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Girls Rock! The Movie - Your riot grrrl dream come true March 26, 2008

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Please go see this movie for inspiration and some tears of joy. Did you know that only 22% of musical performers are women? Would that be the singer in a 4 person band? Maybe, but this movie is about how girls can rock, either as singers or drummers, and also as themselves. In some warehouse in Portland, Oregon lives a summer camp that runs one session a year with counselors and contributors such as Beth Ditto of The Gossip and Cari Brownstein of Sleater Kinney. This is the girls camp of the riot grrrl generation - exploring issues such as confidence, self-esteem, self love, body image, and that girls can do anything boys can. I got welled up too many times. Beth talks about singing and how emotional it is, and then has 2o girls screaming “girls rock.” I got goose bumps.

Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park and Girls skateboarding February 19, 2008

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No, unfortunaltey Gus Van Sant’s newest film Paranoid Park does not have girls skateboarding in it. Although, it does have cute sixteen year old boys and beautiful color super eight skateboarding footage. ( These days, if those boys were walking down Valencia street in San Francisco, they might be mistaken for dykes.) The film is actually about a murder that takes place near a skateboard park that these boys frequent and includes honestly written coming of age moments. Of course, my favorites parts of the film lean towards the latter such as when he car dances to classical music, relaxes in the driveway after finally landing a skateboard trick, and the beautiful shots of him alone writing a letter on a bench in a grassy field overlooking the ocean.

So, why am I mentioning girls skateboarding? Well, there were a few reasons I was drawn to this film. I love Gus Van Sant’s work, coming of age films, and skateboarding. Well, I used to love skateboarding when I was a young teenager and often rode by myself. And while I can watch Paranoid Park and find areas to identify with him at this point in life, I’m still on the search for girls on skateboards!

I would love it if women and trans folk around the world would upload videos/photos (use youtube and flicker) of themselves skateboarding. I want to know where you are from and where the photo/video is taken exactly. This blog is about exploring queer community through location and travel.

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Tips on Valentine’s Day: being 7 years old or not February 14, 2008

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For one, get over it or embrace it. Remember it’s a Hallmark holiday or have fun with the cheese factor. I know it can be hard sometimes, we get lonely; just remember when you were 7 years old and single all the time. Or remember when you were 7 and what you did for fun, like hang out with friends, watch movies, and play games.

Last year I got Peanuts valentines, wrote them to my friends, and rode my bike around the neighborhood delivering them. Yes, I have had my bad valentine’s story too. One year I went to meet friends for dinner and decided to go outside to call the girl I was sort of rebound dating. The phone call was awkward and she was making dinner with “friends.” Just as I heard giggling in the background, the girl I had recently been dumped by walks by hand in hand with a boyfriend I didn’t know she had. Right? I mean Valentine’s shmalintines.

Tonight, a group of us are making pizza, strawberries dipped in chocolate, and watching the movie Lucas that I already blogged about. If a story about nerd love strikes your fancy, I recommend it.

Or, if you are ‘over’ love and don’t want to remember being 7, then rent some queer porn with a bunch of lezzies. I recommend Shine Louise Houston’s work. Yes, I am biased (it’s my PG-13 acting debut.) The SF GLBT center is actually screening her latest film In Search of the Wild Kingdom tomorrow night at 6:30pm.

For a good list of queer films, visit www.yourdailylesbianmoment.blogspot.com

Harvey Milk Shoot: Candlelight Vigil February 13, 2008

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Harvey Milk Shoot: Candlelight Vigil, originally uploaded by shaevoyuer.

This past Friday night was another walk down history lane. Well, actually it was the first time I ever walked in a vigil for Harvey Milk, I’m only 27, but there were many local SF folks who came out that night to do the walk one more time to pay their respects to their history, their culture, and especially to Harvey Milk.

Harvey Milk Shoot: Candlelight Vigil, originally uploaded by shaevoyuer.

These two men, part of the ’second time around crew, dressed up in their old 70’s jean jackets they pulled out from the back of the closet, grew their mustaches out, and pulled on some tight jeans. No wonder the production coordinator was making announcements about our butts not being on camera. It must have been a concern. I’m sure some of these guys were on a gym routine for their cameos.

While standing around doing the classic ‘hurry up and wait’ routine that comes with being an extra in a real film, my friends and I, all queer women in our late 20’s, were chatting loudly. Well, one of us was and so these guys in the picture to the left took the liberty to ask her why she was here. “To be in a movie! Everyone wants to be in a movie.” she says half joking half just being honest. They chuckled. I was curious why they asked that question, so I asked them, “Why are you here?” They replied, “Because it’s part of our culture, part of our heritage.” I smiled and said, “It’s part of ours too.” They liked that answer and we all marched happily ever after.

Harvey Milk and the Castro transformed into a 70’s movie set February 7, 2008

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These weeks have been historical in the Castro due to the production of Gus Van Sant’s new movie Harvey Milk. For the first time in my life I got to pretend for minute what it was like exist in the 70’s. What it might look like, feel like, and I got super emo. Well, I got emo on my first walk down to the Castro to see what the art department did to transform the Castro and the reality of the murder of Harvey Milk hit me as hard as the first time as when I watched the documentary. The candle light vigil footage makes my teary eyed every time. If you haven’t seen the documentary, you better get on that. For now, here is quickie tour of the 70’s Castro of today.

Harvey Milk shoot: protest scene, originally uploaded by shaevoyuer.

I went and hung out the night they shot a political protest scene. The energy was amazing and it was a memorable event. I got teary eyed again. I can’t wait for the vigil scene this friday. Apparently I was standing right next to Sean Penn for a while too, but had no idea. We have similar hair-who knew?