Week 2 : Trans liberation, Giant Salamanders, rainbow corn, and Olive’s trip to the beach
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How wonderful it is to see you again this week. Here’s the next installment of my unhinged love letter to you all 💌
1.MY FAVOURITE QUEER ARTIST OF THE WEEK
Beau Brannick! (@ninten_beau) Beau is the Co-founder of Hagstone Art (@hagstoneart) , a illustration collective who make intricate, magic- filled love letters to the Queer community and beyond. I’ve followed Beau for years, and wow has it been a treat to watch every new piece arise from their magical practise! Here’s some of my favourite work from hagstone :
Also check out the wonderful work of Alice (@disgaybled) who creates for hagstone too!
2. MY FAVOURITE ANIMAL OF THE WEEK
This week I found out about the giant Chinese salamander. These huge slabs of meat flap around taking snacks from people. I would die to see one : check them out in this tik tok below.
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeXFa9AP/
For the love of god, someone give him a snack.
3.OLIVES ANTICS -
Olive is very happy and bouncy this week. She got so excited that she bit my big toe.
She was extremely happy to be back at The Queery (the queer anarchist co-op I’m a part of) - read more via @thequeerybtn. She thinks she owns the place. When we weren’t chilling with our friend MJ, she was snoring on the sofa.
Then we went to the beach this weekend for the first time since she got sick. We didn’t stay long because I’m still trying to make her be gentle with herself. She did get in a lick of a piece of seaweed and a few zoomies, though, and that’s all she cares about.
4. MY MEME OF THE WEEK.
I feel like two memes describe my whole personality
5. PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON THE WORLD
This week I’ve been thinking about collective action. How every single action contributes to movements. Online there is so much finger wagging. People looking down on others telling them that they are never doing enough (I don’t mean the people doing nothing at all). I’m talking about community organizers and activists, who all work their fingers to the bone and mostly for no pay. If you’re one of these people, of course you’re doing enough. You’re seen, you’re appreciated and your work absolutely matters.
I also got thinking about the ableism that we perpetuate when we say that one for of action isn’t ‘good’ enough to contribute. For example, some will say that the only valuable method of acting is marching. Many disabled people just cannot march under the circumstances created by able bodied organisers. So maybe disabled people might contribute in remote fashions. There are so many actions taking place online right now. All valuable to the movement. I suppose the overwhelming point is, that we need everyone’s voices to make steps towards liberation. We need a full spectrum approach, right!
I’ll end with my favourite drawing of the week!
AND THATS IT, EVERYONE!
THANKYOU FOR BEING HERE WITH ME AND I LOVE YOU
see u next week
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