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On being the wrench you want to see in the world.

Mar 21, 2010 00:56

I think it's been a watershed kind of week. Earlier this week I made what was, for me, a really important locked post about some issues that I've been struggling with my whole life. Just being able to articulate and actually give voice to some of the feelings and fears and insecurities I'd had for so long, and the things I'd been dealing with ever ( Read more... )

2010, me, je veux ton monkey wrench

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bicrim March 21 2010, 05:11:55 UTC

this is how I try to live, as a queer, poly, fat mama. I am me, always, and will no longer apologize for that.

bookshop March 21 2010, 06:18:07 UTC

you are awesome. <3

glitterati March 21 2010, 05:21:14 UTC

AAAAHHHHH I LOVE YOU!!!

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bookshop March 21 2010, 06:18:49 UTC

ilu, veronica ann

readykatego March 21 2010, 05:26:12 UTC

This made me think of Audre Lorde: http://www.interactivetheatre.org/resc/litany.html

Thank you for sharing, Aja. ♥

bookshop March 21 2010, 06:19:47 UTC

i know i have read that poem before but i also know i never remotely understood it before. thank you so much for linking it!

arboretum March 21 2010, 05:34:03 UTC

i think you are great.

bookshop March 21 2010, 06:23:53 UTC

this less than three is so inadequate <3

bookshop March 21 2010, 06:41:24 UTC

argh my hotlinking attempts thwarted

arboretum March 21 2010, 06:48:40 UTC

:')

ps aja i think you should get a cat. since you keep saying you want one!

kagyakusha March 21 2010, 05:37:16 UTC

I can't agree more. I am writing an introduction to an edition of Restoration poetry that I have put together as my thesis, and in 300 years no other woman has ever edited and put out an edition of these poems. I intend to be the first, and it's about damn time. I've also placed an emphasis on gender and agency and how they play out in the poems because I want people to think about that.
I think the best thing you can do not just for yourself, but for society at large is to STOP being what some ambiguous "they" want you to be, and just be yourself. I've come to the conclusion that sometimes the only way you're going to get these things is stop waiting and just do it.

PS. I love to read about science as well. My passion is genetics, but I took physics to cover my breadth requirement in Uni, and I've since added a lot of physics texts to my amazon wish list. Please tell me if you read any GOOD ones.