http://elf.dreamwidth.org/435227.htmThere is a user on Dreamwidth, to whom I (Kerry) formerly granted access and subscription on my personal account, who has serious allegations of sexual assault against her. When she was given access on my journal, I knew nothing of the accusations, and only knew that she was in 'legal trouble'. Nothing was ( Read more... )

Things have changed a lot since we came out as plural four and a half years ago ( Read more... )

I was thinking about my old 'race issue' article from last year, and feel as though I've oversimplified things a bit, at least regarding our experiences as a system. While I still have my own experiences as a white person within this system, and my own privileges to check, but I see that as a separate issue from what we, as a system, experience at ( Read more... )

So, to-day was spent:

• poking about forums that we haven't been on in over a year. Was a bit of a blast of the past, at least for Hess and me.
  
• doing Errands, and trying to avoid the Creepy Staff Guy as much as possible, because creepy guy is creepy and should be sacked, but god forbid they actually sack him!
  
• uploading more icons. I think that ( Read more... )

To-day in class, we (and a co-present Morpheus, who was half-paying attention) watched a rather depressing film about the international impact of HIV infection. Actually, 'rather depressing' sounds a bit dismissive of it; it was more...moving, really, than just 'depressing moaning crap'. What really struck me (KD) was that there was a large ( Read more... )

Apparently a lot of the anti-psychiatry movement is epically transphobic--instead of saying being trans is a psychiatric disorder, they just claim that it doesn't exist, and is a form of body mutilation. This is just as bad as the psychiatric view, and...well, I'd say, even WORSE. BOTH mentalities reify physical sex, and consider personal identity ( Read more... )

I seriously cannot stand the us-and-them mindset that some members of minority groups have. While there's room for delineating different members of a certain group, it's really unproductive to make those differences a cause for animosity BETWEEN those people. I've seen it among quite a few groups, actually: plural groups have gone 'we're not like ( Read more... )

Things we are quite pleased about:

• Being able to potentially catch up with friends this week.
  
• Seeing Cirque du Soleil on Thanksgiving proper! The House of Fail (tm) had tickets, so we signed up to go on the trip. I am really fond of anything to do with theatrics and colourful costumes, so I really want to go. I think Noel will want to, too, ( Read more... )