keats and yeats are on your side.
Fascinating!
Originally linked by kyuuketsukirui. Some excerpts from/articles about The Myth of Venus and Mars, a new book about how dumb gendered psychology is a thoughtful and considered academic work refuting the claims of such texts as Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.
"What language barrier?"
"Speak up, I can't hear you"
"Back down to Earth"
In other news, I really like this song.
Further: She's A Boy I Knew was absolutely fucking amazing. I thought it was a really unique trans narrative--it's not a transition story, per se, or at least it's not only about transition--it's about family and relationships and communication and love. It's not simplistic, and it doesn't play into any kind of victim culture, but it's still simple and incredibly sympathetic. I sincerely hope it gets wide release/DVD distribution. Everybody needs to see this (yes, even you, who's seen every single trans documentary EVAR).
Gwen's mom is aDORable, and her dad--dude. Seriously. I am aware of my own stuff around strong, silent masculinity and the monolithic iconography of that, but really. He's kind of awesome in the biblical sense. Anyway. All the people are real people, with the glimpses of archetypes that real people sometimes show. And it was so human, so honest. Gah. SEE IT IF YOU CAN. There are two more screenings next week.
Tomorrow is my parents' anniversary party. Hopefully no one will die.
Bye.
Originally linked by kyuuketsukirui. Some excerpts from/articles about The Myth of Venus and Mars, a new book about how dumb gendered psychology is a thoughtful and considered academic work refuting the claims of such texts as Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.
"What language barrier?"
"Speak up, I can't hear you"
"Back down to Earth"
In other news, I really like this song.
Further: She's A Boy I Knew was absolutely fucking amazing. I thought it was a really unique trans narrative--it's not a transition story, per se, or at least it's not only about transition--it's about family and relationships and communication and love. It's not simplistic, and it doesn't play into any kind of victim culture, but it's still simple and incredibly sympathetic. I sincerely hope it gets wide release/DVD distribution. Everybody needs to see this (yes, even you, who's seen every single trans documentary EVAR).
Gwen's mom is aDORable, and her dad--dude. Seriously. I am aware of my own stuff around strong, silent masculinity and the monolithic iconography of that, but really. He's kind of awesome in the biblical sense. Anyway. All the people are real people, with the glimpses of archetypes that real people sometimes show. And it was so human, so honest. Gah. SEE IT IF YOU CAN. There are two more screenings next week.
Tomorrow is my parents' anniversary party. Hopefully no one will die.
Bye.