Killing Eve…I’ve Got Issues

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Amadeus, AMC, BBC, Cara Reynolds, Elena Felton, Eve, Eve Polastri, Fiona Shaw, gay, issues, Jodie Comer, Killing Eve, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, lesbian, Mushpa + Mensa, Oksana Astankova, queer, Sandra Oh, serial killer, villanelle

You got hands like oceans.

-Mushpa

P.S. – BBC thank you for Killing Eve.

Sooooo good.

Gay in 5 Minutes

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Chinese food, dating app, dog, Fortunate, fortune cookies, gay, lesbian, lesbian short film, Mushpa + Mensa, OML, One More Lesbian, queer, take out, Tristan True Giallani

You need a quick break?

Simple and sweet.

-Mushpa

Welcome Summer

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calvin harris, love, music, queer, rihanna, sledgehammer, Star Trek, Stevvie Nicks, Summer Jams, summer solstice, summertime, this is what you came for, you da one

I can’t believe 2 things I love found each other.

Summer’s Goddess.

You da one. :]

-Mushpa

Mushpa’s Lesbian Chic Flick Preview Reviews

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Ah-ga-ssi, Aisling Walsh, Ana Maria Hermida, Andrés Aranburo, BBC Series, Beth Grant, Bradley Rust Gray, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Chan-wook Park, Cho Jin-woong, Elaine Cassidy, erotic psychological thriller, Fingersmith, gay, Ha Jung-woo, Heartland, homosexual, Jena Malone, Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri., La Luciérnaga, Laura Spencer, lesbian, lovesong, Manuel José Chaves, Maura Anderson, Olga Segura, PARK CHAN-WOOK, Riley Keough, Sally Hawkins, Sarah Waters, So Yong Kim, South Korean, Steve Agee |, The Firefly), The Handmaiden, Todd Waring, Velida Godfrey, Velinda Godfrey

I know you all have been waiting for my 2017 lesbian flick preview reviews to come out. Keep in mind they are not all from 2017, that is just when I reviewed said previews. It is 3AM on a Tuesday, raining, perfect.

I have not seen any of the actual movies yet as they are either not officially out or because I now live in an endearing little town in the South that does not have a place to watch said films. I should be the one to remedy this.

The first film is, La Luciérnaga (The Firefly) from 2013. A sister loses her brother and then falls in love with his widow.

Next is Ah-ga-ssi (The Handmaiden) a 2016 South Korean erotic psychological thriller. It’s based on one of my all time favorite BBC series, written by lesbian Sarah Waters, Fingersmith. Watch it first! This should be breathtaking.

Next is Lovesong. No regrets. 2016 release. May not be a full fledged lesbo flick, but you know…. :]

Last, but not least, Heartland – 2016. Death, The South, lesbians, and love, I can’t wait.

Movies are art. Art is life. Life is connecting.

Love to all,

Mushpa

Last Minute Women’s March Sign Ideas

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activism, art, Audre Lorde, Awesome Event, be brave, Cara Reynolds, Carrie Fisher, Ecuadorian, environment, Feminism, gay, God, Government, green, Happiness, Health Care, inspiration, Latina, lesbian, love, Love is Love, March, march signs, Maria Emilia Borja, NC, North Carolina, political, politics, Princess Leigh, Protest, protest march signs, protest signs, queer, recycled, resistance, revoltion signs, revolution, Sign Ideas, Star Wars, The South, Voltaire, wilmington, Woman Owned Business, Women's March, Women's March Sign Ideas, WomenAlice Walker

If you are anything like us, we can get real close to the time of whatever-it-may-be and then get what needs to be done, last minute style, done. Don’t get us wrong, we do it well under pressure. The Women’s March tomorrow is no different. We are going to wake up around 7AM to get our signs done to get out to our local Wilmington, NC Women’s March. I did some image research and quote digging and came up with 10 good sign suggestions off the World Wide Web.

1. We go high.
2. Your silence will not protect you.
3. Nasty Woman
4. “Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities, Can Make You Commit Atrocities” Voltaire
5. Hate Kills
6. “I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.” Audre Lorde
7. Woman’s place is in the resistance. (in reference to Carrie Fisher…Princess Leigh….Star Wars. You get it.)
8. I am stronger than fear.
9. Truth matters.
10. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”  Alice Walker

Get your recycled pieces of boxes, cardboard, old sheets and get to creating. We will collectively be with every human at every women’s march tomorrow. We love you.

Love trumps hate. Be brave.

Cara and Maria Emilia

The Maternal Leave

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Ana Kasparian, Camp Belvidere, Cenk Uygur, Cosmo Magazine, Donald Trump, Hilary Clinton, Ivanka Trump, maternity leave, Prachi Gupta, Presidential Election, The Young Turks

The Young Turks, nice stuff. I just found this video while looking for the soundtrack for a lesbian short film I really dig called, Camp Belvidere. Don’t ask, I have no idea. :]

Point is, The Young Turks got me interested. They reeled me in with the shallow, then hit me up with some depth. I need to plug in a bit to this election. I have been avoiding it like splinters in my fingers, but that won’t help anything.

There are so many things spinning in the air around me.

Focus. :]

— Mushpa

The Hunger

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1983, Cara Reynolds, Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, gay, lesbian, London, Manhattan, NYC, queer, Susan Sarandon, The Hunger, Tony Scott, vampire, Willem Dafoe

The trailer from 1983 of The Hunger is so 1983. Find and watch it. It is so worth it, the 80’s NY glam and class with a dash of London vampire queer action. Cast includes Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon and David Bowie. R.I.P.  Also, the 2nd kid at the phone booth is Willem Dafoe. Nice. Filmed in London and Manhattan. Directed by Tony Scott. R.I.P. 

A cult classic.

— Mushpa

Going There

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Back in your Head, Dark Come Soon, Ecuador, Emo, lesbian, lesbian drama, Living Room, Northshore, ocean, tegan and sara

Follow the mood. :]

Emo out.

– La Mushpa a.k.a. Cara

Freeheld – Love is Love

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365Gay.com, Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, cancer, civil rights, Cynthia Wade, Dane Wells, Ellen Page, Freeheld, Garden State Equality, gay, Hans Zimmer, happy new year, homophobia, John P. Kelly, Julianne Moore, laurel hester, lesbian, Love is Love, Maryse Alberti, Matthew Syrett, Michael Shannon, NJ, Ocean County, Peter Sollett, Policemen's Benefit Association, queer, Rob Schwimmer, Ron Nyswaner, Stace Leigh Andree, Stage 4 cancer, stage 4 lung cancer, Steve Carell, Steven Goldstein, Vanessa Roth

 

Here’s the skinny on Laurel Hester. She was a 23-year veteran of the Ocean County prosecutor’s office, where she worked on a variety of cases, when she was discovered she had stage 4 lung cancer (Stage four (IV) means the lung cancer has spread to more than one area in the other lung, the fluid surrounding the lung or the heart, or distant parts of the body through the bloodstream. Once released in the blood, cancer can spread anywhere in the body, but it is more likely to spread to the brain, bones, liver, and adrenal glands.). She was one of the first women to achieve rank of Lieutenant in her department and was greatly respected by her fellow officers.

While in Ocean County, where she earned the rank of lieutenant, she
worked behind the scenes on a number of high-profile cases, devoting
most of her career to organized-crime intelligence. She helped develop
information that investigators in New York would later use for
successful prosecutions of mob figures there.

She met her girlfriend in the early 2000s, Stacie Leigh Andree (born 1975) who was 19 years younger than Hester and worked as a car mechanic.

The cancer then metastasized and spread to her brain, leaving her with little time to live. Laurel lived with and jointly owned a house with her registered domestic partner, Stacie Andree, who would not be able to afford mortgage payments upon Laurel’s death. A married heterosexual with Hester’s years of police service would be able to pass on pension benefits to a spouse, but this privilege was not accorded to same-sex domestic partners in Ocean County, NJ.

Hester and Garden State Equality Founder and Chair Emeritus, Steven Goldstein appealed to local authorities to change this policy, and was supported by the local Policemen’s Benefit Association. Instead, in a private meeting on November 9, 2005, the five Republican county freeholders voted against the proposal, with freeholder John P. Kelly arguing that it threatened “the sanctity of marriage.” On November 23, a rally of supporters rallied by Steven Goldstein gathered to protest the county’s inaction.

On January 18, 2006, an impassioned videotaped appeal by a weakening Hester from her hospital bed was shown at a meeting of the freeholders, who then met with county Republican leaders in a teleconference on January 20. The next day, the freeholders announced that they were reversing their stance, and would meet on January 25 to extend pension benefits to registered domestic partners.

She died exactly a month later after sending the committee the video plea on February 18, 2006, in her home in Point Pleasant, New Jersey.

There is a new movie about Hester’s fight for equality coming out October 2nd starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page, also titled Freeheld.

Love is love.

– Mushpa

We Got Into the Leaf Festival

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art, artist, Cara Reynolds, clay bead necklace, clay beads, crafts, DAS, diy, eco-friendly, etsy, fashion, fear, felt, gay, God, God is a Woman, handmade, Happiness, homemade, jewlery, Leaf Festival, lesbian, love, Maria Emilia Borja, Mensa, Mushpa, Mushpa Y Mensa, North Carolina, organic, queer, screen printing, stuffed animal

We got into the Leaf Festival. I was unaware of how much I was pulling away from faith, mysticism and the Truth until I watched this video. I have been worrying about bills, money, and bullshit and forgetting about miracles, beauty and truth. Logistics are a lie. I am blessed and amazing and God is good. I’ve got nothing to worry about.

Everything is better than okay. I got into the Leaf Festival and have nothing to fear but fear itself.

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-Mushpa