Category: LoveLetters

Why do we go around referring to people—literally naming people—by what we think is between their legs, or the gender they present, rather than simply the way that they would like to be referred to? When someone tells me their name, I refer to them by their name, if I can remember it. I don’t…

binaries are an illusion temporarily created in relation to human socio-politial contexts. there is no cause and effect. the algorithm may produce multiplicities but the boxes are still finite. there is always another beginning that became before the beginning. the world is not black and white, not good nor evil. a body is neither sick…

we need to question what we assume. our privilege. our mobility. our consumption. dear persons who have the right to vote in united states elections, took advantage of it, and were displeased with the outcome: i think that we have to stop reacting to things the way we often do. why did this happen to…

when we speak about migration and movement, about mobility, about controlling bodies, we are also speaking about money and of course race; or race and of course money. a friend tells me today that she can only leave Germany 21 days a year, on account of receiving government assistance. friends from Mexico who save all…

Since being publicly called out for appropriation in a recent performance of mine, I have made renewed research and spent a lot of time thinking about the very important topic of appropriation, especially in relation to the ways that I experience privilege (endnote i). I feel strongly that the topic of “appropriation” is one to…

words from Paula Temple : A mutual friend of Peaches and myself, the awesome berlin band HYENAZ, have made a special edit of my track GEGEN. Layered on top is punk angry vocals, with the unnerving message about how freedom of movement is not granted for everyone. Why is European humans more important than non-European?…

http://www.siegessaeule.de/no_cache/newscomments/article/2684-the-colorful-mess-of-a-radical-regenbogenfamilie.html

http://www.berlinartlink.com/2016/04/27/body-queer-bodies-and-performance-an-interview-with-mad-kate/

i cried tonight, finally. the tears have been wanting to come for some time now. keep rising out of me when I cum, keep running out from my cunt. wont come out through the eyes sometimes. Tonight they came, instead of anger, tears. So often it shifts to anger and to blame; tonight it stayed…

i get invited to a baby shower of a friend and i traipse upon their baby registry. i marvel at how many gadgets there are for babies and how much they cost. mostly i marvel at the fact that no one i know who had a baby in my immediate community worked within this kind…