Lyla June, of Diné and European heritage, is an Indigenous water protector active in the struggle at Standing Rock. Her spoken word/musical recording, “All Nations Rise“, has received almost 2 million views since posted on Facebook last fall. In the post that accompanies the video on FB, Lyla writes: “I want to acknowledge that some… Read More All Nations Rise
Originally published on Instagram, natgeo This is Trina. She is a transwoman living in Jamaica, one of the most dangerous countries of the world for Trans and gender non-confirming individuals. Sanctioned prejudice against people such as Trina creates a society of violence. They are at extreme risk for assault and suicide. Trina has been shot, stabbed,… Read More Trans In a Dangerous World
Editor: Why are conservatives so against us? Because we trans people are the future of the human species, where there is no sex or gender, and no race, only individual differences. We are cyborg, that’s why they’re terrified of us. I’d love to write a Buddhist cyborg sci-fi novel. Texas and Virginia join other states… Read More Anti-Trans Bill Across US Exceed N. Carolina
Montreal Writer Kai Cheng Thom on learning to love monsters in her work, Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars. By Lee Pepper on January 4, 2017 originally posted at http://apt613.ca/writer-kai-cheng-thom-on-learning-to-love-monsters/ Prolific writer, performer, social worker, and spoken word artist Kai Cheng Thom is coming to Ottawa in support of her latest book and first novel. What does that make her, a quadruple threat? Quintuple?… Read More Here Be Monsters
by Charles Eisenstein Originally posted on Nov 10, 2016, at http://charleseisenstein.net/hategriefandanewstory/ This essay has been translated into German as well as Spanish and French. Normal is coming unhinged. For the last eight years it has been possible for most people (at least in the relatively privileged classes) to believe that society is sound, that the system, though creaky, basically works, and… Read More The Election: Of Hate, Grief, and a New Story
This monkey’s gone to heaven. . . http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/india-origins King’s College London is offering a free podcast course on the History of Indian philosophy, from the Rg Veda to the Upanishads, to Buddhism and Jainism, Nagarjuna, Advaita Vedanta, the Samkya, to the Mahabharata and much more. There are 32 episodes in all. ‘Origins’ is 1 to… Read More History of Indian Philosophy
Published on Dec 6, 2016 http://democracynow.org – The legendary singer, poet and author Patti Smith performed two songs Monday night at Riverside Church celebrating Democracy Now!’s 20th anniversary. Smith opened with “Peaceable Kingdom,” a song she wrote for Rachel Corrie, the American activist killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003. Smith dedicated the… Read More Patti Smith at DN’s 20th Anniversary
