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:40:07 -0600

Beyond Gay Marriage and Queer Separatists–The Call for a Working-Class Queer Movement :

“Instead of carving out a tiny gay space out of the small stream of bourgeois, legislative rights, can we imagine a kind of sexual freedom that is for all people? A kind of freedom where a single mom is able to bring up her child without feeling obligations to marry? A kind of freedom that no one would be restrained in pantyhose at work anymore? A kind of freedom that as a culture we are finally not tabooed to talk about sex, but does not idealize or professionalize it either? A kind of freedom that everyone would play with gender without shame, and a culture that no youth would commit suicide because of school bullying, or because they might just have a different sexual fantasy? A kind of place that no one would be afraid to walk the streets at night, where none of our body parts– our brains or our genitals –are pathologized. A kind of freedom that is multifaceted, and does not merely carve out a different shape of box to fit in a particular sexuality, but opens up the possibility to more creative desires for everyday folks.”

My homie KB was a revolutionary in 84. (Taken with instagram)

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:23:25 -0600

My homie KB was a revolutionary in 84. (Taken with instagram)

Krisna just pulled out this old letter I wrote him in 1995. I...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:07:21 -0600

Krisna just pulled out this old letter I wrote him in 1995. I colored the envelope all crazy. I ask him to send me a tape in the mail because that is how you shared music in 1995. (Taken with instagram)

My first kiss was with a revolutionary.

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:45:00 -0600

My first kiss was with a revolutionary.:

I am in Austin with one of my dearest friends. We met at church when we were 11 years old. He was wearing a Malcom X shirt and telling me about white supremacy. He taught me how to do the Running Man and Roger Rabbit and suggested I not call Asian people Oriental. It’s hilarious how we can look back on our friendships and see how they shaped us. At 15, he told me to read The Communist Manifesto. At 20, he turned me on to Eric Foner’s Reconstruction. It’s beautiful to me that now at 31, we are sitting in his living room, talking about language and authenticity and how people become genuinely radicalized. He identifies as a Queer Communist Militant. He works with a group called Unity and Struggle. To this day, he is one of the most well-read, hilarious and kind hearted humans I know. He writes for many blogs and websites but this is his personal blog and I just wanted to to share it with the comrades.

+ Drink enough water + Have enough sex= The secret.

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:57:54 -0600

+ Drink enough water + Have enough sex= The secret.

STUNNING INTERNAL ORGANS AND BONES OF THE DAY.

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:55:02 -0600

STUNNING INTERNAL ORGANS AND BONES OF THE DAY.

What Women Deserve, Sonya Renee Taylor. Dear friend and...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:49:41 -0600

What Women Deserve, Sonya Renee Taylor. Dear friend and brilliant activist. The OG. You better ask somebody.

How do you feel about your awesome reproductive rights poem on video going ,or about to go, viral? I am seeing it sparking debates on many pages.

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:34:28 -0600

It’s pretty surreal. I wrote that poem in 2008. Put it on youtube in 2010. One night I got drunk with my roommate and read all the youtube comments. My favorite was “If you would just close your clown car vagina, this kind of thing wouldn’t happen to you.” Two points for good visuals. It is so tragic that the dominant mentality is that this is a women’s promiscuity issue. It feels like we are fighting whether it is okay for women to breathe air. Like we have to spend money, time, resources etc. to fight something that should just be a basic human right. I think the men who conjure these bills up don’t really care one way or another about life (obvious from their fondness for war and capital punishment) they just want to infuriate the left and get them to pay attention to this instead of the disparity of wealth. Long answer to a short question. I am glad the poem has legs and is speaking to people. Glad beyond belief. I hate that it is still relevant.

My baby bought me a ukulele for my birthday!! She wrapped in...

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:06:14 -0600

My baby bought me a ukulele for my birthday!! She wrapped in mustache wrapping paper and a mustache bow. (Taken with instagram)

I saw you at the NMF a year or so ago, I think before Jabee went on. I loved your poem!! So glad I found your tumblr!!!! Keep on keepin' on!!!

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:14:08 -0600

Sweetberryjam. That is splendid. Jabee is my dude. We go all the way back to Culture Shock Days. Glad you found me too! <3

shenaniganswillensue: chelsea lewyta. STUNNING ANTLER PHOTO OF...

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:02:26 -0600

shenaniganswillensue:

chelsea lewyta.

STUNNING ANTLER PHOTO OF THE DAY.

News9 used parts of my poem, To The Oklahoma Lawmakers, in their...

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:53:53 -0600

News9 used parts of my poem, To The Oklahoma Lawmakers, in their 10 o’clock news report last night. Totally an honor. It was interesting how they didn’t mention it was a poem or that it was on youtube but was really cool to see it weaved into a story like this. Plus, Rep. Mike Reynolds looked like a total moron. “Most Oklahomans believe that life begins at conception. We can’t change the language to make an exception for rape.” Shudder. Ugh. NO. I don’t think most Oklahomans spend their day at work worrying about when life begins. They are just doing what they can to take care of the lives they have. The thing that upsets me so much is that this is apparently all they can come up with to do at work. They talk about the economy and wasteful government and then spend all this money drafting these ridiculous bills. The media then has to take up air time talking about it and we have to take time off of work to protest it and we all have to spend money campaigning for our side. Meanwhile, there are children in Oklahoma (like mine) that don’t have health care or textbooks for school. THERE ARE REAL PROBLEMS. MY UTERUS IS NOT YOUR PROBLEM.

Several mobilizations around this: Oklahomans Against Personhood Bill

Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice is always hard at work.

Also, to learn more about mobilization, diy organizing and other “red state perspectives on reproductive justice” please check out the Take Root Conference where I will be performing with my poetry band, Dirt Choir, Feb. 24 at 7pm.

are you related to greta zuniga?

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:28:05 -0600

Nope. It’s my ex-husbands last name and there are heaps of Zunigas. I like a woman named Greta though, introduce me?

meganfalley: published today at muzzle magazine. Megan Falley...

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:18:31 -0600

meganfalley:

published today at muzzle magazine.

Megan Falley is a beast. Wow. This. Her new book, After the Witch Hunt, is coming out on Write Bloody Publishing.

Winter Issue of Muzzle

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:16:13 -0600

Winter Issue of Muzzle:

stevietheclumsy:

I’m super duper excited about the latest issue of Muzzle!

With poems by Malachi Black, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Gregory Pardlo, Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, Sierra DeMulder, Megan Falley, Michael Mlekoday, and many other talented folks, this might just be my favorite issue yet. The poetry happening in this issue is just flat out stunning.

Oh damn. So many glorious writers in this issue! Can’t wait to snuggle with it.