on gaga: how being in the news is not news
[Warning: I will actually be criticising white people, lady gaga and several sacred cows of white culture]Lady Gaga is all the rage. She loves her some gay people and she even sings a song that takes...
View ArticleOpen Letter to Cardinal George regarding his comparison of LGBTQI to the KKK
I just could not let this one go without saying something...Cardinal George set the low bar for reason, respect and atrocity this week in comparing LGBTQI persons and organizations to the KKK.He is...
View Articlethe (snow)faces change but the (appropriated) song remains the same, and the...
I was tripping over the many tumblr conversations about Hugo Schwyzer lately. A good number of people articulated some solid points about him, as well as the many who stated their outrage and distrust...
View ArticlePrivilege within communities working to lessen privilege
Audre Lorde once spoke at a feminist conference, noting that she was the only black lesbian there and one of only two women of color. She was pointing at privilege and exclusion within a group formed...
View Articlethat time when I was 12 and forced to deal with abortion
My parents sent me to Catholic grade school, catechism and the whole nine yards. My mother was Catholic but she was also a Democrat, pro women's rights. She dragged us to church but she was not on...
View ArticleOn Tim Tebow and the captive audience sales pitch
When I was a kid, our family would gather at my grandmother's house for Thanksgiving and Christmas. All manner of cousins, aunts, uncles and sundry relatives would descend on a little house in...
View ArticleI’m sick of talking about “abortion in cases of rape or incest”...
I’m sick of talking about “abortion in cases of rape or incest” as if that is the short list of acceptable circumstances for safe, legal & affordable abortion(posted at sgb tumblr)
View ArticleBREAKING: Institute of White Males announcement - women could be human
[Wilmington, DE] A group of white men with impeccable credentials issued a statement today in advance of formal publication of a study they recently concluded into whether or not women are human...
View Articlemark my words: the GOP think they’ve got it made now that Obama can’t run again
I’ll tell you exactly how these bubbleheads are gonna go on this. they got beat by a black guy and as much as they despise him and everything about him, they see Hillary Clinton as the next in line -...
View ArticleUsing NRA logic in every day life
The NRA says that to make everyone safe - everyone should carry a gun. By the NRA’s thinking, the acme of human civilisation is our ability to kill one another. Extend their thinking to other social...
View Articlemost men don't want to hear this, but it needs to be said
men -we are the problem. all of the problems. and not just some of us - all of us. we are bullies, rapists, murderers and we live off the sweat and pain of anyone we can. you may not have raped or...
View ArticleDaily Kos and "the master's tools"
"What does it mean when the tools of a racist patriarchy are used to examine the fruits of that same patriarchy? It means that only the most narrow perimeters of change are possible and allowable." -...
View Articlejury duty (or: Twelve Angry Men, here we come...)
I was selected for jury duty this week. We've all been there - we get the summons, blow off the first one and then get a sternly worded note telling us to show up this time, for realz and so we do....
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The gift of "Trans..."
I penned this a while back and after today's news from Maine, I figure we can generate a little swarm here on what is so very wonderful about trans* persons in our lives.
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variations on a theme: "color blind" racism taken to a new low
so, I have this friend from my Army days. he's Italian-American from Charlestown, MA. often, when I talk about racism, he replies with his "I don't see race" racism. but, he also has this wrinkle on...
View Articleopen letter to dude feminists
“Men who want to be feminists do not need to be given a space in feminism. They need to take the space they have in society & make it feminist.”— Kelley Temple I don’t have a lot of faith in open...
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DailyKos sólo está interesado en los votantes que hablan inglés.
DailyKos sólo está interesado en los votantes que hablan inglés. Cuando Wendy Davis llevó su filibustero, nació el movimiento "Puesto de Texas Women With." Lo primero que pensé fue: "¿Será este...
View Articleon “men setting good examples” and other forms of stomach cancer
I was reading a conversation about how men should talk to their sons about Robin Thicke and women in general. It was along the lines of how to be “good men”.Something has been nagging at me for some...
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