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Desi Femme Crossing #desifemmedrag #femmpremecy

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“Many in the Trans/Queer People of Color (TQPOC) and Ballroom community have been deeply hurt by Celebrate Brooklyn’s/BRIC’s decision to continue with their screening of Paris is Burning in the face of hundreds of critiques condemning this event. Our concerns are numerous:

- Although NYC’s LGBTQ communities are majority TQPOC and NYC’s Ballroom community mostly black and latinix gay men, transsexual women, trans-feminine folks, trans men, trans-masculine folks, and queer women, the event was initially slated to feature a line-up that included NOT ONE PERSON from the documentary or the present THRIVING ballroom community and NO PERFORMERS OF COLOR. This is an erasure of our communities which this documentary purports to be representing.

- The trans* (particularly trans-feminine) community is featured prominently in both the movie and the present ballroom community, yet they were completely ignored by the event producers, who went so far as to hire a person well-known in the Trans*/Queer community for her history of transphobia (JD Samson). In fact, transphobia wasn’t even mentioned in the event description, though homophobia is. This is an act of transmisogyny, misgendering, and violence.

- We are also concerned that this is a pro-gentrification event since the music/acts chosen to accompany the screening were geared towards the tastes of new white middle-class residents of Brooklyn and did not culturally reflect the indigenous existing TQPOC communities of Brooklyn or within the film.

- While Jennie Livingston and Mirimax profited immensely off of this anthropological foray into the lives of low-income TQPOC ballroom members, through years of lies and dishonesty, Livingston was able to use people for the sake of her own fame and has been living off of their stories ever since. In the meantime, most of the original cast has been murdered or has died in poverty. This is exploitation of a vulnerable population who trusted Jennie to do right by them.

- There have been numerous critiques over the 24 years since this documentary was debuted, many explicitly stating that this film does not “honor the lives of the members of the ballroom community” as Celebrate Brooklyn/BRIC put it. One 1993 NY Times article reads:

“There is a lot of anger in the ball world about ‘Paris Is Burning.’ Some of it concerns what a few critics have called exploitation: making the lives of poor black and Latino people into a commodity for white consumption. ”

In spite of this BRIC thought it appropriate not only to show this documentary, but with an ALL-WHITE entertainment line-up. This is the appropriation of our narratives for the sake of entertaining a gentrifying, majority white audience that seeks to consume us and call it paying homage.

Celebrate Brooklyn/BRIC, YOU NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS AND BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITIES YOU’VE HARMED WITH THIS EVENT. You need to:

- Apologize to the affected parties listed

- Cancel this violent and bigoted event immediately

- Fund an event that is curated and staffed by the communities harmed by this event.

Jennie Livingston, YOU NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS AND BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITIES YOU’VE HARMED WITH THIS DOCUMENTARY. You need to:

- Apologize to the affected parties listed

- Use the platform that you’ve gained through our stories to speak out against the atrocities that are killing us daily. Violence against trans women of color specifically, like the still unsolved murder of Venus Xtravaganza, is still rampant. Share your limelight with people and organizations doing work that benefits the communities in the film.

- Pay retribution to the survivors and communities of the people you exploited in Paris is Burning with all future proceeds.

JD Samson, while we note your decision to remove yourself from this programming and to apologize, we ask that you remember that accountability is a gift and that you should continue to seek ways to be accountable to the trans-feminine communities you’ve hurt historically if you seek to call yourself an “activist” and “ally"”.

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Before the closing preliminaries @ #letusbreathe forum. #healingjustice #singingjustice #songjustice #soundhealing @northstarfund Thankful for organizers and the #blackbrilliance for interescting and naming// calling in the goals and accountability that other poc allies and non poc allies need to recognize// act on for #blackliberation

#blackliberation #healingjustice #letusbreathe #singingjustice #blackbrilliance #songjustice #soundhealing

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When it pours it soars and words and tears come floating out with speed and trust making this water come thru the dark the fire was already warming with the scent of earth burning. It is hot. It is deep. Needing fire needing air needing earth needing water to keep. Tears made up of salt drip and drop creating the reaction that selenite brings, as it absorbs all the dark. There is/are that/those voice(s) that guide(s) you that you hold so close hearing their voice is as though these elements have a home. The pouring of wind water earth and fire becomes a storm that yourself, your body needs to desire. The pain and the clearence it gives is like no other the weight it brings causes the elements to hover. Over the truths and saddness that lies beneath you, beyond the darkness and greyness, this spirit greets you. Telling you to pour more so it can come out. Building a story that you have listened to deeply creating shouts. Barriers are created to break down. Otherwise those needed voices may not even make sounds. Saltwater coming out of your body in any which way,keeping it in, keeping you from coming, or creating, or behaving your any which ways. This world we live in’s, sun’s return.. may sometimes be magic, may sometimes a need for my elements to yearn. Yearn what they are missing and directly feel, all these elements come to me when i am real. Tears pour out and air comes in, with this crying medicine, we, the elements, will win.

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Today I centered myself in tradition. I took a breath for all my brothers, sisters, siblings, elders and ancestors and created a nutrious simple and gourmet meal. Ginger dahl (using french lentils), aromatic brown basmati rice pilaf, crispy bengali inspired kale, roasted veggies seasoned with garam masala with a coriander parsey chutney sauce and garnished with a tempeh pakora. I did not want my ego to enter the plate till grading time. I was cooking with my heart and received a almost perfect grade.

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#freeoursistersfreeourselves #freeoursisters #freeourselves #thisstopstoday #blacklivesmatter #blacktranslivesmatter #blackfemmelivesmatter #alp #audrelordeproject

#freeourselves #blackfemmelivesmatter #blacktranslivesmatter #thisstopstoday #freeoursistersfreeourselves #freeoursisters #blacklivesmatter #audrelordeproject #alp

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Flashmob at the new york public library, formerly the women's detention center. #freeourselves #freeoursisters #freeoursistersfreeourselves #alp #blacktranslivesmatter #blacklivesmatter #thisstopstoday

#freeourselves #thisstopstoday #blacktranslivesmatter #freeoursistersfreeourselves #freeoursisters #blacklivesmatter #alp

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My sun's full rotation. I rest my body to prepare for the work, as a newborn healer i sit and observe, soaking up wisdom to know how to journey through this earth, not only for myself, but for everyone who

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Saggitarius New Moon #freejermond , as my sun and rising and your moon, I put the intention, the spells out for you to get out soon. My friend, I wait for you with the magic you shared with me. We will let go and spread, like dandelions flying in the sky, you'll be free. Protecting, fighting, surviving, searching for the I, us, we. To support with legal fees, funds can be donated to Patrisse Cullors paypal account, [email protected]. Letting journies go, to spread out for more, #SaggitariusNewMoon, rise rise dandelions! (at home)

#saggitariusnewmoon #freejermond

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Kitchuri n begun bajja for dinner, bringing in and comforting my bengali spirits. XO to the ancestors!

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Salad day! Some #raw some #cooked. Vegan cesar to bean curd salad with chili oil! 13+ salads for our tasting. Eat yo greens you all! For a nice balanced vinegrette use 3 parts oils to 1 part vinegar!!! Yum yum in our tum!

#raw #cooked

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Nothing like Rumi smiles to start your early saturday morning! #RumiandMitali #pishiofnyc #ilovehim #bengaliheartthrob #pauseslifetotakeaphoto #soulmate #babiesaremedicine #familyweekend #familymedicine #breakfasttime

#pishiofnyc #rumiandmitali #bengaliheartthrob #familyweekend #babiesaremedicine #ilovehim #soulmate #pauseslifetotakeaphoto #breakfasttime #familymedicine

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Chocolate Cayenne & Cinnamon #Souffle made by yours truly n krew! #culinaryschool #culinaryschoolrealness #cpt243 #sugarandspiceandeverythingnice

#souffle #culinaryschoolrealness #culinaryschool #sugarandspiceandeverythingnice #cpt243

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Swades - Saawariya Saawariya HD (720P)

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Hey NYC QTPOCs n Allies! ya know, Mitali Punchali coming to you as ur friendly, talkative, Saggatarian TAROT READER here! You need to talk n analyze somethin out? Maybe understand why energy in this rehlm or others is where its at? Look for some spirit/health/heart support? Feeling off centered and/or off balance. - "GQembers" is here to warm your soul! $15-50$ slidingscaleor trees or trade readings can be schedule for weekends (saturday /sunday) or we can fix a datentime that works for us both! PM ME! Readings will take a little over an hour. Get yo magic/woo with me, we will have no-shade-glitter-feels together... hey community, lets heal! Tell Yr friends! Plz share if u can xx.oo. xo.

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Naked body, as i'm getting dressed, protecting for the day... not yet adorning with warm clothes on this cool fall morning alas reaching for my jewels and gems that have now been a daily ritual for quite sometime as i create protection spells and an open heart to be able to get out the door in the morning. Leaving them at my home to protect my family and space... cuz there isnt anyroom for that in the kitchen... #probablygoingpocketmymalchite #protectionandleadership #malchiteaidsdigestion #Cheflyfe #culinaryschool

#probablygoingpocketmymalchite #protectionandleadership #culinaryschool #cheflyfe #malchiteaidsdigestion