not a teenager. still gaying it up with enoughtohold. writer. serious about jewish-muslim solidarity and learning from history. no patience for off-topic comments or cynicism in the face of authoritarianism.
so anyone else hideously uncomfortable with the way some media’s seizing on the bannon vs kushner dynamic, once again playing into the age-old antisemitic trope of how jews are interfering with what’s best for ~america~ (which bannon gets to represent even though he’s literally said he wants to destroy it)? anyone? bc i’m over here dying a little
also if one more person asks me what i “as a jewish person” think of the kushners i am going to just yell in their face until they go away
“
The president, asked by reporters Thursday on Air Force One if a staff shake-up is looming, said he thought the administration had ‘‘already shaken things up.’’
‘‘I think we’ve had one of the most successful 13 weeks in the history of the presidency,’’ Trump said, wrongly referring to the 11 weeks he has been in office.
*writes I LIKE GIRLS on every other page of my journals so future historians don’t try to insist that I’m straight”
Future straight Historians: “we see several examples of her prioritizing a sisterly bond with the women around her, for example on page 12 she says ‘I like girls’ and throughout the text she references loving women and preferring their company. This is not to say she prioritized above her romantic relationships because on page 78 she mentions talking to a man one time in her life. It’s hard to know just how much she valued her sisterly bond with women due to this one reference of men and the ambiguity of early 21st century slang. For example on page 12 when she said she liked women, the passage continues ’…in a lesbian way. I want to kiss girls, they are so pretty, I’m so gay.’ Now it’s difficult to understand just what that sentence means. We know that in the early 21st century kissing on the cheek in greeting had gone out of vogue but the word gay, a word with an archaic meaning of happiness gives the contextual clues that perhaps she is references that old fashioned practice.
Going back to the nameless man that is mentioned once on page 78 for one sentance…”
anyway i love my wife and she is terrif. i’m saying “terrif” instead of “terrific” to annoy her. when she reads this she is going to make a face. and i love that face.
i will allow this because i read it in Michael Harris voice. but no other Michael Harrisisms pls
idk i guess i just feel like the only kind of radical worth being is a lifelong process of learning and struggle and not a trump card or an aesthetic or a brand. unless of course you’re a teenage mutant ninja turtle
United in Anger: A History of ACT UP is an inspiring documentary about the birth and life of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people in the trenches fighting the epidemic. Utilizing oral histories of members of ACT UP, as well as rare archival footage, the film depicts the efforts of ACT UP as it battles corporate greed, social indifference, and government neglect.
Hands down, United in Anger: a History of ACT UP is the best documentary I’ve seen of the AIDS crisis. The director, Jim Hubbard, has allowed a free copy of movie to remain available on youtube because “this is the only way many people can see [his] film.” I admire his selflessness and urge fellow fans with financial capacity to support his work! We all benefit from availability of LGBT history.
Links to purchase: amazon / itunes / google play / if you’re seeking to buy for a school or college screening, contact Jeffrey Winter via jeffrey@thefilmcollaborative.org.
30 YEARS OF ACTING UP TO END AIDS envisions a country and a world free of AIDS in the next generation. Our demands fall under the following broad issue themes:
Ending the AIDS pandemic
Defending and expanding access to health care and coverage
Fighting for affordable HIV and hepatitis C drug prices and access
Finding a cure for HIV/AIDS
Defending the human rights of all oppressed communities in ending the AIDS crisis
Ending HIV criminalization laws
At the 30 YEARS OF ACTING UP TO END AIDS action we will commit ourselves to resisting the current political environment based on fear-mongering, bigotry, and the disenfranchisement of vulnerable people, including people living with HIV and hepatitis C. We are still united in anger against policies that undermine people’s right to health care, and we embrace the new tidal wave of resistance and activism to re-commit to an end to AIDS in this generation!
What: 30 YEARS OF ACTING UP TO END AIDS: ACT UP 30th Anniversary March and Rally When: Thursday, March 30, 2017 – 4 to 7PM Starting point at 4PM: AIDS Memorial, 200-218 West 12th Street (at 7th Ave.), New York City March route: West Village to Union Square Rally location at 5PM: Union Square, open plaza on East 17th Street
For anyone who didn’t read closely: This is happening this week, in
2017. Founding member Jim Eigo said this about their 30th anniversary: “I wish I could tell you that ACT UP is marking the occasion by
disbanding: AIDS is history, good healthcare is universal, & the
fear, hatred & ignorance that drove the worst pandemic of modern
times have all melted into air, into thin air. But we all know that last
sentence is fake news.”
ACT UP has been continuously working for thirty years. Show up, fellow New Yorkers!
Let’s say that tomorrow you are elected Secret Ruler of the USA, a position that gives you total power over the government, economy, and the culture at large – everything that hippies refer to as “the system.” Now, your first job is to not get beheaded by rioting peasants, which means your first job is really to maintain “stability” (i.e., “keeping things mostly the way they are”).
Immediately you’ll find that you’re facing a never-ending stream of protests from disgruntled groups who say they’re being treated unfairly or otherwise getting left out – this group over here is upset that somebody got abused by the police; this other bunch is demanding better wages or something. How do you handle it? Sure, you could crush their movements with an iron fist, using violence to kill, intimidate or arrest their most vocal members. But that can backfire, often turning them into martyrs and proving them right in the process – you’ve seen Star Wars; somebody always finds the exhaust port.
No, what you need is to get the majority on your side, against those vocal complainers. Fortunately for you, the “system” comes with a number of refined and subtle processes designed to make sure the complaints of the few get ignored by the many.
