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By Daniel Felsenthal
Dario Bellezza scandalized Italy with unabashedly queer poetry about cruising and AIDS. Nearly thirty years after his death, a new translation brings his work into English.
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Gender & Sexuality
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In The Rose, Ariana Reines offers an alternative to feminism’s well-worn obsession with women’s empowerment.
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I don’t dance horses
I am not a mariachi
I am not a baile folklorico dancer
I am not the half-time show… - PoemBy ire’ne lara silvawe are taught the beauty of the rose
the serenity of the soft and the still
the austerity of silver stars… - PoemBy Angelina SáenzI am a feminist who loves my sport
and the machismo in charrería often gets to me
To be clear
I am not … - PoemBy ire’ne lara silvathey called me for wanting to wear the traje de charro for wanting to ride astride for wanting no limits…
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high-necked dresses no time for sidesaddles or
single… - PoemBy Malcolm TariqIn church
we said Satan, get thee behind
and I always laughed. A demon child
with a twisted mouth, - PoemBy Sarah CarsonThe last man here wanted
what could not be taken: My girl, he'd say,
my baby. The narrow of his eyes… - PoemBy Anastasia Taylor-Lindv.
Isn’t it dangerous to be a woman? Surrounded by men, questions
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in some states
until your eyes say it
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to yell at some Christians and maybe
stone a few uninhibited women
when… - ArticleBy Ed Simon
She is the punk laureate of working-class Pittsburgh, and her poems are equal part protest and jeremiad.
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Face your neck whatever the case. Pace yourself
for 35-55,…