I said as much to another waitress at Fran's. A group of white men and their Asian girlfriends were at the table next to me. I said to my white waitress: "Doesn't it bother you when you see so many white men with Asian women? They are taking away your chances of having a husband and children." The poor girl looked bewildered, but didn't disagree ( Read more... )

Recently Jadelyn and I had a brief discussion on her blog about some of our lingering difficulties with masculine divinity. We were both raised Christian and converted later, and were talking about how our experiences with gender roles still affect our spirituality, especially when contrasted to the experiences of second- and third-gen Pagans who ( Read more... )

I hear this approximately once a week. "It's political correctness gone/run amok!" I'm fortunate that I usually hear it on TV, or on the radio, or I see it written somewhere on the internet. The people who are saying it are usually not connected to me in any way, which is good; if they were, we'd have an argument. In fact, I have had that ( Read more... )

Since I last posted, there has been more discussion in the Pagan blogosphere about trans* exclusion at PantheaCon. ( Read More )

Every Part of You Belongs to You.

Excerpt:

She’d done what she’d heard whispered about at work in the diner, put a red kerchief on her window sill and closed the sash, just letting it hang there, and after about three days she’d noticed it was gone. In its place was a little flowerpot with a little violet sitting precariously on the ledge. She’d ( Read more... )

[Content Note: Transphobia ( Read more... )

I know I don't have to tell most of you how rules against cross-gender dressing in schools enable the bullying of trans* kids. Jadelyn has the scoop.

Recently, a man whose blog I read, whom I respect, but don't know quite well enough to claim friendship with, wrote about his experience being smacked in the face with his neighbor's unexamined racism. I commented on his entry, basically apologizing that he can't trust white people, because we smack POC upside the head with our unexamined ( Read more... )

Trigger warnings apply for violence, for violent response to exercising free speech, for patriarchy, and for firearms.




Father Teaches Daughter Lesson About Facebook - Watch More Funny VideosI am currently trying to explain via facebook why this is horrible and terrifying, and why I feel for the girl who wrote this letter to her father. Don't read ( Read more... )

Kate Pickett explains why income equality is a good thing for all of us, rich and poor.

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