February 2011
“Vicki J. Greene, who represents Dan, has argued in documents and in court that...”
– Maria L. La Ganga at the Los Angeles Times, ‘Disabled mother battling for visitation rights gets precious time with her kids.’
I have been following this case for some time, and it is terrifying and horrifying. Her ex-husband is trying to argue that she should never see her children again because...
January 2011
Writing About Murdered Trans Women: A Handy Dandy...
numol:
charlie-danger:
- First of all, transgender people are extremely rare, so don’t worry about getting the facts wrong or causing offense- chances are most trans folks are too busy being punchlines or the victims of brutal, systematic violence to pick up a newspaper.
- Since trans people are so very, very uncommon, include a brief explanation of transgender issues at the beginning of...
http://offbeatbride.com/2011/01/maine-farm-wedding →
thebwordisabadword:
who would have thought a main farm wedding could have so much, ahem, cultural diversity?
Handfasting vines?? Drinking from a “Native American wedding vase”??? Dia De Los Muertos table runners?? HENNA ON THE BRIDE’S HANDS??
smh.
And only one of those pesky brown people in sight.
100 Young Adult Books for the Feminist Reader →
astrals:
absentofgrace:
Found this link over at Bitch and thought I would share it. I don’t read much YA anymore because I think I’m technically a little old for it but I might say screw it and look into these reads anyhow :)
Awesome!
Thanks for the support that I got on that one post. You all are pretty awesome and very encouraging.
To those of you that liked the post, I couldn’t help but giggle when that popped up on my dash. Thanks all, you’re wonderful people.
According to Al Jazeera, the protesters are...
dancingonembers:
oh my gods and goddesses and non-binary deities, all of my heart (except what’s necessary to maintain my vital signs) goes out to the people of Egypt right now
Third World Protest as US Spectator Sport
zuky:
I’m not a fan of the US cultural habit of turning political turmoil in faraway lands into a gawkworthy spectator sport. I came to this realization in the aftermath of the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square, as it gradually dawned on me that sheltered, largely clueless people who had no stake in what was happening had little business pushing their intrusive, hungry gaze into such...
“Not being racist is not some default starting position. You don’t simply get to...”
– PostBourgie (via glamaphonic) (via monkeyknifefight) (via falulatonks) (via pikitis, meowsense) (via robot-heart-politics) (via aprilseye)
Taking a stance against scavengers →
krona:
baconqurlyq:
On Tuesday night the Newport Beach City Council made it a serious offense to scavenge through trash. The Costa Mesa Sanitary District is considering locking some of its residents’ trash cans.
The actions come during a down economy, when more and more people are scrounging through garbage for their income — and more residents are complaining about it.
“It’s a way to...
tranzient:
villainies:
Mo’Nique was on hand Tuesday morning because she won for supporting actress last year for her role in “Precious,” a film made by Lee Daniels, an African American filmmaker. Forest Whitaker won a lead actor Oscar in 2007 for “The Last King of Scotland,” and Halle Berry won a lead actress Oscar in 2002 for “Monster’s Ball” on the same night Denzel Washington won lead...
Trans Woman of Color Erasure & Objectification →
dancingonembers:
September 30, 2008
(so, this might seem weird, but in addition to its actual content, this post is laying the groundwork for an analysis of the silence surrounding the recent anti-muslim terror attack in Ohio (see also. h/t to Cheshire Bitten. More of the groundwork will be done in a post to follow.)
How often do you see trans women of color speaking in their own voices? On the...
A Short Course in Indigenous Feminism →
Online Articles:
Indigenous Feminism Without Apology, by Andrea Smith
Jennifer Nez Denetdale on Indigenous Feminisms
An Indigenous Perspective on Feminism, Militarism, and the Environment, by Winona LaDuke
Zapatismo and the Emergence of Indigenous Feminism, by Aida Hernandez Castillo
Academic Journal Publications:
Wicazo Sa Review “Native Feminisms: Legacies, Interventions, and...
Billionaire ruled unfit to stand trial due to drug... →
cognitivedissonance:
Financier and cricket mogul Sir Allen Stanford was unfit to stand trial on charges of running a $7-billion fraud and needs treatment for a drug addiction, a US judge ruled.
Stanford’s trial had been due to begin this week but was postponed indefinitely until he could be considered fit to prepare his defense.
The financier has pleaded not guilty to 21 counts of fraud,...
“Let me break this down for you. When people talk about patriarchy and then it...”
– Study at A Womyn’s Ecdysis (via bibliofeminista)
Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato found... →
jonathan-cunningham:
socialisimo:
One of Uganda’s most prominent gay rights activists has been murdered in his home weeks after winning a court victory over a tabloid that called for homosexuals to be killed.
David Kato, the advocacy officer for Sexual Minorities Uganda, was bludgeoned to death in Mukono, Kampala, yesterday afternoon. Witnesses saw a man fleeing the scene in a car, and...
these comments on this article are extremely... →
“We as First Nations people have always mimicked, reflected and adapted to the...”
– Adrian Stimson (Siksika Nation) (via modernativeamericans) (via siksika)
