We're on the abortion unit of my philosophy class. And it is filled with fail, as expected ( Read more... )

"Couple fight gender-neutral language in wedding license"

Last month, Rachel Bird exchanged vows with Gideon Codding in a church wedding in front of family and friends. As far as Bird is concerned, she is a bride ( Read more... )

All right, hetero male who is an otherwise awesome person except for this aspect, please ride your bike straight into the middle of Division Street and wait for the light to turn green ( Read more... )

Okay, now that the first day of school is getting closer, I'm starting to get really nervous about my class. I'm worried that what I do won't live up my students' expectations, that I'll screw up, that I've bitten off more than I can chew. I'm excited for it, but all that excitement is being drowned in the anxiety. I just finished practicing for ( Read more... )

Wow, Newsweek. Way to be five months late, and then write a terrible article about it.

I'm getting really sick of people labeling the murder of Lawrence King as only an anti-gay hate crime. It wasn't just anti-gay, it was also anti-gender nonconformity. Lawrence King was murdered for his gender expression AND his sexual orientation. The Newsweek ( Read more... )

I am such a push-over. I got a call from the military recruiters asking if I'd like to arrange a meeting to discuss whether or not I want to join the army. Instead of simply saying, "No thank you, I'm not interested" like any sane person who shares my desire to stay as far away from the military as is possible, I waffled around with, "well, I have ( Read more... )

Gaia, seriously?

"Native American" items?

Way to enforce stereotypes. Way to lump every single Native tribe in the Western hemisphere into one enormous monolith. Way to label these things as if a feather headdress and the kachina are from the exact same culture. Way to get your description of a sacred Hopi ceremony completely wrong. Way to be ( Read more... )

Dude.

Yesterday a gallon of regular unleaded gas was $3.87. TODAY IT IS $4.19.

I hate to jump on the bandwagon of Americans complaining about rising gas prices, but Jesus Christ. That's a $0.22 increase in one day.

If I see another fanling use the phrase, "I'm gay for [insert character here]", I'm going to have to punch a small child. That is my biggest fandom pet peeve EVAR. It's like they don't even think about those of us who are ACTUALLY GAY and are sick of people implying that our sexual orientation is a choice or a joke or a flight of fancy ( Read more... )

If you feel the need to use "I have gay friends" as evidence for your tolerance and greatness, you are actually proving that you are an asshole, and a bigot to boot. Obviously, it never occurred to you that gay people do not want to be waved around like fucking trophies for you to display in your Diversity™ Showroom to all your straight friends. We ( Read more... )