February 2012
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Transgender Miseducation →
Ira Gray makes some EXCELLENT points in this article denouncing a monolithic “trans* narrative”. Excerpted from his HuffPo article:
If the people who claim to accept and affirm us are also unwilling to listen to our experiences and recognize that the world is full of people who have feelings and lives that they will never know, they were never truly our allies in the first place. If...
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Thank you for clearing that up for me! I've see...
lavenderpanda:
You’re very welcome! :)
It’s also important to remember that marginalized and oppressed groups are allowed to express their anger and it is NOT okay for the majority (in this case, cis people) to police that expression. I completely understand why some trans* people might hate cis people period. That hatred and anger doesn’t stem from nothing. CAMAB trans* people, especially PoC,...
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“Go after her. Fuck, don’t sit there and wait for her to call, go after her...”
– Harvey Milk (via cocainebrunch)
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Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About... →
tarariot:
tokillahumblebee:
You are (by default) creative.
Creative thinking takes work.
You must go through the motions of being creative.
Your brain is not a computer.
There is no one right answer.
Never stop with your first good idea.
Expect the experts to be negative.
Trust your instincts.
There is no such thing as failure.
You do not see things as they are; you see them as you...
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“1. Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400...”
– John Steinbeck on “how to keep from going nuts” while writing.
From Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 45.
via openculture which also has a great video of Steinbeck’s 1962 acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize for Literature.
(via kenyatta)
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Lt. Potter and Sexual Harassment
jephjacques:
I was originally going to go in a completely different direction with the Station/Lt. Potter conflict. My first idea was that she’d take the shares, cash them out, be ecstatic about her sudden wealth, and get drunk as hell, which would no doubt lead to hijinks of some kind at the party.
But the more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable I got with that idea. Station’s offer...
Of COURSE
When 12:00 rolls around, my dash is FLOODED, FLOODED I SAY, with delicious-looking food.
And here I am, sipping at my paper cup of luke-warm black Lipton tea.
This phenomenon happens every day.
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“Intersectionality is not optional. It is not something you can take off and put...”
– Intersectionality Is Not Optional (via satifice)
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The hippies were right
1 Make love, not war. It’s a cliché, but it’s as sensible as anything anyone ever said anywhere. The Vietnam of the past is the Iraq of the present. We’re still at war, and would prefer not to be. 2 Natural foods are a way of life, not a lifestyle. Natural foods are not a fad diet. When people eat natural foods, and eat slow food and cook at home, those people enjoy better health. We know that...
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Parents and Coming Out
fuckyeahftms:
Over the last couple days there’s been a few posts in my feed about coming out to parents and unfortunately getting some negative reactions. When I told my mom I took her to my favorite restaurant/bar because 1) She likes it there 2) I needed a beer or two to get it out 3) We arrived there together so she couldn’t just walk away from the conversation, and 4) I thought (ha) that...
Gay Judge Refuses To Marry Straight Couples →
Dallas judge Tonya Parker says she won’t conduct any marriage ceremonies until she and every other gay person in Texas have the same right to marry. When she turns straight couples away, Parker tells them: “I’m sorry. I don’t perform marriage ceremonies because we are in a state that does not have marriage equality, and until it does, I am not going to partially apply the law to one group of...
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Trans-bashing in feminism – as constructive as... →
Robbie Vane makes some great points about the problems with cissexism/transphobia in the feminist community. Excerpted from their article:
You cannot shout about how you are smashing the patriarchy and demanding respect for your gender whilst kicking down at somebody fighting for their own gender to be validated and respected. That is not equality, it is hypocrisy. If you truly do not believe...
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FYI I immediately and with gusto unfollow you if...
ftmfeminist:
even if you’re a trans* individual that I thought was pretty cool
Intersectionality exists. Our experiences on different axes of oppression do not eclipse the benefits of privilege that we experience on other axes. Denial of privilege is an abuse of privilege.
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Ask Matt: Why Do We Mistreat Our Allies? « Matt... →
yukib1t:
I have seen allies torn to shreds over a simple misstep or slip of the tongue. I have seen allies dismissed out of hand because they asked a simple question, made an innocent assumption, or misunderstood what someone was talking about. I have seen them belittled or mocked for not knowing everything there is to know about one person’s trans experience (because not everyone’s...
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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...
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So You Think You Are a Good Ally?
racismschool:
That is super fantastic, wonderful and dandy.
Really it is but that’s all you get. You know why?
No one should get rewarded for simply doing what is right.
I don’t like you more because I know you are one of the good ones. I expect you to be one of the good ones anyway. Doing what is right is not some sort of pass, authority or even something to be celebrated. You are doing the...
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What do you do with a vile advertisement? →
David Allen Green wrote an excellent article about Paddy Power’s cissexist ad. Excerpted below:
Paddy Power may not have thought they were promoting bullying; they may well have been “only joking”. But for them to seek some commercial advantage by stoking an already hostile environment for trans people was a vile and shameful exercise. Trans people surely have enough to put up...
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Anonymous asked: um not that douchey anon, but I...
148km:
Nonhuman Identity: A Guide to Otherkin, Theriantropes and Other Nonhumans for the Social Justice Community
That was going around a couple months ago and is probably still applicable for general knowledge. Gonna take this opportunity to remind everyone that you really shouldn’t have to “get” something in order to abstain from being a belligerent douchebag about it.
Bolded for emphasis.
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“The slaves are taught that petitions or elections, or lobbying for this or that...”
– Larken Rose (via liberationfrequency)
What even is to be civilized.
(via scarlet—-skyline)
to be “civilized” is to act according to how your colonizers want you to. in other words, to grovel at rich white mens feet and let them keep their boot on your neck.
(via baddominicana)
Whoa. WHOA. We...
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Coming Out (Part Three Of Four): When I Actually... →
Natalie Reed keeps hitting hard. My childhood story is very similar to hers. Excerpted from her blog:
In childhood I knew that I was different from other kids, and from other boys, since I first was able to articulate a concept of difference. But there were lots of things that were different about me, and my head was always cluttered with a thousand concepts, and a thousand means of iterating...
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“Trans people are told by the law, state agencies, private discriminators, and...”
– Dean Spade, Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law, p 41
I mean, basically, yeah.
(via funkyfest)
Read this three times through for maximum benefit.
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Do not call me "man", "dude" or "bro".
rebelpachelbel:
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kiriamaya:
I realize that a lot of people have come to think of them as non-gendered colloquialisms, but they are still obviously rooted in maleness, and thus I don’t want them attributed to me.
Please and thank you.
Or mate or lad or any other designator that has a history of association with men.
As a person who uses those three terms a lot I will say that I am...
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Do not call me "man", "dude" or "bro".
kiriamaya:
I realize that a lot of people have come to think of them as non-gendered colloquialisms, but they are still obviously rooted in maleness, and thus I don’t want them attributed to me.
Please and thank you.
Or mate or lad or any other designator that has a history of association with men.
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Ben & Jerry's launches campaign to assuage my... →
jonathan-cunningham:
There’s way too much money in American politics. It’s drowning out people’s voices, especially since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision gave corporations the green light to spend limitless sums of money to influence our elections. We are building a movement of engaged citizens and responsible business leaders working together to oppose this decision and Get the...
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Coming Out (Part Two Of Four): Spooking,... →
Natalie Reed has another excellent post. Her articles are long, but worth the read!
Excerpted from her blog:
One of the many problematic aspects of treating gay and lesbian (mostly just gay) experiences and narratives as the archetype against which all queer experience is measured is how it causes particular models and tropes of queer lives to be applied indiscriminately across the many varying...
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Lucas Silveira of The Cliks is an unapologetic,...
pumpkinpeach:
A friend of a friend of a friend of someone on my facebook recently uploaded this picture. And tagged a trans girl as the bottle. The girl asked to be untagged and the picture taken down. Because she’d experienced hate and violence associated with that word. Which is totally reasonable. Unless you’re Lucas Silveira of The Cliks! Who seems to think that since ‘tranny’ is a word...
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You Know You're Trans* When: #2288 You’re not...
thecradlewasrocked:
And I’ll find strength in pain And I will change my ways I’ll know my name as it’s called again
…so I’m not the only one who found that meaning in this song!
<3
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motoroladroid:
After 5 hours of strenuous, sweaty, labor, a woman finally gives birth. Her red, crying face smiles weakly as the doctor presents her child to her. “Congratulations, he’s a boy!” says the doctor.
The woman sits up suddenly, her soaked hair falling over her shoulders. “YOU CISSEXIST PIECE OF SHIT!” she screams at the doctor. “WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN HE’S A BOY? HOW THE HELL DO...
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We're all Human
dank-potion:
Please refrain from saying this when I’m discussing racism.
I’m aware that we’re all human. You don’t need to tell me that, I’m not the one treating people like they’re sub-human. That’s a very mediocre and condescending way to respond when someone is discussing a serious problem that’s affecting the quality of peoples’ lives around the world.
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I really hate the phrases "Well you have a right...
deliciouskaek:
todiedreaming:
Nah, nigga.
I have a right to complain when I go to Wendy’s and they get my order wrong.
I’m entitled to my opinion when people ask me whether or not I think Beyonce uses lace fronts or Malaysian weave.
I am not complaining or simply stating my opinion when talking the racism.
I am talking about my rights as a human to not be persecuted and exploited.
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