Qualified Loudmouth

Listen, think, speak the fuck up.

Even when your voice shakes.

Give all the voice you can, in all the ways that you can, for ever as long as you can.

We’re Just So Tired

By Thoughtful Loudmouth 1 | Imagery•Speaking Up

Dec 10, 2019

It’s such hard work that we do. Even when we are captured by the male gaze with no rights reserved, look what we can see. Mother fuckin’ badasses.

It Is A Holy Thing

By Thoughtful Loudmouth 1 | Poetry•Speaking Up

Dec 10, 2019

Original credit to Yehuda Halevi, circa 1100 CE, Spain. ‘Tis a fearful thing to love what death can touch. What can be burned in the streets. What can be read in court. What can be uttered only as babies are removed screaming in protest. What can turn to further trauma. What can be easily ignored. […]

When We Are Told To Shut Up

By Thoughtful Loudmouth 1 | Speaking Up•Why Bother

Dec 10, 2019

I hear you. I want to hear you. I am trying to hear you. I am scratching at my ears to remove the noxious yellow wax that prevents me. We need to be shouting, articulately, forcefully, holding hands and yelling, together. I want this more than anything. I cannot contain the flaming, molten, garbage […]