December 2009
18 posts
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“Rage colors me as it presses through the pores of my skin, soaking in until it...”
– Susan Stryker
Dec 31st
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“[A]nything that undermines confidence in the scheme of classification on which...”
– Murray S. Davis, Smut (as quoted in Kate Bornstein’s Gender Outlaws)
Dec 30th
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“I don’t know for sure if anyone hit anyone. We don’t have much in the way of...”
– http://yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com/
Dec 29th
Dec 28th
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“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favour...”
– Frederick Douglass, slavery abolitionist (via secrets0ciety) (via redguard) (via fyeahsocialism) (via fuckyeahtheorists)
Dec 28th
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stuff what boys can do - fugitivus →
a list of good stuff bystanders have done to prevent assaults against women. got me to thinking about men as defenders of women, and what the optimal balance is. i think it’s this: men should not “protect” women because they are “the weaker sex”; men should step in, however, when other men’s male privilege is otherwise going unchecked. so, it’s a matter...
Dec 28th
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hilarity, brought to you by bad people who call...
cast members: my brother noah (not bad), my dad jonathan (bad), his girlfriend deborah (bad), me (not bad). noah: i hate politicians in general, but my sister mel wants to become a politician, so i guess they’re not all full of shit. deborah: well, mel’s full of shit, so.* noah: we’re out to breakfast, and i’m trying to be civilized. but say one more thing about my...
Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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why haven’t i ever thought about the fact that being at home is like one, long triggering of the past?
Dec 26th
a tranny's christmas with the family (part 2)
xxboy: well, the first gift i opened was a men’s waistcoat and button down from my aunt, uncle, and cousins.  it wasn’t even on my list.  it made me so happy.  my grandma got me men’s clothing, as well, but made a point to tell me she didn’t like it. overall, christmas has been great.  I got dressed up and went out to our annual chinese dinner on christmas eve.  I finally got to “dress up” in a...
Dec 26th
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note to self: being self-righteous all the time is tiring.
Dec 25th
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“I think it’s important to destroy “big” notions like woman, homosexual…. Things...”
– “Becoming-Woman,” Félix Guattari (via beetx)
Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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“if those in charge of our society — politicians, corporate executives, and...”
– howard zinn, declarations of independence: cross-examining american ideology (1991) (via nosex)
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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here’s how it was, well, my parents used to fight in the foor-door sedan, yeah, and in the tiny kitchen with the white-and-black checked linoleum floor, with the cracks that caught dirt and you could sweep it and mop it and wipe it and good lord those cracks would never come clean; oh, well, where was i? yeah. my parents used to fight. a lot. and my mom would cry, and yell, and i...
Dec 21st
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// today i just want to be a pretty, femme-y boy.
Dec 21st
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“What grief displays… is that thrall in which our relations with others hold us,...”
– Judith Butler, Precarious Life (via wordsandsteel)
Dec 21st
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