April 2012
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Prison Industries: "Don't Let Society Improve or... →
amydentata:
There are two very large and influential prison companies in the United States who are manipulating the system to make sure they have plenty of business: The GEO Group (formerly Wackenhut) and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). In the first part of this two-part series, I will explore The GEO Group’s influence peddling; next week, I will look at CCA.
If you have any doubt in...
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[TW for trangst] Being trans makes you apologetic.
cocksucking-accent:
(AKA “I should be doing homework but this really needs to be said and I didn’t stick it in my proposal because it felt like whining and I couldn’t find a proper place to put it but this has got to be out there somewhere.”)
It does. It really does.
It starts the very first time you realize you aren’t “normal,” and you turn to your first person and tell then that maybe, you...
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“Among my male and female friends, there are a few who are of either a completely...”
– Emma Goldman, queer and trans positive in 1934. Eighty years later some in the feminist movement are still catching up … (via nothingisholy) Awkward wording but this is 1934. (via notafraidofruins)
When I read Emma Goldman I have a hard time believing that she’s from the early 1900s, and not,...
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Gloria Steinem is a Transmisogynist
fromonesurvivortoanother:
[serious trigger warning: very cissexist and transmisogynistic language]
In Gloria Steinem’s Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (1995),there’s a brief five page essay on trans identities (224-228). It’s basically terrible. Let me quote a few parts:
Was it fair for women to face someone trained physically and culturally for forty years as a man? (226)
She...
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afterromulus:
barackobama:
“Tonight, Senate Republicans voted to block the Buffett Rule, choosing once again to protect tax breaks for the wealthiest few Americans at the expense of the middle class. The Buffett Rule is common sense. At a time when we have significant deficits to close and serious investments to make to strengthen our economy, we simply cannot afford to keep spending money on...
This Is What Happened to CeCe →
This is a guest post by Redlark. Redlark is a white, lower-middle-class queer activist working a pink collar union gig in the Twin Cities. They are working with an amazing group of friends and allies of CeCe McDonald to get CeCe’s charges dropped and help her move back into her normal life.
Cece McDonald stood up to bigots and survived a hate crime. Now she’s in the county jail waiting to be...
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warminvention asked: Your New avatar is ace! x
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New Report Reveals Striking Levels of Police... →
transgenderexpress:
BIENESTAR study shows high impact on Los Angeles area transgender women
A new report, funded by the Williams Institute, reveals high levels of reported harassment and assault of Latina transgender women by law enforcement agencies. The report, “Interactions of Latina Transgender Women with Law Enforcement,” is based on interviews with 220 Latina transgender women from the Los...
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miranda bellwether thinks i should be more...
jackrad:
so i just finished reading fucking trans women by miranda bellwether and the whole thing has been a really empowering/inspiring/introspective/challenging/educational experience for me and has me full of thoughts and feelings.
there are about a million things it makes me want to write/think/talk about (and i probably will and i probably will read it again and have more stuff to...
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Whenever I see blog posts talking about how much...
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alexandraerin:
xfirecorex:
You are not oppressed, not really. Sure, not everything is perfectly equal, but we’re a lot better than 50-100 years ago, and I think that a lot of Tumblr Justice fucktards should put that in perspective.
So, I’d like you imagine an oppressive totalitarian state. You know, evil empire, stormtroopers, etc. Hitler by way of...
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Gay Newspaper Editorial On Trayvon Martin’s Death... →
There are many ugly and ridiculous things to condemn about Trayvon Martin’s killing in Sanford, FL, and its aftermath. Some examples:
The Daily Texan running an editorial cartoon that referred to Trayvon as a “colored boy.”
Geraldo Rivera blaming hoodies for Trayvon’s death.
The Fox station in Orlando referring to a known Neo-Nazi organization as a “civil rights group” that was patrolling...
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nueva-bordena:
(Cross post from a blog I did for a class on LGBTQ oppression)
I’ve been avoiding writing about Agnes Torres Sulca for almost a month now. For those of you who don’t know, Agnes Torres was a Trans* activist in Puebla, Mexico who was found murdered on March 10. Her Twitter account is active until the day of her disappearance, with a link to an interview she did being the final...
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Hand Job Techniques
(Gendered pronouns fixed to represent the way I’m most likely to actually use these handy tips & to correct for cissexism)
fuckyeahsexeducation:
sexualadvice:
The following is a listing of techniques to try:
Pressure
With one hand, pull the shaft’s skin toward the base and wrap the fingers of this hand around the base to act as a cock ring. Using the other hand, rhythmically...
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Anonymous asked: How is it that we are responsible...
transactivisty:
How is it that we are responsible again?
My guess is you’re referring to my reblog of Telagentmess’s post titled “Dear Cis Rad-Fems,“
The original post, then places the blame squarely on the head of radical feminists for the deaths of a long list of trans women.
I reblogged the post in order to point out to my fellow trans people that these were Latina women (If you’ll see...
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“Love is an action, never simply a feeling.”
– bell hooks, from Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life.
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mattachinereview:
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itisrighttorebel:
Please Sign! We Need Comprehensive Transgender Health at CWHC
To the Chicago Women’s Health Center:
We demand the following things:
1. A statement of apology taking responsibility and accountability for the historical exclusion of transgender women, transfeminine, and trans female people from your health services. This statement should...
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“In 1951, the Georgia state welfare director, making an argument for denying Aid...”
– Rickie Solinger, Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race Before Roe v. Wade (emphasis mine)
HOLY SHIT. I have never seen this broken down so simply and concisely before. I can’t believe I never saw it.
This is it!
This is why this argument about “babies for welfare checks” is still...
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highfunctioningdarklordofall:
oscarstardis:
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abortedslunk:
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nepetaschoiceass:
whatevertheheckles:
butwewereokay:
bemusedlybespectacled:
imsoweirdimnotanitimanith:
mikulukashipblog:
ok lets see if that thing with glasses chicks suddenly becoming super weird feminine when they whip off their glasses works
woop
well that was anticlimatic...
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Why do people continue to say 'women and trans'...
transfeminism:
when they obviously don’t mean people who are actually both women and trans.
This is one of those things that I find so infuriating, even though I’ve come to expect it as the rule.
When people say they provide space and/or services to people who are “women and trans” and they don’t include trans women, what they really mean is people who are either women or trans.
This is a...
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maxmovinghands asked: small nitpick: hilary swank played brandon teena & chloe sevigny played his gf
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