February 2012
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CALL FOR ARTISTS, deadline Feb 12th
 Know Gays Aloud: Violence in LGBT Communities of Color SUBMISSION DEADLINE: SUNDAY, February 12th, 2012 Art for Change (AfC) is seeking proposals for artworks for its upcoming exhibition, Know Gays Aloud: Violence in the LGBT Communities of Color. Art for Change is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides a forum for creating innovative art and media programs that inspire...
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January 2012
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It's all about the "Process"
Petra and I went to see something called “Scratch Night” at the Live Arts Studio in Philly last night. Once called 2nd Thursdays, the event is basically a night of free beer and works-in-process. I had no idea what I was getting to, but I liked the concept- an audience comes, gets a little tipsy (aka honest) and artists get feedback about their piece. Minus the beer, this is definitely...
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[militant] quacks (&) bleers unite: CALLING ALL... →
iocarejorn: My badass bestie is one of the folks starting this zine. Please please please forward widely!!! This zine is necessary!! And submit!! PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FEMME NETWORKS IF YOU CAN! Femme Dreamboat is a forthcoming zine and blog project designed by three Jersey femmes to centralize femme…
Jan 13th
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blackberry: Now accepting submissions! →
blackberrylitmag: SUBMISSIONS This months’ theme is “Skin Deep.” Submission deadline for this premier issue is March 15, 2012. Blackberry aims to be a premier literary magazine featuring African-American women writers and artists. Its goal is to expose readers to the diversity of the black woman’s experience…
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Excerpt from "Afro-Future Females: Black Writers... →
afrofuturistaffair: Afro-Future Females is the first combined science fiction critical anthology and short story collection to focus upon black women via written and visual texts. This anthology, published after the New York Times Book Review declared that Toni Morrison’s Beloved “is the best work of American fiction published in the last 25 years” (Scott 17), emphasizes that the black writers...
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Call for Submissions! -- Subtext Queer Arts...
subtextqueerartsmagazine: We have opened up submissions once again! Feel free to submit all forms of LGBT-themed or related prose, poetry, and art for consideration to be published in our next issue. Send submissions to: subtextsubmissions@gmail.com -Subtexters
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FolK tOLd Me EP →
So I went to a cabaret in Philly in the early fall. I was hoping to find good, inspirational performance… and for the most part, I didn’t. But! I did meet an awesome black queer performer by the name of Jazzmen Johnson. She had a great energy and performed what she called “folk hop”- she sang and rapped while playing her acoustic guitar. It was awesome.  Jazzmen recently...
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Artist Serge Gay Jr.
afrofuturistaffair: inspiration
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The (Sexual) Liberation of Mammy →
iocarejorn: listen, yall. i know im bad at publicizing myself and my work. this is months late but here is a link to my div 3. check it out if you want to. And the study guide can be found at: sexlibstudyguide.blogspot.com don’t say i never told yall. This is the video of a performance written and directed by one of our Emerging Artists J.D. Stokely and art directed by another R&R Emerging...
Dec 13th
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“My political obligations? I am a Black woman … in world that defines human as...”
– Audre Lorde (via southerntellect)
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Collection of Queer Stories... →
Yesss!! Such an important zine… can’t wait for it to be done!
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Testimony: homeland →
myqueertestimony: Submitted by AZURE D. OSBORNE-LEE, Brooklyn, New York (www.rootsandriver.com) Wide skirt Won’t apologize for anything What for? Why should s/he? Silence Long silence rolls (Why for? Why wound s/he?) — Warm hand held round empty jar poured out last of life Wind…
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The official Roots and River Productions website →
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