A Mighty Ship
Genderqueer anarchist feminist crafter living in Toronto who loves craft life, DIY, the hand made, sweet jams, veganism, animals and intersectional politics.
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Secret Trial Five - We’re not Taqwacore
what the fuck
is a muslim punk?
rather hang with taliban
than dick around with drunks
muhammad wasn’t white
and neither is this fight
and we weren’t birthed
by michael knight
so so so much love for this
so much love for this band! they were so good.
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yelled an entire song into a mic while playing guitar today FOR THE FIRST TIMMMMEE. With other folks around/jamming. Pretty big step in my overcoming performance anxiety. Yay!
it was so fun. i want to do vocals/play guitar in all the bands. Michela, where is our band??
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Quote reblogged from downer jamsAs a trans woman, not many things give me a headache the way the entire concept of passing does. Passing is the idea that if a trans woman (or any person who is presenting as a woman) looks, dresses and acts a certain way, people won’t be able to tell they are anything other than a completely “normal” woman. If you look at online trans communities or forums, you’ll find tons of tips on how to pass better – everything from hair removal tips to workouts to how to walk and sit more femininely.
All of this presupposes that there is only one right way to look like and be a woman. And it’s infuriating. On the one hand, whenever I go out in public or post pictures online, a part of me is deathly afraid that I’ll be insulted or worse. I desperately want to be accepted as the woman I am. On the other hand, I hate that in order to feel safe, I’m expected to fit into the very narrow box that is labeled “woman.” Tips on how to pass always seem to say that you should avoid building muscle mass and avoid wearing clothes and makeup that are too costumey, that you should try to hide your shoulders and soften your features. Trans women are often told that if we want to pass, we have to try our hardest to be petite, soft, have just the right amount of femininity, and not stand out too much. But what if I want to be a different kind of woman? What if I want to look like Grace Jones or Kate Moennig? What if I want to look like Beth Ditto or Dolly Parton? They’re all cis women; don’t they pass?Meyllen Djneres (via muffinsandcouture) -
Fuck the queen. Sangria from street wine is the only thing we celebrated today. @nat_snak
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kay, not to shit on anyone’s parade or anything but really, if you’ve been dating someone monogamously for many many years, what’s the point of the ‘surprise popping the question’? Like you’ve probably talked about marriage already and already know this is the direction yr going in…so really, why the big show? Seems kinda silly…like many other aspects of marriage but yaaaa know, whatever makes you stoked, i guess.
#toojadedtocare
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so i’ve written a zine called ‘doom clouds’ that i’ll be tabling for the first time with my distro at Montreal’s bookfair next weekend. I sat at my window early this morning which looks out into the backyard. I re-read the zine for the final time and cried as i read the final entry which describes my struggle to leave an abusive relationship and all the alienation it caused me within my friends and ‘communities’. It ends with, ‘at least, i got out’. I read the final sentence and looked outside and saw squirrels chasing each other and birds flying and the sun shining and fucking smiled because i DID get out and i’m getting better everyday. And even though this recovery is fucking hard, i am doing it.
***PLZ NOTE: this zine is pretty much my first time writing about this situation and is part of my recovery process. In my current state of recovery i CANNOT talk about this abuse in detail so please don’t try to ask me questions/talk to me about it. I can write about it and would much rather read your questions/feedback/whatever and then write back to you. Respect this. -
hungover as fuck and listening to the drive soundtrack. i didn’t like that movie but the soundtrack was sick.
saw two sweet ass power violence bands last night. it felt so good to bang yr head. all the heaviest jams right now…oh and this ridonk soundtrack.
