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Education and anger
If you hang around communities that are into various forms of social justice advocacy for a while there are a couple of themes you will start to hear repeatedly. One of those is that oppressed people have a right to be angry - that we tried being nice to our oppressors and it didn't work so now we're doing angry. A related theme is that we don't ( Read more... ) -
I am Plymouth
A few months back when I asked folks to try using gender-neutral pronouns for me, a handful of folks asked me if I was also planning to change my name. At the time my answer was "not yet, but I'm thinking about it". And I thought about it for a month or so and got around to "I think I do but I'm still not sure". So I went ahead and changed my name ( Read more... ) -
I am They
I wish I could be as awesome as rax in announcing this, but I'd feel totally weird copying their schtick and I can't come up with one of my own that is half as clever. So I guess this will be kinda dry.
I have wanted to be referred to be gender-neutral pronouns for, oh, on the order of 18 years now. You may have noted in my gender timeline that I ( Read more... ) -
R.I.P Ecco
May 16, 1997 - Sept 17, 2004
yes, the car that was Ecco was manufactured in 1990 but did not become mine until 1997. On that day Ecco was born. The car which was formerly Ecco may again be driven by someone else (the tow truck guy said most of the cars are taken down to San Diego for auction and bought by Mexicans who don't have to deal with ( Read more... ) -
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