Join the Azolla Story
for queer disabled people of color craving community with each other:
the azolla is a southeast asian plant used in growing rice. azolla plants carry the ability to grow quickly, suppress weeds, and give nutrients to other plants in a symbiotic fashion. the azolla has millions of small, overlapping leaves and lives on the surface of water with its roots hanging under the surface.
we, as disabled queer people of color, are the azolla. we are everywhere. we have the power to grow and build community (the azolla can double its biomass in 2 days!) we are beautiful. we give nutrient to those around us but either are invisible or called weeds. although we sustain community, the focus is never on us. we are working on creating a space, the Azolla Story, that changes this.
we want this online home to be a space where we can connect with each other; build knowledge and community; share stories and histories; reflect, support and transform our love for and with each other. we are a part of many communities and seek to build a community where we can claim our whole selves. we recognize that queerness, gender expression and identity, trans politics and sexuality are an important part of our lives because of the many ways that queer disabled people of color’s gender, sexuality and relationships are policed, deamonized, ignored, exterminated and exploited.
we hope you will grow with us and join us in the telling of our transformation(s). this is the azolla story.
if you are interested in joining the azolla story online community, pls leave a comment and i will send you a link.
This sounds like something I would be interested in.
Monique
25 Feb 10 at 9:44 PM
fabulous! just emailed you an invite, let me know if you don’t get it
<3
cripchick
26 Feb 10 at 12:27 AM
this is really great. i think i’d be interested too.
also, off topic, i read your blog in google reader and haven’t been over to your actual site in a while. it is so beautiful! i need to click over and come to the site more often just to enjoy the atmosphere. :)
Mina
26 Feb 10 at 9:48 AM
LOL girl. “atmosphere”. love it.
sending you an invite now, excited to have another way to be in community w/ you!!
cripchick
26 Feb 10 at 11:47 AM
I can haz invite plz? :)
bint alshamsa
27 Feb 10 at 10:30 AM
sending you now!!
cripchick
27 Feb 10 at 12:07 PM
Great concept, don’t ever stop!
I just sent you an e-mail.
Terri
28 Feb 10 at 9:31 AM
hey i would like to be a part of the azolla project; i got linked here from racialicious, i think; is it too late to join?
j harris
16 Apr 10 at 2:40 PM
I don’t live in the US, but can I join still?
queercripjpn
21 Apr 10 at 7:00 PM
I would love to join this! I had actually missed your original announcement (hence my comically late comment), but I’m all excited after the AMC meetup.
Dorian
20 Jun 10 at 10:17 AM
If this is still going on, I’d love to know more please.
mpe
29 Apr 11 at 9:51 PM
Please, I would really love to join the Azolla Story!
missTaKe
26 Nov 11 at 11:18 PM