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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabrielle Rivera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook Gangsterism is an epidemic. It eclipses obesity in the amount of people it infects every day. Unlike obesity however, FBG, isn&#8217;t something you can tell a person has just by looking at them. The insidious nature of FBG is one of the main reasons why it needs to be studied and written about so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gabriellerivera.com&#038;blog=20119889&#038;post=1162&#038;subd=gabriellerivera&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>dreamYard project video</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 03:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabrielle Rivera</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[latina loves the bronx]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[i need a job. i just want to be a teaching multi media artist. so i made this video to apply for an awesome job. i won&#8217;t say anymore about that but this video was fun to make. much love to myo campbell for shooting this with me. Tagged: latina loves the bronx, north bronx, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gabriellerivera.com&#038;blog=20119889&#038;post=1154&#038;subd=gabriellerivera&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>poem #40</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabrielle Rivera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[hunched back spine horseshoe posture snaps vertebraes wrists bent arched at forty degrees suctioned over black and white square keys fully bulbous beer bloated sack of weight resting over weary thighs skin wrinkled in between cracks in between veins that weren&#8217;t there before fuck you for reading this thank you for not reading this please [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gabriellerivera.com&#038;blog=20119889&#038;post=1149&#038;subd=gabriellerivera&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>anxiety: evisceration and elevation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabrielle Rivera</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative anxiety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[women always have and always will be the ones who help me through the most of my anxiety. also, my brother, but he&#8217;s a princess so I don&#8217;t separate him from the aforementioned category. maybe it&#8217;s too pretty out and too much of a holiday weekend to write about anxiety but whatever. anxiety runs in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gabriellerivera.com&#038;blog=20119889&#038;post=1143&#038;subd=gabriellerivera&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>anticipate or my words are not suitable</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 22:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabrielle Rivera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[lovelifelesbo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my grief process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ani difranco]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[i&#8217;ve got feelings. can&#8217;t really get to the bottom of them. lyrics do a better job. so cliché that they&#8217;re ani difranco lyrics but stereotypes always come from some truth. &#8220;Anticipate&#8221;  you are subtle as a window pane standing in my view but I will wait for it to rain so that I can see you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gabriellerivera.com&#038;blog=20119889&#038;post=1137&#038;subd=gabriellerivera&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>lincoln center is my favorite side ho</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 04:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabrielle Rivera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[lovelifelesbo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my grief process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[break ups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ex-wife]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[isn&#8217;t that really just the best blog post title like ever in life? yeah, i thought so too. no seriously, it&#8217;s time for #feelings cuz I&#8217;ve got some and you know I gotta let them out. One, I&#8217;ve been mulling over this post for a few days. afraid to let it out because it was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gabriellerivera.com&#038;blog=20119889&#038;post=1123&#038;subd=gabriellerivera&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2 Writers Who Need Your Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabrielle Rivera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lovelifelesbo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nerd status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memoir writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shell fejio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vanessa martir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VONA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writers helping writers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Communities are created to help us become the best people we can be. They are here to nurture our awesomeness, foster ideas and be places to ask for help when needed. Two of the most hard working writer&#8217;s I know need help to pursue their goals. They both have memoirs to finish. We have to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gabriellerivera.com&#038;blog=20119889&#038;post=1102&#038;subd=gabriellerivera&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prolific Latino Writers had a Panel &amp; You Weren&#8217;t There. #Latism</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabrielle Rivera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[#latism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Vazquez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hostos COmmunity College writer's panel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[latina writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[latino writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda Nieves Powell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orlando Ferrer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sofia Quintero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the future of latino artists]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Hostos Community College gathered some of my favorite Latino artists together for a discussion on their work, their lives and yet, the room was almost a ghost town. Now, the shit is this is how the shit is, you follow me? We throw events all the time for poetry, fundraising, activism, and book [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gabriellerivera.com&#038;blog=20119889&#038;post=1065&#038;subd=gabriellerivera&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stream the Gossip&#8217;s latest album: A Joyful Noise</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabrielle Rivera</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[album leak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gossip]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free shit is the best shit. Much love to artists who share music with their fans. Hopefully they leaked it on purpose, otherwise&#8230;.well, I&#8217;m sure Beth Ditto won&#8217;t give a f*ck. Gossip &#8211; A Joyful Noise Stream it here: Ajoyfulnoise.gossipyouth.com Much love to @homoground &#8211; A Queer Music Podcast for tweeting this link. Tagged: a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gabriellerivera.com&#038;blog=20119889&#038;post=1069&#038;subd=gabriellerivera&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scissor Sisters &#8211; Let&#8217;s have a Kiki</title>
		<link>http://gabriellerivera.com/2012/05/09/scissor-sisters-lets-have-a-kiki/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 14:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabrielle Rivera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was blessed to see the Scissor Sisters at the Bowery Ballroom last Sunday for free via fellow Autostraddler, Stefanie Schwartz. Fucking loved every minute of it. Not that I&#8217;m a huge fan but I dig their style and love live shows so it was a win win. (Since seeing them, my love for them has grown [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gabriellerivera.com&#038;blog=20119889&#038;post=1048&#038;subd=gabriellerivera&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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