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doggie update
Butchy walked 6 blocks today (5 yesterday, 3 days before) and probably could have done more. I'm conserving her energy for a vet visit at 3 because she still refuses to eat even after anti-nausea pills. I know she is aware of the food; walks are sniff-plentiful, and she licks her chops after smelling food. Yesterday I made her swallow some doggie ( Read more... ) -
canine stroke
Last night between 6 and 8:30 Butchy had a stroke. Her body has already started to heal itself, but she walks crooked and won't eat. The vet called this canine vestibular disease, the equivalent of people's mini-strokes/TIA (trans ischemic attacks). The dog's sense of balance is compromised, she feel nauseous with motion sickness and so won't eat, ( Read more... ) -
Archbishop Tutu speaks out on LGBT human rights
"In his 30-minute address, Archbishop Tutu said that for his part it was impossible to keep quiet 'when people were frequently hounded... vilified, molested and even killed as targets of homophobia... for something they did not choose-their sexual orientation'." Good for him. I understand that did not choose is the contemporary rhetoric, but I ( Read more... ) -
draft...yay!
I have a draft of my conference presentation! Not a polished draft, but a good, healthy start that covers points 1-4 and much of final point 5. It is only 10 pages (20 minutes), so I have 10 more minutes worth of space I could use to finish. Yay!
Today I warmed up by getting Monday and Wednesday's senior lectures ready. Tomorrow I get a shitload of ( Read more... ) -
Content Strike, Friday, March 21
skybear85 Mod Note: I'm bothered by the recent comments and actions of the people running LJ that seem to infer that the content of LJ is not important. I believe that blogs - like this one - creative communities and keeping up with friends is a crucial part of LJ so I, and by extension this blog, will be supporting the content strike - and I ( Read more... ) -
oh yeah--snow day
Campus is closed again today. By 7:15am I had already mass emailed my senior-level students and postponed their second exam, since that will be their big question. Assuming campus is open Monday, we'll use that day to catch up. For the survey all this means is I don't have to figure out how to fill time. I know that sounds bad, but I didn't ( Read more... ) -
considering moving
Two nights ago I got a notice that my duplex management co. will increase my rent $25/mo. They require 90 days notice, and that is March 1. I was irritated at the increase and thought that the moral thing to do would be to increase rents with the rate of inflation. Yesterday I my neighbor said he rents his other half for a comparable, if slightly ( Read more... ) -
Eastwood diptych
After grading, I watched Letters from Iwo Jima last night and (after finishing all grading) Flags of Our Fathers today.
War movies are one of my least favorite genres after stupid teenage boy/Adam Sandler flicks, but Eastwood's diptych diverge from the traditional heroic shoot-em-ups by following the decade or so long turn to focusing on ( Read more... ) -
closing statement on transpedagogy
Works Cited
Serano, Julia. Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. Emeryville, CA: Seal Press, 2007.
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fabulous spoken word on trans
fabulous: http://www.genderenders.com/av/cocky.mov
This is only one of a number of spoken word pieces by Julia Serano, author of Whipping Girl. She "is an Oakland, California-based writer, spoken word performer, trans activist, and biologist." Her website is: http://www.juliaserano.com/