September 2010
141 posts
Reblog if you have piercings, tattoos, or have...
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intersexunicorn:
until we are all equal: reposting to get a response
I can only answer some of this from my perspective, and I know from transwomen that it is not the same as theirs.
iragray:
what is it like relinquishing male privilege?
Plenty of it sucks. Knowing I’ll make 83 cents on the dollar with higher expectations put on me is no picnic. Then again, I don’t have to...
Let's Re-Make! →
god, i ache.
readmorewikipedia:
Saudade
Saudade (singular) or saudades (plural) is a Portuguese and Galician word for a feeling of nostalgic longing for something or someone that one was fond of and which is lost. It often carries a fatalist tone and a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might really never return. Saudade has been described as a “vague and constant desire for something that...
long nails, gauges, and queer femininity
Amazing night! →
malefeminists:
pensata:
malefeminists:
Made it to Fort Lauderdale to see CocoRosie with my best friend. My mind is absolutely blown. I do not even want to think about the post concert depression that will surely follow. I am coming home with The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn on vinyl and a digipak Grey Gardens.
Hearing “Werewolf” life was just…I can’t even.
Early morning...
Amazing night!
malefeminists:
Made it to Fort Lauderdale to see CocoRosie with my best friend. My mind is absolutely blown. I do not even want to think about the post concert depression that will surely follow. I am coming home with The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn on vinyl and a digipak Grey Gardens.
Hearing “Werewolf” life was just…I can’t even.
Early morning later today, and I’m sure I’ll be...
Letter from Tooker on activist burnout
leonineclaire:
Rani posted an online forum on activist burnout. It finishes on the 28th of September. A commenter on the forum, Mike Grenville posted the following letter from a former activist, Tooker who committed suicide in 2004.
Dear Activist:
It’s another strange day for me. Things have been strange for 8 months or more. I used to be an activist. Now I don’t know what I am. Did you ever...
“Just because I’m comfortable with nudity doesn’t mean you get to touch me when...”
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Genderbitch (via leldekvist)
FUCKING THANK YOU
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Excerpt from Notes on Survivor Autonomy and...
leonineclaire:
There is a peculiar sort of discourse which surrounds the issue of accountability in anarchist or otherwise “radical” circles - one that takes for granted that anarchist men should receive treatment distinct from other men. When, in the anarchist milieu, a man sexually assaults a woman, the surrounding community will often engage in a process designed to hold the man...
“Friends and partners are important allies for survivors of child abuse, but...”
– Adults Surviving Child Abuse: Role of carers and supporters
rings of flowers round your eyes and i love you
for the rest of your life when you’re ready
“Ugh. My husband has band practice twice a week in the comfort if his own home,...”
– Dear Imprudence: Just Be an Adult Already!
i appreciate this commenter’s satire, and it really resonated with me. i heard similar arguments so many times this summer that, by the end, i could have just up and exploded all over everyone.
“Nobody ever died of awkward.”
– Nobody Ever Died of Awkward: The Queer Fat Femme Guide to Battling Insecurity and Asking People Out | Queer Fat Femme
