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ourflowishard: Have you ever crushed berries with your rib...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:30:48 -0400

Have you ever crushed berries with your rib cage? Have you ever sung with a plum in your mouth? Wouldn’t it be great if we all agreed that we were snapped off from branches at some point? Our Flow is Hard and The Great Twin Cities Poetry Road Show present Chelsea Tadeyeske, Russell Jaffee, and Edwin R. Perry, three poets ripped right out of the river, reading alongside local poet and Juicy Fruit producer extraordinaire, Sierra Demulder. Please join us for the Strange Plumberries reading, an event meant to make the sugar in your blood hula hoop.

Wednesday, June 5, 7-9pm

Harriet Brewery Taproom: 3036 Minnehaha Ave, Mpls

https://www.facebook.com/events/627507750612148/

Spread the jam, plumbabies. This summer is going to flow hard.

Thesis defended, committee approved! Pictured above: my lovely...

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:40:29 -0400

Thesis defended, committee approved! Pictured above: my lovely audience, waving. YOU’RE THE BEST.

How Anonymous got involved in fighting for justice for rape victims

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:40:41 -0400

How Anonymous got involved in fighting for justice for rape victims:

motherjones:

Mother Jones’s Josh Harkinson has an excellent piece on the history of KnightSec, an Anonymous offshoot that publicized the Steubenville and Halifax rape cases, galvanizing both the public and police responses to both. The piece includes an interview with Michelle McKee, who is credited with swaying a critical mass of Anons to participation in KnightSec. […]

Give it a read.

I also like this candid shot of my mother and me, mainly for the...

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:57:08 -0400

I also like this candid shot of my mother and me, mainly for the way my mother looks at things. A soft, loving gaze, always. (7/4/88)

happy mother’s day to all of the nurturers in your...

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:33:00 -0400

happy mother’s day to all of the nurturers in your life.

(here’s my momma with my little sister allison in 1993.)

"I don’t expect gay people to prove to me, a straight person, that there’s actually homophobia. I..."

Sun, 12 May 2013 16:57:55 -0400

“I don’t expect gay people to prove to me, a straight person, that there’s actually homophobia. I don’t expect poor people to prove to me, a Harvard grad, that hunger and poverty are widespread problems. And if someone asked me, as an Asian person, to “prove” to them that racism exists, I would laugh all the way back to Chinatown. Marginalized groups are not responsible for explaining their marginalization to you. If you are actually concerned, you would take the initiative to do some research yourself instead of showing up at some oppressed group’s door step demanding a list of citations for things (racism, sexism, etc.) that are proven time and time again in the real world.”

- WORD (via notevenbovvered)

oh hell yeah.

(via randomberlinchick)

Amen!

(via soulquarius)

This. I owe no one an explanation of my oppression, nor do I have the responsibility to educate you. You feel me?

(via ladyatheist)

toomanypeacocks: Minnesota: The state where an excited mob chants, “THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK...

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:39:50 -0400

toomanypeacocks:

Minnesota: The state where an excited mob chants, “THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!”

calloohcallaycahill: thebluthcompany: lesserjoke: Meet the...

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:15:36 -0400

The Beardsley Family collectively goes as Tobias Fünke for Halloween.

Gay marriage pirate and hair-plugs.

Never-nude blue man.

Frightened inmate #2 / Dorothy.

Diamond cream.

Tobias, you blowhard!

calloohcallaycahill:

thebluthcompany:

lesserjoke:

Meet the Beardlsey family, who decided to dress up as Tobias Fünke from Arrested Development this past Halloween. Yes — all of them. Mother Autumn (Mrs. Featherbottom) explains:

A lot of people have asked how we got our kids to do it. I don’t really know why they do it, they just do. Like I said, the show is part of our family, and has taught us that family is the most important thing (unless of course you mean of the things we eat, in which case it’s breakfast).

More pictures at the link!

http://autumnandbarrett.blogspot.com/2012/11/getting-funke-on-halloween.html

BEST.FAMILY.EVER

YES

I think I just blue myself.

apmgincommunity: Christo Rey High School is one model that is...

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:33:58 -0400

apmgincommunity:

Christo Rey High School is one model that is working.

100% of seniors accepted into college.

They’ve been open about 5 years and they have delivered these amazing results virtually every year. These kids don’t start off as privileged or high performing, either. In order to enter the 9^th grade, they have to be reading at at least a 5^th grade level. The education is rigorous and standards based. If they don’t pass the standards they stay after school or take summer school. Each student also has a job – They work in a sponsored company 1 day per week. The company pays the school for the student worker, and that’s how they afford tuition. Many students end up working at the same company all through high school and some even after college.

AWESOME.

Child-Abuse Ad Uses Lenticular Printing to Send Kids a Secret...

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:22:00 -0400

Child-Abuse Ad Uses Lenticular Printing to Send Kids a Secret Message That Adults Can’t See: ‘If someone’s hurting you, phone us and we’ll help you’

Now this is outreach.

newsweek: Oh for &^#%’s sake. JUST IN CASE YOU NEEDED JUST...

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:01:17 -0400

newsweek:

Oh for &^#%’s sake.

JUST IN CASE YOU NEEDED JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF WHY THE MILITARY IS INEPT AT RESPONDING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT.

It’s finally warm again in Minneapolis. Let’s join...

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:54:15 -0400

It’s finally warm again in Minneapolis. Let’s join Leo in growing toward the light.

tastefullyoffensive: [via] Explains why almost everyone enjoys...

Sun, 05 May 2013 23:10:02 -0400

tastefullyoffensive:

[via]

Explains why almost everyone enjoys a good ghost story.

feyminism: #me when i’m a parent

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:06:32 -0400

feyminism:

#me when i’m a parent

lyssamae: Trigger Warning: Rape, Sexual...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:50:22 -0400

lyssamae:

Trigger Warning: Rape, Sexual Assault

projectunbreakable:

The poster reads:

“If you tell anyone, you’ll get in trouble.”

-Age 11. Next door neighbor’s grandson.

“Turn around & pull your pants down. I’ll make you.”

-Age 13. First “friend” at new school.

“We never hang out anymore! I miss you! What happened?!”

-Age 20. From “best friend” at age 13. She told the school we had sex & I was pregnant out of jealousy. High school was living hell.

“But I love you.”

-Age 16-20. On-again, off-again “boyfriend”. It was just for the sex.

“Keep screaming. Nobody’s going to come save you.”

-Age 17. Rapist #1, at the bar where I worked.

“So are we gonna have sex or not?”

-Age 18. Ex-boyfriend, rapist #2, in my 1st year dorm room under pretense of “reconciliation”.

“She was a fucking crazy bitch.”

-Age 18. Ex-boyfriend’s best friend after a confrontation.

“That was good. You love it when I choke you like that.”

-Age 19. Abusive ex-boyfriend, the 1st time we “had sex”. It was rape.

“Sex can look like love if you don’t know what love looks like.” - Rebecca Walker, author

NOW I DO.

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Photographed in Lewisburg, PA on November 12th.

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Goddamn I look angry.

I guess I have a reason? I consciously remember trying to not look angry for that picture. #fail

You look like a BAMF on a mission to me. YOU’RE AMAZING.

Currently feeling: (almost done with this MFA essay)

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:27:54 -0400

Currently feeling: (almost done with this MFA essay)

visual-poetry: »pocket disambiguator for the modern times«...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:56:05 -0400

visual-poetry:

»pocket disambiguator for the modern times« by sérgio l tavares filho

1. make a question

2. tap and hold

3. intepret your answer

(via neocronica)

This proved very helpful on a number of occasions today. Thanks, art!

HELLO THIS IS DOG — no greater thrill than your dog answering...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:03:13 -0400

HELLO THIS IS DOG — no greater thrill than your dog answering your FaceTime call.

snugglemonstah: All Over Now / Eric Hutchinson Currently...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:35:29 -0400

snugglemonstah:

All Over Now / Eric Hutchinson

Currently feeling:

carrieabigstick: Oh friends. Oh mightlight. I can’t even do...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:56:16 -0400

carrieabigstick:

Oh friends. Oh mightlight. I can’t even do this. There is bike grease on my wrists. My chapbook, nods., which I started writing a year ago in a fit of deep sad river cresting and no sandbags ever, is available for five dollar pre-order from Magic Helicopter Press. Let’s go to the field together with our robebeasts on, but dangling.

(If you are interested in reviewing my attempt at slaughterflowers, shoot me at carrie.lorig@gmail.com. We’ll talk.)

Carrie Lorig, ladybees and gentleoxen.