February 2012
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The T Word and 5 Other Things You Should Not Say... →
It is unheard of in the life of a trans woman to never experience misgendering, judgment, cissexism¹, or transphobia in their lifetime. It just happens.
In order to understand everything in a transgender perspective, there are certain basics that people have to get through. Creating this list is one of them. And holy moley, there’s so many lists of this and that, and yeah it gets tiring, but...
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Your NATO/G8 primer | Feature | Chicago Reader →
On January 26, the activist organization Adbusters, which helped spark the Occupy Wall Street movement, called for at least 50,000 “redeemers, rebels and radicals” to visit Chicago in the month of May for “the biggest multinational occupation of a summit meeting the world has ever seen.”
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electoral politics: the sideshow of 2012 →
as my newsfeed, twitter feed, and regular listening on npr becomes unbearable with so much crap about who is winning over who in the republican primary, i constantly remind others that this is nothing more than a sideshow to real politics: the class struggle.
now, don’t get me wrong. i’m not an anarchist who thinks that all elections and voting within the u.s. power structure is worthless and...
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Porn’s taboo transsexual stars: "T-girls" are... →
Brittany St. Jordan, a 28-year-old leggy redhead in a plunging gold number, was all dressed up with somewhere to go: the Adult Video News Awards, the so-called “Oscars for the porn industry.” But she ended up standing in line for three hours waiting to walk the red carpet, as other female performers were sent ahead. When she finally got her turn, event organizers directed her away from...
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courtney trouble: signal boost: i need your... →
courtneytrouble:
i don’t ask for many favors, and i’m not trying to “Start Anything” - just hoping my body-positive fans will help come add some support on this 88-comment thread on Buck Angel’s facebook page. My Guardian photo got posted on my page and I have been blocked from writing on FB for 3 days…
kudos to courtney trouble! i’m really at a loss why more “peers”...
WatchMEN ARE JUST DESSERTS! (by Everything Is Terrible!)
OH I JUST VOMITED.
