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Simone Weil, 'Decreation', in Gravity and Grace

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Dame Jessye Mae Norman (September 15, 1945 - September 30, 2019)

The majestic American soprano who brought a sumptuous, shimmering voice to a broad range of roles at the Metropolitan Opera and houses around the world, died on Monday in New York.

Ms. Norman, who found acclaim as well as a recitalist and on the concert stage, was one of the most decorated of American singers. She won five Grammy Awards, four for her recordings and one for lifetime achievement. 

She received the prestigious Kennedy Center Award in 1997, was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1999, received the National Medal of Arts in 2009, and became a Spingarn Medalist in 2013.

Dido’s Lament, “When I am laid in earth” From the Opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell. 

We extend our condolences to Ms. Norman’s Family, Friends  & Fans 

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Sans Soleil (1983), Chris Marker

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The Letter

I’m not feeling strong yet, but I am taking good care of myself. The weather is perfect. I read and walk all day and then walk to the sea. I expect to swim soon. For now I am content. I am not sure what I hope for. I feel I am doing my best. It reminds me of when I was sixteen dreaming of Lorca, the gentle trees outside and the creek. Perhaps poetry replaces something in me that others receive more naturally. Perhaps my happiness proves a weakness in my life. Even my failures in poetry please me. Time is very different here. It is very good to be away from public ambition. I sweep and wash, cook and shop. Sometimes I go into town in the evening and have pastry with custard. Sometimes I sit at a table by the harbor and drink half a beer.

Linda Gregg from The Sacraments of Desire, 1992

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Richard Brautigan

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One From the Vaults - Episode 3: STAR House, STAR People

In the latest episode of One From the Vaults, we explore the early lives of Sylvia & Marsha! The first in a three part series on the lives of these saints of the trans movement.

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“Our categories are important. We cannot organize a social life, a political movement, or our individual identities and desires without them. The fact that categories invariably leak and can never contain all the relevant “existing things” does not render them useless, only limited. Categories like “woman,” “butch,” “lesbian,” or “transsexual” are all imperfect, historical, temporary, and arbitrary. We use them, and they use us. We use them to construct meaningful lives, and they mold us into historically specific forms of personhood. Instead of fighting for immaculate classifications and impenetrable boundaries, let us strive to maintain a community that understands diversity as a gift, sees anomalies as precious, and treats all basic principles with a hefty dose of skepticism.”

Gayle Rubin “Of Catamites and Kings: Reflections on Butch, Gender, and Boundaries.” 1992. Reprinted  in The Transgender Studies Reader, edited by Susan Stryker and Stephen Whittle, 2006, page 479. (via queerbetweenthelines)

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Fabric/hanging: Untitled [The most exclusive love for a person…] Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Text, fabric paint, quilted panels. 0 x 0. Date unknown,

Text from Proust hand painted in multi-colored letters on light fabric with green bodhisattva heads above, and on dark fabric with brown bodhisattva heads below

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Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art Highlights No.3 Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra’s stunning video ‘Ex Nilalang’ 2015 that re-imagines Filipino mythologies through a mixture of live performance and video portraits of queer and trans artists in the Philippines. This is the queer futurity we longed for.

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GRAN FURY ALL PEOPLE WITH AIDS ARE INNOCENT , 1989

Manhattan, NYC

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Gay semiotics by Hal Fischer