February 2012
86 posts
quipping boy: things that get stuck in my brain →
quippingboy:
as a general rule in groups/panels/events at my school’s LGBT Resource Center, esp. the trans* group i regularly go to, when we do introductions and icebreakers at the beginning people are asked to state their PGPs (preferred gender pronouns).
as i see it, this is a way for people to be immediately clear about their identity and dispel assumptions made about them because of...
“There’s a grotesque irony in declaring that what is portrayed in Bully should be...”
– Linda Holmes, writing about the R rating given to the documentary ‘Bully’.
There’s a second paragraph I wanted to quote as well, but I’m adding it down here as a separate thing due to the change in voice:
The entire point of this film is that kids do not live with the protection we often believe...
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I just realized that my class presentation tonight on queer theory and transgender/ gender variant things in relation to psychology and personality was done while I was still slightly sick. This caused my voice to get deeper and deeper as I spoke.
There’s a tiny part of me that has to wonder if I got anyone to believe I just started testosterone. That tiny part of me also believes that this...
wyndampryces:
burtmacklin | lemuffinmistress | ruvy:
I think that people forget that condoms protect you from more than just pregnancy.
And there is no morning after pill for HIV.
ACTUALLY THERE IS.
It’s called post exposure prophylaxis.
http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/prophylaxis/en/
If you’ve had unprotected sex and are afraid of possibly being at risk for HIV, please go to the...
“I saw with so many of the gay couples, they were so devoted to another. I saw so...”
– A chance shake-up of Maryland House of Delegates seating assignments brought Republican Wade Kach face to face with gay couples who had come to make the case for a gay marriage law, and might have proved decisive in its final passage through the state’s General Assembly on Thursday. Kach, who had...
Anonymous asked: what is a destructive emotion?
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The Pervocracy: Why I didn't just call the cops.
[SUPER DUPER TRIGGER WARNING FOR ALL SORTS OF UNHAPPY THINGS. JUST IN CASE YOU DON’T SEE THE TRIGGER WARNING PICTURE OR TRIGGER WARNING PARAGRAPH THAT COMES AFTER. ALSO I DEFINITELY DIDN’T WRITE THIS, BUT IF YOU CAN MANAGE IT IS VERY WORTH READING.]
”[MAJOR TRIGGER WARNING for the nitty-gritty of sexual assault and aftermath. This is not a happy post and it’s not one I...
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Perfect Storm of Feeling Awful
Sore throat
Bleeding
Tons of work to do
Left the land of snuggles and kisses
I’m afraid and somewhat depressed by the prospect of losing the relationship I have with my mother. (Meaning… I don’t want it to change significantly or for a long period of time.)
I know I’m ovary-acting but I can’t tell by how much
I need a fucking hug
girlfagdykething replied to your post: Awesome trip, terrible letter to come home to
uh oh :[ everything ok?
My mom finally responded to my email about top surgery. It was uh… really not at all what I was hoping for. Not even close.
Awesome trip, terrible letter to come home to
“Sure, we had to be skinny. I lived on Diet Coke and apples for two years. For...”
– Sylvia Plath (via modellesbians)
“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– - Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories)
I might have reblogged this already but it’s so good I don’t care.
(via stfufauxminists)
Kyriarchy in action.
(via transstingray)
Also the study where they had women and men talking in a discussion and when women...
“On a somewhat serious note today because of a conversation the other day:
I...”
– You Didn’t Thank Me For Punching You in the Face « Views from the Couch (via golden-notebook)
