cripchick's blog
another shapeshifter living among the digital masses
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February 7th, 2010in place of a diary, writing/poetry(this post begins with a poem that may be triggering.) Read the rest of this entry »
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crash
0February 6th, 2010in place of a diary, writing/poetrybody betraying me,
one simple miscalculation of gravity
has always brought
this body
crashing
to
the
ground.never letting my love for you slip out,
i tiptoe around us delicately
push/ pull back/ pretend
like i don’t care pretend like this is a seat
at the bus station a temporary reprieve
not what we have chosen
for ourselvesforever fearing the eventual misstep
i’m
falling
falling
falling
crashing to the ground -
November 21st, 2009API-A, identity, intersections, women of color, writing/poetry
i watch as she slips, slides and slithers through systems
digesting all your identities
for dinner
smile so slick, her pretty two forked tongue
draws you in while worlds sit
silently in the pit
of her bellywe did not ask for this—she changes shape again—but it doesn’t matter does it?
she pauses for a moment and smiles a knowing smile
“ah cham neh! shapeshifting is in your blood but you’re so young i bet you do not even know when you are doing it
talking some masters’ tools will never dismantle the masters’ house shit while negotiating in meetings with people whose only interest is in silencing you
but it’s okay sis, we do that to survive
you are the one that got a chance when no one else did
just swallow them up and know that’s what you are:
a shapeshifter”i sit with her quietly as she holds her child against her chest, writing at the table
writing is a record of her stories, an account of all the characters she’s played,
the only way she can remember who she is
“it all gets lost so easily, the different people society want me to be”this time i am the one smiling knowingly.
cripchick
Cripchick is a queer disabled corean-american living and loving in North Carolina. Cripchick is a 22 year old youth organizer who has been working in the youth arm of the Disability Rights Movement since high school. She is most interested in using poetry, community organizing and media as a way to cut through isolation that marginalized people often face. Cripchick is a radical woman of color feminist and believes in the power of people coming together.
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A Few Projects Cripchick Is Involved With
Cripchick is facilitating a satellite campus in her local community for School of Our Lorde. School of Our Lorde is an effort to bring people together to study the poetics, pedagogy, politics and publishing of feminist warrior poet Audre Lorde. You can join an existing campus, participate by distance learning or start your own campus! To find out more, visit: http://summerofourlorde.wordpress.com/
Disability Justice Track at the Allied Media Conference
The Allied Media Conference is an annual gathering where artists, media makers and activists come together to talk media strategies for community building. Cripchick is working with other disabled people to create the first ever Disability Justice track--- a space where we people will dissect a disability justice analysis and have time to talk about the way disability shapes our work as cultural activists, media makers and activists. You can find out more at http://alliedmediaconference.org
Disabled Young People's Collective's first ever Activism, Community, Empowerment Summit
Cripchick is an active member with the Disabled Young People's Collective, a crew of disabled youth working to get free in NC. DYP is organizing a 6 day event in August for disabled youth between the ages 16-24 to come together and learn about disability justice, organizing, and community building. To get an application or find out more, visit http://thedypcollective.org
