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June 28, 2006
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Art Fags!
April 7, 2006
We have all, already missed the lecture, but not the opening.
Come drink wine and eat cheese on little sticks with all the homos I went to A-school with.
Friday 5:00pm La Centrale.
Queer Covers: Big Mama Thornton, Lesbians on
Ecstasy and the Recycling of Political Culture"
A Lecture by Judith Halberstam,
USC, English and Gender Studies
Thursday, April 6th, 6pm
Leacock 132, McGill University
(855 Sherbrooke West)
PAPERWALL: analYZING IMAGES
La Centrale Powerhouse Gallery (4296 Blv. St. Laurent)
FRIDAY APRIL 7TH
*Opening at 5pm
*Performances and Film/Video screening at 7pm
*After Party (at ZOOBIZARRE - 6388 St. Hubert) at 11pm
SATURDAY APRIL 8TH
*Panel discussion on queer art/cuture moderated by
Judith "Jack" Halberstam at 3pm
QPIRG McGill, Queer McGill and the Queer Bookfair
are proud to present a lecture by Judith "Jack"
Halberstam at McGill University, and a multimedia
queer art exhibition at La Centrale Powerhouse
Gallery.
Halberstam will be giving a lecture entitled
"Queer Covers: Big Mama Thornton, Lesbians On
Ecstasy and the Recycling of Political Culture" on
April 6th in Leacock 132, and will be
facilitating a panel discussion on April 8 th as
part of an interdisciplinary multimedia exhibition
entitled PAPERWALL: analYZING IMAGES at La
Centrale Powerhouse Gallery. This exhibition
includes art works from over 30 contemporary and
emerging queer artists, as well as performances,
film screenings and much more.
ABOUT JUDITH HALBERSTAM:
Judith Halberstam is a professor of English and
the director of the Center for Feminist Research
at USC and is currently a scholar in residence at
Harvard University's Gender Studies program.
Halberstam is a renowned scholar in the fields of
gender and queer theory and cultural studies.
She is the author of several books including
Female Masculinity , The Drag King Book and In a
Queer Time and Place.
ABOUT PAPERWALL: analYZING IMAGES:
In the past decade, a new movement of queer
cultural production has solidified a space for
itself in the independent art world. This
movement borrows from the history of queer art,
while creating its own language of imagery.
Influenced by punk rock and DIY culture, the
aesthetic of queer cultural producers has been
decidedly political and has maintained a critical
stance towards mainstream Gay and Lesbian
identity. PAPERWALL: analYZING IMAGES is a
multimedia exhibition of queer art works from
across North America. The show will feature the
works of over 30 contemporary and emerging queer
artists and activists. There will be several
components to the exhibit:
- A poster art show featuring queer posters and prints
- A zine display
- A collection of queer video and film works
-WHEN QUEERS WERE QUEERS, a button and patch
making station
- A special appearance by Lesbians on Ecstacy
- A discussion about queer cultural production
lead by Judith "Jack" Halberstam and featuring
participating artists
- An after-party at ZOO BIZARRE 6388 St-Hubert
(corner of Beaubien and St-Hubert) featuring dj
Will Munro and the Asspirates taking on Flaky
Disco residents Why Alex, Why? and We are Ortiz.
Participants:
Aisha Burnes
Ass Pirates
Cambell
Coral Short
Courtney Dailey
Damanda Jirkhoff
David Toro
Daniel Barrow
Dean Spade
Emily Roysdon
Helen Reed
Hey Willpower
Hidden Cameras
Jen Kovach
Jen Smith
JD
JJ Chinois
Kate Sorensen
Keri Oakie
Lauren Jade Martin
Mariev Robitaille
Maureen Grant
Leila Pourtavaf
Lesbians On Ecstasy
Les Pantheres Roses
Limp Fist
Logan Macdonald
Louis Jacob
LTTR
Onya Hogan-Finlay
Pilot TV Collective
The Third Leg
The Lost and Found Box
Sara Thustra
Samara Halperin
Will Munro
Zac Posse
And many more!!!
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it's a GIANT PILE of FRUIT over here
February 5, 2006
It's ironic that I have spent the day working on a website about fruits..
Because the homo content is flowing across my desk like... well I want to write jizzberries, but I realize that a)Jizzberries makes no sense and is not a word, and b) is probably only funny to me *because* have been sitting here looking at my computer for 8 hours straight and only stopped long enough to dance to madonna and make some spaghetti.
It's mostly thanks to Cj who apparently has a main-line to all the gaylord action on the interweb.
Anyways, I also found one of those blogs that leads to other blogs that leads to still more blogs, so now I have
Broke Mac Mountain ( c/o cj)
and;
and;
lastly I have found the gay book blog..
It's a veritable renaissance.
I am *so* going to this conference
Q-Me Con 2006 will take place Friday, April 14th thru Sunday, April 16th at the Tribeca Cinemas (located at 54 Varick Street) in New York City and will feature engaging seminars with leading figures in the queer media landscape, special showcases of independent LGBTQ and LGBTQ-friendly digital content, lounge and industry-oriented exhibitor spaces and numerous networking parties designed to benefit both novice and experienced digital content creators.
Anyone wanna come with me???
Thanks a bunch CJ.
Is it ironic that I was working a website for a fruit company when I got this email?
Queer eye for the who?!
November 22, 2005
The same set of persons who forwarded me that email about the pony fetishists just sent me another gem..
Bravo TV's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is urgently looking for great older professional lesbians.
Preferably a professional woman in her late 50s and up (70s - 80s) is
the idea Bravo is looking for. The person they are looking for is someone
similar to the actress who plays the mother on "The L Word." She is
described as a "Sophia Loren - Grand Dame" type.Candidates are needed as soon as possible. The idea is to not only
reach out to people in need of a makeover, but to also find women who may want to"tweak" their style or freshen their look or wardrobe. Additionally,
they are looking for younger (late 20s, 30s) professional lesbians, too.
Also, along the lines of the "L Word" type. They have seen many great women - from recent college grads to academics, from femme to butch, and then from young to old - however, they are missing established young professionals in their casting.If you know of women that might be interested please contact Suzette Brown Associate Producer / Casting; QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY Scout Productions at 212-500-6278.
I would be on that like white on rice except;
- I have style thank you very much.
- Oh yeah and on occasion I have been known to aime les gars if you know what I'm saying.
Which gives rise to the idea of getting on the show and then on, "re-organize your living space day" I would hide some nice fella in the closet. Then when one of my queers eyes marches over and flings it open while saying bitchily, "I wonder how many pairs of action pants I'm gonna find in here?!" He'll see Ned or Kevin or Chris standing there smiling, and maybe holding a paint -roller or something.
Then I get outed as a bisexual and all the fashionistas pick up their paint chips and march out
"Look this show isn't about you, okay! No-one cares how bisexuals look anyways. You know you signed a contract, you're in big trouble missy, and I mean big."
Hyuck, except my bedroom really needs to be re-painted and I want one of those nifty make-overs where I come out hairless as a shaved gerbil wearing a greek tailored linen suit. Oh no wait, that' s queer eye for the straight guy again... I'll never get it right.
Oh wait, it says professional I just noticed that - I wear pyjamas to work. they'll never take me. Than again, pyjamas, maybe they will.
Have finally found my totem animal
November 9, 2005
It's called an Okapi, but I prefer to think of it as a Gazebra (stressor on the ga spit out zebra really fast - GAzebra) or Zebraffelle or even Zeraaffe
I saw a picture of one at my cousins last night.
Back story is, I was sitting in my cousins living room on the south shore looking at pictures of her, her husband and their little baby.
I try to avoid feeling like this, because it isn't terribly nice or productive, but inevitably photoshoots of nuclear families leave me feeling like the apple that fell pretty damn far from the tree, and was actually a blood orange or some sort of persimmon anyway.
Until I landed on this adorable picture of an animal that was obviously an "experiment" of the celestial decorating squad.
It's like God told whoever he had on task for the Okapi, "Look I know you're having a bit of a rough time, why don't you take a break on this one, just be creative , really go wild okay? Just enjoy yourself, and don't worry about arriving late this morning - just make sure you're taking care of you."
And thus was born the Okapi, and no-one was really sure what to do about it, so they put all the Okapis in the Congo and focused most of their energy on the Giraffe.
Some important things to know about the Okapi;
"The okapi (Okapia johnstoni) is one of the two remaining species of family Giraffidae, the second being the giraffe. It is native to the rain forests situated in the north east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and was known only to the local people until 1901. This obscurity led the Society for Cryptozoology to adopt it as an emblem."
"Okapis are largely nocturnal and essentially solitary, coming together only to breed. "
"The tongue of an okapi is long enough for the animal to wash its eyelids and clean its ears: it is one of the few mammals that can lick its own ears."
"Okapis are unusual in their ability to sleep for only 5 minutes in a 24 hour period and remain at peak alertness."
Next step getting a fly tee-shirt made with a picture of an Okapi on it.
Another point for le bureau de langue francais
Someone just sent me this call for applications for a position as project coordinator at the: COALITION JEUNESSE MONTREALAISE DE LUTTE A L'HOMOPHOBIE..
As they said; "the english tranlation is a little ridiculous........"
check ca mes amis c'est incroyable;
Details of work place territory : The coordinator of the project will work in an office(desk) reserved for the Coalition youth of the community Centre of the cheerful and the lesbians of Montreal
About the Coalition youth: The Coalition Montreal youth of fight in the homophobie is a non-profit organization arisen from a need of dialogue between the cheerful, lesbian and bisexual bodies(organizations) which offer services to the young people. She(it) groups together(includes) at present fourteen ( 14 ) member bodies(organizations) of the big region of Montreal. It has for mission to favor the social insertion of the cheerful young people, the lesbians, bisexual (him)((it)) and transgenres ( GLBT) and to create environments favorable to the blooming of the young people, whatever is their orientation and sexual identity in a perspective of social development and a global approach in the health of the populations.
...
God help me, a "cheerful young person..." ? Never use the altavista translator, no matter how close your deadline, okay.
I think we're all a little "cheerful" inside. Let's turn that into some kind of new slang. ie; I saw Tom Cruise down at the video store the other day, he was shopping in the "cheerful" porn aisle.
ps; as a colophon to this post. I really wish my version of MT had support for accents it's embarrassing.
I think it was a good thing
November 7, 2005
Lauren told me this story over dinner tonight. It's awful, and what's maybe worse is that I think I am going to make use if it in my writing project, because I bet it's typical.
A friend of hers has a 5 year old son. Since he was wee he's been a big fan of Barbies. No interest in Tonka Toys or any of the typical 5 year old boy things
That's all well and good, and mom supports her son in all his interests and pursuits. What's a problem is that even before he's gone to his first day at school, he knows what he does is odd.
When they go to a big box toy store for his birthday, and mom says pick out whatever you want he heads immediately over to the shell pink Barbie aisle. But if there's anyone else in sight, he scrapes his sneaker slowly across the floor and mumbles at the tiles; "Hey wouldn't that one be good for 'my sister'."
He doesn't have sister. And he's only 5 years old.
After two weeks at pre-k he comes home one day and says to his mother. "I told a lie today, but I think it was a good thing."
His mother (because she's pretty cool) says; "I don't know sweetie, lies aren't usually so good, why don't you tell me what happened?"
"The teacher asked us to paint a picture of our favorite toys and I didn't paint my dolls I painted a picture of a truck. I told a lie, but I think it was a good thing."
I was going to add some depressing post-script but I don't think I need too.
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...and in completely un-related news, and too add a little bit of a nice closer to this post. And I guess also to inaugerate the bajillionth category QUEERS...
I was lying in bed last night thinking about how who we ought to date is sometimes completely at odds with who we want to date. I began to think about my history of predelictions and whether I had any ought to/want to patterns.
And then I remembered for no reason that I can put my finger on, my grade 11 english teacher Marni. I was at an alternative high school (high school #3) when I took her course, and wildly in love with my first real boyfriend Josh. Who I treated like dirt. (Sorry Josh - those were bad times). I was also wildly in love with hallucinogens and grunge music, as was Josh. I think that gives it some context- grunge kids Toronto circa 1994/1995. If you were there you should be able to smell it. (Fighting compulsion to obsessively list shows I went to.....)
Marni turned her English class into one on humour writing. We practiced writing funny stories and then read them aloud to each other. When Sachas bong accidentally fell out of his knapsack and rolled across the classroom, she made him put it back in his bag and than write a story about it, and then she sent him to the office.
It's probably telling that a fair majority of the class spent their off-hours listening to Therapy? and rolling joints in the alley. We hadn't figured out humour as a way out of angst yet, and I think Marni was trying to draw us a map.
She was young probably a little older than I am now, with a big red mouth and long curly black hair. Her eyes were shiny and black. She laughed too loud and she was probably like me, a big ole Jew. Hint: it was in Marnis class that I saw my first Ellen de Generes stand-up video. Way before her tv show.
Anyways, what am I talking about? I guess I am talking about the realization 11 years after the fact that I had a big fat crush on Marni and it kinda makes me smile a little. It's silly I don't know why I am trying to make it into story.
She had the nicest smile ever.