December 2011
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“Among other arguments made during the hearing were that the parents couldn’t...”
– Dalton couple fights to regain custody of their five children | timesfreepress.com
do you see the irony here???
birth parents have to work. they don’t make good money, they can’t afford a car…so TAKE THEIR CHILDREN AWAY.
*foster parents* (who want to adopt)—make $90,000 a YEAR *JUST TO TAKE CARE...
November 2011
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“That blonde-haired, blue-eyed Jesus in the Vatican ain’t right. That...”
– Staceyann Chin
(via mytwistedbeauty)
If Jesus visited an American church next Sunday, people would accuse him of being a terrorist and call the cops to come strip-search him for explosives.
(via feministrobot)
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“People pay to see others believe in themselves.”
– Kim Gordon (via magnificentruin)
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Seems like the internet is one big smirk nowadays
peecharrific:
randallorrandy:
this is going to be an unpopular opinion but….
So I’ve noticed a LOT of har-dee-har-hars on Twitter and Tumblr concerning the egregious spelling errors of the young and/or black set on the social scene.
Now, more than ever before, you can see through these websites that most people use a word correctly in speech but never have written it down and usually write...
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Terrible Advice from Kate Bornstein, Pt 1 of 2
fortunateson:
Auntie Kate (Bornstein) didn’t quite save my life, but she came damn close. The copy of Hello Cruel World that rests on my bookshelf is heavily dog-eared; I have donated copies to friends and to the UU youth group’s bookshelf.
As you might expect from this introduction, I’m about to criticize her pretty heavily. Over this “guest spot” by her in Dan Savage’s Savage Love. When a...
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I Remember Them →
I would like to have written the post at this link myself, and then I would like to send it to every trans person I know. In place of that, please know the sentiment applies from me to you.
(Unrelatedly, this blog has the best header image ever)
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Handbasket Needs Your Support | Handbasket... →
So, apparently Tobi Hill-Meyer is holding off on large projects until she can recoup a larger part of the $12k she spent on her first two films (so far she’s only made back $5k), and Handbasket Productions is having a promotion to help close the gap — if they sell 30 or more DVDs before the end of the year, everyone who buys one between now and then gets the other one free!
I just...
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LOL @ anyone who attempts to defend something...
neverthehurricane:
An incomplete list of why that argument is flawed:
Art can be racist. We wouldn’t have a western canon, or any art canon for that matter, if we hadn’t already acknowledged that years ago. Racism doesn’t negate something from being art and art doesn’t negate something from being racist. This is not a platform worth arguing on.
Art has the power and scope to affect society...
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The following things need to stop already
zander05:
Unless, of course, they apply to a person’s experience. But the statements and narratives I’m talking about are perpetuated by the media and people who are generally not trans and/or gender variant and are ill-informed.
1. Being trans is a birth defect - I’ve heard this said throughout the years by doctors who practice gender-affirming surgeries, some trans people, and much more...
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Did you know?
newwavefeminism:
collectivecrack:
White American males constitute only 33% of the population. Yet, they occupy approximately:
80% of tenured positions in higher education
80% of the House of Representatives
80-85% of the U.S. Senate
92%of Forbes 400 executive CEO-level positions
90% of athletic team owners
97.7% of U.S. presidents
I wonder why…
I Think I Like This New Toy
tybaar:
My boy surprised me with a sweat scraper. It’s designed for horses.
It stings.
Oh my God it stings.
A lot.
Like, so much.
I can’t even describe.
It’s effin’ intense.
And I think I’m in love.
Omigosh! The expression on your face in the last photo is priceless and adorable! ♥
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I was going to let this slide...
transsexualferox:
…but I’m in a writey mood, so what the hell.
So the other day I found myself reading Amanda Marcotte’s blog again. I know, I know…but this isn’t a post about her, except tangentially, believe it or not. Anyway, she let slip this one sentence in the piece…
If this strikes you as backwards, you forgot the golden rule, which is that having a penis automatically makes you better...
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“So when people say that poetry is a luxury, or an option, or for the educated...”
– From Jeanette Winterson’s “All About My Mother.” The whole piece is riveting & gorgeous, but this bit in particular made me pump my fist in the air. (via queershoulder)
Yes! There’s an even better quote by her in the same vein from Art Objects that I’ve been meaning to post here...
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Are there really more MtF out there then FtM?
dinobearthemighty:
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ferrets-over-cats:
For some reason I feel like, at least with the 13 - 30 year old crowd, that there are more FtM.
Surveys and studies have said that it’s the other way around though. Maybe FtM in general aren’t as open about transitioning? Or they’re more stealth?
I did a survey of 521 people on Tumblr. The ratio of trans men to trans women was 5:1...
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transfeminism:
Plea Deal Likely for Cop Who Shot At Transgender Women
Former Washington, D.C. cop Kenneth Furr will likely get a plea deal for shooting at a car in August that contained five people, including three transgender women.
Furr initially faced a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon after his arrest for the shooting; Furr’s vehicle also collided with the car...
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Esoterica: Fake "Clinic" Cons 17-Year-Old Girl →
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lesboner:
prolongedeyecontact:
An Indiana mother recently accompanied her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend to one of Indiana’s Planned Parenthood clinics, but they unwittingly walked into a so-called “crisis pregnancy center” run by an anti-abortion group, one…
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“Upon transfer to Santa Rita jail, demonstrator Andrea Barrera was denied her...”
– Susie Cagle in her account of being arrested for being a part of Occupy Oakland. Just in case you weren’t convinced already about what a bunch of worthless shitheels the Oakland PD is. (via hungryghoast)
maya-mayhem:
Amy Dentata: queerporn.tv is this totally transgressive queer porn site-
blackenedbutterfly:
maya-mayhem:
amydentata:
blackenedbutterfly:
Oh wait, only 2 of your 30 listed stars are trans women. And none of the two have listed scenes like most of the stars. And neither of them seem to be coming back.
Yeah, totally transgressive.
More like upholding your shitty status...
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i think my wop is showing / comfort food
queershoulder:
Why yes, I did just buy $9 worth of Italian cold-cuts at the corner store because I am epically stressed out (and also very hungry) and the only thing that sounds good to eat right now is a salami sandwich and for some reason my corner store actually had the better-tasting fancy-ass stuff and I am thankful because, not sorry, I am a Meat Snob.
I think my wop is showing. Also, as...
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Andrea Dworkin wasn't a friend to trans people,...
transfeminism:
The truth is, Dworkin’s views on trans women were later influenced by Janice Raymond. In the publication Chrysalis, Raymond published an article titled “Transsexualism: The Ultimate Homage to Sex Role Power.” In it, Raymond attacked Dworkin for claiming “that until sex roles disappear (and thus also transsexualism), sex-change operations should be provided ‘by the community as...
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