February 2011
Weighing in on body fascism: Essay - latimes.com →
robot-heart-politics:
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An interesting article on dance and the focus on thin-ness and body perfection.
sorry if this doesn’t make perfect sense…….i’m running low on whaddya call em, spoons…….but this is just to say that i can’t take seriously any article that talks about the “ideal” body in ballet without talking about how that body is super, SUPER...
feministfilm: SNL's Transmisogyny →
thefeministhub:
Since we’re talking about trans issues today, I feel inclined to weigh in on Saturday Night Live’s most recent, and I think most blatant, foray into overt transmisogyny. For those not in the aware, I’m talking about this past weekend’s oh-so-delightful Estro Maxx sketch.
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An overview of the seriously shit, discriminatory SNL sketch from last Saturday, where the joke of...
January 2011
Finishing My Birthday List on My Birthday - Nice.
I’d say I was too busy to finish this list earlier, but all I did today was eat too much. So. That’d be all kindsa bullshit.
THE END LIST OF BIRTHDAY THINGS
5) Health!
GUYS, I ATE A LOT OF CAKE TODAY. God. Too much. Shit. This is a stupid problem to have. MY BIRTHDAY ISN’T UNTIL TOMORROW. Uuuuugghhhh, ma belly. (My stomach’s name, after today, is Tony, due to a hilarious...
AND WHAT?!
Pete Postlethwaite died?!
PETE. FUCKING. POSTLETHWAITE.
How did I not hear about this?
I am legitimately bummed out right now.
THERE IS AN EASTER EGG AT THE END OF JAMES AND THE...
It is THE WEIRDEST to watch a movie from your childhood and find ORIGINAL FILM YOU KNEW NOTHING ABOUT.
Startin' My Birthday Right.
Watchin’ James and the Giant Peach.
This movie is way darker than I remember, and I remember it being pretty dark.
a little more sonic: URGENT MESSAGE FROM ACTIVIST... →
roxanneritchi:
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“To all the people of world” Alicia Ali Marsden To all the people of world The people in Egypt are under governmental siege. Mubarak regime is banning Facebook, Twitter, and all other popular internet sites Now, the internet are completely blocked in Egypt….
Why Women Who Pick and Process Your Food Face... →
Chances are, you’ve never connected your dinner to violence against women. And yet, a new report published by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) makes that link. The report, “Injustice on Our Plates: Immigrant Women in the U.S. Food Industry,” compiles the experiences of 150 immigrant women who came from Mexico or other Latin American countries to work in the food industry, both in ...
I DO NOT EVEN KNOW HOW MANY SONGS I RECORDED...
I am what mankind would call a “champion.”
In Other News:
A douchebag misogynist started following me? I’m, uh…at a loss.
FOUR THINGS AT ONCE FOR BIRTHDAY YEAR
Because I have been super-busy the past couple days and not caught up with this at all -
We have 10 cleared out of the way, so -
9) Confidence
The next thing I would like in the next year! Confidence. Cause I ain’t got none. None of that confidence stuff is mine. But you know what? I do plenty of cool stuff.
Since college ended, I’ve already been in one Olympia musical which...
Merf. Thinking is Hard.: Black Mother Jailed for... →
sheresists:
firesandwords:
Black Mother Jailed For Sending Kids to White School District
An Ohio mother of two was sentenced to 10 days in jail and placed on three years probation after sending her kids to a school district in which they did not live. Kelly Williams-Bolar was…
What the actual FUCK, America.
[angel johnson update: shot 6 times & evicted]... →
Angel Johnson is the Indianapolis trans woman I posted about who was shot six times during a home invasion, survived it and is now recovering from her injuries. But according to Diamond Stylz, the apartment complex she was living in just added insult to her injuries. Citing that she was ‘a danger to other residents’, they evicted her from her apartment. WTF? I’m about to go Maya...
Nepal Includes Transgender People in Census →
Transgender and gender non-conforming Nepalese will not be ignored this year. After enacting marriage equality and allowing third-gender ID cards across the nation, Nepal is going to count the transgender community in its 2011 census. […]
Maybe I’m reading this wrong, but it seems like this is saying that trans men and women are presumed to take the third gender slot. Which,...
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10 Day Countdown To My Birthday!
ON JANUARY 31st, I, CAITLIN, WILL TURN 22 YEARS OLD.
Now, none of my birthdays matter to society anymore unless I want to become President, in which case, here I come, numba 35. But because I have not even a single eye set on the presidency, this is the first birthday where there isn’t anything to look forward to.
But that isn’t meant to be a depressing thought.
Because now I decide...
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Finding Donald Glover's Blog Has Been Really Bad...
iamdonald:
Wookie and Chew by James Hance
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Looking through old pictures of myself for haircut...
Thoughts:
-Short hair probably won’t look as good since I’m fatter than I was at the time I had short hair.
-If I lost a lot of weight, my jawline could probably literally kill someone. Even when I was just chubsmcgubs, it was REALLY pronounced.
-High school Caitlin made a lot of mistakes, a fair amount of them solely related to hair.
-WHERE DID THAT MEMBER’S ONLY JACKET GO?!...
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WAY TO KICK IN OUT OF NOWHERE BULLSHIT INSOMNIA
NO, IT’S OKAY, I DIDN’T WANT TO DO SHIT TOMORROW THAT REQUIRES COMPETENCY.
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PLEASE DISREGARD THE FACT THAT I JUST ADMITTED TO...
In Other News:
Robin Williams in Bicentennial Man is TOTALLY Dobby.
“One would wear clothes? One has never been asked to wear clothes.”
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My emotions that I have not been expressing, in...
WHAT IS THIS MADNESS THAT IS LIFE
OH. OH U GONNA BE LIKE THAT, LIFE. I GET IT. NO, I GET IT. FINE.
FUCK. DIS. SHIT.
SOVERCOASTERS.
SHADDUP FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW MA SHIT.
SELF. EXPLANATORY.
CRYING LLAMA TIMES ONE THOUSAND
TIME TO SLEEP ON MY COUCH AGAIN.
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“Recently in U.S. media and public policy discourses alike, the term “human...”
– Women and Children First? Trafficking as a Labor Issue
I hate to chop this up. I’ve included the first example, but there’s much more if you click through.
(via thetart)
Three Trans Women in Honduras Murdered in Three... →
dancingonembers:
Take Action Now
Sign the IGLHRC letter to Honduran officials demanding justice!
*trigger warning for image and description of graphic transmisogynistic violence at link*
if you reblog anything from me, reblog this post.
Guys, the picture here is really, really upsetting, but the story is important to read. I’ve been frustrated recently by the fact that the mainstream...
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When sleeping, otters hold hands so they don't...
this has to be the cutest thing i’ve ever heard of.
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Aaagghhh.
Watching Craig Ferguson during late night inventory lunch break at work. HE HAS A TARDIS ON HIS DESK. This must be the interview with the lady that plays River Song whose name I think might be Alex Kingston or something, but guys, I am super tired and sick of counting merchandise and my ipod died AND BECAUSE OF THE SHORTENED LUNCHBREAK I WILL NOT GET TO SEE THE DOCTOR WHO PORTION OF THIS...
'To Parents,' Binary Subverter →
tchy:
I’ve known parents to ask their child every single morning what gender that child wanted to be that day (and, if the answer changed around noon, that was fine as well- what’s important is making sure the child knows the choice is there). Once a kid is old enough to understand the question, why not ask it? Even if the kid just sees it as a game, I don’t see that as bad- that seems like a...
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I just found notes from the one and only time I...
The only notes on the page:
- maraca holsters (crickets, hawks)
- genitals are our own personal Joseph Merricks
…not my calling, clearly.
In Other News:
Why Do I Ever Drink Ever.
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What To Do When You're Embarrassed As Fuck And...
WATCH DOCTOR WHO UNTIL CONSCIOUSNESS GOES AWAY.