Tim Barrus Blog

  1. Smurfette Tiger PeeWeez

    The Smurfette Tiger PeeWeez can only play until the sun goes down, and then they have to go home and go to bed   I don’t wanna wake up  I don’t wanna wake up I don’t wanna wake up   Til the sun goes down around and around  I kept taking one…

  2. Tim Barrus: NY Times

    It is known that HIV causes inflammation. I do not know of a single effective medical treatment. We are left to wonder. The notion of “living with cancer” seems to correlate with “living with HIV.” Or both. The HIV meds do not seem to affect inflammation. Anecdotally, people living with

  3. Video: JustAShotAway

    Hitler consoles hospital patients. Walks through wards greeting wounded soldiers. This is not our image of the monster. I included it here as an example of exactly how complex creating a package of who people are actually has repercussions in the real world. I present the words of Donald Trump…

  4. Take Your Shirt Off Yes It Will Be A Book

    Take your shirt off. No. Take your shirt off. I”m going to go brush my teeth. Take your shirt off.

  5. Video: The Ride Home

    The ride home meant it was over. He was done with me. I never knew when he might call. It was always the same. He liked to hurt me. He lived in a nice house. I never lived in one. He had cash. He had crystal meth. I always needed…

  6. Video: When You Are A Boy Sexually Terrorized

    I survived. I am not glad I did. I do not want to be here. I am Joel. I was sexually terrorized. He made me do things that I am ashamed of. He made me eat his shit. I have tried for a very long time to get the taste…

  7. I Was Only Walking By


  8. Video: Smashing the Silence

    Usually, they are following me. This time, I am following them. With cameras. Three to be exact. We switch roles. They have always followed me if I am organizing. But not this time. I can only write small glimpses of what they do, what they’re about, what being marginal really…

  9. Den Stockholm pojken masturberar

    efter onanering/ auctioneeren/ kronan/ du äter hans ack/ priset är en buzzard för soppa/ slutföra köpet av engagemang/ invigningstal/ hemligheterna av hans fängelset/ färgen på snö och is och gags på vinden/

  10. Take Off Your Shirt

    Take off your shirt. No, I don’t want people to see me. (I look around) There’s no one here take off your shirt. No, I look like I’m sick. You are sick.  No. Everyone knows you have it. It’s worse when everyone thinks we all died 20 years ago. Take…