March 2012
1 post
“Sometimes I lie my ass off for even the tiniest taste of community. I let my...”
– Nico Dacumos, in Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity.
I don't want to be trans anymore
I don’t want to be trans anymore. Like a five-year-old, I want to close my eyes, stick my fingers in my ears, stomp my feet on the floor and scream “No! No, you cannot make me, I won’t, leave me alone!” I am, simply put, too tired. So very, very tired.
I am tired of being misgendered. I am tired of having to come out to almost every single person I meet and to have to explain that no, I am not a...
February 2012
132 posts
SPOILERS - HUNGER GAMES
Anybody else pissed off at the slightly sexist ending to The Hunger Games?
: The Bechdel Test and Race in Popular Fiction →
siouxbang:
crystalsavestheday:
1. It has to have two POC in it.
2. Who talk to each other.
3. About something other than a white person.
No Joss Whedon show passes, neither does Supernatural, or Being Human.
Veronica Mars passes, but doesn’t pass the original…
“We’re not surprised that a woman would wear pants, but a man in a skirt or dress...”
– Gwen Sharp, Embodying Gender Differences (via wewantrevolutiongirlstylenow)
The next oldest actor to win an Oscar will be...
Longest Married Couple in the World →
blackfashion:
emcu2:
Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher have an extraordinary story to tell. They’ve been married for 86 years. Together, they endured the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam, they have seen the impact of the Civil Rights Movement, watched man land on the moon, the dropping of the atomic bomb, lived through the terms of 15 presidents...
uPolitic.org: AZ Gov. Jan Brewer Flees Speech... →
upolitic:
Earlier today, controversial Arizona Governor Jan Brewer spoke at American University in Washington DC. A group of students interrupted her speech. In turn, she fled the campus.
Tom O’Connor, one of the protesters, and a member of Occupy AU (an affiliate of Occupy DC), and an organizer for…
AU = <3
Autostraddle — This Transphobic UK Ad Will Enrage,... →
transgenderexpress:
I shouldn’t be surprised by blatant transphobia and transmisogyny on television by now. The past year alone has brought us an SNL skit mocking Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), aninvasive and judgmental Frontline ”documentary” on trans* youth, drummed-up controversy over Chaz Bono’s appearance on Dancing With the Stars, and ABC’s Work It. At this point, I really should...
BREAKING: Virginia Personhood Bill Officially Dead →
stfuconservatives:
fuckyeahfeminists:
Edward Spoon Hands: Why Black History Month →
edwardspoonhands:
So I posted this SciShow video earlier today and, well, I was surprised by some of the comments. Many viewers were of the opinion that recognizing scientists of a particular race was unnecessary and even wrong.
Basically, indicating that celebrating Black History Month is somehow racist.
I knew that one day I would have to open my eyes and see the amount of bigoted racist...
"What if the baby you abort could have cured... →
wanderlustqueer:
tehblackbird:
greengrey:
jenerally:
What if the trans* person beaten to death could have cured cancer?
What if the gay teen who committed suicide from bullying could have cured cancer?
What if that young girl sold into the sex trade and died from untreated STIs could have cured cancer?
What if one of those hundreds of thousands of civilians that have been killed in...
THE NEW BRAVE TRAILER IS OUT! →
feministdisney:
someextrastuff:
IT LOOKS AMAZINGGGGGGGGG!
interesting/no additional comment… yet. :P
this looks awesome.
“I don’t want to be a feminist anymore. Like a five-year-old, I want to close my...”
– I don’t want to be a feminist anymore.
(via notafraidofruins)
“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– - Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories)
I might have reblogged this already but it’s so good I don’t care.
(via stfufauxminists)
This is the same for other marginalised groups too, i.e a story in which 50%, or even 30-40% of the characters are gay is...
“Of course, this is one of the profound ways in which oppression works—to mire us...”
– Eli Clare, “Stolen Bodies, Reclaimed Bodies” (via thenewwomensmovement)
the streets of rio sound, look, and smell like a...
i hate carnaval.
she listens like spring: Someone please explain to... →
freibiergesicht:
saltmarshhag:
of-praxis:
genderbitch:
tal9000:
genderbitch:
of-praxis:
abandontheships:
I’m waiting.
someone please explain to me what good employment rights are when you are denied tax breaks and visitation rights to your…
see amazing commentary
Manic? Never: While cis gays are fighting for the... →
ellierantsforever:
mylifeasasassymannequin:
quixoticlyqueer:
mylifeasasassymannequin:
Marriage equality does benefit the trans* community. Not all of it unless they are secretly pushing for the allowance of marriage for non-binary people. And if it’s also secretly pushing for polyamorous people who want to get married to their partners, then excellent.
But my issue is that it’s like...
white person, sees a group of minorities sitting together: why do all black/asian/etc people always hang out with each other?
*doesnt notice they're only sitting with white people*
“I myself have never been able to figure out precisely what feminism is. I only...”
– Rebecca West (via feministriots)
“Misandry” may be the most efficient word in the English language. In just one...”
– Cracked, of all things. Seriously. Cracked is now doing better on gender politics than Tumblr. Just sit with that for a moment.
(NB: The rest of the article contains some of the same problematic stuff that’s in most Cracked columns, and for the love of all that is good, DON’T READ THE COMMENTS!)
Life as a Human Rights lawyer
Is pulling a 14-hour shift on the eve of Carnaval in Rio because of a deadline.
And knowing every second was worth it.
Police say help from citizens led to arrest in... →
At least five citizens came forward with information that enabled D.C. police to arrest a 55-year-old man charged last week in the murder of transgender woman Deoni Jones at a city bus stop on Feb. 2, according to a police arrest affidavit.
Police on Feb. 10 charged Gary Niles Montgomery of Northeast D.C. with second-degree murder while armed in connection with the fatal stabbing of Jones,...
"You've confused a 'war on your religion' with...
— JON STEWART, The Daily Show.
Yep, conservatives.