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ACTION ALERT: Tell the NY Post to quit its transphobic “reporting”
3/2/07 Update: I’ve been kind of busy since posting this, so I wanted to post a quick thank you to everyone who’s written to the Post, and to everyone who’s reposted this. I didn’t expect such a great and large response, and it’s wonderful. Please keep reposting! NOTE TO OTHER BLOGGERS: Please link to or…
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whew!
Now that I’ve returned to Brooklyn and the life, love, and work contained therein, it’s harder to keep up with all of this blogging business! Not only the writing, but the reading of other people’s blogs, the linking, the commenting, the responding to comments here, etc. How do some of y’all manage to keep up…
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Transphobia in Feminism’s Clothing
So much for not diving into the fray – since I started commenting on this rather flippant response from Twisty, I may as well dash off some really late night thoughts that have been knocking around in my head. (by the way, I’m Jack on that thread, not JackGoff, for clarification’s sake. And the comments…
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Did I miss the party?
And by party, I mean the little firestorm that has erupted around trans and feminist issues, specifically centering around the shitfest of a comments section on this post at I Blame the Patriarchy. Within those comments and the resultant posts on other blogs, there have been some very good points made, and some very disgusting…
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if my friends could see me now
Lookie here – my piece on polyamory and radical feminism made it into the 17th Carnival of Feminists! The carnivals kind of mystify me. I’m never on top of my game enough to actively submit something to one, and yet I’ve wound up in three so far. Hmm. I’m not complaining! Also – I’m dreadfully…
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Ain’t I a Woman/Womyn/Wimmin?
Maybe not. While at Brooklyn Pride this year, I was handed a postcard for this year’s NYC Dyke March. In bold, red letters, the postcard proclaims: “Women! Womyn! Wimmin!” and, below, says “This march is for women only. Allies should cheer us from the sidelines.” The postcard left me wondering where I belonged – in…
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Who Said It Was Simple
I’m a bit behind on the blogging and probably won’t catch up until next week. But I just stumbled upon this brilliant poem by Audre Lorde, one of the few by her that I haven’t read before. It reminded me of the recent conflicts that I’ve witnessed between certain white feminist bloggers and women of…
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AngryBrownButch in the flesh
This weekend I’m going to be sitting on a panel at the New Fest, the big queer film festival here in NYC. The details: Masculinity In The Lesbian Community 1pm on June 11, 2006 The New Yorker Hotel 481 Eighth Avenue (at 34th St.) Grammercy Park Suite $6 As seen in NewFest 2006 films like…
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The Onion: spot on, indeed
By way of Vagina Magazine: New ‘Anti-Abortion Pill’ Kills Mother, Leaves Fetus Alive. From the article: Pfizer, manufacturer of UR-86—dubbed the “last-morning-ever pill”—said the drug is intended only for occasions when the mind-set or politics of the mother threaten the life of the fetus. “This drug is designed for extreme cases in which the mother…
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Of race, gender, and mutants
Spoiler alert: don’t click on the link below if you haven’t seen X3 yet, plan to, and care about things getting ruined for you. (I myself am extremely irritated when people, blog entries, film reviews, etc reveal crucial plot points of films that I’ve yet to see.) Just read some astute analysis on the WIMN’s…