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untitled by Sebastian Reiser on Flickr.
peep game. how to nail your studio visit
We stopped freaking out about the “Oh my god, women want to wear pants!” thing a really long time ago. Women wandered into the traditionally masculine realms of self-expression and ambition and now it’s just normal.
Not so with masculinity. It is still as rigid and well defended as ever, despite a few David Bowies or Johnny Depps in the mix. Just look at last year’s total freaking meltdown about a J. Crew catalog that carried a photo of a woman painting her young son’s toenails. Just look at the way the more delicate boys of the world are bullied by their classmates and accused of being gay. Just look at the gender imbalance in the diagnosis of Gender Identity Disorder in children, with gender disordered pre-pubescent boys outnumbering girls at a rate of up to 30 to 1. When a girl is boyish, or even claims she’d rather be a boy, it’s cute. She’s a tomboy. When a boy is girlish, wanting to wear dresses or try on some makeup, it’s a mental disorder and needs an immediate medical intervention.
The Smart Set: Walk Like a Man - May 16, 2012 (via albinwonderland)
(Source: sociolab, via humangalaxy)
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More from Richard’s research of vintage scrapbooks at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles…
photo by Richard Hawkins
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, Untitled (In a Dream You Saw a Way To Survive and You Were Full of Joy), 1983-85.
Kemper Art Museum
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Cerith Wyn Evans
Untitled (Perfect Lovers +1), 2008
wall clocks
Ø 24 cm eachsaw Cerith’s show today and it was beautiful…
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Lovers, 1988
Don’t be afraid of the clocks, they are our time, time has been generous to us. We imprinted time with the sweet taste of victory. We conquered fate by meeting at a certain TIME in a certain space. We are a product of the time, therefore we give credit were it is due: time.
We are synchronized, now and forever.
I love you.-Felix Gonzalez Torres.
Felix Gonzalez Torres : Untitled (Go-Go Dancing Platform), 1991
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The fact that collaborative works like this in Chicago just gave me tingles. These are voices that illuminate who we are as a community and as powerful people. Please take some time to look and share the love.
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New season. New stories. New hope.
The Youth Empowerment Performance Project (YEPP) is a truly unique youth theatre initiative. We are committed to emboldening the voices of street-based lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) young people and to help share their experiences with the larger community.
Our training program operates all year. However, within the course of six months, a cast led by director Bonsai Bermudez and supporting coordinators focus the work towards developing an original production to be shown at Chicago’s Links Hall on September 14th, 15th, and 16th.
What makes us unique? Our approach blends art, social justice and healing work in a way that encourages our ensemble members to create a performance that celebrates the strengths and advocates the needs of this often overlooked aspect of society.
We need your support. Our Kickstarter goal covers only the final performance project but our yearly needs require much more. Annual funding assists our ensemble with the provision of a safe space, meals, transportation, workshops, and individual stipends. All coordinators volunteer 100% of their time; your donation goes only toward the creation of the project.
Act now! You will find a variety of donation options listed on the right. Whether or not you are able to make a monetary contribution, we invite you to be a part of our community and keep up with YEPP news through our website at www.wesayyepp.com.
Will your contribution make a difference? YEPP!
Opening scene from Derek Jarman’s Sebastiane
(Source: gruesometwosome, via confrontingtheabject)