December 2011
70 posts
I have no idea what to do for New Year’s. I may stay in and avoid drunken crowds.
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Interview with Dean Spade on fashion →
Reading this makes me want to plan what I wear to class next quarter so I can add some more queer visibility to halls of the law school.
“It’s said it takes seven years
to grow completely new skin cells.
To think,...”
– Brett Elizabeth Jenkins | somesmithie (via lionessyawn)
Interesting that this post should come now. This upcoming spring it will be seven years since I left my abusive partner.
So I started a twitter and one of the first people to follow me is Michelle Tea. Now I’m questioning the quality of tweets. The degrees of separation are too few!
fiercefatfuzzyfemme asked: hello there. your psych emphasis sounds similar to mine. tell me more about existential-phenomenological psychology? id enjoy it. im studying transpersonal psych
Finally signed up for twitter and suddenly feel the need to learn how to be clever.
useyourwordsasher:
Surviving the Holidays in a Fat-Negative Environment metrofats:
Last weekend, MetroFats held a very successful skills share around body-shaming during holiday visits with family. We discussed the following questions:
What about holiday gatherings is hard for you? Is it just about body size, or is there other stuff too? What kinds of…
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Oh hello internalized fatphobia, I don’t remember inviting you home for the holidays, but I see you came anyway.
On vacation so most of my posts in the next few days (and the last few before this post) will just be of pictures from my trip.
Hope you all are having a wonderful holiday/winter break/solstice season!
“Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism is...”
– bell hooks (via cuntflavor)
madame thursday: women can be sexist, fat people... →
wtfwhiteprivilege:
madamethursday:
wtfwhiteprivilege:
and-icarus-fell:
wat
None of those up there are true. And yet again, when you say shit like that and then want people of color to be all ”Rah-Rah-Rah!” for your cause?
Naw…I can totally see why they wouldn’t want to get aboard that train.
Ugh. Where do I start with the WRONG in this statement.?
This is why we have words and...
Alpha Boy Adisson: Does anyone know any bloggers... →
every-inch-but-one:
link to our facebook page is here.
We’re looking for bloggers that talk about sex politics, particularly focusing on these subjects:
toxins in sex toys/the sex toy industry
eco-sexuality (eco friendliness in your sex life)
gender/trans and/or body politics
sex toy reviews
poly…
Signal boost
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what will it take for white people to understand...
melissikins:
youarenotyou:
feminismfreedomfighters:
When you stop making fallacious absolutes and start appealing to the reality they experience? This is, in and of itself, and oppressive statement as it seeks to erase racist interactions that don’t fit into your apologetic white liberal script you feed to others so that they’ll accept you as a “good white person.”
Racism is like a puzzle...
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Anonymous asked: Your intelligence and nuanced and insightful discussion of difficult topics ... is so, so sexy. Almost as sexy as the picture of you in boxers. ... Almost.
"If I met you in real life..." finish it in my ask →
melissikins:
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dandytrans:
melissikins:
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quelola:
Talking All The Time To Keep Myself Awake: rebelrebelbatcat: quelola replied to your post: i am not the center of…
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rebelrebelbatcat:
quelola replied to your post: i am not the center of most marginalized struggles
Love this. Do you think that anxiety and PTSD renders you & your...
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melissikins:
rebelrebelbatcat:
quelola:
Talking All The Time To Keep Myself Awake: rebelrebelbatcat: quelola replied to your post: i am not the center of…
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rebelrebelbatcat:
quelola replied to your post: i am not the center of most marginalized struggles
Love this. Do you think that anxiety and PTSD renders you & your body disabled? I have anxiety and identify as ...
About "productivity".
mcgoats:
youarenotyou:
What does it mean to be “productive”?
As someone who has struggled with life-long depression, and other problems that cause a depletion of spoons, one of the ways that I’ve shamed myself most is with this idea of productivity: feeling low when I believe I haven’t been productive enough. And I hear this a lot from other people too, especially people with disabilities.
The...
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atannerfiercely:
thetardis:
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atannerfiercely said: I would also add that trans women are far more likely than cis women to be attacked in public restrooms.
Yes, I was thinking this, but failed to write it. Thank you for adding that!
de--profundis asked: hello! I love this blog. I've learned a lot from you in the short time I've followed. but just a question-- re: the "male/female identified restroom" post--you mentioned that multi-stall gender neutral bathrooms may be triggering. could you please explain that further? is it related to the sense of being confined? (sorry if I'm being ignorant; still learning about the...
Amy Dentata: Tell ABC Not to Air "Work It" →
pompadoursandpincurls:
lgbtlaughs:
gqmoments:
‘Work It’ makes a mockery of transgender peoples struggles in the work place and empowers those with dormant transphobia to act on those urges with violence. It reinforces the biased stereotypical misogynistic social constructs that…
Transgender Information Pamphlets
autumn-and-eve:
I found this on an old trans blog I used to contribute to. These are all really awesome little pamphlet-type packets (PDF versions of), with the least amount of problematic language I’ve ever seen.
An Advocay Guide for Trans People and Loved Ones
Real Life Experience - Trans Care - Gender Transition
Getting Trans - Competent Care
Let’s Talk Trans - Youth Trans Care
...
General/Trans Female Call for Proposal for the...
amydentata:
Signal boost!
transfeminism:
11th Annual Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference
May 31st-June 2nd 2012 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (Philadelphia, PA)
a program of the Mazzoni Center
General Call for Workshop Proposals
The 11th Annual Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference (PTHC) will be held May 31st-June 2nd 2012 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (Philadelphia,...
Thoughts on ambiguity
pinebark:
I’ve been thinking for some time about the ways in which gender non-normative behaviour carries different risks for male-assigned than female-assigned people. Related is the differential access to gender-variant identities that female-assigned and male-assigned people have, broadly speaking. But lately I’ve been most frustrated by the invisibility of gender ambiguity in male-assigned...
I just registered for a letterpress book printing class!
All my lovely Tumblr friends, please report this... →
emmajbeasley:
Though the admin has a lot of interesting things to say, she makes hate speeches against transgender women. I commented on one of her things once I found out she was against trans* after following her for a while and she deleted my comment and blocked me from commenting, she won’t listen to anyone’s opinion so the page needs to be taken down from all the hate and damage she could...
queerfemmepolitik asked: You are awesome and adorable. I <3 your blog
In Defense of "Baby It's Cold Outside" →
themobledqueen:
jsmooth995:
thingsisawthatilove:
So can we stop talking about how “rape-y” this song sounds now?
This is a great perspective, and it’s a great point that a lot of her lines could be taken as worrying about the day’s oppressive societal norms rather than expressing that she herself doesn’t want to stay.
But I will say my sense of the song having creepy undertones (if...
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Finished with finals and celebrating by trying to make a Tardis journal similar to River Song’s. I’ll post pics if it turns out ok. It’s going to take some time.