July 2011
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WatchFor contrast (and my own curiosity) I re-recorded Walk Away this evening, now in Ben Harper’s original key! Hey kids, this is your voice on drugs ;)
I understood abstractly that my voice was...
“[W]e’re worried when the likes of Beyoncé prance about in provocative outfits,...”
– Charlie Brooker (If the Daily Mail is so worried about the sexualisation of children, all they have to do is hit ‘delete’ | The Guardian)
The Tea Party hearts gay rights?
Strolling through my town’s 4th of July fair this morning I saw a table for the Merrimac Valley Tea Party. At first I thought this was another bake sale tent or perhaps the newest incarnation of bourgeoisie socializing. After all, the crazies I scoffed at in the South and Midwest couldn’t have a stronghold in my little New England suburb, could they? Then I noticed the...
“The only thing that anyone can diagnose, with any certainty, by looking at a fat...”
– Marilyn Wann, Fat Studies: An Invitation to Revolution
PREACH.
(via heyfatchick)
June 2011
31 posts
Police officer ejaculates on woman, and is found... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
thehumorlessfeminist:
stfuconservatives:
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No one disputes that an on-duty Irvine police officer got an erection and ejaculated on a motorist during an early-morning traffic stop in Laguna Beach. The female driver reported it, DNA testing confirmed it and officer David Alex Park finally admitted it.
When the case went to trial,...
We like sports and we don't care who knows... →
“We’re real men and we like sports.” Womanhood and femininity are parodied all the time, as women are made out to be superficial, insecure, inauthentic and sneaky in their creation of a false self. Of course, the inverse of this is a masculinity that is “natural,” unadulterated, and true. As a number of my fabulous cis male queerlings attest to, such framing of...
Just because I'm in a dress doesn't mean I want to...
“My femme eroticism was not passivity but receptivity. Being good in bed as a...”
– — Mykel Johnson “Butchy Femme”
And thanks to my girlfriend for finding this beautiful passage
what are your feelings about lady gaga
autostraddle:
i don’t spend too much time thinking about lady gaga. i didn’t really like her concert or her latest album. i loved her telephone music video though, i thought that was rad. i thought this open letter was interesting. I don’t agree with every point but there were a couple of valid call outs. http://www.thevine.com.au/blog/alyxgorman/an-open-letter-to-lady-gaga20110620.aspx
Ask...
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The most abrasive bitch of them all.: "Don't tell... →
thetruthwontwait:
……actually, under article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights - a pretty landmark declaration of universal rights which has been operative since 1953 - ‘freedom of expression’ is limited by considerations ‘necessary in a democratic society’, such as ‘for the protection of the rights of others’. So when you say that a woman ‘deserves to get raped’ or that...
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Chubby, queer mermaid lovin'!
fatpeopleart:
by Melanie Gillman
http://www.etsy.com/listing/76039995/fish-bouquet-print
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I have never passed more as a FTM than I did as a...
projecttranspan:
Think about that for a sec.
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Yeah I don’t get it either.
I can identify with that. I’ve never passed more as male than I did at a trans conference in March when all the older trans women thought I was a baby t-girl looking for the confidence to come out. Misunderstanding the question when an older woman asked me, “Are you one of us?” I said yes. Then...
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“The living bird is not its labeled bones.”
– Margaret Atwood, “The Blind Assassin”
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Support queer writing!! →
Start off the summer with some good queer karma! One of my best friends was invited to attend the poetry session of the Lambda Literary Foundation’s Emerging LGBT voices retreat at UCLA. Like far too many fabulous queer opportunities, it’s prohibitively expensive— $1000, yikes. Visit his donation page by clicking this post’s title to read his biography and learn more...
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What you can do at the FABULOUS Philly Trans... →
1. Stare at people who look vaguely familiar but whom you can’t place. Realize that this is because you’ve seen them in CrashPad and you’re not used to seeing them with clothes on. Repeat three times.
2. Procure a supply of rainbow condoms, a “RECLAIM YOUR GENDER” t-shirt, a “Femme” button, and a children’s book “Dogs Don’t Do...
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May 2011
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Dyke drag and my return to tumblr →
In honor of graduating (and no longer having to worry about my [women’s] college tracking down my mutinous rantings and informing me that Student Government members or Resident Advisers should be better behaved), I’m returning to tumblr! Probably not with the same voracious appetite I had for it last year, but I miss the community and miss having an outlet to think things...
August 2010
6 posts
“On the day of breasts and small hips,
the window pocked with bad rain,
rain...”
– “Song for a Lady,” Anne Sexton
“The lesson, ladies, is that great cleavage comes with great responsibility....”
– With Great Cleavage Comes Great Responsibility | washingtoncitypaper.com (via curvesahead) (via fuckyeahchubbygirls)
Teachable Moments: Talking to Kids about Trans... →
How do you translate anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-homophobic, anti-ableist, anti-transphobic politics into parenting? Renee from Womanist Musings thoughtfully and frequently addresses this challenge in her blog. In this post she discusses a conversation with her boys where she explains what it means to be a trans man and offers an expansive view of how bodies and gender can relate. It’s...
