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Rightthen.
Doing a massive overhaul of my friendslist. I'll try and keep everyone on who I still see about, but if I miss you, I'll put an unlocked post up after and you can let me know! If you see this and want to be supersure you stay on, leave a comment here. -
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While most of this is retreading old ground, one of the things I found most interesting was the line about, "No one has claimed that Margaret Thatcher repressed her lesbian side," and the discussion of the 'homophobes are really repressed gaaayyyz' shit people pull - made me think how it only ever seems to be aimed at men! It's an 'argument' that's ( Read more... ) -
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Gone through and taken a whole bunch of accounts of people I've lost touch with/who never post/who have left lj etc off my flist. Drop me a line if you think you've been removed in error! -
Thorn, please stop failing
I am hugely saddened, disappointed, angered and sickened by the cissexism of my former teacher T Thorn Coyle in her article here on what happened at PCon. I am challenging her on her facebook page and trying to get her to understand ( Read more... ) -
(trigger warnings for the history of mental asylums and abuse therein)
I want to be sick.
I don't know how to talk about this, so bear with me.
I discovered something tonight that horrified me so much I actually wanted to vomit. There's a place called Pennhurst, and as torrain says they put people like me in there [TRIGGER WARNINGS ( Read more... ) -
Emergency animal rescue network ACTIVATE
UPDATE: it looks like someone in the area who works with the rabbit rescue may be able to foster her. We will keep you posted!! If you do know of anyone who would give her a forever home, PLEASE still contact us ( Read more... ) -
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Having a bit of a flist-cut to get rid of people who've left lj, haven't friended me back etc. If you get cut by mistake (or have just been lurking for a long time!) and want back on, leave a message here or on my friends-only post. :) -
Bingo posts: the rules of engagement
So I'm going to go ahead and do the cis privilege bingo posts, cos I find it interesting.
If you're not sure what cis privilege is, it's the privilege that comes from being cissexual and/or cisgendered. To use Lisa Harney's short definition, "Being cissexual is having a body your brain expects. Being cissexual is having a body society expects. ( Read more... ) -
SOS: Kittens and Puppies need YOU! (Europe)
farnbluete relates how the animal shelter that her pets come from is closing. 250 animals (60 cats and the rest dogs) need rehoming by the end of December or will be put to sleep. Can you help? Can you or anyone you know take a pet?
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