March 2011
62 posts
Why Should I Believe Someone When They Say They... →
constantrage:
My friend Amory wrote this. It’s always relevant.
I find myself having this conversation over and over. It’s hard to articulate, but I’m going to try. I just wrote this in response to a friend of a friend’s concerns about false reporting of sexual assault when it comes to implementing community accountability. I have big plans to make this a zine at some point, but until then,...
February 2011
17 posts
Trans Allyship
hairyqueerkid:
Allyship: first steps
Bare minimums
Call people by their preferred name, pronouns, and label. Always. Even if you’re angry with them, even if they’re total jerks, even if they’re using gender-neutral pronouns that “sound weird” or “are hard to remember.” Yes, even when they’re not around to hear. It’s a respect thing.
If you’ve met the person after transition: don’t ask to...
More In-depth: Why Gendered Bathrooms Perpetuate...
sirnasty:
I hate public bathrooms. I hate them. Nothing causes me more unwanted stress and self-hatred on a daily basis than public bathrooms.
They perpetuate sexism and transphobia because gendering bathrooms encourages biological essentialism—the idea men and women are inherently DIFFERENT. Men and women have inherently DIFFERENT genitalia. And well, that just ain’t true! For example, I’m a...
Vlad's blog this week
hotpiecesoface:
Vlad is out this week because zey ran out of spoons, but zey posted a blog entry of the vlog zey was going to do. Enjoy!
Um, yeah, I can’t read into a camera when I’m completely exhausted. But anyway, I’ve only got like 5 hits on my blog entry, so if you read it and like it, then please pass this along. Thanks! <3
Dammit, now I have the Reading Rainbow song stuck...
Thanks, now I have it too! :@
Born This Way video collab →
elliebuzz:
organizationxiii:
If you want to participate in the collab, I’ll be accepting the “facts” submission until Thursday (17th) and any dancing/lip-syncing/goofing around videos until Sunday (20th)
For the facts video you’ll need
one piece of paper including your age
one piece of paper including your sexual orientation and/or gender
one interesting fact about yourself
one piece of...
Anonymous asked: Watch any good anime lately?
After Morrissey: Response to Savage Love →
aftermorrissey:
There has been some response to last week’s Savage Love column and Dan Savage’s treatment of asexuality and those who fall within the asexual/gray-a spectrum. While this is not necessarily related to pop culture, it is related to the representation of asexuality in popular media and I feel it…
Your letter is amazingly well written. I would have sent him an e-mail,...
Reblog if you want to know who people think you...
Unbelievably stupid copy-editor de-Lesbian-izes a... →
