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takemetoponyisland:

WIldness: gentrification as an art installation from skipthemakeup.blogspot.com

I walked away from seeing “Wildness” with WILDLY mixed feelings about Tsang. He tries to posit himself as “one of The Silver Platter girls,” but considering he doesn’t speak Spanish and his work has been seen at the Tate, Whitney and umpteen Biennials, I’m skeptical about him blending in with impoverished trans women from El Salvador who are in the US without papers. He clearly loves the women and cares for their well being but the film never really delves into what they think of him, his continually filming them (the film suggests a fair number are afraid of the INS finding them), his gender presentation much less his friends (who sound nothing if not condescending towards the women).

Wildness, the documentary, ultimately churned up a lot of feelings for me about race, class, gentrification, trans vs. queer vs. gay and even what gets to be defined “art” and what isn’t. Personally, I loved seeing the performances by the trans women and drag queens and found myself cringing at the 25-years-on Pyramid Club ripoff fare offered up by Wildness and its craaazy, 2008-and-still-punky habitues. What I valued most from the film was the questions and contradictions I felt it inadvertently posed while most of the narration and ongoing soliloquies by Tsang I found self-consciously earnest and motivated by his inner fear of  coming off as an appropriative artist jerk. In the end, he seems like a nice, sincere queer person but really, androgynous or not, yet another artist explaining the ‘transgenders’ he got to know. I kept feeling this story would have been better told by another filmmaker who could have given real, honest perspective about the cultural and class tectonic jolts suggested in Wildness without being the film’s pivot point.

YES YES YES YES YES.

waffleurs:

Binders and pretty skirts because you can become whatever you want and be whatever you are.

The Los Angeles Transgender Film Festival is seeking films for our fifth annual film festival. Whether you’re dealing with gender-specific issues or not, we will be screening many diverse works made by trans, genderqueer, and intersex artists, including comedy, dramedy, drama, experimental, animation, and more!  We also welcome work by allies who are showcasing trans or genderqueer themes in their work.

Submission Guidelines/Entry Form [PDF]

The LA Transgender Film Festival consists of an annual film festival, awards show, and international tour. We have traveled to UCLA, University of Texas Austin, CSU Long Beach, Culver City High School, Lifeworks queer youth program, and Pasadena City College, among many other venues. Apart from film screenings, we also have in store some tasty live performances and panel discussions with artists and activists.

To bring the LA Transgender Film Festival to your campus or community, please contact us at info@tgfilmfest.org

www.tgfilmfest.org

www.facebook.com/tgfilmfest

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aforementionedglamour:

I am many identities wrapped up into one fat desirable body.

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rat-fag:

i6want6it6all:

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Songs and stories of celebration, survival, and whatever the fuck punx. Touring from Halifax in a mint chocolate dream mobile to a town near you! OMG. These sultry brooding Trans, Queer and allied folks are bringing the quiet vulnerable acoustic in full force.

We humbly request your support in anyway you see fit.
Come out to a show! Help us book one! Buy some merch!
Make us breakfast! Be our pal!

Featuring:

Mulligrub!
http://mulligrub.bandcamp.com/

Filthy Liars!
http://filthyxliars.bandcamp.com/album/hfx-demo

Jakery!
http://jakery.bandcamp.com/

Shay!
http://shay.bandcamp.com/


All dates TBA unless venue is listed, wanna help us out?
June 4   -    Halifax Kick Off Show
June 5   -    Moncton - 100 Alma w/Mogli and The Dirty Sisters
June 6   -    Sackville - The Black Duck Inn
June 9   -    Montreal La Belle Epoque - 8pm
June 10 -    Montreal - Fattal - 7pm
June 12 -    Ottawa - Umi Cafe - 7pm
June 14 -    Kingston - The Sleepless Goat
June 15 -    Peterborough -The Centre for Gender and Social Justice 2pm
June 17 -    Toronto - Mud House
June 18 -    Guelph - 70 Huron Street 7pm
June 20 -    London
June 23 -    Chicago
June 24 -    Milwaukee Show Shannon’s backyard
June 27 -    Minneapolis - boneshaker books - 8pm
July 1     -  Winnipeg Show/The end

for updates about TBA shows check out the facebook event page: www.facebook.com/events/302250203238582/

also we are super interested in sharing the stage with musicians and performers who don’t usually get to play/have their voices heard! hit us up!

hope to see y’all out!

(poster by sorrel ravenspeaker)

HEY PEOPLE, if you live in any of these areas be sure to check this out!

THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT & GOING TO BE AWESOME

fuckyeahcutetranschicks:

just two cute trans chicks out on a date.  <3 <3 <3

[Upper body shot of two girls with their arms around each other, pressing foreheads together. The girl on the left is wearing a reddish tank top lace design squared off earrings, a necklace with square pieces hanging down towards her cleavage and she has neon orange hair. The girl on the right side has a tattoo on her shoulder and is wearing black suspenders and a black bra. She has glasses and has black wavy shoulder length hair]

prominenze:

Mars.

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