Queer People Are Magical // Our Secrets are Transformative
June 22, 2016 2:04 PM   Subscribe

BEND Our presence, our ability to live, leaves love notes for the seeds yet to bloom.

Directed, Curated and Edited by Olivia Morrow
Poets (order of appearance)
Aki Kame
Jaye Sablan
Roin Eugene Morigeau

Performers in order of appearance:
Beverly Ragasa
Erika Zumwalt
Esra Cömert-Morishige
Archie Shandler
Jade Dynasty
Ebo Barton
E.T. Russian
The Lady B
Aki Kame
Rio Abundez
posted by Anonymous (5 comments total)

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E.T. Russian is the author of a pretty amazing zine called Ring of Fire, now collected into a book. Their legs were amputated following a trainhopping accident, and I love their writing about disability justice, sex, and queerness. I'm curious about the other folks in the video and will definitely be looking them up to learn more. Thanks stoneweaver!
posted by ITheCosmos at 3:14 PM on June 22, 2016 [1 favorite]


Thanks!
posted by larrybob at 5:39 PM on June 22, 2016 [1 favorite]


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ここに生きている (koko ni ikite iru), "I live here" in Japanese. The verb is present continuous tense; "I am living here" would be literally closer but comes off more stilted than the original.

Thanks for posting this.
posted by brett at 6:44 PM on June 22, 2016 [1 favorite]


That was incredible. Thank you for sharing.
posted by brecc at 7:48 PM on June 22, 2016 [1 favorite]


The thing that I really like about this piece is how it uses the combination it's vivid imagery and evocative poetry to touch on so much in such a short span of time. I feel like it makes a statement on queerness, trauma, growing up bicultural, disability, PoC experience in white supremacy, love, and relationships, all in less than 10 minutes.

I guess what I'm saying is that it's very intersectional and I like it.
posted by joedan at 11:35 AM on June 23, 2016 [1 favorite]


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