Three cheers for my Dad! When I talked to my folks by phone today the first thing he asked me was whether I'd talked to the Komen folks yet. They've apparently already received a note from him that he'll be ceasing all support for them until their policy changes. I love my family.

( lots of Komen/PP links back here )

Very quiet morning escorting. I taught NL to play Gobblet, which is a favorite of mine, and a good candidate for outdoor play because the pieces don't blow away (usually). We finished up there, picked up the CSA and headed home for a bit of Doctor Who and a quick nap before the Planned Parenthood rally. The rally went well; mostly college ( Read more... )

Yay! It sounds like I'll get to see forestfire over Thanksgiving! It's been way too long, because I just haven't had resources and time for travel to see her in NY ( Read more... )

I'm trimming this down from the original email I received, so I can share it about as widely as possible. If you're interested, please drop me a comment or message, and I'll happily put you in touch!

Hi there, Cleveland feminists ( Read more... )

Feeling like warmed over crap today, but it should be a quiet one at work, thankfully. Also, X has managed to vanish herself in the house somewhere, and we haven't been able to find her in 24 hours. Frustrating, because it's not a reason to be legitimately deeply worried yet -- she does this every so often, and has yet to not be somewhere of her ( Read more... )

Whenever I take surveys with a lot of free text answers I try to copy them out for my own reference. These are my answers to some of the free text questions on the survey for the new version of Big Big Love about sexuality and fat. I may expand on them if I have enough brain cells rubbing together (I'm kind of migrainey and brainfoggish, and wasn ( Read more... )

My Sluthood, Myself -- Although my more serious involvements are poly, not monogamous, there's a lot I find to resonate about this post. And frankly, casual sluttiness is often as much up for judgment from poly folk as from monogamous people (sometimes extra defensively, out of fear of making all poly folk "look bad"), so there may be little ( Read more... )

I could use some perspective, particularly from queer/trans friends and folks who are good at identifying/discussing issues of privilege. I'm looking for honest critique/feedback, not just reassurance. I don't expect I'm never going to be a dipshit, but trans issues matter immensely to me, and I'd like to sort out where and how I'm being ( Read more... )

CLEAN PURE SOFT FRESH: A Whole New World of Vagina Spray -- I'm having trouble making it all the way through the article; my eyes keep rolling.

It has always been fashionable, in pushing back against LGBT rights and against the women’s movement, to invoke “nature.” These arguments often apply highly contestable interpretations of nature, but I don ( Read more... )

Still catching up on email, currently working my way through Feministing and Feministe:

Baltimore Archdiocese sues over ban on false advertising for crisis pregnancy centers
The Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore is suing the city over an ordinance requiring area crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) to post accurate information about the services they ( Read more... )