Content note: domestic violence Originally posted on my facebook page I was going to write something about Trans Day of Remembrance but instead I slept all day because I am tired. I mourn not just on TDoR but every day I hear about trans people being murdered or killing themselves;
CN: passing mentions of rape and abuse I don’t have time or energy to be empathetic to trash people anymore. Who are the trash people? They’re cops, rapists and their apologists, racists, the royal family, the rich, the LGBTories, landlords, manarchists, violent men, soldiers, medical gatekeepers, art bros,
In the US presidential election I wish we could be real and talk about strategic voting, the problems with Jill Stein & the US Green Party, and the problems with Hillary Clinton which have nothing to do with her illegal insecure private email server. Clinton isn’t unappealing because she’
Queer aesthetics: visual signifiers of queerness, of otherness. In London it’s colorful hair and shaved sides, septum and eyebrow piercings, tattoos, and general brightly-colored flamboyance. For many disabled people, poor people, trans people who can’t/don’t pass, people of color, looking different and Other is a risk.
CN: Street harassment, transphobia, misogyny This is what I wore to the Proms on Saturday night: a normative shirt, slacks, and tie, with a pair of lips drawn on my cheek. I nearly wore a short black business skirt and heels instead, but decided against it at the last minute
Image description: A billboard advertizing the opening of a Byron, photoshopped to include an Immigration Removal van. It reads: “Byron / Exploitation / Immigration Raids / UKBA Collusion / Coming soon” On July 4, Byron Burgers called in undocumented workers from 15 UK stores for a “training session” which was actually a UKBA raid.
CN: mentions of domestic violence and rape, misogyny, transmisogyny Dear Sisters Uncut, You know I love you. I’ve hyped you since I found out about you, and several times I’ve taken on support roles for your direct actions. But your gender inclusion policy is a point of contention
CN: mentions of death In recent weeks, The Corpse Project has worked with participants through Gendered Intelligence to explore the trans and non-binary body after death. We visited several sites in the death and burial industries and learned about the practical and bureaucratic aspects of dead bodies in the UK.
CN: murder Carl Andre killed Ana Mendieta. Yesterday, at the opening of the new Tate Modern building, the Whereisanamendieta collective and Sisters Uncut protested the inclusion of Carl Andre’s work and the exclusion of Ana Mendieta’s (objectively better) work. It was a protest in three simultaneous parts: Several
CN: death, violence, blood The mass murder at Pulse nightclub in Orlando is not “tragic” or apolitical, it was state-enabled domestic terrorism targeting Latinx queers. Last night at Pulse was a Latin night with a trans headlining act. 50 people who went are dead. This was not an isolated incident;
Content note: whorephobia, mentions of violence, exploitation Sex worker activists resolutely call for the full decriminalization of sex work and human rights organizations are beginning to listen. Yesterday, Amnesty International released their policy calling for the full decriminalization of sex work. Women’s organization against austerity cuts to domestic violence
Content note: discussion of state violences, dysphoria, abuse, death HOPELESSNESS is an ode to neoliberal imperialist USAmerica, an embrace of the ugly sides to capitalism and the erosion of our environment, our privacy, our human rights. Written by Anohni and produced in collaboration with Oneohtrix Point Never and Hudson Mohawke,