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5 things

I’ve been tagged by Eugenie again!  I feel a little like I’m passing notes in middle school 🙂 Rules -Complete meme and post. -Email the person who tagged you to let them know it’s up. -Tag 5 others and email/comment to tell them so. 5 things I was doing 10 years ago: 1) Being in […]

What I’ve noticed

You know that $700 billion bailout?  Did you know the Federal Reserve gave $2 TRILLION in emergency loans?  And they won’t say who that money went to? That’s your money. Google is better than the CDC at following flu epidemics. PZ writes about Mormon support for Prop 8 in CA. Obama includes gender identity in […]

How good does this book look?

Femmes of Power: Exploding Queer Femininities This book looks absolutely fantastic: “To us, femininity is neither phallic fantasy nor default, it’s beyond surface and it certainly does not passively wait to come alive through a (male) gaze. Fiercely intentional, neither objects nor objective, we have stuff to get out our chests. But speaking bittersweets truths […]

Proposition 8

Proposition 8 in California passed last Tuesday.  The proposition overturns a recent California Supreme Court decision recognizing same-sex marriage by ammending the state constitution to say “”Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”  This was heartbreaking news for many LGBT people across the country.  We wondered how one […]