Tag: race
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from kilmarnock to berlin, taahliah is making her mark in clubs around the world
rising star and scottish singer-producer taahliah on her artistry, accolades and ambitions.
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advocating for autonomy: trans and sex workers rights have always gone hand in hand
historically, sex work has been an integral part of trans womanhood. today fighting for trans liberation needs to include decriminalisation of sex work.
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how sylvia rivera paved the way for trans revolution
focusing on individual acts, especially if they’re spectacles, can distract us from the more long-term, harder work that our forebears put into the liberation struggle
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this new documentary sheds a light on the history of trans sex workers
the stroll opens with co-director kristen lovell narrating over footage from a 2007 documentary she featured in called queer streets. lovell is part of a community of trans sex workers, many of them homeless, who came together and worked in manhattan’s meatpacking district from as far back as the 1960s until gentrification took hold in the…
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a new legacy: now more than ever, trans women must tell their own stories
a new legacy channels our grief in the creation of new narratives. transfeminine people are currently in an incredibly hypervisible position, both in the streets and in the media, with an unnecessary amount of coverage surrounding us and our legitimacy to rights, yet very little actual transfeminine representation in charge of this coverage. we are…
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‘this is for us baby, not for them’ – travis alabanza on their new book “none of the above”
an excerpt from travis alabanza’s new book: ‘none of the above’ alongside an interview with the writer discussing how the book came to be, the potential for trans politics, and how to build a new canon of trans literature.
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influential bodies: influencer activism and the role of desirability
critiques of the ‘influencer activist’ fail to ignore a crucial element: the role of desirability politics. from emma dabiri’s what white people can do next to a recent piece by jason okundaye, the figure of the ‘influencer activist’ is under scrutiny. this mode of activism is becoming increasingly strained as time goes on and one…