Friday, February 26th 6pm-10pm
UC Berkeley Multicultural Community Center
(near Bancroft & Telegraph)

With the 10th anniversary of our Night of Cultural Resistance, we remember the struggle endured by the third world Liberation Front and their fight to secure our right to exist and thrive on this campus. In the face of budget cuts that overwhelmingly threaten underrepresented minority communities, we gather for this year’s NoCR to make it known that WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED. As we celebrate and experience our Night of Cultural Resistance with music, dance, art, poetry and prose from our various cultures, religions, identities, and intersectionalities, we claim the existence of a space that allows our differing worlds to come together as one within the haven of our very own Multicultural Community Center. NoCR is not only a celebration, but a declaration of our solidarity and resistance. We will plant the roots of our resistance and raise our voices like branches far into the skies and into the night. Join us in this year’s Night of Cultural Resistance.

With performances by:

DJ Jose Arias
Kane Aku
Berkerkeley B-Boys and Girls
Lil Miss Hot Mess
Youth Speaks
Yining Chou
Tavae Samuelu
iDub Collective
Night of Cultural Resistance (NoCR) Alums and more!

Food Vendors!: Fried Bread (from UCB Native American Recruitment & Retention Center) and Tamales (Lucha)

Brought to you by: The Multicultural Community Center and Multicultural Student Development offices (APASD, NAAC, CLSD, Cross-Cultural Student Development, and AASD)

The backstory is that I sent him an invitation since I knew he was in town doing Fiddler on the Roof at the Golden Gate Theatre.  I thought, if I can’t get Fran Drescher, I might as well have Harvey!  I was a little last-minute about it, and I sent two, but one got returned to sender.  But lo and behold!

Who knows (and who cares) if it was him or an assistant or whatever.  File this under hilarious.  Also, looks like the photo was taken by his brother Ronald (thanks internet research).

One question: would it be too much to ask for a Mazel Tov?!?

I actually had this link saved as a draft, but never got to write a post about it, so here’s a quick hit: The Under The Influence: Masters of the Universe Tribute Art Show.

Wow.  This may be the dorkiest post I’ve ever done.  But as a kid I had two toy obsessions: My Little Pony and He-Man.  I’m not kidding — sometimes I played with the together.  This may explain things.

Anyway, just wanted to share some highlights from their online catalog that I think are absolutely genius:

Johnny Sampson, “Cosmo Skeletor,” screenprint on archival paper
Based on the hottest photo ever, obvi.

Interestingly, many of these are by women, but very few deal with the not-so-subtle queerness going on in He-Man.  I don’t really feel like getting into any feminist or queer critiques right now, but seriously, y’all, tell me some of this isn’t genius.

More after the jump.

Nicole Gustafsson, “Evil-Lyn’s Quiet Time,” gouache and ink on wood

ghostpatrol, “He-Man (spirit)” and “Skeletor (spirit),” homemade plush, one-of-a-kind

Sae Soh, “Zora,” poster color on bristol board

Scott Scheidly, “Skeleton In His Closet,” acrylic on wood

John Rozum, “Master Of His Universe,” cut paper and collage, layered in 3-D

Kiersten Essenpreis, “Trimming The Bowl Cut,” flashe paint on wood, sealed in resin

My Bat Mitzvah went off without a hitch: no rain, my gluegun lasted just long enough to make the cake (a Hanukkah-like miracle), and there was a line down the block!  I literally had the time of my life and I’m grateful to everyone for dressing up gorgeous, dancing the Horah, and helping me live out this perverted dream!

Seriously, I feel like I’ve made it — not as a star or anything, but as a person in the kind of world I want to live in.  And I’ve already heard such overwhelmingly positive feedback — who knows, maybe Lil Miss will throw more parties in her new-found womanhood?  (But for now she’s going to sleep for days.)

And the best part: we raised $1500 for the US Social Forum!  (If you want to learn/give more, click here.)

Be sure to check out your PHOTOS!  (After the jump.)  And of course, huge thanks to Mikeomatosis and Justin for snapping them!

Also, while I’m doing thank-yous, let me name all the people I didn’t get to name last night:

THE BLUE MACAW: Barbara, Josette, and all of the bartenders and other staff!

And the part of the toast I forgot: “Here’s to a world based on love and justice… And where everyone can dress like Lady Gaga if and when we want to!”

xoxo,
Lil Miss Hot Mess

Photos  after the jump…

 

Thanks again, Team Mikeomatosis!

So many thanks to Marke B, who is not only a cutie patootie and a sweetheart, but also one of the funniest writers in the Bay Area (and that’s saying a lot with some of the other kids we’ve got up in here), for helping to make this happen!

I’ve compiled a list of pictures that inspire me.  Feel free to link to your own unique inspirations as well!

Let’s start with my ultimate fantasies:

And of course, I would be remiss if I did not include:

Unfortunately, I could not find better pictures of Yetta or Freida!  Which is essentially a crisis of international proportions.  Really, they’re the real deal.  (If you want extra credit, watch these videos.)

Summary thus far:

• Color Color Color.
• Pattern Pattern Pattern.
• Too Much is Never Enough.

More after the jump…

Of course, don’t forget that when it comes to the bubbes and zeydes, really any time period up through the 90s will do:

Major Takeaways:

• It is OK to wear pants.
• Velour – why not?
• The More Beads the Better.  (This one isn’t actually pictured, but trust me, I have a Jewish grandmother.)

And a few other ideas for those who want a more classic look:

Mother daughter skirt suits?

Tipsy tweens?

Really, anything in veloxur is kosher.

Even then I knew how to give a little face, no?  Also, look at that hideous tie!