My short film, Call and Response, screened at the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival last weekend! Here’s a description of the film, and an excerpt from the spotlight interview the SFTFF folks were gracious enough to conduct. Description: This film is a dialogue between multiple threads in the filmmaker’s life — family and friends, old […]
Month: November 2016
Fighting fascism in America: post-election edition
Okay, people. I spent a good part of my weekend reading up on authoritarian governments in the 20th and 21st century, and got a little ways into studying their corresponding resistance movements. One thing I feel pretty sure about now is that we DON’T need unity. Not even on the left. Not even among people […]
Heart, hope, hate
Dear everybody reading this, Hugs. Ouch. Bigger hugs. Last Monday I took my goals charts off the walls of my bedroom, so I could paint them the delightful shade of brown you see behind me (photo below). Since Tuesday, I haven’t had the heart to put them back up. Today I’m taking my time and […]
At the center of Tahrir Square was a dance party.
When I was 10, I wrote 3 chapters of a novella called “Hot Today, Gone Tomorrow.” The story is about a group of neighbors in an apartment building who are forced to huddle up together when a homophobic neo-nazi invasion force occupies the country. I’ve been thinking about that story so much the last few […]
We are stronger together.
Marched with THOUSANDS of peaceful protestors last night in Oakland. Felt so anxious and afraid at beginning, I kept clenching and unclenching my fists. But as we got moving, as I joined my voice in the chants, I began to feel stronger and more connected. I kept the straight white male friend I went with […]