stuff that happened to me

Tim Hetherington: Sleeping Soldiers

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:47:24 -0700

JUNGER: I remember when he shot those photos, it was one of the trips when we were together. It was a very hot day, boring day. We hadn’t been in a firefight in at least a week, if not more, and the guys were just zoned out. And they were, soldiers are going to sleep as much as they can. One of them said to me, you know, if you sleep half the time it’s only a six-month deployment. And so they were sleeping in the middle of the day, sprawled on the ground in there bunks in these little plywood hooches that they made and the flies were buzzing around and Tim was scuttling around photographing them. I was like Tim, man, what are you doing? I mean for me it was the ultimate situation where nothing is going on journalistically and you can just space out. And he said, don’t you get it? Like all the photos you see of soldiers they’re all geared up and they’ve got their weapons, they’re all tough looking, but when they’re asleep they look like what they really are, which are little boys. They did. They all looked like they were about 10 years old. So vulnerable, you know, and no nation wants to think that their soldiers are vulnerable too but, of course, they are.

Sebastian Junger speaking about when Tim Hetherington took these pictures. This is a portion of Sebastian’s interview with Terry Gross from Fresh Air.

lysscglobal: Brazillian Kayapo tribes take to Western courts to...

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:13:25 -0800

lysscglobal:

Brazillian Kayapo tribes take to Western courts to protest the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam that will wipe out their land and homes.

Sailor Sweethearts

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:25:15 -0800

Sailor Sweethearts

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Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:39:08 -0800

sexreeducated: A few people have asked why I write “trans*”...

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:22:12 -0700

sexreeducated:

A few people have asked why I write “trans*” (with the asterisk) instead of just “trans” when referring to trans* folks on my site. Well, I’m happy to answer that!

Trans* is an umbrella term that refers to all of the identities within the gender identity spectrum. There’s a ton of diversity there, but we often group them all together (e.g., when we say “trans* issues). Trans (without the asterisk) is best applied to trans men and trans women, while the asterisk makes special note in an effort to include all non-cisgender gender identities, including transgender, transsexual, transvestite, genderqueer, genderfluid, non-binary, genderfuck, genderless, agender, non-gendered, third gender, two-spirit, bigender, and trans man and trans woman.

The origin behind the asterisk, as I understand it, is a bit computer geeky. When you add an asterisk to the end of a search term, you’re telling your computer to search for whatever you typed, plus any characters after (e.g., [search term*][extra letters], or trans*[-gender, -queer, -sexual, etc.]). The idea was to include trans and other identities related to trans, in the most technically awesome way. I <3 Geekdom.

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Tue, 07 Aug 2012 01:36:08 -0700

whatiloveaboutbeingqueer: What I love about being queer is the...

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 01:34:58 -0700

whatiloveaboutbeingqueer:

What I love about being queer is the ability to grow and transform my sexuality. The recognition that our sexualities are complex and ever evolving, just as every other part of us, is a blissfully freeing thing. Regardless of anything else in the entire world, I am not bound by anyone else’s rules beside my own. Queer is freedom, possibility and space.

-Kim Crosby, Toronto

i love seeing this after Kim Crosby was just on my mind…remembering those resonant words shared at Slut Walk Toronto 2012. Kim Crosby, thank you for you.

garabating: Danny Galieote

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 01:28:03 -0700

garabating:

Danny Galieote

alamaquina: Before I deleted all of my past posts this was one...

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 01:19:36 -0700

alamaquina:

Before I deleted all of my past posts this was one of my most reblogged artworks

Here you guys go again!

By Ernesto Yerena Montejano, an activist, amazing artist, and really cool, down to earth guy