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Are you fucking kidding me?
Apparently, being passionate about sci-fi and/or fantasy makes you a member of a minority.Is the correct response to this "Being oppressed: ur doing it wrong", or "Appropriation: ur doing it ( Read more... ) -
A Series of Links for General Discussion
The following links were ganked from, I believe, ithiliana and rm, respectively. I've had some interesting discussions about them (well, about the first one; for the second, I more or less seethed in silence) on my Facebook profile, and I wanted to bring the discussion over to my LJ, to see what y'all thought.
First link: The Radical Masculinity blog ( Read more... ) -
Mawwiage. Mawwiage is what bwings us togethah today.
A friend of mine posted a Washington Blade article on Facebook-- an annual affair in that particular newspaper, I think-- examining the salaries of assorted national and East Coast LGBT organization leaders, and how those salaries compare to the salaries of other executive directors of non-LGBT nonprofits with similar budgets. Not a lot here that' ( Read more... ) -
And now for something completely different: a sex-positive feminist protest!
It occurs to me that, between freaking out over finishing my thesis and my week of fangirlish anxiousness, I never wrote in here about the protest I helped plan a couple of weeks ago. So I wanted to take some time to dwell on that a bit-- what happened, what worked, and what didn't ( Read more... ) -
Torchwood: Children of Earth, Episode 1-- A Reluctant Fangirl's Perspective
So, I just watched the first episode of Torchwood: Children of Earth. Normally, I'd keep this in my fangirl filter, but since a bunch of my friends are suddenly coming out of the closet as Torchwood fans, I thought I'd make it more widely available.
Mostly what I have to say is: be careful what you wish for.
( Oh sweet Jebus, the fangirls are going to kill me. ) -
You didn't ask me, but I'm going to tell you anyway.
I would like to take a moment this Memorial Day weekend to explain why I, a self-described leftist, radical queer, and pacifist, who is actively opposed to the current tangle o' wars the U.S. is embroiled in and to war in general, support the repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy toward LGBTQ folk in the U.S. military ( Read more... ) -
Request for resources
So... I'm working through the race and ethnicity chapter with my students at the mo', and predictably, several of the white students are turning in reaction papers to me that talk about the evils of "reverse" discrimination. I know that, once upon a time, I read a pretty excellent essay on the term(s) "reverse discrimination"/"reverse racism," ( Read more... )