introduction to shipwreck theory

“You can never be sure when you’ll wind up in peril.” Perhaps, the most ominous line from a conversation transcribed, I wonder if it should read “where”, not “when”. Place influences just as much as time in anyone’s life and in fact, the places in which Mike Cartmell...

the elastic queer vanguard

The elastic queer vanguard Through watching, being, performing, and experiencing, we learn how to express our identity in ways that represent how we think of ourselves. We are, as humans, a collection of impressions left on us by the world at large. When we create a...

Famous Diamonds – Text

the text of Famous Diamonds (2016)   once there was a diamond, once there was a mine once there were volcanoes, our bodies entwined   are you just a trapping to rid myself of? or  this time, it’s the real thing? this time it’s love?   once...

happy – companion essay

things that are there but should not be, things that are not there but should be or,   “happy”         a kiss. few actions are as wholistically visceral. a kiss is something you remember the first and the last of. a kiss is...