February 2012
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“Dream Hampton explained to me about how this is a time when women are fighting...”
– Rapper Too $hort being accountable to the backlash surrounding his “fatherly advice” in XXL Magazine.
#Babysteps
(via unapproachableblackchicks)
Woooooow. Is this really where the average dude is at in terms of awareness? This is scary. But I guess it’s good folks are learning?
(via...
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Media FAIL in Coverage of Study on Gender... →
pansexualpride:
“Gender Uncertainty Risky for Kids.”
“Child Gender Nonconformity Linked to Higher Risk of Abuse.”
“Kids Who Veer From Gender Norms at Higher Risk for Abuse.”
“Gender identity issues can harm kids’ mental health.”
These are just a few of the headlines that have been used in pieces referencing a new study on gender conformity in children and risk factors for abuse. Similar...
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Things I learned from TV.
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
All Asians look like John Cho.
Asians know everything. Seriously, everything. And they can probably fly in secret and they just don’t tell us.
If an Asian person tells you to do something, for the love of god, do it. NEVER cross them.
Black people are all hard. Every one. They’re hard as fuck. You can’t break them with a hammer.
Despite being really hard, black people...
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racism & die cis scum
youarenotyou:
grrlyman:
charthebutcher:
Forgive me for sending this as a submission and not an ask, but it’s way too long and I didn’t want to whittle it down and lose the nuance. Let me start off by saying that I’m happy that the fervor over your “die cis scum” tattoo has died down, and I don’t want to pile on for the sake of piling on. However, certain things have been nagging me about it...
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ok ok ok what do y'all think
mappingindiana:
I think, with this money my mom sent for Valentine’s day, I will buy
Habibi
Maus I
Pitch Black
Some leather conditioner
This Circus Poster
Are there any amazing, groundbreaking graphic novels that I’m missing? I mean, I know Watchmen is a thing, but I’ve already seen it and I can’t remember if I have it in storage at mom’s house or not so I’m avoiding buying it. I am trying...
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Sylvia Rivera 10 Year Memorial
thespiritwas:
“I was a radical, a revolutionist. I am still a revolutionist. I was proud to make the road and help change laws and what-not. I was very proud of doing that and proud of what I’m still doing, no matter what it takes.” Sylvia Rivera to Leslie Feinberg
(Sylvia Rivera & Marsha P Johnson, photo by Leonard Fink)
Tomorrow marks the 10 year anniversary of Sylvia Rivera’s...
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July
[I wrote this one last summer as the end of a series of monthly poems that I’d written for an ex-girlfriend, but although it was inspired by our breakup, it kind of went its own way and didn’t really wind up being about that relationship at all. My muse is as near-sighted as I am, and she has poor aim.]
July by Rachel K. Zall
This is the room in which I did not live. This is the room...
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We have a new superhero with us, he just moved...
face-down-asgard-up:
byrontobuffy:
sairobee:
… And this is Doom, he’s almost too gay to function.
In conclusion:
Everything about this is just perfect
DGLSDKGSS DYING
BOO, YOU HARLOT
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Curiouser Jane: Things I Hate: A List →
melancholynecrokiss:
curiouserjane:
I hate cis people making me feel bad about my body
I hate cis people who get offended by my body
I hate my body having—always—to be a political site
I hate the idea that death is the first step in transition
I hate all the yappie talking heads that push the trans woman body in their 20/20 specials all between commercials for cleaning products, fast...
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Asleep
Asleep by Rachel K. Zall Asleep on a burning street. The streetlights are murmuring lullabies. The concrete crackles to grass in the voice of the fire. And then there’s you. You are not concrete, not grass, not a light. You are something this street thinks it’s never seen. The fire is asking how best to burn you, how quickly you can be removed. It tries a red flame, then a yellow flame, then...
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VICTORY GARDEN
transitionsurrection:
I. Elbow deep in dishes in the sink it hits me where is my husband
who will carry me over the threshold to the strains of someday my prince will cum
My childhood friends now young wives and mothers even my little sister wants to make me a brother-in-law
Centuries ago my ass at least was worth a few
geese or a dowry chest full of linen a muddy milkfed pig
rolled like a...
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The Cycle of Transmisogyny
autumn-and-eve:
The CAMAB trans person’s gender identity is erased, and they are viewed as a man
Being a man, they are held to binarist standards of masculinity
Being that they present themselves in a feminine manner, their masculinity is nonexistent
As a male’s masculinity (or, perceived male’s) is fundamental to his legitimacy, the CAMAB trans person is debased and marginalized.
When a...
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This Is Bad.
gailsimone:
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/02/09/marvel-demands-for-gary-friedrichs-ghost-rider-prints/
The creator of Ghost Rider, who is destitute after creating a character who has made millions for its Publisher, just lost a lawsuit over the rights to said character.
Not only is he not allowed to say he created the character, he is not allowed to profit in any way from the character....
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Dear Other White Trans (and Queer) People
tybaar:
logiccontroldeck:
I have been looking around our communities lately. I’ve been taking a long, hard look around when I’m out at my favorite queer-friendly restaurant or bar. I’ve been looking around at the online communities. I have to tell you that I’ve been noticing a pattern. It’s a pattern of whiteness. I’ve started a tally you see. I’ve counted how many people of color I see in...
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Why capitalism needs racism →
The capitalist social pyramid is black at the base and white at the top. In South Africa, until apartheid was formally abolished in 1994, this pyramid was legally sanctioned. Elsewhere, while slavery and segregation have been outlawed, the richest people are still the whitest and the poorest are the blackest.
Racism suits capitalism because it’s an important way of justifying economic...
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