MFA in DIY

Sunday May 5, 8pm @ Branded Saloon: Opentoe Peepshow queer salon...

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:26:06 -0400

Sunday May 5, 8pm @ Branded Saloon: Opentoe Peepshow queer salon #7

Sunday May 5 at 8pm, come to Branded Saloon [in Brooklyn at 603 Vanderbilt Ave, 11238] to see new art work by: Tennessee Jones, Amber Dawn, Nicole Myles, Katia Perea & Zavé Martohardjono
Bios on all the artists are here: http://www.heelsonwheelsroadshow.com/?p=500
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/110293645840847/

OMG the Heels on Wheels Glitter Roadshow indiegogo fundraising...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:30:01 -0400

OMG the Heels on Wheels Glitter Roadshow indiegogo fundraising campaign is almost at 50% of our goal! You can get THESE mugs when you donate, you know: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/heels-on-wheels-keep-the-glitter-sparkling/x/61736

The DIY Couturier: 21 Tips to Keep Your Shit Together When You're Depressed.

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:59:55 -0400

The DIY Couturier: 21 Tips to Keep Your Shit Together When You're Depressed.:

rosalindrobertson:

A while ago, I penned a fairly angry response to something circulating on the internet – the 21 Habits of Happy People. It pissed me off beyond belief, that there was an inference that if you weren’t Happy, you simply weren’t doing the right things.

I’ve had depression for as long as I can…

Trigger warning: car accident/trauma...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:59:00 -0400

**Trigger warning: car accident/trauma** http://www.heelsonwheelsroadshow.com/2013/03/resilience-and-the-heels-on-wheels-glitter-roadshow/

WHAT’S HAPPENING

In Olympia, four Heels on Wheels touring folks were present during the tragic, though thankfully not fatal, accident that happened to our friend, host, and co-organizer femme badass extraordinaire Siobhan. She was hit by a speeding drunk/high driver that appeared and accelerated out of nowhere as we were crossing the street together. She is alive and going to survive, but she is in the ICU w multiple serious injuries, some of which have changed her physical reality forever. She needs/will need an incredible about of financial and many other types of support.

Immediately, community skills as street medics, space-makers, crisis interventionists, and caretakers materialized from the Olympia, Bay Area, and NYC folks present. We are so grateful for each person’s presence; it was also extremely upsetting. Being so close to the physical harm of our old friend [and for some, a person they’d just met] was and continues to be traumatic for all who were there.

As folks work together to help and support Siobhan, it’s with love that we request support for all of those in her networks, including the folks not present who are organizing for her, the folks who were there, and folks who love and care about Siobhan across the country. Because of the ripple effects of trauma, each of us will need various kinds of care and healing, even as we continue to give each other and Siobhan care and support.

Heels on Wheels canceled what was to be our Olympia show for Siobhan’s community to gather, collect donations for her long-term needs, and write her notes, and we are not doing our scheduled show on Friday in Seattle.

We are rescheduling our show in Seattle to Tuesday April 2 and keeping our other tour dates, after taking some healing time and discussing among ourselves.

ART, RESILIENCE, and TRAUMA

We are continuing to tour because the work we individually do and collectively create is about healing and communities, and we want to continue to share this art as we strive for healing among our group.

The Heels on Wheels Glitter Roadshow is deeply about resiliency — our performances, our transformative organizing, the magic that we femme-ifest for ourselves and the people around us. Our working-class-led tour harvests resilience to make art and to share it in the first place. As a group we honor and experience a wide range of oppressions, marginalizations, traumas AND creativity, prevailing, survival, community, and general badassery in all forms. So, we know about healing.

And we know that art heals hearts.

It has healed each of us, and as performing artists for many years we’ve seen it heal rooms of people. We know that many permutations of folks immediately affected by this specific tragedy need healing, and also that each of us, including those not touched at all, moves through the world affected by trauma, harm, and the pains of living; and its for that and for each of us and for the many communities we are part of that we tour in the first place.

We need each other in many ways, and one way is to inspire resilience. This is one way to, in Heather’s words from her piece, “hold each other tightly.” This tour is one small healing gift.

WHAT YOU CAN DO & SHOULD KNOW

Heels on Wheels touring folks are physically ok, but we are collectively and individually in various states of shock, PTSD, and just fucking sad for our friend. We are also individual humans who are full of many kinds of feelings — you’ll also see us cracking jokes and aiming for some fun. We might not all be excited to talk about our experiences.

At our remaining shows we will be collecting donation$ for Siobhan*. We are also open to accepting healing items for ourselves, including: essential oils, crystals, jewelry, snacks, and/or talismans/gifts from whatever your practice may be.

As a tour, we look forward to sharing dialogue and our witchy and powerful selves with folks on the west coast.

xo,
Damien Luxe, with Heather Acs, Shomi Noise, Lizxnn Disaster and Vagina Jenkins

*Donations of items can also be mailed to: 1411 8th Ave SE, Olympia WA, 98501. We don’t yet have a financial donation link to share, but we will be involved in further fundraising efforts.

abundanceorscarcity: Double decks = double trouble. One for...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:49:25 -0400

abundanceorscarcity:

Double decks = double trouble. One for love and one to fuck shit up.

I made this image in 2010 to honor the femmes who’ve gone...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:52:04 -0400

I made this image in 2010 to honor the femmes who’ve gone before me with fight in their spirits — specifically thinking of and thankful for the queens of color who defended queer space at Stonewall by rebelling against the cops. There are many ways for us to “fight back” for ourselves, for each other, for folks we’ll never know or meet. Some days I really need to be reminded that the fight is ok, and it’s in me, and that we can — and will — keep going. Love & thanks to all the ways all kinds of femmes fight back.

Fuck Yeah Queer Femme Art: http://www.heelsonwheelsroadshow.com/

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:19:52 -0400

Fuck Yeah Queer Femme Art: http://www.heelsonwheelsroadshow.com/

Unity is the solution : From the prisoners of Attica State...

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:50:37 -0400

Unity is the solution : From the prisoners of Attica State prison to all oppressed people of the world, by the Student Research Facility (Berkeley, CA); mid 1970s, offset

ALL THE RAISED FISTS!!!

***HEELS ON WHEELS GLITTER ROADSHOW TOUR SCHEDULE...

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:54:35 -0400

***HEELS ON WHEELS GLITTER ROADSHOW TOUR SCHEDULE 3/22—4/12***

March 22: LA @ Pieter — Doors 8p / Show 9p / all-ages //
March 24: SAN FRANCISCO El Rio — Doors 9p / Show 9:30p / 21+ //
March 27 OLY, WA: Stonewall Youth workshop //
March 28: OLY, WA @The Northern — Doors 8p / Show 9p / 11p dancing! / all-ages //
March 29: SEATTLE, WA @ secret warehouse — Doors 8p / Show 9p / 11p dancing! / all-ages //
March 30: PORTLAND, OR @ The Local Lounge — Doors 8p / Show 9p / 11p dancing! / 21+ //
March 31: PORTLAND Recess Gallery / Workshop 4p / Show 7p / all-ages //
April 1: VANCOUVER, BC @ ArtBank — show 8p / all ages //
April 4 EUGENE: details TBA //
April 6: OAKLAND, CA SoleSpace — Show 9p / 11p dancing! / all-ages //
April 11: NY, NY Stonewall Inn show 9p //
April 12: BROOKLYN, NY The Spectrum show 10p / dancing midnite / all-ages //

details here: http://www.heelsonwheelsroadshow.com/events/

Yeah. http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/806075/badge...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:55:30 -0500

Yeah.

http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/806075/badge-lesbian-liberation-1980s-1990s

WHY LORD WHY?!?! {from my piece Exorcize, live 3/1/13 @...

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:16:00 -0500

WHY LORD WHY?!?! {from my piece Exorcize, live 3/1/13 @ Hampshire’s Five College Gender n Sexuality Conference performance}

Heels on Wheels Glitter Roadshow is a queer performance art...

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:04:00 -0500

Heels on Wheels Glitter Roadshow is a queer performance art cabaret of radical extravagance and thought-provoking glamour that’s happening March 1—April12.

Our fearless performers rampage across the femme-inine spectrum serving up poetic theatre, hilarious performance art, and rocknroll you can sink your heels into! The touring artists are: Shomi Noise [NYC], The Lady Ms. Vagina Jenkins [SF], Heather Acs [NYC], Adelaide Windsome [video only—Philly/LA], and Damien Luxe [NYC] ++ Bevin Branlandingham [NYC] & Kirya Traber [SF/NYC] in March ++ special local performers in every city!!

DONATE!
We’re fundraising for sustainability and to keep our glitter sparkling — if you donate by March 20, you have the option of getting VIP presale tix to our shows! Or a carabeener cup, or a special lesson … please $upport! http://igg.me/p/356603/x/61736

CONNECT with the Heels! Tour Calendar, Artist Bios, Glamour shots: http://www.heelsonwheelsroadshow.com // facebook.com/heelsonwheelsroadshow // @HOWroadshow

DATES

March 1, 8pm: Hampshire College @ The Five College Queer Conference Queer Prom!
March 10, 7pm: SUNY New Paltz

March 22: LA @ Pieter — Doors 8p / Show 9p / all-ages
March 24: San Francisco @ El Rio — Doors 9p / Show 9:30p / 21+
March 27: Olympia WA, Stonewall Youth / 3:30-5:00pm / all-ages
March 28: Olympia, WA @ The Northern — Doors 8p / Show 9p / 11p dancing! / all-ages
March 29: Seattle, WA @ The Cockpit w Butch Queen — Doors 8p / Show 9p / 11p dancing! / all-ages
March 30: Portland, OR @ The Local Lounge — Doors 8p / Show 9p / 11p dancing! / 21+
March 31: Portland, OR @ RECESS / Workshop 4p / Show 7p / all-ages
 April 1: Vancouver, BC @ ArtBank — Doors 8 / Show 9 / all ages
April 6: Oakland, CA @ SoleSpace — Doors 8p / Show 9p / 11p dancing! / all-ages
April 7: L.A. @ TBA

April 11: New York, NY @ Stonewall Inn — Doors 8p / Show 9p / 11p dancing! / 21+
April 12: Brooklyn, NY @ The Spectrum — Doors 9p / Show 10p / Midnite dancing! / all-ages

WIIIINNN!

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:55:55 -0500

WIIIINNN!

My Cunt Is A Muscle is based on the wonderful Your Heart Is a...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:55:14 -0500

My Cunt Is A Muscle is based on the wonderful Your Heart Is a Muscle 1999 woodcut by Dalia Sapon-Shevin. Then a member of the Syracuse Cultural Workers, it was made as an inspiration to activists and a response to the state repression experienced during the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle in 1999. Dalia’s image has been reproduced and re-versioned widely across multiple activist communities in prints, patches, and more. I find it simple and therefore powerful, and wanted to pay homage while also adding a queer, and for me, a dyke element.

Your fist may be the size of your heart, and it’s also the same size as your uterus [for those of us who have ‘em]. Fists can fit in any of the holes—cunts and otherwise—that we fuck with. In the words of artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz: Every Time We Fuck, We Win.

I feel that in all the ways I fight and work and celebrate being able to fuck any and all the fists I’d like, and I feel it in the queer history of all our bodies getting the pleasure and love we deserve and want — and so I believe that statement intensely, and I adore fisting. I feel that I’ve survived in my body when I’m fisted/fisting, and this act of choosing and intensity has healed and shaped [ha!] me. It’s been with me as long as I’ve been practicing BDSM [12 years] and for all the bodies and cunts and holes and asses and fists I’ve thrown and caught, this is a love letter.

My Cunt Is A Muscle… is set in Blue Highway Linocut, produced in InDesign. The cunt is from Wikipedia Commons, and the fist is from an image taken by Shaun Slifer from the Interference Archive’s collection of raised fists. To encourage sharing, My Cunt Is A Muscle is copyleft with a Creative Commons NC-BY-SA [attribute, share under the same copyleft license, for noncommercial purposes].

Enjoy. Fist. Win.

tigers walk behind me: Radical Perspectives on Sex // CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:54:57 -0500

tigers walk behind me: Radical Perspectives on Sex // CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:

theyaretoremindme:

So I’m trying to put together a publication on radical perspectives on sex/porn/sex work/kink that goes beyond the basic sex-posi feel-goodness, isn’t just a glossary, examines things from a variety of radical angles.

E.g., i’m co-writing a piece on the place of porn & kink “before and after the…

Yeah radical perverts thinkin about radicality!

kathyack: (from Great Expectations)

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:00:02 -0500

kathyack:

(from Great Expectations)

kathyack: (from In Memoriam to Identity) I LIVE FOR K/Cathy...

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:03:36 -0500

kathyack:

(from In Memoriam to Identity)

I LIVE FOR K/Cathy like this.

Home Sweet…Home, the bear spanking version.

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:00:27 -0500

Home Sweet…Home, the bear spanking version.

abundanceorscarcity: Jenna making the gay apocalypse rainbow...

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 10:00:10 -0500

abundanceorscarcity:

Jenna making the gay apocalypse rainbow with her own hands from ALL the glass at Dead Horse Beach in Brooklyn.

Swoon. My sweetheart is a babe and a weirdo. I WIN! And we are on vacation right now!

At a church children’s area, of course…nothing...

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 10:50:14 -0500

At a church children’s area, of course…nothing perverse to see here at all.

MFA in DIY

Sunday May 5, 8pm @ Branded Saloon: Opentoe Peepshow queer salon...

OMG the Heels on Wheels Glitter Roadshow indiegogo fundraising...

The DIY Couturier: 21 Tips to Keep Your Shit Together When You're Depressed.

**Trigger warning: car accident/trauma**...

WHAT’S HAPPENING

ART, RESILIENCE, and TRAUMA

And we know that art heals hearts.

WHAT YOU CAN DO & SHOULD KNOW

abundanceorscarcity: Double decks = double trouble. One for...

I made this image in 2010 to honor the femmes who’ve gone...

Fuck Yeah Queer Femme Art: http://www.heelsonwheelsroadshow.com/

Unity is the solution : From the prisoners of Attica State...

***HEELS ON WHEELS GLITTER ROADSHOW TOUR SCHEDULE...

details here: http://www.heelsonwheelsroadshow.com/events/

Yeah. http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/806075/badge...

WHY LORD WHY?!?! {from my piece Exorcize, live 3/1/13 @...

Heels on Wheels Glitter Roadshow is a queer performance art...

WIIIINNN!

My Cunt Is A Muscle is based on the wonderful Your Heart Is a...

tigers walk behind me: Radical Perspectives on Sex // CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

kathyack: (from Great Expectations)

kathyack: (from In Memoriam to Identity) I LIVE FOR K/Cathy...

Home Sweet…Home, the bear spanking version.

abundanceorscarcity: Jenna making the gay apocalypse rainbow...

At a church children’s area, of course…nothing...

Trigger warning: car accident/trauma...