Mastodawn

Karen Tongson Dec 28, 2022

UARF-NYC Dec 28, 2022

DEFEND DRAG STORY HOUR IN NYC!

Help protect queer spaces and expression under threat from the far right!

The far right has placed a target on Drag Story Hours nationwide, and New York is no exception. A group of violent, loud bigots, who have repeatedly harassed and invaded these events in the city, is openly planning to disrupt the next Drag Story Hour, on Thursday, December 29, at the Jackson Heights Library in Queens.

Queer community members and allies will be there to show the fascists they are not welcome, but that kids and drag queens are.

Let's show NYC's unwavering support for Drag Story Hour and for queer and trans people, and make a safe, encouraging, and joyful welcome for kids and their grownups as they enter the library.

BE THERE:
Thursday 12/29 3pm
Jackson Heights Library
35-51 81st Street, Queens (7 train to 82nd Street)
3pm
Wear regular clothes and a mask
Bring rainbow swag, non-amplified noisemakers, musical instruments, joy, and love!

Karen Tongson Dec 28, 2022

TProphet Dec 28, 2022

1/ A lot of people have been asking for an explainer on what is going on with Southwest Airlines and the massive meltdown that occurred. Hi, I'm TProphet. I write the Seat 31B travel blog (https://www.seat31b.com) and closely follow the airline industry. More importantly, I have a friend whom Southwest abandoned in Las Vegas until New Year's (along with his cat), and there was literally nothing I could do for him. Ready? Let's dive in.

Seat 31B – The World In Economy Class

Karen Tongson Dec 28, 2022

All of Waiting to X-Hale’s podcast’s songs of the week in Season 5 (2022) have been assembled into this handy playlist, including songs from our Live Show w/ Kevin Smith & Sandra Bernhard. See you in 2023!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6bcLhALScFbeS2v1kJ8JQN?si=2LuArSG2RpmvMX9Tw2BmOw

Waiting to X-Hale Season 5 Songs of the Week

Karen Tongson · Playlist · 32 songs · 1 likes

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Karen Tongson Dec 18, 2022

Andy Zax Nov 17, 2022

No one will ever call the Carpenters’ debut album a masterpiece, but it’s as listenable as anything else in their discography and the withdrawn youth-pastors-for-Satan artwork shades it with a sense of strangeness that one wishes was present in the music as well.

#nowplaying

Karen Tongson Dec 18, 2022

Anyway, that Bourdieu unit in my U.S. pop culture class is gonna get even spicier now that I have Tár to pair Five Easy Pieces.

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Karen Tongson Dec 18, 2022

Apparently those scenes were shot in Thailand (?!), though I have to ask: why go through the trouble of mocking up Tagalog signs if the Southeast Asianness of it all was meant to remain so unspecific? This is the sign for the place where she’s put up. It reads “Bahay Tulutan”(“house of allowance”—it’s a weird name, and I can only think it must be a bad play on Bahay Tuluyan, which is a Filipino non-profit org to help exploited youth).

Karen Tongson Dec 18, 2022

Now I finally see why everyone wanted to know my specific response to Tár. It’s not for the lesbionic gender studies stuff, nor the Germanic location for a majority of the film, but (SPOILER BELOW 🚨 ‼️ 🚨)

She ends up in the friggin’ Philippines as a hard reboot to her fall from grace?!? I’m also offended about how everything online, including Wikipedia suggests these key concluding vignettes just happen “somewhere in Southeast Asia,” when Tagalog is spoken & Tagalog signs are posted.

Karen Tongson Dec 18, 2022

A good one from @jodyrosen on Lionel Messi’s walkabouts:

https://www.newyorker.com/sports/world-cup-2022/the-genius-of-lionel-messi-just-walking-around

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Karen Tongson Dec 16, 2022

Or maybe this is just my feed?

Karen Tongson Dec 16, 2022

Does everyone on here tell you how/what to post, or what?