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Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1945 – July 6, 1992) was a trans activist, sex worker, drag queen, performer and survivor. Marsha went by “Black Marsha” before settling on Marsha P. Johnson. The “P” stood for “Pay It No Mind,” which is what Marsha would say sarcastically in response to questions about her gender. In connection with sex work, Johnson claimed to have been arrested over 100 times, and was also shot once in the late-1970s. She was a prominent figure in the Stonewall uprising of 1969 and was one of the first drag queens to go to the Stonewall Inn after they began allowing women and drag queens inside. It was previously a bar for only gay men. 

Following the Stonewall uprising, Johnson joined the Gay Liberation Front and participated in the first Christopher Street Liberation Pride rally on the first anniversary of the Stonewall rebellion in June 1970. One of Johnson’s most notable direct actions occurred in August 1970, staging a sit-in protest at Weinstein Hall at New York University alongside fellow GLF members after administrators canceled a dance when they found out was sponsored by gay organizations.

Shortly after that, along with Sylvia Rivera, she established the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) in 1970 which was a group committed to supporting transgender youth experiencing homelessness in New York City. The two of them became a visible presence at gay liberation marches and other radical political actions. In 1973, Johnson and Rivera were banned from participating in the gay pride parade by the gay and lesbian committee who were administering the event stating they “weren’t gonna allow drag queens” at their marches claiming they were “giving them a bad name”. Their response was to march defiantly ahead of the parade. During a gay rights rally at New York City Hall in the early ‘70s, a reporter asked Johnson why the group was demonstrating, Johnson shouted into the microphone, “Darling, I want my gay rights now!”

In 1974, Marsha was photographed by Andy Warhol in a series called ‘Ladies and Gentleman’ where Andy took Polaroid photos of drag queens (photos above).

Susan Stryker, an associate professor of gender and women’s studies at the University of Arizona said, “Marsha P. Johnson could be perceived as the most marginalized of people – black, queer, gender-nonconforming, poor.” Still, Stryker noted, “You might expect a person in such a position to be fragile, brutalized, beaten down. Instead, Marsha had this joie de vivre, a capacity to find joy in a world of suffering. She channeled it into political action, and did it with a kind of fierceness, grace, and whimsy, with a loopy, absurdist reaction to it all.”

Marsha’s advocacy and contributions to the LGBTQ+ community are an important part of our history and should be celebrated. Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, both key figures in the gay liberation movement, will be honored with a permanent installation in Greenwich Village which should be completed by 2021.

seeing taylor say “we did it” and letting out a massive sigh of relief before taking her final bow at the last london show hits so hard after her instagram caption. i don’t think any of us can begin to fathom what she’s been grappling with in the wake of the thwarted terrorist attack in vienna, what weight it must feel like to have the health and safety of thousands of people resting squarely on your shoulders. for her to get back on the eras tour stage in london this week and put on a brave face for everyone — knowing that just one wrong action, one wrong comment, could “provoke those who want to harm the fans who come to [her] shows” — took an incredible amount of courage. idk about you guys, but i just feel so overwhelmingly proud of her and i hope that her, the dancers, the band, and her crew can get some well-deserved rest now.

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tl;dr: Don’t monetize AO3, kids.  You won’t like what happens next.

hi did you know that ancient mesopotamians buried their dead under the floors of their own houses to always be close to them? i can't write a poem about this but by god i will write a master's thesis

one of my favorite things about this scene is how Rio starts off her story by saying “someone” then “them” and then ends with “she is my scar” and just proceeds to fully stare at Agatha

unpopular opinion: sometimes... fandom isn't that important. sometimes fandom isn't "that deep" to someone. sometimes people don't interact within the fandom and like to watch from afar. sometimes people just want to look at cool art or read cool fanfics, and that's it.

let's normalize fandom being a hobby or an interest and not a lifestyle. normalize taking a step back, taking time off and disconnecting from fandom without feeling bad. it's okay and healthy to prioritize yourself over media instead of consuming it 24/7. it's okay to set boundaries and enjoy something the way you need.

Agathario AU insp.

okay i actually like agatha’s ending plot-wise for several reasons:

1) agatha becoming the thing her ex hates is 100% on brand

2) she very obviously is committed to learning everything she can about how to use her ghost abilities and being agatha, probably grabbing any other power she can too

3) she’s sticking close to the only person who’s managed to shove dead souls into new bodies, gee i wonder if that was part of the risk she calculated when deciding which of them should live

4) this truly sets up so many potential delicious agathario futures. if agatha stays a ghost they’re both in eternal forms now. they can chase each other forever

i do wish we’d gotten more rio in the finale. there’s some really good subtext in there; she gave agatha six years with nicky, during which he created the song that wound up giving her so many, many bodies. it would’ve been amazing to see rio with agatha and nicky, to see them as the family we all imagined. it would’ve been amazing to have at least one scene of agatha and rio’s relationship before things went bad

so yeah, there’s definitely things i wish we could’ve gotten, but overall i think it was excellent and clearly crafted with so much care

please remember that this is still marvel and disney. jac schaeffer and team didn’t have a choice about billy being introduced or leaving the series alive. they chose to subvert the tropes people are ranting about by having agatha choose a physical death on her own terms and in a way that leaves a ton of possibilities for how she can claw her way into more power

Old woman yuri