Comments on: an open letter http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223 another shapeshifter living among the digital masses Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:01:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dread1myn http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1260 dread1myn Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:33:16 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1260 I went to our local No on Prop 8 rally, where there were few folks of color and pwd's. I and my partner were appalled to hear a speaker say that the civil rights of the GLBT community were the final frontier. I felt like I'd been slapped in the face! I thought about the fact that I am a disabled lesbian of color who isn't wealthy. If you want to talk about being voiceless, even within the GLBT community...Its a struggle sometimes, this intersectionality! I wondered what I shoud do-should I let it slide because today was all about GLBT, and not people with disabilities? Then, I thought, my entire history and heritage is of oppressed peoples. I am a 4-time minority! I couldn't afford not to stand up for each of my communities, so I approached the speaker and respectfully stated my feelings. Though his response was positive, I don't know if he was just placating me. I will say that though I am ecstatic about Obama's victory, I'm jaded enough to feel that nothing will really change. If there is to be change, it'll have to come through the work of us activists, and when it does come, we'll have to fight hard to keep it! I went to our local No on Prop 8 rally, where there were few folks of color and pwd’s. I and my partner were appalled to hear a speaker say that the civil rights of the GLBT community were the final frontier. I felt like I’d been slapped in the face! I thought about the fact that I am a disabled lesbian of color who isn’t wealthy. If you want to talk about being voiceless, even within the GLBT community…Its a struggle sometimes, this intersectionality! I wondered what I shoud do-should I let it slide because today was all about GLBT, and not people with disabilities? Then, I thought, my entire history and heritage is of oppressed peoples. I am a 4-time minority! I couldn’t afford not to stand up for each of my communities, so I approached the speaker and respectfully stated my feelings. Though his response was positive, I don’t know if he was just placating me.

I will say that though I am ecstatic about Obama’s victory, I’m jaded enough to feel that nothing will really change. If there is to be change, it’ll have to come through the work of us activists, and when it does come, we’ll have to fight hard to keep it!

]]> By: erin ambrose http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1261 erin ambrose Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:57:28 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1261 great post.the hate crime rise is scary shit. and the mainstreaming prop8 agenda is a radical queer head fuck for sure. makes me think of my experience today when i dropped in on the no to prop 8 rally here in santa fe. very white...very middle/upper...kinda dull....and punctuating the weirdness was this white guys speech about how him and his partner were together for so so long but when his partner died he found he had no rights BUT the clincher for me was the part about how his partner died in their house in santa fe while he happened to be in their OTHER HOUSE in l.a. ....my mouth dropped open and i looked around to see if anyone else was agast but alas...i had entered some sort of privilege twilight zone. great post.the hate crime rise is scary shit. and the mainstreaming prop8 agenda is a radical queer head fuck for sure. makes me think of my experience today when i dropped in on the no to prop 8 rally here in santa fe. very white…very middle/upper…kinda dull….and punctuating the weirdness was this white guys speech about how him and his partner were together for so so long but when his partner died he found he had no rights BUT the clincher for me was the part about how his partner died in their house in santa fe while he happened to be in their OTHER HOUSE in l.a. ….my mouth dropped open and i looked around to see if anyone else was agast but alas…i had entered some sort of privilege twilight zone.

]]> By: mb http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1262 mb Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:48:29 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1262 Why was this the exact convo at SisterSong today?! you were there! "The relationship of queer folks to the mainstream gay agenda just doesn't work." - Alexis Why was this the exact convo at SisterSong today?! you were there! “The relationship of queer folks to the mainstream gay agenda just doesn’t work.” – Alexis

]]> By: ulla http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223 another shapeshifter living among the digital masses Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:01:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comments on: an open letter http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223 another shapeshifter living among the digital masses Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:01:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dread1myn http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1260 dread1myn Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:33:16 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1260 I went to our local No on Prop 8 rally, where there were few folks of color and pwd's. I and my partner were appalled to hear a speaker say that the civil rights of the GLBT community were the final frontier. I felt like I'd been slapped in the face! I thought about the fact that I am a disabled lesbian of color who isn't wealthy. If you want to talk about being voiceless, even within the GLBT community...Its a struggle sometimes, this intersectionality! I wondered what I shoud do-should I let it slide because today was all about GLBT, and not people with disabilities? Then, I thought, my entire history and heritage is of oppressed peoples. I am a 4-time minority! I couldn't afford not to stand up for each of my communities, so I approached the speaker and respectfully stated my feelings. Though his response was positive, I don't know if he was just placating me. I will say that though I am ecstatic about Obama's victory, I'm jaded enough to feel that nothing will really change. If there is to be change, it'll have to come through the work of us activists, and when it does come, we'll have to fight hard to keep it! I went to our local No on Prop 8 rally, where there were few folks of color and pwd’s. I and my partner were appalled to hear a speaker say that the civil rights of the GLBT community were the final frontier. I felt like I’d been slapped in the face! I thought about the fact that I am a disabled lesbian of color who isn’t wealthy. If you want to talk about being voiceless, even within the GLBT community…Its a struggle sometimes, this intersectionality! I wondered what I shoud do-should I let it slide because today was all about GLBT, and not people with disabilities? Then, I thought, my entire history and heritage is of oppressed peoples. I am a 4-time minority! I couldn’t afford not to stand up for each of my communities, so I approached the speaker and respectfully stated my feelings. Though his response was positive, I don’t know if he was just placating me.

I will say that though I am ecstatic about Obama’s victory, I’m jaded enough to feel that nothing will really change. If there is to be change, it’ll have to come through the work of us activists, and when it does come, we’ll have to fight hard to keep it!

]]> By: erin ambrose http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1261 erin ambrose Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:57:28 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1261 great post.the hate crime rise is scary shit. and the mainstreaming prop8 agenda is a radical queer head fuck for sure. makes me think of my experience today when i dropped in on the no to prop 8 rally here in santa fe. very white...very middle/upper...kinda dull....and punctuating the weirdness was this white guys speech about how him and his partner were together for so so long but when his partner died he found he had no rights BUT the clincher for me was the part about how his partner died in their house in santa fe while he happened to be in their OTHER HOUSE in l.a. ....my mouth dropped open and i looked around to see if anyone else was agast but alas...i had entered some sort of privilege twilight zone. great post.the hate crime rise is scary shit. and the mainstreaming prop8 agenda is a radical queer head fuck for sure. makes me think of my experience today when i dropped in on the no to prop 8 rally here in santa fe. very white…very middle/upper…kinda dull….and punctuating the weirdness was this white guys speech about how him and his partner were together for so so long but when his partner died he found he had no rights BUT the clincher for me was the part about how his partner died in their house in santa fe while he happened to be in their OTHER HOUSE in l.a. ….my mouth dropped open and i looked around to see if anyone else was agast but alas…i had entered some sort of privilege twilight zone.

]]> By: mb http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1262 mb Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:48:29 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1262 Why was this the exact convo at SisterSong today?! you were there! "The relationship of queer folks to the mainstream gay agenda just doesn't work." - Alexis Why was this the exact convo at SisterSong today?! you were there! “The relationship of queer folks to the mainstream gay agenda just doesn’t work.” – Alexis

]]> By: ulla http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1260 dread1myn Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:33:16 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1260 I went to our local No on Prop 8 rally, where there were few folks of color and pwd's. I and my partner were appalled to hear a speaker say that the civil rights of the GLBT community were the final frontier. I felt like I'd been slapped in the face! I thought about the fact that I am a disabled lesbian of color who isn't wealthy. If you want to talk about being voiceless, even within the GLBT community...Its a struggle sometimes, this intersectionality! I wondered what I shoud do-should I let it slide because today was all about GLBT, and not people with disabilities? Then, I thought, my entire history and heritage is of oppressed peoples. I am a 4-time minority! I couldn't afford not to stand up for each of my communities, so I approached the speaker and respectfully stated my feelings. Though his response was positive, I don't know if he was just placating me. I will say that though I am ecstatic about Obama's victory, I'm jaded enough to feel that nothing will really change. If there is to be change, it'll have to come through the work of us activists, and when it does come, we'll have to fight hard to keep it! I went to our local No on Prop 8 rally, where there were few folks of color and pwd’s. I and my partner were appalled to hear a speaker say that the civil rights of the GLBT community were the final frontier. I felt like I’d been slapped in the face! I thought about the fact that I am a disabled lesbian of color who isn’t wealthy. If you want to talk about being voiceless, even within the GLBT community…Its a struggle sometimes, this intersectionality! I wondered what I shoud do-should I let it slide because today was all about GLBT, and not people with disabilities? Then, I thought, my entire history and heritage is of oppressed peoples. I am a 4-time minority! I couldn’t afford not to stand up for each of my communities, so I approached the speaker and respectfully stated my feelings. Though his response was positive, I don’t know if he was just placating me.

I will say that though I am ecstatic about Obama’s victory, I’m jaded enough to feel that nothing will really change. If there is to be change, it’ll have to come through the work of us activists, and when it does come, we’ll have to fight hard to keep it!

]]> Comments on: an open letter http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223 another shapeshifter living among the digital masses Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:01:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dread1myn http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1260 dread1myn Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:33:16 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1260 I went to our local No on Prop 8 rally, where there were few folks of color and pwd's. I and my partner were appalled to hear a speaker say that the civil rights of the GLBT community were the final frontier. I felt like I'd been slapped in the face! I thought about the fact that I am a disabled lesbian of color who isn't wealthy. If you want to talk about being voiceless, even within the GLBT community...Its a struggle sometimes, this intersectionality! I wondered what I shoud do-should I let it slide because today was all about GLBT, and not people with disabilities? Then, I thought, my entire history and heritage is of oppressed peoples. I am a 4-time minority! I couldn't afford not to stand up for each of my communities, so I approached the speaker and respectfully stated my feelings. Though his response was positive, I don't know if he was just placating me. I will say that though I am ecstatic about Obama's victory, I'm jaded enough to feel that nothing will really change. If there is to be change, it'll have to come through the work of us activists, and when it does come, we'll have to fight hard to keep it! I went to our local No on Prop 8 rally, where there were few folks of color and pwd’s. I and my partner were appalled to hear a speaker say that the civil rights of the GLBT community were the final frontier. I felt like I’d been slapped in the face! I thought about the fact that I am a disabled lesbian of color who isn’t wealthy. If you want to talk about being voiceless, even within the GLBT community…Its a struggle sometimes, this intersectionality! I wondered what I shoud do-should I let it slide because today was all about GLBT, and not people with disabilities? Then, I thought, my entire history and heritage is of oppressed peoples. I am a 4-time minority! I couldn’t afford not to stand up for each of my communities, so I approached the speaker and respectfully stated my feelings. Though his response was positive, I don’t know if he was just placating me.

I will say that though I am ecstatic about Obama’s victory, I’m jaded enough to feel that nothing will really change. If there is to be change, it’ll have to come through the work of us activists, and when it does come, we’ll have to fight hard to keep it!

]]> By: erin ambrose http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1261 erin ambrose Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:57:28 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1261 great post.the hate crime rise is scary shit. and the mainstreaming prop8 agenda is a radical queer head fuck for sure. makes me think of my experience today when i dropped in on the no to prop 8 rally here in santa fe. very white...very middle/upper...kinda dull....and punctuating the weirdness was this white guys speech about how him and his partner were together for so so long but when his partner died he found he had no rights BUT the clincher for me was the part about how his partner died in their house in santa fe while he happened to be in their OTHER HOUSE in l.a. ....my mouth dropped open and i looked around to see if anyone else was agast but alas...i had entered some sort of privilege twilight zone. great post.the hate crime rise is scary shit. and the mainstreaming prop8 agenda is a radical queer head fuck for sure. makes me think of my experience today when i dropped in on the no to prop 8 rally here in santa fe. very white…very middle/upper…kinda dull….and punctuating the weirdness was this white guys speech about how him and his partner were together for so so long but when his partner died he found he had no rights BUT the clincher for me was the part about how his partner died in their house in santa fe while he happened to be in their OTHER HOUSE in l.a. ….my mouth dropped open and i looked around to see if anyone else was agast but alas…i had entered some sort of privilege twilight zone.

]]> By: mb http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1262 mb Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:48:29 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1262 Why was this the exact convo at SisterSong today?! you were there! "The relationship of queer folks to the mainstream gay agenda just doesn't work." - Alexis Why was this the exact convo at SisterSong today?! you were there! “The relationship of queer folks to the mainstream gay agenda just doesn’t work.” – Alexis

]]> By: ulla http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1261 erin ambrose Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:57:28 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1261 great post.the hate crime rise is scary shit. and the mainstreaming prop8 agenda is a radical queer head fuck for sure. makes me think of my experience today when i dropped in on the no to prop 8 rally here in santa fe. very white...very middle/upper...kinda dull....and punctuating the weirdness was this white guys speech about how him and his partner were together for so so long but when his partner died he found he had no rights BUT the clincher for me was the part about how his partner died in their house in santa fe while he happened to be in their OTHER HOUSE in l.a. ....my mouth dropped open and i looked around to see if anyone else was agast but alas...i had entered some sort of privilege twilight zone. great post.the hate crime rise is scary shit. and the mainstreaming prop8 agenda is a radical queer head fuck for sure. makes me think of my experience today when i dropped in on the no to prop 8 rally here in santa fe. very white…very middle/upper…kinda dull….and punctuating the weirdness was this white guys speech about how him and his partner were together for so so long but when his partner died he found he had no rights BUT the clincher for me was the part about how his partner died in their house in santa fe while he happened to be in their OTHER HOUSE in l.a. ….my mouth dropped open and i looked around to see if anyone else was agast but alas…i had entered some sort of privilege twilight zone.

]]> Comments on: an open letter http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223 another shapeshifter living among the digital masses Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:01:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dread1myn http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1260 dread1myn Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:33:16 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1260 I went to our local No on Prop 8 rally, where there were few folks of color and pwd's. I and my partner were appalled to hear a speaker say that the civil rights of the GLBT community were the final frontier. I felt like I'd been slapped in the face! I thought about the fact that I am a disabled lesbian of color who isn't wealthy. If you want to talk about being voiceless, even within the GLBT community...Its a struggle sometimes, this intersectionality! I wondered what I shoud do-should I let it slide because today was all about GLBT, and not people with disabilities? Then, I thought, my entire history and heritage is of oppressed peoples. I am a 4-time minority! I couldn't afford not to stand up for each of my communities, so I approached the speaker and respectfully stated my feelings. Though his response was positive, I don't know if he was just placating me. I will say that though I am ecstatic about Obama's victory, I'm jaded enough to feel that nothing will really change. If there is to be change, it'll have to come through the work of us activists, and when it does come, we'll have to fight hard to keep it! I went to our local No on Prop 8 rally, where there were few folks of color and pwd’s. I and my partner were appalled to hear a speaker say that the civil rights of the GLBT community were the final frontier. I felt like I’d been slapped in the face! I thought about the fact that I am a disabled lesbian of color who isn’t wealthy. If you want to talk about being voiceless, even within the GLBT community…Its a struggle sometimes, this intersectionality! I wondered what I shoud do-should I let it slide because today was all about GLBT, and not people with disabilities? Then, I thought, my entire history and heritage is of oppressed peoples. I am a 4-time minority! I couldn’t afford not to stand up for each of my communities, so I approached the speaker and respectfully stated my feelings. Though his response was positive, I don’t know if he was just placating me.

I will say that though I am ecstatic about Obama’s victory, I’m jaded enough to feel that nothing will really change. If there is to be change, it’ll have to come through the work of us activists, and when it does come, we’ll have to fight hard to keep it!

]]> By: erin ambrose http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1261 erin ambrose Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:57:28 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1261 great post.the hate crime rise is scary shit. and the mainstreaming prop8 agenda is a radical queer head fuck for sure. makes me think of my experience today when i dropped in on the no to prop 8 rally here in santa fe. very white...very middle/upper...kinda dull....and punctuating the weirdness was this white guys speech about how him and his partner were together for so so long but when his partner died he found he had no rights BUT the clincher for me was the part about how his partner died in their house in santa fe while he happened to be in their OTHER HOUSE in l.a. ....my mouth dropped open and i looked around to see if anyone else was agast but alas...i had entered some sort of privilege twilight zone. great post.the hate crime rise is scary shit. and the mainstreaming prop8 agenda is a radical queer head fuck for sure. makes me think of my experience today when i dropped in on the no to prop 8 rally here in santa fe. very white…very middle/upper…kinda dull….and punctuating the weirdness was this white guys speech about how him and his partner were together for so so long but when his partner died he found he had no rights BUT the clincher for me was the part about how his partner died in their house in santa fe while he happened to be in their OTHER HOUSE in l.a. ….my mouth dropped open and i looked around to see if anyone else was agast but alas…i had entered some sort of privilege twilight zone.

]]> By: mb http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1262 mb Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:48:29 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1262 Why was this the exact convo at SisterSong today?! you were there! "The relationship of queer folks to the mainstream gay agenda just doesn't work." - Alexis Why was this the exact convo at SisterSong today?! you were there! “The relationship of queer folks to the mainstream gay agenda just doesn’t work.” – Alexis

]]> By: ulla http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1262 mb Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:48:29 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1262 Why was this the exact convo at SisterSong today?! you were there! "The relationship of queer folks to the mainstream gay agenda just doesn't work." - Alexis Why was this the exact convo at SisterSong today?! you were there! “The relationship of queer folks to the mainstream gay agenda just doesn’t work.” – Alexis

]]> Comments on: an open letter http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223 another shapeshifter living among the digital masses Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:01:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dread1myn http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1260 dread1myn Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:33:16 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1260 I went to our local No on Prop 8 rally, where there were few folks of color and pwd's. I and my partner were appalled to hear a speaker say that the civil rights of the GLBT community were the final frontier. I felt like I'd been slapped in the face! I thought about the fact that I am a disabled lesbian of color who isn't wealthy. If you want to talk about being voiceless, even within the GLBT community...Its a struggle sometimes, this intersectionality! I wondered what I shoud do-should I let it slide because today was all about GLBT, and not people with disabilities? Then, I thought, my entire history and heritage is of oppressed peoples. I am a 4-time minority! I couldn't afford not to stand up for each of my communities, so I approached the speaker and respectfully stated my feelings. Though his response was positive, I don't know if he was just placating me. I will say that though I am ecstatic about Obama's victory, I'm jaded enough to feel that nothing will really change. If there is to be change, it'll have to come through the work of us activists, and when it does come, we'll have to fight hard to keep it! I went to our local No on Prop 8 rally, where there were few folks of color and pwd’s. I and my partner were appalled to hear a speaker say that the civil rights of the GLBT community were the final frontier. I felt like I’d been slapped in the face! I thought about the fact that I am a disabled lesbian of color who isn’t wealthy. If you want to talk about being voiceless, even within the GLBT community…Its a struggle sometimes, this intersectionality! I wondered what I shoud do-should I let it slide because today was all about GLBT, and not people with disabilities? Then, I thought, my entire history and heritage is of oppressed peoples. I am a 4-time minority! I couldn’t afford not to stand up for each of my communities, so I approached the speaker and respectfully stated my feelings. Though his response was positive, I don’t know if he was just placating me.

I will say that though I am ecstatic about Obama’s victory, I’m jaded enough to feel that nothing will really change. If there is to be change, it’ll have to come through the work of us activists, and when it does come, we’ll have to fight hard to keep it!

]]> By: erin ambrose http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1261 erin ambrose Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:57:28 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1261 great post.the hate crime rise is scary shit. and the mainstreaming prop8 agenda is a radical queer head fuck for sure. makes me think of my experience today when i dropped in on the no to prop 8 rally here in santa fe. very white...very middle/upper...kinda dull....and punctuating the weirdness was this white guys speech about how him and his partner were together for so so long but when his partner died he found he had no rights BUT the clincher for me was the part about how his partner died in their house in santa fe while he happened to be in their OTHER HOUSE in l.a. ....my mouth dropped open and i looked around to see if anyone else was agast but alas...i had entered some sort of privilege twilight zone. great post.the hate crime rise is scary shit. and the mainstreaming prop8 agenda is a radical queer head fuck for sure. makes me think of my experience today when i dropped in on the no to prop 8 rally here in santa fe. very white…very middle/upper…kinda dull….and punctuating the weirdness was this white guys speech about how him and his partner were together for so so long but when his partner died he found he had no rights BUT the clincher for me was the part about how his partner died in their house in santa fe while he happened to be in their OTHER HOUSE in l.a. ….my mouth dropped open and i looked around to see if anyone else was agast but alas…i had entered some sort of privilege twilight zone.

]]> By: mb http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1262 mb Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:48:29 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1262 Why was this the exact convo at SisterSong today?! you were there! "The relationship of queer folks to the mainstream gay agenda just doesn't work." - Alexis Why was this the exact convo at SisterSong today?! you were there! “The relationship of queer folks to the mainstream gay agenda just doesn’t work.” – Alexis

]]> By: ulla http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/223/comment-page-1#comment-1263 ulla Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:54:43 +0000 http://misscripchick.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-1263 good post --- also hoping for answers good post — also hoping for answers

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