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Hairspray & Fideo: Irreconcilable Differences: Because this is what HOPE looks like
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Thursday, June 12, 2014. Irreconcilable Differences: Because this is what HOPE looks like. In 2008, I was among those who believed that voting for Barack Obama was the right thing to do, that it was time and necessary to have a Black president, that "HOPE" meant something deeper than a poster, that it held the possibilities for a larger world, a world where justice could fit. What am I supposed to say to this child? But, tell me, how horrific is that alternative if. Is us at our best? G0d bl3$ the DeaD.
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Hairspray & Fideo: September 2014
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Brief thoughts on criticisms of Emma Watson's U.N. speech. Posted by Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano. Thursday, September 11, 2014. To me, this is not an Either/Or day. It is a Yes/And day. Yes, thousands of innocent lives were murdered on September 11, 2001. And, yes, thousands more innocent lives were murdered in the retaliating wars that followed. Yes, those planes were highjacked by religious extremists. And, yes, this country is highjacked by religious extremists. Lunes con Lal...
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Hairspray & Fideo: On Never Forgetting.
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Thursday, September 11, 2014. To me, this is not an Either/Or day. It is a Yes/And day. Yes, thousands of innocent lives were murdered on September 11, 2001. And, yes, thousands more innocent lives were murdered in the retaliating wars that followed. Yes, those planes were highjacked by religious extremists. And, yes, this country is highjacked by religious extremists. Yes, New York City will never be the same. And, yes, the Middle East will never be the same. Posted by Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano. G0d bl3$...
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Hairspray & Fideo: January 2013
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013. On Being Brown, Queer and Prochoice. As a queer man of color I am adamant about having a public ideological and physical pro-choice stance. I believe that queer men, particularly queer men of color, must not only stand in solidarity with our sisters in demanding and embodying values of reproductive justice, it is essential that we also see our own bodies as requiring a world where reproductive justice is demanded, lived, and sustained. As I continue to meditate on my relationsh...
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Hairspray & Fideo: Bio
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A Queer Xicano writer of Rarámuri descent, Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano is the author of the Lambda Literary Award-nominated. Santo de la Pata Alzada: Poems from the Queer/Xicano/Positive Pen. Evelyn Street Press, 2005). Along with Adelina Anthony and Dino Foxx, Lorenzo is a co-author of. Tragic Bitches: An Experiment in Queer Xicana and Xicano Performance Poetry. Kórima Press, 2011), and the editor of. Queer Codex: Chile Love. His work appears in. Mariposas: A Modern Anthology of Queer Latino Poetry. Imagin...
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Hairspray & Fideo: July 2013
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013. When consciousness makes us each other's enemy. We use words to identify and articulate oppressions, and occasionally to imagine a world where we are no longer oppressed. We describe the wound ad nauseum, and sometimes, just when it's about to start healing (another key word), we gouge. Inside and what it has done to our capacity for kindness. So that when we speak using key words from our activist dictionaries, and have not done the work of sitting with the pain that is inside,...
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Hairspray & Fideo: Hierbaloca: The Children of Aztlán
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Monday, July 7, 2014. Hierbaloca: The Children of Aztlán. In the living room of hope. Our bodies hold memory—. We are desert stones. In the face of our pain. As Arizona weeds dare,. Our fists rise most when blown. Our hearts pump through sorrow. Making way for what is possible. We are farmers. We harvest our own. We are backyard children. Playing, watched by la abuela. Weaving through each other’s arms. On branches, on roads. Fodder after being shade. Food for new leaves to grow. We are the return,.
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Hairspray & Fideo: September 2012
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Thursday, September 13, 2012. Serosorting: The Panel That Was and Could Have Been? Last night I had the opportunity to attend the SF STOP AIDS Project. Panel dialogue, facilitated by Sister Roma. And held at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center. Days before the event I had been following the lively conversation on the event's Facebook page. If the provocative language for the event "'F* k without condoms? Up to then, I was pretty happy with the event. There were a few interesting and evocative com...
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Hairspray & Fideo: In the name of nuance and kindness
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Thursday, June 19, 2014. In the name of nuance and kindness. Whether the topic is the use of the word Tranny, whether FIFA should bring about an institutional ban of sorts in response to crowds yelling “¡Puto! With this, I begin my moratorium on political commentary. I look forward to reading and learning to listen to my peers. Posted by Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Follow me on Twitter! In the name of nuance and kindness. Irreconcilable Differences: Because this is what H.
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Hairspray & Fideo: July 2014
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Monday, July 7, 2014. Hierbaloca: The Children of Aztlán. In the living room of hope. Our bodies hold memory—. We are desert stones. In the face of our pain. As Arizona weeds dare,. Our fists rise most when blown. Our hearts pump through sorrow. Making way for what is possible. We are farmers. We harvest our own. We are backyard children. Playing, watched by la abuela. Weaving through each other’s arms. On branches, on roads. Fodder after being shade. Food for new leaves to grow. We are the return,.
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