i'll be better when i'm older

Me and Amy, covered in cake once again, at Unhappy Birthday

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:47:57 +0100

Me and Amy, covered in cake once again, at Unhappy Birthday

Being so excitable, perfecting the north eastern hey, that says I have not quite grown up,...

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:41:23 +0100

Being so excitable, perfecting the north eastern hey, that says I have not quite grown up, it’s nice to see you settled he says, and I am secretly thinking just the same, openly pretending not to notice the rhythms repeating themselves underneath, and thinking perhaps to let them grow their shoots taller, a little taller.

this is me and my brother and I love him very much x

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:26:14 +0100

this is me and my brother and I love him very much x

springtime sunshine daisy chains 😊

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:55:24 +0100

springtime sunshine daisy chains 😊

Mr. Sexsmith: trans youth family allies survey

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:43:03 +0100

Mr. Sexsmith: trans youth family allies survey:

I am now rolling out my own longitudinal research with families of trans youth (youth = any age under 18 years old).

In brief, we’re conducting an anonymous online research study which involves answering personal questions concerning one’s status as a parent of a transgender youth. The…

Artichokes.

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:46:45 +0100

Artichokes.

Open Barbers set up at the School of Fringe today

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:57:45 +0100

Open Barbers set up at the School of Fringe today

thetestshot: Our Open Barbers short film is part of this years...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:10:42 +0100

thetestshot:

Our Open Barbers short film is part of this years Fringe! Queer Film Festival. Catch our screening as part of the Trans Moment shorts on 13th April at 2pm.

http://fringefilmfest.com/2013-programme/saturday-13th-april-2013/shorts-trans-moment

Come and see this, it’s the film that The Test Shot made about Open Barbers, the project I cut hair with :) xx

anarcho-queer: I’m currently reading Queering Anarchism. Here...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:08:36 +0100

anarcho-queer:

I’m currently reading Queering Anarchism. Here is an excerpt from AK Press:

What does it mean to “queer” the world around us? How does the radical refusal of the mainstream codification of GLBT identity as a new gender norm come into focus in the context of anarchist theory and practice? How do our notions of orientation inform our politics—and vice versa? Queering Anarchism brings together a diverse set of writings, ranging from the deeply theoretical to the playfully personal, that explore the possibilities of the concept of “queering,” turning the dominant, and largely heteronormative, structures of belief and identity entirely inside out. Ranging in topic from the economy to disability, politics, social structures, sexual practice, interpersonal relationships, and beyond, the authors here suggest that queering might be more than a set of personal preferences—pointing toward the possibility of an entirely new way of viewing the world.

“The divide is growing between the pro-military, pro-police, marriage-seeking gay and lesbian rights politics we see in the headlines every day and the grassroots racial and economic justice centered queer and trans resistance that fights to end prisons, borders, war and poverty. Queering Anarchism a vital contribution in this moment, providing analysis and strategies for building the queer and trans politics we want and need.” —Dean Spade, author of Normal Life

“Against the austerity of straight politics, Queering Anarchism sketches the connections between gender mutiny, queer sexualities, and anti-authoritarian desires. Through embodied histories and incendiary critique, the contributors gathered here show how we must not stop at smashing the state; rather normativity itself is the enemy of all radical possibility.” - Eric A. Stanley, coeditor of Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex

This looks really interesting.

living room glow

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:56:14 +0100

living room glow

Oh dear goodness.

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:22:52 +0000

Oh dear goodness.

angrypedestrian: gayboywithamohawk: siddman: Tilda Swinton Is...

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:50:43 +0000

angrypedestrian:

gayboywithamohawk:

siddman:

Tilda Swinton Is Sleeping In A Box At MoMA This Month

As if starring in David Bowie music videos wasn’t already the coolest, Tilda Swinton has currently taken up residency sleeping at MoMA. It’s part of an unannounced, surprise performance piece called “The Maybe” that will be taking place on random days all month. A MoMA source told us, “Museum staff doesn’t know she’s coming until the day of, but she’s here today. She’ll be there the whole day. All that’s in the box is cushions and a water jug.”

“Tilda Swinton will be doing unannounced, random performance art pieces sleeping in a glass box in the museum,” the source added. “Today is the first performance. Each performance lasts the whole day the museum is open.” Swinton and her box are located near the ticket collectors today, but the box may be in different locations at other performances.

“The Maybe” was first performed in London in 1995 at the Serpentine Gallery; Swinton conceived the performance piece, and asked artist Cornelia Parker to collaborate on the installation. Swinton later re-performed the piece in the Museo Barracco in Rome. Here’s what the museum has to say about the piece:

An integral part of The Maybe’s incarnation at MoMA in 2013 is that there is no published schedule for its appearance, no artist’s statement released, no no museum statement beyond this brief context, no public profile or image issued. Those who find it chance upon it for themselves, live and in real—shared—time: now we see it, now we don’t.

For more awesome Swinton action, check out the speech about Bowie that she gave at the opening of the huge Victoria and Albert Museum “David Bowie Is” exhibit this week.

Source: Gothamist

WELP looks like I have a new queen, sorry Marina/Miss Krueger.

Revel in the power of the SWINTON.

Get me to NYC immediately.

"Seeking “family recognition” rights through marriage, therefore, means seeking such rights only for..."

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:31:12 +0000

“Seeking “family recognition” rights through marriage, therefore, means seeking such rights only for queer and trans people who can actually expect to be protected by that institution. Since the availability of marriage does not protect straight people of color, poor people, prisoners, or people with disabilities from having their families torn apart by child welfare systems, it is unlikely to do so for queer poor people, queer people of color, queer prisoners, and queer people with disabilities. The quest for marriage seems to have far fewer benefits, then, for queers whose families are targets of state violence and who have no spousal access to health care or immigration status, and seems to primarily benefit those whose race, class, immigration, and ability privilege would allow them to increase their wellbeing by incorporation into the government’s privileged relationship status. The framing of marriage as the most essential legal need of queer people, and as the method through which queer people can obtain key benefits in many realms, ignores how race, class, ability, indigeneity, and immigration status determine access to those benefits and reduces the gay rights agenda to a project of restoring race, class, ability, and immigration status privilege to the most privileged gays and lesbians.”

- Dean Spade, Normal Life - Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of the Law (via thirdsexblog)

I’m reading this book know and it’s AMAZING. Everyone should read it. Right now.

I really love my brother x

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:57:59 +0000

I really love my brother x

Greygory climbing out of a tree on Hampstead Heath

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:16:12 +0000

Greygory climbing out of a tree on Hampstead Heath

Swoon.

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:20:51 +0000

Swoon.

Took this little cutie for a walk today. His name is Merlin and...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:59:11 +0000

Took this little cutie for a walk today. His name is Merlin and he is very jolly.

Beautiful Welsh mountains of home.

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:18:11 +0000

Beautiful Welsh mountains of home.

Caddy on my chest. Trying to eat soup with her there was rather...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:28:51 +0000

Caddy on my chest. Trying to eat soup with her there was rather tricky. But she is is so sweet I didn’t mind :)

militantbarbie: feminismisforthecoolkids: terrysmalloy: Marlon...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:38:31 +0000

militantbarbie:

feminismisforthecoolkids:

terrysmalloy:

Marlon Brando’s screentest for ‘Rebel Without a Cause’, 1947.

Good lord. I want to have sex.

Hot diggity damn.

Oh my. Swoon.