I've been trying to point out when transgender people are left out of relevant discussions in my social work classes. I don't think we need to make a point of mentioning every marginalized group every class, but to leave a group out completely seems pretty suspect to me.

Today I pointed out that our class on oppression (in a intro to social work ( Read more... )

I wrote a paper on the social problem of transgender oppression and the implications for social work practice. My awareness of trans issues increased at an exponential rate while doing research for the paper, only to show me how much I have yet to learn and leave me wondering what yet unquestioned gender assumptions I hold, what binary gender norms ( Read more... )

I have moved out from living with my sister to living on my own again and am setting up my new place, buying couches and dishes and everything I left behind. I'm ready to be sorta domestic and settled for a time while getting through school, two years and I'll be a social worker, among other things that I do ( Read more... )

leavin' on a train
leavin' on a train
leavin' on a train

tonight.

Life is horrific and the only thing I can do about it is to say fuck it, and be happy.

Oh, and of course, try to make it a little better for other people too.

I'm going skating.

three days of weight training down.

on the plus side, I learned to use the rowing machine and I really like the rhythm and the view (big trees, sky)

but then there I was just working my triceps, last exercise in my last set, thinking about showering and getting food, when these guys working out right next to me had a conversation something like this ( Read more... )

The response from some men I've told about my weight training has been less than lovely. One, who is a good friend and normally very supportive when I'm excited about something, didn't say very much at all. Another, who was pretty much my best friend on PLQ, told me "Don't lift too heavy, you don't want to lose your curves (they're sexy)", and that ( Read more... )

upcoming travel ( Read more... )

my brother fixed up a bike for me, a gold bianci frame and etc. from a bike that my dad gave to my sister but that she never rides, flipflop wheel set off ebay. it's on a freewheel for now because the chain doesn't fit the fixed sprocket. i was fatigued from a kitty who won't let me sleep in past 6:30 so I just watched him strip the bike. riding it ( Read more... )

waking up over and over in the dark to Ella's insistent sandpapery tongue digging into my face and the side of my head, dinner time feels like the middle of night ( Read more... )