"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag." -- Patti Smith
"They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." -- Andy Warhol
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." -- Mark Twain
"We should be championing anyone who destabilizes our identity. If you really believe you are one fixed thing only, then you are missing the point of being alive. We're fluid, we're always changing and evolving. Bless anyone who destabilizes your identity." -- Eve Ensler
"There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome." -- Andre Gide
"Throughout my life somebody has always tried to set the boundaries of who and what I will be allowed to be...what is common to these boundary lines is that their most destructive power lies in what I can be persuaded to do to myself--the walls of fear, shame, and guilt I can be encouraged to build in my own mind. I have learned through great sorrow that all systems of oppression feed on public silence and private terrorization." -- Killing Rage by bell hooks
Truths and Lies
"I have been told
that I am a figment
of my own imagination,
that what I am cannot be,
that my truths are lies
and their lies are truths.
But I know that I am
and that my truths are not lies
and their lies are not truths.
They may keep me
outside the boundaries
of their imaginations,
but I refuse to be invisible."
-- Jason Cromwell, author Transmen and FtMS
"I want to get good at this. I want to be a person who is safe to confront about my racism, my capitalism, my ableism, my ageism, and my looksism. I want to be a good confronter who doesn't back down and who feels entitled to a just world. I want us to all remember that we have the most responsibility to change, to listen, and to act when we are in the position of privilege. I think this is what it means to be an activist, to be an ally to our friends and ourselves. It doesn't mean being perfect, and any attachment to perfection only undoes us. It means a commitment to a lifelong process of unlearning, of fighting the bullshit inside and outside us with equal fervor. That is a commitment of love and trust to our friends and all the other people in the world. It is a commitment to fight and it is a commitment to win."
-- Dean Spade founder Sylvia Rivera Law Project
"Don't call me a Humanitarian, I'm a hellraiser!" Mother Jones
"... it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen to set brush fires in people's minds..." -- Samuel Adams, "Father of the American Revolution"
Your results:
You are Spider-Man
Spider-Man
100%
The Flash
75%
Robin
75%
Supergirl
70%
Green Lantern
70%
Hulk
60%
Batman
60%
Iron Man
55%
Superman
55%
Catwoman
40%
Wonder Woman
35%
You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.
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You are The Magician
Skill, wisdom, adaptation. Craft, cunning, depending on dignity.
Eleoquent and charismatic both verbally and in writing,
you are clever, witty, inventive and persuasive.
The Magician is the male power of creation, creation by willpower and desire. In that ancient sense, it is the ability to make things so just by speaking them aloud. Reflecting this is the fact that the Magician is represented by Mercury. He represents the gift of tongues, a smooth talker, a salesman. Also clever with the slight of hand and a medicine man - either a real doctor or someone trying to sell you snake oil.
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Sun Sign: Gemini
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Moon Sign: Libra
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Rising Sign: Aries
Ascendant 26° Aries 13' Aries Horoscope
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I'd like to meet:
I met my match and am the happiest man ever:
ae loves ae loves ae loves ae
for as long as there's loving
and as far as the eye can see
Music:
no-wave/postpunk peers: lounge lizards, dna, lydia lunch, teenage jesus and the jerks, raybeats, bush tetras, levi and the rockats, y-pants, esg, liquid liquid, material, the dBs, konk, pulsallama, contortions, jim jarmusch (del-byzanteens), snatch, revlons, mink de ville, robert gordon, bad brains, au pairs, slits, romeo void,raincoats, modettes, bellestars, pigbag, gang of four, pop group, delta 5, defunkt,contractions, stray cats, blasters, candye kane, gun club, red crayola, lora logic, scritti politti, psychedelic furs, rip, rig and panic, wall of voodoo, xtc, smiths, rem, cure, birthday party, einsteurtzende neubauten, phranc, clock dva, fad gadget, ann magnuson, klaus nomi, john sex,jean-michel.
shoutouts to current sf fambly--
whoa nellies
pansy division
veronica klaus
bambi lake
katastrophe
lipstick conspiracy
shawna virago
annie toone will do...
currently/permanently on random: cab calloway, duke, monk, trane, miles, mingus, ornette, leadbelly, professor longhair, django reinhardt, charlie christian, jimmy reed, johnny johnson, chuck berry, little richard, elmore james, screamin' jay, etta james, skip james, woody guthrie, sun studios: elvis, buddy holly, jerry lee, the man in black, gene vincent, wanda jackson, bob wills, frank sinatra, dean martin, little walter, sonny boy williamson, taj mahal, fela kuti, james brown, parliament, prince, johnny cash & june, carter family, loretta & conway, gram parsons & emmy lou, dolly & porter, brian wilson, hank williams, bill monroe, dr. ralph stanley, patsy cline, loretta lynn, brenda lee, louvin bros, collins kids, dylan, lennon, glimmer twins, neil young, the animals, the doors, hot tuna, fred neil, dave van ronk, the band, traffic, roxy music, bowie, iggy, lou, dolls, patti, heartbreakers,television, richard hell, clash, cramps, nick cave, x, creatures,big sandy, knitters, mystery train soundtrack, rev. horton heat, king missile, bongwater, buttholes, pigbag, rip, rig and panic, the pogues, kirsty maccoll, elvis costello, tom waits, old and in the way, tom petty, Dwight Yoakum, Martina Mcbride, Lucinda Williams, sweetheart of the rodeo, big star, bela bartok, igor stravinsky, ravel, john cage, vito acconci, sun ra, sonic youth,the damnwells, ryan adams, mary gauthier, athens boys choir, david gray, son volt, wilco, nirvana un-plugged, los lonely boys, Astor Piazzolla, sublime, the gossip, neko case, rilo kiley, katastrophe:let's fuck, then talk about my problems, throbbing gristle, morrissey, arcade fire, antony & the johnsons, the maybelles, mt. goats, spoon, hellbillys, lone star trio, beck, Peaches.
Movies:
yes. some like it hot, double indemnity, philadelphia story, west side story, the wild one, the outsiders, the warriors, rumblefish, gangs of ny, badlands, two lane blacktop, easy rider, my own private idaho, walkabout, performance, i shot andy warhol, boogie nights, sid and nancy, prick up your ears, my beautiful laundrette, velevt goldmine, the last waltz, by hook or by crook, boys don't cry, gendernauts, the Virgin machine, secretary, ed wood, rosemary's baby, lord of the flies, to kill a mockingbird, a place in the sun, Bound, trash, flesh, lonesome cowboys, midnight cowboy, loving you, viva las vegas, Vegas In Space, mystery train, stranger than paradise, les enfants du paradis, les enfants terribles, kaspar hauser, notorious, guys and dolls, valley of the dolls, babes in arms, summerstock, 7 brides for 7 brothers, Grease, HA!R, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, bus stop, giant, east of eden, the misfits, boys in the band, streetcar named desire, cat on a hot tin roof, barbarella!, lady & the tramp, gilda, godfather saga, sword in the stone, johnny guitar, whatever happened to baby jane?, endless summer, Gidget!, lolita, the loved one (original), village of the damned, the bad seed, Come Back to the Five and Dime..., the sting, butch cassidy and the sundance kid, nashville, night of the hunter, parting glances, paris is burning, bunuel, derek jarman, cassavettes, werner herzog, altman, corman, wim wenders, gus van sant, scott and beth b, john waters, rosa von praunheim, kenneth anger, greg araki, ken russell, almadovar, scorsese, coppola, freidkin, kubrick, jim jarmusch, amos poe, vivienne dick, david lynch, almost famous, little miss sunshine, drop dead gorgeous, romy & michelle's high school reunion, man who fell to earth, times square, walk the line, you, me and everyone we know, judy garland, buster keaton,montgomery clift, elizabeth taylor, shirley maclaine, rat pack, nathalie wood, brando,marilyn, rita hayworth,james dean, sidney poitier, dennis hopper, peter fonda, paul newman,jane fonda, jon voight, dustin hoffman, al pacino, bob de niro, candy darling,joe d'allasandro, holly woodlawn, jackie curtis, taylor mead, steve buscemi, river phoenix, matt dillon, all the arquettes, billy crudup, parker posey, kate hudson, scarlett joHOTTTsson, johnny depp, angelina, frances mcdormand, philip seymour hoffman, gary oldman, the wilson bros, joaquin phoenix, richard edson, john lurie, johnny kat, silas howard & harry dodge.
Television:
IFC, sundance, LOGO, weeds, LA ink, chelsea lately, heroes, intervention!, nip/tuck, discovery health, history channel, biography channel, talk soup, the rifleman, beverly hillbillies, f troop, petticoat junction, green acres, addams family, my favorite martian, courtship of eddie's father, classic animation: jetsons, looney tunes, rocky n bullwinkle, top cat, felix the cat, popeye, speed racer, gigantor!, captain scarlet etc.
Books:
le petit prince, house at pooh corner, artur rimbaud, tennessee williams, jack kerouac, andre gide, bob kaufman, allen ginsberg, casteneda, julio cortazar, ken kesey, richard brautigan, charles bukowski, patti smith, richard hell, richard farina, gary indiana, kurt vonnegut, meliza benales, max valerio, jeanette winterson, please kill me- legs mcneil, walt whitman, William blake, james joyce, dh lawrence, ee cummings, ws burroughs, arthur miller, james baldwin, henry miller, anais nin, david sedaris, tipping the velvet, the leather daddy and the femme, the persistent desire, stone butch blues, suits me, eileen myles, michelle tea, chrystos, kathy acker, daphne gottlieb, fran varian, the drag king book, transmutations, love bites, garden of the pomegranates, book of thoth, i ching, planets in aspect, the diamond sutra, astrology, karma and transformation, the 4 agreements, chiron - the healing journey, medicine cards, animal totems, the dogs of bedlam farm, a return to love, how to be your dog's best friend.
Heroes:
bugs bunny, le petit prince, spider-man, peter pan, marx bros, a rimbaud, a crowley, elvis, the man in black, hank williams, dylan, lennon, gram parsons, jack kerouac, holly woodlawn, joe d'allesandro, iggy, patti, tom verlaine, richard hell, joe strummer, emma goldman, peggy shaw, sylvia rivera, marsha p johnson, kate bornstein, susan stryker, jerome caja, diet popstitute and my great grandad, silent film comedian and hungarian gypsy jewish refugee Snitz Edwards
here's a piece I wrote when I heard
PUNK ROCK HEART - Joe Strummer 1952-2002
A working class hero is something to be.
