Posts tagged “Queer”
Proposition 102
Tomorrow, in addition to voting for a new president, people in Arizona will be voting on Proposition 102. Prop 102 would add the following to the Arizona constitution: Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state. A similar measure, Prop 107, was on […]
Monday feminism
I really enjoy gender performance and the butch/femme dynamic, but a lot of people see butch/femme as a reenactment of sexist heterosexual relationship roles. So I was excited to read Sublime Femme’s post The Feminist Fairytale about Butch/Femme. Of course, I wasn’t disappointed. It’s absolutely fantastic. I tried to excerpt it here, but ended up […]
Blogs I love
I know you don’t look at my blogroll, so I thought I’d point you in the direction of a few blogs I really enjoy. If you like plants, Seeds Aside is awesome (and has a great sense of humor). If you’re addicted to shoes, Manolo’s Shoe Blog points out the best. If you’re into art, […]
Pain
Sugarbutch asks “what’s in your box of darkness,” referring to this poem. I was reminded of this passage from “Musing on Pain, Love, and Others” by Laura-Zoe Humphreys in Bisexual Women in the 21st Century. Storyteller: Scrape of metal and a rustle as the white curtains close me in with them. One takes my hand […]
What I’ve noticed
The US government conducted a huge raid for illegal immigrants in Postville, Iowa. They haven’t explained why some are being deported and others are being jailed. Wives of the arrested men have been fitted with leg monitoring bracelets and basically been told “You can’t work, you can’t leave and can’t stay.” The local Roman Catholic […]
What I’ve noticed
Poor Brazilians figuring out who’s really screwing them over A very addictive game John McCain is a hypocrite John McCain thinks I’m a baby machine Another university goes after the people who aren’t really cheating A song to brighten your day It’s a computer, it’s a mouse brain! Frida Kahlo, survival, and the stories we […]
LGBT activist tortured by Iraqi police
The White House says that our War on Terror in Iraq is “[e]ncouraging reconciliation and human rights.” Torturing an LGBT activist doesn’t sound like encouraging human rights. The police tried to get Hani to admit he was a member of our Iraqi LGBT group, but he refused to say so, which is when the torture […]