Comments | greenie_breizh: Another batch of interesting links!

greenie_breizh

Another batch of interesting links!

Dec 10, 2010 10:13

As promised, a bunch of links I've been meaning to share! The personal update might come soon-ish - I'm in the middle of writing my last paper of the term and hopefully I will be done before I head to France at the end of next week. Anyway, on today's menu: queer kids' lives still suck, queer kids are awesome, Canada could make great changes re: ( Read more... )

sex & sexuality, sexual violence, lgbtq: all colors of the rainbow, free speech & alternative media, gender & co, public, homophobia & heterosexism

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fan_elune December 10 2010, 20:22:39 UTC

I am in love with that rethinking video.

tanisafan December 10 2010, 22:42:33 UTC

We can believe that political opportunism is at play in Interpol’s pursuit of Assange without assuming that it’s a total frame-up.

That sums up my feelings pretty succinctly. (It also makes me a bit cranky to know that there is no way that the powers that be would even care about a sexual assault case unless their asses were on the line. Humbug.)

menyhapyreturns December 11 2010, 01:19:07 UTC

your sex by surprise link was broken, but in case you haven't already seen it, here's an essay about "enthusiastic consent" (changing the paradigm from "no means no" to "yes means yes") you might find interesting. Well, I liked it anyway ;)
http://open.salon.com/blog/hugo_schwyzer/2008/10/11/rape_enthusiastic_consent_and_the_stoplight_problem
also, the SMinfo site appears to be down? I was looking for a pic earlier and it doesn't seem to be there anymore...

greenie_breizh December 11 2010, 01:22:51 UTC

Fixed, thanks for mentioning it! Will comment on the rest in a bit. :)

greenie_breizh December 11 2010, 17:44:33 UTC

Thanks for the article, I enjoyed it! And thanks for bringing the site thing to my attention - I'm not the one in charge of that side of the website so I've asked Chris to look into it, hopefully it'll be solved soon :)

menyhapyreturns December 11 2010, 23:02:03 UTC

Cool! And yeah, I don't have much to say on the Assange case on its own, as there are too many conflicting details coming out, but that sure is interesting the way sexual crimes are looked at in Sweden as opposed to the US. Much better, IMO. Fun fact, one of the women is involved with an anti-Castro feminist group in Cuba that receives financial support from the US Government, which I found interesting: "Las Damas de Blanco" which I think translates to "the Ladies in White" but my spanish is rusty.

lounalune December 12 2010, 19:30:53 UTC

That video is great. I love to see young people knowing themselves, being proud of themselves and speaking up.