This week, I’m meeting with the psychiatrist who oversaw my transition and the first few months of my re/de-transition. I’m not seeing her for therapy–at least, not technically–but as an update: to tell her how things are going and what…
Day: April 14, 2009
Educating 101
So–thanks again in significant part to me–the thread on Cara’s boycott post has already been derailed into a thread about the problem of expecting education from members of a marginalized group. So I figured I’d start a new thread. Mind,…
Housewives, Babymakers, and Sex Partners
Today on Here and Now, Robin Young featured Meghna Damani, the maker of a new documentary about being made a “dependent spouse” by virtue of a U.S. immigration visa, Hearts Suspended. Damani, while living in India, was an accomplished executive…
Oh No He Didn’t.
“If you’re planning on tea-bagging around the country, you’re going to need a Dick Armey.” And a graphic that says “Teabag Mouthpieces.” Ezra, via Auguste.
On Cis Supremacy, Feminism and Feministe
The image above was created by Voz, and was posted on her blog with a call for trans women to boycott both Feministe and Feministing. The reason that Feministing is being boycotted is, at least most directly, because of this…
N.Y. Gov. Paterson will introduce same-sex marriage bill
Love him. Hope the State Legislature follows through.
Confirm Dawn Johnsen
Dawn Johnsen is a great progressive legal mind who has been tapped to head the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice. Because she has a history of standing up for reproductive freedom (she worked at NARAL Pro-Choice…
$80,000 a year? I would take it too
Laos, originally uploaded by JillNic83. Yeah, I would go back here. Some law firms are offering associates $80,000 a year to take time off and do whatever they want. It’s sort of a scary prospect in this economy to leave…