"Workers of the World, Unite!" - A portrait of Karl Marx, surrounded by verses from the Koran supporting the oppressed. Artist: Hassan Musa. Sudan, 2012.
“Hi Lorne! Thanks for agreeing to see me. Okay, my first character today is ‘Gay Guy Bene Gesserit.’ [clears throat] Not my plans being measured in centuries…”
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse, was doing what nurses do best — taking action to protect his community — when he was killed by federal agents.
Nurses are outraged by this heinous murder. It’s time to abolish ICE now!
The Pitt is a fine show but its politics are a bit iffy. would be way better if at the end of every episode doctor robby turned to the camera & said "i am communist now" & then specified hes the exact kind of communist i am
NGL I think part of the reason I so openly label myself as a gay man when I'm actually bisexual is me trying to preemptively distance my gender from lesbianism and butchness, something I've never identified with but gets projected onto trans men often.
Poem by Peter Levi who was a Jesuit priest as well as a poet. This is one of the last pieces in his Collected Poems 1955-1975, published by Anvil in 1976. (He left the priesthood the following year.)
do not have period sex. even if you love that person, i repeat, do not have period sex with them. it’s not even a matter of ‘purity’ or whatever. just don’t. i saw what it does, and it’ll take you years to recover from that. imminent and long lasting despair ahead for you both
Restraint is such an important part of the poetic imagination. I think poems are at their best when they understand restraint. Learn it. Writing in traditional forms helps. Learn from a master like Rhina P. Espaillat.
She’d been crouched at the edge of the dock, long lashes shadowing her face, slender fingers pulling a crab trap up from the depths. Who fell in love with the way someone drew up a crab trap?
Andrea Stewart, The Bone Shard Daughter