Comments on: recap on the weekend

By: sweetperdition

sweetperdition — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:24:19 +0000

We can’t be anyone other than who we are. Of course, that’s easy for me to say, and is something I need to work on :).

By: cripchick

cripchick — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:12:40 +0000

daisy i so know what you mean on the big butts. thank goodness for that!!

to the rest of you— <3 <3 <3

By: Daisy

Daisy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:44:27 +0000

Yeah, whenever I leave the south, I notice how everyone seems to look TV-beautiful. Nice to come back to a place where I’m allowed to have a big butt!

And the south is lovelier with you here, too!

By: Venus

Venus — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:37:05 +0000

I agree with Aaminah - you are not alone or invisible in our lives.

“how one can miss this love/hate relationship with the South is surprising” - Truly. Right now I miss the sound of birds outside my window every morning, crystal clear, and the smell of corn growing… I am a little tired of the cars and buildings, everywhere…

By: Aaminah

Aaminah — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:47:13 +0000

Darling, you cannot control who is present at such things. But what you share, from your experience and your knowledge, still benefits them. Maybe next year it will be more diverse because word will have gotten around that there was a Corean girl who talked about more than just one kind of disability… and all those people who didn’t go this year because they thought they’d be the only PoC or the only one with a different disability will try it out next year. It is lonely to be the pioneer, but we all need pioneers. You are not alone or invisible in our lives.

By: Anna Aniston

Anna Aniston — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:36:45 +0000

Yeah totally.

The last workshop I did was about feminism at a DIY conference where very few of the women and men had much of a feminist consciousness. They tended to see it as being fairly outmoded. We copped a lot of flack for our decision to make the workshop women-only because our organising was women-only.

Some of us felt like we’d come out of our workshop as the “feminist voice” of the event, the token. Because we were there, other people didn’t have to address their latent sexism (for example the right to have a women’s space). I was introduced to these 2 uni students afterwards who wanted to meet me as someone who “was into feminism” but we had nothing to say to each other. More separated us than united us.

That’s ok, though. Not everyone can be a “comrade” in the struggle.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:40:52 +0000

I see you.

(in a good way, I mean)

Navigating these waters - not fun, not easy.

By: Sudy

Sudy — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:07:55 +0000

You are never invisible.

Never, to me.

You are as visible as the horizon, the split between two worlds.
You are as visible as the stem, holding the petals and roots together.

You are never invisible.

Never, to me.