#Resist

[poemsforthesehours]

Poem by Leslie J Anderson.

[myvoteismyvoice]

[warmhappycat]

Does anyone have suggestions for what I could garden in indoor containers that would be a smart preparation for living in a country with absolutely no functioning institutions or safeguards? I’m already thinking lettuce. I have aloe. Anything edible or medicinal that’ll grow in a pot. I get a ton of sunshine but keep my apartment very cold. Thanks!

[lickthecowhappy]

Fight

GOetry club prompt Form: Rondel Prompt: Resist

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I must resist it is not fair my heart stripped bare its holder kissed

freedom dismissed this rage I bare I must resist it is not fair

peace gained with fist though sought with prayer ‘till death I swear I will persist I must resist

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This poem is also available on AO3.

Um... so this one got away from me, as they often do, and all my US election rage spilled into it.

Don't stop fighting.

@isiaiowin @goodomensafterdark

[frennec-fox]

Speak To Me 🏳️‍⚧️

[sadderbutwisergirrl]

I cried then I got mad. Let’s go.

[naturallyteal]

Aziraphale Resists Temptation

A rondel poem with the subject “resist” for GOetry Monday, prompt by @isiaiowin

I absolutely cannot,

I really mustn’t!

Ogle you? I wasn’t!

Reach for you? I shall not!

Admit my condition? I will not!

Touch you? I durstn’t!

I absolutely cannot,

I really mustn’t!

Avaunt, demon, tempt me not!

Beat too loud? My heart doesn’t!

Been drawn closer to you, no, I wasn’t …

I resist your lure so hot…

I absolutely cannot…

[ladyinrainbowglasses]

Fascism relies on fear and withers against mockery.

We are all terrified, for excellent reasons. We keep getting reminded that we need community and joy to survive this.

I propose we #RockytheInauguration

Organize as many stagings, showings, and shadowcasts of "Rocky Horror" as humanly possible on Inauguration Day 2025.

Make it a newsworthy event. Showcase queer joy and queer love. Fill every capital city, especially DC, with people dancing in fishnets. Have an Eddie brigade re-enact Rolling Thunder wherever they can. Play "The Time Warp" on the steps of every Capitol building.

Make our militant, joyful defiance a news event for the history books. Let all coverage of Fueher Scheisshosen's coronation be forever linked with Dr. Frank-N-Furter.

Let's make this happen.

[embracing-the-ineffable]

Advice for Challenging Times

Do something kind for yourself today. Cuddle your fur baby. Spend time playing with your kids. Get outside and feel the sun on your skin. It’s okay to feel joy today, too, and if you find some pass it on.

Take care of yourself, today and going forward. Get a good night’s sleep, eat what sustains you and gives you energy, move your body as you’re able. We need you at your best to fight this fight. Don’t give up on your life or your sobriety or whatever hard-won progress you’ve made fighting your demons. We need YOU, full stop.

Take inventory of what you need to do, right now, to protect yourself and the people you love. Do you need to seek preventive care, get surgery, figure out long-term birth control, or anything else before the end of the year? What vaccinations can you get or get a booster for in case they’re banned or dropped from insurance (not just COVID and flu, though definitely those, but also pneumonia, shingles, HPV, Tdap, etc.)? What legal protections do you need that will be more accessible now than in January? Is where you are the safest place you can be? Is it where you feel called to be, to make a difference?

Make a plan for how you’ll build resistance as a daily practice. Will you pack a bag with everything you need to show up to a protest, so you can come whenever you’re called? Can you write letters to reps during your lunch breaks or as you’re having your morning coffee? What tools do you have that can be bent toward justice, and how can you use them regularly and sustainably? You don’t have to pick one huge battle and win it; you do have to be a part of the work.

Connect with your community. They need you; you need them. If you don’t have community, prioritize finding it. Make a practice of smiling at your neighbors; join a dinner group or a club or a spiritual community; come together with your colleagues; ask friends to introduce you to their worlds. The work is more manageable together. The world is less scary with others by your side.

Make a plan for how you’ll stay informed without becoming paralyzed. You must know what’s happening, but do not mistake self-flagellation for action. Find a space and a community that acknowledges the pain of what’s happening and feeds your hope and fires you up for the fight.

Know where to place your blame and anger. There is plenty of it to go around, much of it deserved. But there are also, undeniably, systems that were built to work against us, and more people who want to make the world better than who want to watch it burn. Those in power want you to lose sight of the humanity around you; cling rebelliously to it instead. I love you. I believe in you. I believe in us.

Wonderful advice by Rachel Stark

[the-blueprint]

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Grindr should do the same

[athelind]

Survival is a subversive act.

So is hope.

So is joy.

don't really want to electionpost but it is hanging over all our minds. I fear that he won because he is our true face. That this fascist abomination that is coming is more truly representative of what the USA is than what came before.

Of course a government and people are different. But in a time where community is so important, I am disheartened to be surrounded by people whose values are so fundamentally incompatible with mine.

[gwydionmisha]

11/30/23: KOSA is an anti-LGBTQIA+ censorship bill. It is essential you call THIS week. Tell them you are specifically against KOSA and especially against hotlining the bill.

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the Senator of your choice.

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/

[c86]

Photography by Nicholas Blair

Taken from Castro to Christopher: Gay Streets of America 1979–1986

[odinsblog]

iconic

[jareckiworld]

Koichi Enomoto — Stay & Resist (oil on canvas, 2023)

[rejectingrepublicans]