New York Assembly approves same-sex marriage: New York's state Assembly Wednesday night approved a same-sex marriage bill, sending it to the Senate, where it faces a closer vote ( Read more... )

Two New York City Police Officers Acquitted of Rape

...belated reaction to this, because I've been busy. I'm just... shocked by this verdict. The amount of victim-blaming that went on is nauseating -- here's a blog post detailing more of what happened. Read that ( Read more... )

(Excerpt from blog on stripping here)

It’s easy to feel like every person I meet is judging me, hurting me, insulting me and trying to change me. That’s because sometimes the negative garbage they spew is so potent, so charged, that it’s overwhelming. But it’s important for me to see the truth- and the truth is that only a small percentage of the ( Read more... )

Reposted from here:

Part of the patriarchal culture currently found in Western societies is the supposed duality of male nature: there are bad boys, and there are nice guys. But, what many people find is that most of these “nice guys”, though they may act differently than bad boys, are acting out of the same motivation and desires: to reduce ( Read more... )