January 2012
45 posts
“Nobody tells an actor, ‘you’re playing a strong-minded man.’ We assume that men...”
– —Meryl Streep, on being told that she often plays “strong-minded women.”
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December 2011
35 posts
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Partying on New Year's Eve?
Don’t drink and drive-and don’t ride with anybody who does. Tipsy Tow offered by AAA: you don’t have to be a AAA member, from 6pm-6am on New Years Eve/day, they will take your drunk self and your car home for FREE. Save this number… 1-800-222-4357. Please reblog this if you don’t mind.
“Women of today are still being called upon to stretch across the gap of male...”
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The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House, by Audre Lorde (1979)
My First xojane Column: How I Told My Boyfriend I... →
janetmock:
Though many guys I’ve dated do not and may never know the gender history of the girl they randomly made out with on the street, I have relayed my story to a select few, including the man of my dreams.
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One teachers approach to preventing gender...
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said:...
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A Note About Cissexism...
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genderqueer:
manybothans:
I had a really great pride this year, but I was also troubled by comments I heard over the last week from a lot of people in both the mainstream and radical queer communities. I want to say a few things about cissexism, specifically towards trans women and other MTF spectrum folks.
1) Gay sex does not require genital...
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“This is safer than Tylenol, and yet we’re going to put extra barriers to keep...”
– Susan Wood, executive director of the Jacobs Center for Women’s Health at George Washington University, who in 2005 resigned her job as the top women’s-health official at the FDA, accusing the agency of refusing to allow emergency contraception because of political pressure by the Bush...
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PROTIP: Don't 'come out' to others on behalf of...
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Led by the child who simply knew →
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
Why choice and bodily autonomy, AND the acceptance of choice in regards to the body go so far beyond simply the choice to keep or terminate a pregnancy.
This is what Melissa McEwan at Shakesville has to say about this article:
[This article is] about a set of identical twins, one of whom is a young woman who is trans. The article is problematic in places (it...
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Spencer's Market: A new vegan deals site! →
queerveganfeminist:
Sign up (i.e. just put in your e-mail address) for good deals on vegan stuff!
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Spencer's Market: A new vegan deals site! →
Sign up (i.e. just put in your e-mail address) for good deals on vegan stuff!
“I will say this. As the father of two daughters, it makes sense to apply some...”
– President Obama’s response to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, overruling FDA’s decision to allow any person capable of reproduction, regardless of age, access to PlanB over the counter.
I’m ENRAGED at this today.
And for President Obama to claim that this decision,...
More Plan B over the counter? No. →
It seems Kathleen Sebelius, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, was directly responsible for this. From her statement:
FDA has recommended approval of this application in its Summary Review for Regulatory Action on Plan B One-Step. After careful consideration of the FDA Summary Review, I have concluded that the data, submitted by Teva, do not conclusively establish that Plan B One-Step...
Dun-Well Doughnuts opens today!
vegansaurus:
Happy happy joy joy! I just read on Gothamist that Dun-Well in Williamsburg officially opened today! Is anyone planning on going over there today? Take a pic for me and tell me how it is! I may have to wait until tomorrow or so. I’LL BE COUNTING THE SECONDS.
Ohh, look, friends! A new vegan doughnut place in Brooklyn! Woooo
Stealth Shaming: What It Is, Why You Shouldn’t Do... →
xxboy:
Tonight, I stumbled upon the blog of Stephen Ira, a gay trans man who attends Sarah Lawrence College who writes very eloquently about issues of gender and sexuality and with whom I share a number of opinions.
I really like this piece on what he terms “stealth shaming.” Follow the link and read on.
Impoverished Girls Who Can't Afford Sanitary... →
Kotex tampon recall. Please share. →
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veganemelda:
Alternatives to store-bought/traditional menstrual products, in case you’re interested:
Menstrual Cups (I <3 my Diva Cup! After 7 years, I’m still using the $35 product and kickin’. BUT the link is for a menstrual cup community that compares various brands so you can see what you think would work best for you.)
Reusable/cloth pads (I have one as a back up for my...
Romantic Comedies, Their Plots (with spoilers)
zoearcher:
Will the thin white heterosexual woman with a vague job in the upscale sector and an impossibly large apartment find love?
YES.
Watchkeepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
So, Siri’s lack of abortion clinic info made it onto Stephen Colbert’s show last night. It’s amazing how fast this information moved. It was only Sunday that Abortioneers posted their original blog that started this all.
[Not a fan of Colbert making fun of women who have been sexually harassed/assaulted by Herman Cain because I just don’t find that funny.]