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Monthly Archives: December 2012
CHRISTMAS EXPOSED
The Onion presents Christmas Exposed By The Onion Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos For the past two years I’ve been reviewing Christmas based books by queer men making a farce out of the Holiday Season: You Better Not Cry by … Continue reading
AFTER THE SHOOTINGS: A POEM BY QWO-LI DRISKILL
After the Shootings Quanneapague, December 14, 2012 By Qwo-Li Driskill The names of children sharp needles of loss we use to suture the gash of memory that rises from Potatuck land the story bleeds onto us shouts rapid fire crumples … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Lanza, After The Sandy Hook Shootings, Anti Colonial Literature, Cherokee Nation, Cherokee Writer, Colonialism, December 14 2012, Decolonize, Gun violence in America, Mass Shooting, Mixed Race writer, Murder in America, Native American writer, Newton Connecticut, post colonial literature, Qwo Li Driskill, Rebellion Poetry, Rebellion Prose, Resistance Poetry, Resistance Prose, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Sandy Hook one week later, Two Spirit Writer, VIolence Against Children, Violence Against Women
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DECEMBER 17: INTERNATIONAL DAY TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST SEX WORKERS
Today is the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Here is a poem I wrote for sex workers: White Van. Watch, SHARE, Tweet, be an ally. Subscribe to the Black Coffee Poet YOUTUBE Channel: 140 videos: Poetry, … Continue reading
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Tagged "White Van", Anti Colonial Literature, Black Coffee Poet, December 17, Decolonize, End Violence Against Sex Workers, feminism, Hookers, International Day To End Violence Against Sex Wokers, post colonial literature, Prostitution, Rebellion Poetry, Rebellion Prose, Resistance Poetry, sex work, Violence Against Women
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VLOG: SUBMIT A LETTER OR OPINION EDITORIAL TO BCP
This past Monday I wrote about submitting Letters and Opinion Editorials to blackcoffeepoet.com. That same day I received a beautiful letter from a loyal Calgary reader: Embracing Diversity. I encourage you to submit a Letter or Op Ed to my … Continue reading
EMBRACING DIVERSITY: LETTER FROM A CALGARY READER
Monday December 10, 2012 Dear Jorge Antonio Vallejos aka Black Coffee Poet, My letter addresses the need to embrace diversity within the individual. Only after diverse individuality, and individual diversity, is cultivated can social justice begin. As a recent graduate … Continue reading
SUBMIT A LETTER OR AN OPINION EDITORIAL TO BCP!!!
Monday December 10, 2012 Dear Readers, Do you have something to say about activism, academia, blackcoffeepoet.com, current events, literature, life, or politics? Is there something on your mind that mainstream media is not covering? Have you written something that has … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, Black Coffee Poet, Letter to blackcoffeepoet.com, Literature, Opinion Editorial, poetry
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A POEM BY CHRYSTOS FOR THE FORGOTTEN WOMEN OF DECEMBER 6TH
Hundreds of candlelight vigils were held yesterday for the 14 white women that were killed by Marc Lepine in 1989. It was a horrible, sexist, misogynist killing. Thousands of Aboriginal Women, Women of Colour, Queer Women, Disabled Women, Transgender … Continue reading
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Tagged "Not Vanishing" by Chrystos, 14 women killed December 6th 1989, Chrystos, December 6 1989, December 6th Candle Light Vigil, Ecole Polytechnique, feminism, First Wave Feminism, Marc Lepine, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, The Forgotten Women of December 6th, Violence Against Women, Women Won't Forget
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HONOURING THE FORGOTTEN WOMEN OF THE DECEMBER 6TH VIGIL: INDIGENOUS, OF COLOUR, DISABLED, QUEER, TRANSGENDER, SEX WORKER…
Every year in the land now known as Canada a vigil is held for the 14 white women killed in 1989 at Ecole Polytechnique in what is called The Montreal Massacre. These women should be, and are, remembered. So … Continue reading
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Tagged December 6th Vigil, Ecole Polytechnique, feminism, First Wave Feminism, Marc Lepine, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Montreal Massacre, National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, Racism in Feminism, Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, Transphobia, Violence Against Women, Women Won't Forget
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CHALLENGING THE WHITENESS OF THE DECEMBER 6TH VIGIL
This video interview with Deb Singh of the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre Multicultural Women Against Rape was filmed in 2010. It was part of a special week challenging the whiteness of December 6th called Remembering The Forgotten Women of … Continue reading
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Tagged December 6 1989, December 6 Vigil, Ecole Polytechnique, feminism, First Wave Feminism, Marc Lepine, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Montreal Massacre, National Day of Remembrance and Action Against Violence Against Women, Racism and Feminism, Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, Violence Against Women, White feminism
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