Art: Ana Mendieta and Technology Reimagined

Photo of dungness crab from recycled parts

Aristotle, Da Vinci, and artists before and after them have explored it — the question of where begins and ends the connection between people, technology, and science. Visiting the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California is always a delight of mind and spirit. Cristian Castro of Argentina repurposed assorted machinery, including an… Continue reading Art: Ana Mendieta and Technology Reimagined

Love is Everything + Video by Mengwen Cao

Mengwen Cao

Listening … Loving … Accepting … Understanding … Courage … Love demands ongoing practice and desire. Not always easy, but always rewarding. Watch how Mengwen Cao comes out to her parents and how they respond. She's a photographer, videographer, and multimedia producer. Born in Hangzhou, China, she came to the United States in 2012. https://vimeo.com/194744989… Continue reading Love is Everything + Video by Mengwen Cao

Princess is Kind of a Bad Ass, a link and comment by LJUBICICAMESOZDERKA: Reblog

Snow White gets edited up!

Sure this is a reblog -- of a reblog! -- it’s that good!!! …

Guest Blog Post: “‘Dark people ought to go kill themselves,’ says Pakistani media,” in Mehreen’s exact words

Screen shot from skin whitening TV commercial

Got low self-esteem? Hustle over to Mehreen’s (a wonderfully outspoken 14-year-old Pakistani blogger who lives in an Arab country) for hurts-so-good whacks over the head of humor, self-acceptance, and consumer media insubordination  …

Guest Blog Post: “My Gender Creative Son’s First Pride,” in Lori Duron’s exact words

transgender kids

We’re never too young to be brave …

raisingmyrainbow's avatarRaising My Rainbow

Just a boy and his two best girl friends marching at Pride.

“That was one of the best days of my life. Thank you so much for taking me,” C.J. said as Matt tucked him into bed for the night.

Most kids say that to their parents after a day at an amusement park. Not our kid. He said it after we took him to his first Pride.

On Wednesday, we told C.J. that we were taking him to the local Pride on Saturday. His level of excitement was unprecedented. He’d seen pictures of Pride and, with all the visual rainbow-ness, he’d been asking to go for the last year.

I told him that we needed to make signs. We did need signs, but mostly it was a project to keep him busy for a few summer hours.

C.J’s sign

Matt’s sign

My sign

The night before Pride, C.J. laid…

View original post 398 more words