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"Absolutely great book so far, we have been learning about how ACT UP formed and the group within of artists titled Gran Fury. ACT UP was a coming together of only about 50 people until they put together a concentration camp float with the first display of the pink triangle being repurposed for queer liberation in the NYC Pride Parade in 1968. ACT UP gained 500+ members overnight. Gran Fury led art initiatives within." — Dec 20, 2024 02:22PM
"Absolutely great book so far, we have been learning about how ACT UP formed and the group within of artists titled Gran Fury. ACT UP was a coming together of only about 50 people until they put together a concentration camp float with the first display of the pink triangle being repurposed for queer liberation in the NYC Pride Parade in 1968. ACT UP gained 500+ members overnight. Gran Fury led art initiatives within." — Dec 20, 2024 02:22PM
“And I would really, over the long run, hope America would find some way to provide all of our citizens with extended families -- a large group of people they could call on for help.”
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“If this is your path, as it is mine, let me offer whatever solace you may find in this monstrous benediction: May you discover the enlivening power of darkness within yourself. May it nourish your rage. May your rage inform your actions, and your actions transform you as you struggle to transform your world.”
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“Monster” is derived from the Latin noun monstrum, “divine portent,” itself formed on the root of the verb monere, “to warn.” It came to refer to living things of anomalous shape or structure, or to fabulous creatures like the sphinx who were composed of strikingly incongruous parts, because the ancients considered the appearance of such beings to be a sign of some impending supernatural event. Monsters, like angels, functioned as messengers and heralds of the extraordinary. They served to announce impending revelation, saying, in effect, “Pay attention; something of profound importance is happening.”
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“If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC”
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THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC”
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“And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
― A Man Without a Country
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
― A Man Without a Country
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