tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16693594603699715052024-03-14T13:38:23.194-04:00Monster's CreedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-36833868347144374962009-04-25T01:36:00.005-04:002009-11-28T16:23:29.374-05:00U Cannot Unsee ItThis is one of those times I feel very sorry for straight trans* guys.Seriously, at least the few(?) cis* male chasers-of-guys aren't Feminist Approved(TM).For context, read Sarah & Nix.(Warning, the comic can be triggering to guys who've had to deal with chasers)Blargle blargle blargle.I am also entirely fed up with hearing "o u so oversensitive!!!!" & "can't u take a joke???!!!".1) It'sUnknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-8715648845964594132009-04-13T20:37:00.004-04:002009-04-14T00:53:23.646-04:00Short post...Been thinking on the term subversivism. I've heard a number of genderqueer femmes & trans* female folks say they had problems with it & I began to think about how it's used and what it means. Later, Gauge and I chatted about the term for a bit. Then I read hir post earlier today & decided I should probably getting around to posting my thoughts (when did I last do an actual post here? Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-86047479783951480142009-04-04T01:26:00.006-04:002009-04-04T18:20:00.767-04:00I'm not dead!Just rather bleh and not up for much writing right now; and I should be doing some work on various things...(picture very related; Vanyel, O how I was one with you and your angst as a teen...)You have received this note because someone thinks you are a literary geek. Copy the questions into your own note, answer the questions, and tag any friends who would appreciate the quiz, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-86026737892204842402009-02-17T20:29:00.006-05:002009-02-17T21:04:34.557-05:00QueerUnity, no one wants to see two guys kiss?Lol:(Not all pics are SFW)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-29971632505435440832009-02-14T00:15:00.003-05:002009-02-14T00:31:42.889-05:00Since I've been in a coloring mood... I made a new trans* bingo card!(my old ones had "tranny" on them and I'm not okay with us trans* guys using that word)And, since I've been in a coloring mood, here are a few of the pictures I've colored (in order of earliest to newest):(disclaimer: I did not draw any of these, I just like coloring. If the artist is known, their name is in the filename.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-15742387998523337322009-02-11T15:41:00.006-05:002009-02-11T16:48:37.994-05:00yeah, moar linksPETA is made of fail and racism (as well as ableism, transphobia, sexism, etc--check the Feministe comments). I recommend tweeting them to tell them how fucked up they are (@officialpeta)Ren (and others) have been refuting a group of radfem's Thoughts On YaoiBDSM.(btw, her epic comic post is pretty awesome- and this LJ comm is also fun)Ginmar has some links for how you can help victims of he Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-64517932157805260332009-02-07T16:28:00.006-05:002009-02-10T17:30:24.137-05:0017-year-old Billey Joe JohnsonJust saw this at Renee's:On December 8th, 17-year-old Billey Joe Johnson died from a gunshot wound to the head. Police say he killed himself with a shotgun after being stopped for a simple traffic violation in Lucedale, Mississippi.[1] Several things seem to cast doubt on the official story, including an independent investigation that concluded it would have been impossible for the shot that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-3148044921647969302009-02-03T02:11:00.007-05:002009-02-03T03:09:56.516-05:00Picture Post!!!Death by pwetteh/kyute!!!Not all of these are SFW ^.^ Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-45205016703250936082009-01-31T00:24:00.010-05:002009-02-15T21:53:47.989-05:00My take on a transphobic tropeI've been thinking on this transphobic trope that gets thrown out: being trans* and/or medically transitioning as a type of self-harm and/or removing “healthy” tissue.Sometimes this is expressed in a more more subtle manner: concern-trolling about poor lesbians and/or masculine girls who might get confused and transition, people who are anti- certain body modifications comparing medical Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-8957821546184247472009-01-29T17:21:00.003-05:002009-01-29T17:26:39.247-05:00Awesome trans book for kids--y/y?(Click to enlarge)Full credit for the idea and the words belongs to Ruth.My little sister and I cracked up and we are not sure if this is epic win...or epic fail.(For some reason GIMP hates me so I had to do it in paint)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-16014181008072387322009-01-16T00:01:00.002-05:002009-01-16T00:14:51.419-05:00I wish there was something I could do...Quick update: I've got Al Jazeera English on my google reader, checking out the guardian every so often, reading cutesy fanfic to keep me from getting too down, I'm seriously thinking about taking Feministe off my blogroll due to this David d00d asshat they've got there, and I'm recovering from norovirus (I got it right after my parents and sister and grandpa did). Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-77023165459689030142009-01-09T15:41:00.003-05:002009-01-09T16:17:44.261-05:00There are so many terrible things that I do not know what to say or where to start.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-41496400460160037172008-12-31T19:54:00.002-05:002008-12-31T20:51:35.037-05:00Happy New Years2008 hasn't been that great and I doubt 2009 will be much of a change.An Austalian woman has been constantly attacked and harassed for the past 18 months. Her, her 13 year old daughter, and a friend have been moving around constantly after "Alice" (not her real name) was first attacked....when she was walking along the esplanade at Golden Beach with her daughter last week she was verbally abused Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-67150378436783323512008-12-30T12:52:00.003-05:002008-12-30T13:54:02.892-05:00GazaI'll admit I don't know a whole lot about the history between Israel and Palestine.But fucking hell, airstrikes against a mostly unarmed populace that can't get out or get food/supplies?(btw, Galling Galla, I miss you! <3) some of those comments are just so bigoted/racist...and just failures)Also, little light has an incredibly moving post up.Here is a bit of it:...I just want to say, to all the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-64454761964085993802008-12-25T21:09:00.002-05:002008-12-25T22:54:58.500-05:00If you saw something; say somethingAnother Memphis Trans* Woman Shot:Here we go again in Memphis, TN. A transwoman was shot in the face and is in critical condition.Memphis police say the shooting happened sometime around 5:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 23, 2008 in the 3100 block of Boxtown Road in south Memphis near T.O. Fuller State Park. Leeneshia Edwards was last seen about an hour earlier at the “C.K.’s Coffee Shop” on Union Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-23352796113405523962008-12-21T19:03:00.005-05:002008-12-22T17:06:59.952-05:00Important News, Please Read These LinksIf you're in the UK, please speak out against these proposed laws to your gov; they'll be very bad for sex workers and won't help prostituted folks. (h/t Ren)Also, my bad, but I missed International Sex Workers' Rights Day. (in my defense, I was mostly freaking out about court that day)ETA: from Debi Crow:Please sign the petition here, organised by the English Collective of Prostitutes to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-68699547242652806852008-12-19T21:17:00.005-05:002008-12-21T20:42:22.726-05:00What's in a name?To many of us trans* people, names are important. Unlike most cis* people, we have to choose our names because the names we were given (forced on us?) are not suitable. Very rarely do our parents give us a name we can keep; so that when we tell someone our legal name we are either misgendered or outed immediately.It seems like there is always a post about names in the general Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-40520781066226105342008-12-14T19:04:00.003-05:002008-12-14T19:11:50.739-05:00Win:shortpacked saw a vanity license plate reading "GOPCKS".deriksmith:Mmmm, GOP Cocks. Tastes like Real America! We grow gooood people in our small towns!darthparadox:Leaves me wondering what "Real America" tastes like, because I'm pretty sure the last place that the GOP Cocks were is up the asses of the union workers in Michigan.If "Real America" tastes like the inside of a factory worker's Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-76175866859812846612008-12-08T15:54:00.003-05:002008-12-08T22:39:31.128-05:00Still have writers-block so here are some links:Sarah has helped set up the Trans-Community Activist Network forums (T-CAN); they're for UK-based grass-root trans-activism.Ginmar is asking folks to help out her friend T again; they really want to make sure the kids have a decent Christmas.Renee has several great posts up, I really can't link to any specific one.Racialicious is talking about how, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-72302199291254277162008-11-27T14:02:00.002-05:002008-11-27T14:14:18.914-05:00Happy celebrate genocide day!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-51833160268812545372008-11-20T17:34:00.005-05:002008-11-20T19:50:36.654-05:00TDoRI have no idea what I want to write.There are 29 people, mostly women of color, dead this year (that we know of). There are 412 people dead since we started TDoR ten years ago (412--thats only those we know of).What do you say to that?Any day now I could find out that one of my friends is dead. Any day now I could find out that one of my friends has been assaulted. I could be assaulted or killed Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-80965388863647698642008-11-17T15:58:00.009-05:002008-11-17T20:53:58.084-05:00Another oneSo soon after Duanna another trans* woman of color has been killed.Teish Cannon (Also known as Lateisha Green) was murdered on Friday.And guess what, you guessed it, none of the articles have respected her gender. Her family did, but the newspapers would rather make fun of her."Cannon's family accepted his sexual orientation. Pictures of Cannon in women's clothing were on display in the family's Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-43925688276361882092008-11-16T19:18:00.000-05:002008-11-16T19:20:10.018-05:00Heres the story I just finished for Nanowrimo, For Duanna.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-44562151178068663742008-11-13T22:21:00.006-05:002008-11-14T18:26:02.214-05:00backBack from my grandparents house. OMG, I really dislike my grandma. I have to fight her to do any cleaning beyond dishes! I had to dust the walls/ceilings in secret because she got mad at me for doing it. o.0I wanted to tackle a bit of the mess they call an attic, but noooo.... I can't be moving her precious shit around and actually putting it into boxes and stacking it neatly and getting rid of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669359460369971505.post-66271782746938617952008-11-04T23:33:00.002-05:002008-11-04T23:43:12.297-05:00Obama Won!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2