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Carvell Wallace
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Feb 1

The Photograph

There is a new book out, a collection of writings by queer British South Asian photographer Sunil Gupta, mostly collections of his essays from the mid — 80’s until the early 2000’s where he theorizes about England’s Black Arts Movement, queer photography, desire, the role of funding in movement building…

Photography

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The Photograph
The Photograph
Photography

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Feb 1

The Headache

Five days after the break-in I awoke with a small headache that soon became the worst headache I have ever had. By the next day, the pain was so extreme that I couldn’t stand to be awake for more than 10 minutes. I would get out of bed to go…

Medical

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The Headache
The Headache
Medical

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Feb 1

The Visitor

A week after the ghost incident, someone broke into my house while I was there and stole my keys and all my credit cards. I was laying in my bed when it happened. I wasn’t entirely sure that the noises I heard from the kitchen were about anything, although I’m…

Crime

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The Visitor
The Visitor
Crime

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Feb 1

The Spirit

It is difficult to deny that we’re all going to die at some point. perhaps for some of us that point is soon, maybe even today? Just because it is difficult to deny doesn’t mean it’s impossible to deny. But there are those among us who would like to deny…

Death

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The Spirit
The Spirit
Death

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Jan 1

2022. the year in dreams…

I dreamt of liberation and of fires. I dreamt of you loving me and me loving you. I dreamt of fields that we run the way our dogs run, tails wagging, legs churning, driven almost mad by the possibilities. When I was a teenager, a friend once described heaven this…

2022 In Review

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2022. the year in dreams…
2022. the year in dreams…
2022 In Review

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·Jan 1

2022. the year in resistance…

I resisted death. I resisted self-harm. I resisted cigarettes (right up until the 361st day) and drugs and alcohol completely. I resisted anger and resentment and the desire to wish harm on the people that have harmed me. Even those that did it on purpose. Even those that knew better…

2022 In Review

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2022. the year in resistance…
2022. the year in resistance…
2022 In Review

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Jan 1

2022. the year in love…

I loved my children. I loved Black people. I loved the way we came together, laughed and joked, and held each other through our deepest, most powerful grief. I loved a dog. I loved another dog. I loved all the dogs. The way the lay their paws on my hands…

2022 In Review

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2022. the year in love…
2022. the year in love…
2022 In Review

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Jan 1

2022. the year in fear…

I was afraid that I would be killed, that no matter where I went, or what I became, that they would find some way to kill me. I have always been afraid of that. I was afraid of who I would abandon if that happened. I was afraid that my…

2022 In Review

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2022. the year in fear…
2022. the year in fear…
2022 In Review

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Dec 1, 2022

What is Love #3

On Credit Scores and COVID — It’s COVID season again. Isn’t COVID seasonal now? Every Spring and Summer don’t we declare it’s over, and we run around unmasked, spitting all over each other? And then in the fall and winter, isn’t it suddenly like “oh shit I have COVID, she has COVID, he just tested positive…

Love

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What is Love #3
What is Love #3
Love

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Dec 1, 2022

What is Love #4

On Being Whole — It was about 10 days ago when someone went into a club and murdered a bunch of gay people. No one is talking about it anymore. That was it. It’s all over. It was also my father’s birthday. I don’t talk to him much because on the one hand I…

Love

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What is Love #4
What is Love #4
Love

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