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RED

Feemale. I mean Mal. I mean phemale. I mean Mail. ok, just for you, just you, for this second, we, I

About Me

In the days of kings and queens I was a sexy fruitcake. I came from three generations of single mothers and the ghosts of heroic and sadistic fathers. In the days of Senators and CEOS, mergers and acquisitions, nationalization and globalization, I consorted with a secretary, a word smith, a waitress, a firefighter, a baseball coach, Tina Turner, a carpenter, a grocery store worker, a stand-up comic, a janitor, a bookie, a priest in the sanctuary, an aldermen, historians, strippers, picture makers, smoking nuns, dirty poets, moms, whores, feminists, reporters, witches, mathmaticians, artists, and students. We assembled love, drank irrationality, fucked and bred perversity, raised children, concocted conceptions. We fastened promiscuously to one another, stealing, borrowing, creating new time, recycling buried treasures. And then...

My Interests

peace. healing scars. wild imaginations. communion. pleasure. energy. offerings. comedic or otherwise socially provacative facial hair. utterances. slutty ideas. promiscuous citizens. gathering. laughter. lovers. public and private service. hospitality. art. ideas. tricks. singing bowls. the protrusions which give our life meaning, for a while. glitter. neighborhoods. sexuality. social change at the site of the body.

I'd like to meet:

saw and theremin players.


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Music:

nina simone. armen ra. lhasa de sela. santogold. caetano velosa. the roots. pj harvey. riceboy sleeps. jill scott. peaches. prince. david bowie. mos def. jeff buckley. the gossip. yeah yeah yeahs. missy elliot. rolling stones. jinx titanic. el vez. nomy lamm. patti smith. springsteen. kiki and herb. ennio morricone. jane's addiction. leonard cohen. indigo girls. paul anka. grace jones. the shangrilas. the creatures. neil diamond. magnetic fields. bjork. rabbit. david byrne.

Movies:

standing silent nation. screaming queens. tranimals. grizzly man. fight club. the piano. ma vie en rose. mysterious skin. l.i.e. invincible. house of yes. at close range. little man tate.

Television:

nip/tuck (earlier seasons). damages. big love. project runway. dave chapelle. rosanne. frontline. my life on the d list. chicago works. da ali g show. chris rock. the daily show. sopranos. phil donahue. charlie rose.

Books:

batille. nabokov. marx. foucault. berlant. w.e.b dubois. audre lorde. minnie bruce pratt. sarah fran wisby. gloria anzaldua. thomas holt. george chauncey. sidney mintz. richard white. laura kipnis. gail bederman.

Heroes:

the artists. the thoughtful. the lovers. the peaceful. the funny. the healers. the teachers.

My Blog

It's Not a Compound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tICf7MaXyKs ...
Posted by RED on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:07:00 PST

Michelle Tea

VayCay at Camp Transby Michelle Teareposted from The Hook Up at http://www.ourchart.com/node/119955July 16, 2007A few years back I flew to Michigan to visit, and write about, Camp Trans. If you're not...
Posted by RED on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:55:00 PST

Camp Trans and the MWMF

This is an Invitation To My Friends Who Are Planning or Considering a Vacation at the Michigan Womyn's Music FestJuly 2, 2007 -- This is an invitation, a personal one, only from me. You are hereby c...
Posted by RED on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:20:00 PST

Thank you.

For those of you who sent in for your refunds from MWMF -- Thank you. For those of you who have shown support for a new strategy -- Thank You. I look forward to creating new spaces with you at Camp T...
Posted by RED on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:42:00 PST

Empires that Won't Fall

July 3, 2007Empires that won't fallThe AdvocateA short film was recently pulled from San Francisco's Frameline film festival because it was said to reinforce transphobic stereotypes articulated in Jan...
Posted by RED on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:13:00 PST

Courtney's Movie in NYT -- Airs Tonight

'Standing Silent Nation'The Battle Over Hemp on an Indian ReservationBy VIRGINIA HEFFERNANPublished: July 3, 2007 in New York TimesThe story of a dirt-poor but enterprising family thwarted by shocking...
Posted by RED on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:51:00 PST

The Big Show

January 13 at The Vic ***One Night Only***STOLI presentsThe Sissy Butch Brothers'Gurlesque BurlesqueWith the Most Spectacular Performers in the NationStriptease, Politics, Drag, Comedy, Dance, Song,...
Posted by RED on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:10:00 PST