Some of them are funny.

Masturbating Your Way to More (and Safer) Sex?

A Love Note for Bill O’Reilly

Birth Control = Pedicures (Or, My Totally Sarcastic Take Down of Sandy Rios)

The Myth of Progressive ‘Majorities’

Who’s Got the Lead Foot on the Gas Pedal to Fiscal Insanity?

UPDATE: No More Vaginal Puppeteering. Aw, Sadface.

Why Do We ( Read more... )

“Why should schools be teaching children about sex instead of leaving it to families?”

I always find this question to be mildly infuriating, and I have, in the past, been temporarily stumped by it's seemingly reasonable-sounding nature. Or at least, it can sound that way from some people, because what they seem to be asking is less about “why should ( Read more... )

First they came for the Streetwalkers, and I
did not speak out --
Because I was not a Streetwalker.
(I don’t do drugs.)

Then they came for the Escorts, and I
did not speak out --
Because I was not an Escort.
(I don’t couch my profession behind legalese.)

Then they came for the Pornographers, and I
did not speak out --
Because ( Read more... )

Often times in statements about humanity, men-be they philosophers, theologians, laypeople, politicians, or whatever-have a habit of using the words “man” or “men” to indicate humans. A while back, certain branches of the feminist movement, which is also understandably supported by the trans-movement for obvious reasons, pushed for gender ( Read more... )

Washington, DC
Will be holding a Transgender Day of Remembrance event
Transgender Health Empowerment will be hosting an event on
Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 6:00 pm
at the Metropolitan Community Church at 474 Ridge St NW

--
Baltimore, Maryland
Will be holding a Transgender Day of Remembrance event
on Saturday, November 20, 2010 at noon - 6:00 PM
( Read more... )

The California Court of Appeal stated:

“A desire to terminate one’s life is probably the ultimate exercise of one’s right to privacy. Her decision to allow nature to take its course is not equivalent to an election to commit suicide…” (lecture)

However, this is inaccurate, because the feeding tube only became necessary in maintaining her life ( Read more... )

A-blah. I'm feeling more than a little overwhelmed lately.
My car is fixed, yes, but as the song goes, "...I'm so broke that it ain't funny." I'm trying to see if I can make it till friday on the quarter tank of gas I have in my car, but it's not looking good, which kind of sucks because I have pretty much, no money.

I am really behind on my school ( Read more... )

Peggy McIntosh writes brilliantly about the invisible benefits of privilege in her essay “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”, which was included in the assigned reading in my Sociology of Gender class (and should really be required reading for pretty much everyone.) It was a really powerful piece when I first read it, but in ( Read more... )

There were seeds
within her
that burst at intervals
and for a little while
she would come back
to heaviness,

and then before a surging miracle
of blood,
relax, and re-identify herself,
each time more closely
with the heart of life.
"'She Shall Be Called Woman' Part 5" by May Sarton,
from Collected Poems 1930 - 1933 
I am currently (much to my own perpetual ( Read more... )

Have a lot of things on my mind lately, this post is probably going to be a bit jumbled.

In psych class today we went over the definitions of heterosexism and homophobia (I have another post pending in more detail discussing homo- and bi-phobias that came up because of topics touched on in class, but I’ll post that later), and in leaving class ( Read more... )