The Queer Behind the Mirror

THIS BLOG HAS BEEN ARCHIVED

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:36:00 PST

This blog has officially been archived. Most of the texts have been deleted. Some of the poetry, fiction and opinion pieces remain.

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- THE END -

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:45:00 PDT

Dear readers, fellow-bloggers, followers, friends and lovers, I started this blog 4 years ago, in July 2007. While the blogging journey has itself been enriching and enjoyable throughout, I decided to put an end to The Queer Behind the Mirror [which explains the silence over the past few weeks, as...

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I thought about him as I woke up this morning... [poetry]

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Tue, 10 May 2011 23:32:00 PDT

I thought about him as I woke up this morning.I'm not sure whether it was the bad dreamOr the fact that sometimes, you can't help but missWhat you can't hold, what you can't touch,What impregnated your body and touched your mindIn the violent and charming ways of a hummingbirdFlapping yellow in the...

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How Did National Masturbation Month Begin? [NaMaBloMo]

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Fri, 06 May 2011 20:43:00 PDT

[If you don't know what NaMaBloMo is, please read here.] So when and how did the month of May become National Masturbation Month? Well it all started when Good Vibrations, a sex-shop in San Francisco, California (link here) decided to declare May the National Masturbation Month back in 1995. If...

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Stand Up! Don't Stand for Homophobic Bullying [a video]

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Fri, 06 May 2011 20:11:00 PDT

I just watched this wonderful video, made by BeLong To, an Irish organization for LGBT youth aged 14-23 (link here.) It's one of the best youth anti-bullying videos about homophobia I've seen yet, so I thought I'd post it here:

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How TV Ruined Your (Love) Life

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Sun, 01 May 2011 23:48:00 PDT

Charlie Brooker made this wonderful series for the BBC, called How TV Ruined Your Life. It's everything I like (and according to some who know me quite well, it's everything I am): cynical, critical, darkly humorous, verging of pungent bitterness... Ah, British humor! This summer, I am starting a...

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Let's Masturbate! [NaMaBloMo]

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Sun, 01 May 2011 10:49:00 PDT

Since I haven't been blogging much over the past couple of months (blame my thesis for sponging up all my writing/editing time), I found the perfect way to make it up in the month of May. May, as some of you may know, is the National Masturbation Month in North America, which could, in...

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noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:27:00 PDT

Monday, April 25, 201107:26 a.m. I am done to with my thesis.

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Hungarian Philosophers Harassed for Criticizing Right-Wing Government

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:11:00 PDT

The Collège International de Philosophie in Paris reported at the end of February that a group of Hungarian philosophers were being persecuted by the Hungarian government and media. The philosophers are presently under investigation for having allegedly misused research grants allocated to them....

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New Censorship Brings Back Old Memories [Pride and the Queers Against Israeli Apartheid]

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:15:00 PDT

On February 5, 1981, the Metropolitan Toronto Police raided four gay bathhouses in Toronto, arresting 306 people; 20 owners were charged for “keeping a common bawdyhouse,” and 286 men were charged as “found-ins.” While men were being verbally abused, beaten up and dragged out naked on the streets,...

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Mauritius, The Greatest Country on Earth? [some nationalist feeling!]

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:06:00 PST

Those who know me in real life know the deep political and intellectual aversion I have for nationalist discourses and nationalist feelings. These stem from a million of reasons that I won't get into in this post. However, I will make an exception to thrashing the idea of the nation in this post,...

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Musical Interlude and British Voices

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:11:00 PST

It's been a very long while now, that I've been musically starved. It's been months that I've been looking for music that is refreshing, that blows me away, that is out of the box of the bing-bang-boom that the mainstream music industry has been producing. While all the Gagas and Rihannas are fine...

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Drop-outs or Push-outs? Africentric Education and Inclusive Pedagogy

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:57:00 PST

As part of Black History Month, the Community for Race Relations Committee of Peterborough (CRRC) and the Centre for Gender and Social Justice (CGSJ) organized a roundtable discussion on Africentric Education and inclusive pedagogy. The event took place at Catharine Parr Traill College on February...

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Why Polyamory is Wrong:

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:18:00 PST

Polyamory is wrong! It's either multiamory or polyphilia. Mixing Greek and Latin roots? Wrong! [Yes, I am using this in my poly- workshop tonight!]

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On Dire Straits, Artistic Freedom and Censorship

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:49:00 PST

[Since I haven't been updating the blog too regularly- due to my uberbusy schedule- here is a piece of mine that was recently published in a local newspaper. Thought I should share it with you! And the issue is one that is debatable; so if you want to share your point of view, please do so. I'd...

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The Original "It Gets Better"

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:54:00 PST

I love Rick Mercer (his webpage here; his wikipage here). By I love Rick Mercer, I mean I really heart the man. Rick Mercer IS Canadian Pride. Says who? Well I say so! [I've lived in Canada for almost three years now: I do have a say as to what counts as Canadian Pride, right?] Yes,...

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Calling in Queer!

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:52:00 PST

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Lady Bunny: The Ballad of Sarah Palin

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:59:00 PST

Oh, Lady Bunny! You gotta love, love, love, love her! The lyrics are brilliant!

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Love at Work, HA! [I still prefer sex at work]

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:39:00 PST

I thank Blair over at Gay in the City for posting this video that made my day. Ah, it feels good to laugh! Of course, laughter is to be shared, so here we go: let this video land on this blog too! I think I will sign up for this website. Of course, I am NOT looking for another starving...

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Chris Colfer at the Golden Globes!

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:51:00 PST

Not only because I am a gleek, but also because a young man can't be more charming, witty, funny and adorable as is Chris Colfer. Well-deserved!

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From Online to Underground: On Craigslist's Erotic Services, Human Trafficking and Sex Work

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:50:00 PST

[This article of mine is being published in our local independent press this week. I just thought I'd post it here too.] On the week-end of December 18-19, 2010, the “erotic services” section of the Canadian Craigslist sites were taken down. This measure came after the Federal Government, along...

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From Guerilla to First Female President: Why Dilma Rousseff Matters

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:07:00 PST

[I wrote this article for publication in our independent press this week. I thought I'd share it here too.] On January 1, 2011, Mrs. Dilma Rousseff, aged 63, was inaugurated as the President of Brazil after receiving the presidential sash from the outgoing President, Mr. Lula da Silva. Being the...

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Little Taiko Boy / リトル太鼓ボーイ [video]

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:40:00 PST

Little Taiko Boy: Watch here. Little Taiko Boy combines Western holiday traditions, Shinto mythology and Japanese gay culture to advocate a very different way of wrapping gifts for a loved one. Little Taiko Boy's soundtrack is a safer-sex parody of the American Christmas carol "The Little...

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Untitled Poem [or three Haikus in English]

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:39:00 PST

[I leave this poem untitled. I just want to point out that the Haiku in English (link here) is not to be confused with the Haiku (link here). They're both two different genres, at least according to me.]--------------------------- Tin foil, havocked roofCold body...

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Gay Vintage! [on tumbler]

noreply@blogger.com (Amak) — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:46:00 PST

Mae Callen recently sent me a note to bring my attention to a tumbler-blog that she'd thought I'd like... And she is right: I not only like, but I love! It's called Fuck Yeah, Gay Vintage and it brings together a collection of queer vintage iconography. For those like me who are fascinated by...

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