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Among other posts, I commented on a racially charged dress code policy at a Kansas City club that’s been causing a bit of a stir throughout the city. Apparently, the club owner kicked DJ Jazzy Jeff (you know, of Will Smith and Jazzy Jeff fame) off of the stage when he played Biz Markie’s “Just a Friend.” Even though the legendary hip hop DJ was payed to perform, he apparently wasn’t allowed to play hip hop. The story broke, and there turned out to be a major back story of continued racial discrimination. I wrote about it on Tuesday, and was referenced in the hip hop publication XXL: http://socialsciencelite.blogspot.com/2009/06/kansas-city-club-owner-hates-rap-music.html
And, Tony briefly reviewed Pixar’s up, discussing why Delroy Lindo played the voice of the Rottweiller, and got into some gender analysis when discussing why Alpha had a feminine voice: http://socialsciencelite.blogspot.com/2009/06/thoughts-on-pixars-up-race-makes.html
Review of documentary SURFWISE–accompanied by appropriately feminist rant
obituary of world-renowned herbalist Juliette de Bairacli Levy
Beauty Boot Camp: My local college decides to offer beauty classes to tweens and teens for the summer.
When Good Girls Engage in Oral Sex: Once again another panic documentary about girls with race and class privielge engaging in sex. Of course such behavior is expected from the lower class.
Dear Poor White People: Looking at how the over valuation of whiteness has encouraged working/under class whites to avoid acting in their best interest.
In The Name Of Guns The Council of Conservative Americans Dress Sotomayor in a KKK Cap: It is far easier for an extremist group to refer to Sotomayor as a”whitey hating judge.” than to own their racim
Sunday Shame: Parenting Edition: Society tells us what makes us “perfect parents” come by and admit all of the things you do like taking batteries out of toys that make you a “bad” mommy or daddy.
True Blood is Back! This is one of the few shows to have some better written female characters and one of the few with a brown-skinned Black actress in a leading role. http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/omg-true-blood-is-back.html
My Award of Shame goes to Cornel West for sating he’d rather be in a crack house than set foot in an Obama White House – I know it’s ridiculous isn’t it?
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/youre-so-lame-award-of-shame-cornel.html
How the murder of Dr. Tiller compares to the murder of the 4 Little Girls during the Civil Rights Movement.
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/4-little-girls-dr-tiller-2-murderous.html
I wrote about the consequences –good and bad– of being visibly queer.
The intra-ethnic and different point of views amongst Blacks leads to conflicts as people try to be like-minded in all things (impossible) in:
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/im-not-sure-if-empowerment-is-real-goal.html
One popular music producer who has helped dumb down the industry now claims talent is making a comeback!
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/color-me-dumbstruck-pharrell-says.html
Now that Chastity has become Chaz Bono will Gender Identification get the spotlight it deserves in and out of LGBT circles?
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/will-chaz-bonos-high-profile-help.html
A Black father in Long Island was convicted for defending his family but white men are the real menace to society.
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/john-white-went-to-prison-but-some.html
In case you missed it – some Tony Award highlights
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/tony-award-highlights-let-your-freak.html
Yesterday was the anniversary of the Loving v. Virginia ruling. Let’s ponder how that correlates to the modern day fight for marriage equality.
http://actsoffaithinloveandlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/its-loving-day.html
I vented about a local judge with a severe empathy deficit for sexual assault victims.
And I questioned the wisdom of feminists and progressives “policing” their words.
I get irritated by the characterisation of horniness as a property exclusive to teenage boys.
And I notice the way prejudice gets everywhere, even into Doctor Who.
http://combatqueer.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/06/army-wedding.html
All the fun of a real Army Wedding, the marriage between two soldiers in the same unit, none of the having to actually be there.
http://combatqueer.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/06/weekend-off-.html
What a queer in the Army plans to do with a weekend off.
This week a spirtied debate on another post got me thinking about gender norms in two different posts. I also wrote about the language we use, and Up!
I’m involved with a group based in Western Massachusetts that aims to increase self-confidence among girls aged 11-14 through improvised film-making. Check us out-
http://www.actnow-online.org/
Join our Facebook page- Stay updated, and get involved- http://www.facebook.com/pages/ACT-NOW-Inc/98158262413
The politics of abolishing all migration controls: who would support it? and why?
How everyday habits of speech sometimes illustrate how much we hate the Other.
Do psychological experiments tell us much about ‘human nature’? Are humans ‘inherently bad’ or ‘inherently good’?
Narwhals vs. walruses?
At Merda D’artista, I did a quick comparison between the front covers of Girl’s Life and Seventeen Magazine, with disappointing results:
http://cannedartistshit.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-hell.html
A picture of the Holy Family that I found in a suprising location:
http://cannedartistshit.blogspot.com/2009/06/fitting.html
Inside Editions’ horrendous coverage of Carradine’s death:
http://cannedartistshit.blogspot.com/2009/06/inside-edition-is-keepin-it-classy.html
In Praise of Badass Nuns:
http://cannedartistshit.blogspot.com/2009/06/500-kinds-of-awesome.html
My reaction to Love Won Wout visiting Grand Rapids:
http://cannedartistshit.blogspot.com/2009/06/if-i-dont-see-you-tomorrow-im-going-to.html
And finally, taking British GQ and commenters at Fashionista.com for saying some really hateful things about Beth Ditto’s appearance/musical abilities:
http://cannedartistshit.blogspot.com/2009/06/in-defense-of-beth-ditto.html
What do you want to Judaism to be? I posed that question and bunch of others to Jews of my generation, because the project of Judaism is now ours to undertake or abandon.
A post about the post election violence in Iran. Government forces have not, as far as I have heard (and I have certainly not heard everything that’s going on there), been targeting women specifically, at least not yet, but if the protests continue, as Moussavi has called for them to–if you can log on to TehranBureau, the information’s there, but I’ve been having a hard time getting to the site–my guess is that the explicit targeting of women will become more and more prominent.
I wrote about my hatred of the Wedding Industrial Complex but love of Mr Plog.
I have a short post on some of the women who came before me, and all that I owe to them.
Recently I’ve written about how not airbrushing out a birthmark apparently now qualifies as a Photoshop disaster, and how that same birthmark apparently is a sign of its bearer’s character. I’ve also been thinking a lot about assumptions lately, and how people unconsciously reveal them, which manifested in a post about what some people assume to be true about “typical, average straight gals,” and another one listing the assumptions the writer of that “My Brief Life as a Woman” article must hold.
I wrote the following:
This man should be removed from his position., about the classification of rape by the University of the Pacific.
and
Knowing your audience about Zack Morris’s appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Enjoy!
I wrote a response to an article concerning how ethical it is to force people into treatment for mental illness.
I blogged about a strategy to stop bullying… http://spectrumbeach.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/just-scream/
… and my frustration with the emphasis placed on SOL testing in public schools… http://spectrumbeach.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/stupid-sols/
First Time is a collection of illustrated erotic stories written by an author known as Sibylline. ach story is illustrated by one of ten different artists, which include Cyril Pedrosa, Olivier Vatine, Dominique Bertail, and Dave McKean. There is a wide variety of artistic styles, ranging from deco-style pop art to near-photographic realism.
To say that Stephan Elliott was taken aback when approached to direct Easy Virtue would be an understatement. Asking the man behind the beloved drag queen road movie The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert to adapt a Noel Coward play didn’t exactly seem logical. But the producers of the film insisted there was a method to their madness.
The Sari Soldiers is a documentary that follows the lives of six Nepali women amidst the political turmoil that erupted in Nepal in 2001, after Nepal’s King and nine royal family members were massacred. The film is near perfect. It accomplishes the tenuous balance that only the best documentaries can provide: a bird’s eye view of a convoluted topic achieved through exploring the infinitely specific and intimate stories of the individuals involved.
Whether you love romance, or love to mock it—or, like the authors, both—there’s plenty to enjoy in Beyond Heaving Bosoms… There’s plenty of lovingly-written satire in the Smart Bitches Dictionary, the “Mad Libs” section, and a lengthy “interactive” romance parody in the style of the once-popular “Choose Your Own Adventure” novels.
A sampling from this week’s Bitch Blogs:
Blank Noise Project – I Never Asked For It, profile of a group in India that fights eve teasing (street sexual harassment)
We Got Lame, Jock Bitch fumbles with an ablist word choice
Anti-abortion Mommy Blog Hoax Exposed, a story that’ll make you go, “Wha?!”
Cherry Bomb is going to explode, and I don’t mean in a good way, a new movie about The Runaways makes us want to run and hide
What Colonialism Needs is a Little More Bling, a new book explores Western men’s eroticism of Eastern women
So I’m Not Just Overly Sensitive – Yet another post about whether or not something is appropriate to say, this time following a line in Bridget Jones II: Tumbling Over the Edge of Reason and Into the Pit of Obnoxiousness
Hair Removal Followup – A looking-back post on what methods of hair removal have worked for me
What Do I Want Judaism to Be? – I respond to Daisy’s questions on the subject
On the Edge of Trolling, Part One, Part Two, and Part Three – Open responses to some comments that might be trolls, but might just be someone who is uneducated and rude
I responded to a male radical feminist who argued celibacy for bi and het men “would mean that no woman would be sexually exploited by any xy-chromosome humanoid” in Silly Het Girl: Men I have loved.
The Cheesecake Burlesque Store offers Fun, Sassy and Professional Quality Burlesque Nipple Tassels and Pasties for home and stage! Designed and hand made by performers of the award winning “The Cheesecake Burlesque Revue” from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The vivacious Ricky Hard of the CBR stopped by for a little chat.
http://suchcoolstuff.blogspot.com/2009/06/cheesecake-burlesque-store.html
Haylee of Winter Lights Clothing & Accessories focuses on clothes with an alternative edge targeted toward plus size chicks.
http://suchcoolstuff.blogspot.com/2009/06/winter-lights-clothing-accessories.html
POP INDIA offers vintage kitsch and curios from across the seven seas! Nutmeg travels the world to scout out the most fantastic vintage finds for her friends on Etsy. Right now, she is in India; future destinations include Vietnam and Russia!
http://suchcoolstuff.blogspot.com/2009/06/pop-india.html
Thanks for the opportunity to promote my SEO consultant business at Buzz Marketing Pros. It’s woman owned and operated. Openly allowing self-promotion like this is totally cool of you!
Check out my interview with Danya Ruttenberg on Religion Dispatches about her newly released book, The Passionate Torah: Sex and Judaism. We talked about issues such as the conflict between ‘Jewish culture’ and ‘American culture’, feminism, prostitution, oppressive marriage rituals, and the role rabbis can play in sex education.
I wrote a post on why the cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender is a feminist show. Included is a brief video about the characters of the show (not created by me) as well as two brief character studies of strong female characters within the show.
http://community.feministing.com/2009/06/avatar-the-last-airbender-is-a.html
How does a poet deal with sexism in English language poetry? by Elizabeth.
Thomas wrote about a world music record label (Putumayo) and their new “Women of the World” album in Putumayo & the Politics of Meaning.
Carrie wrote about the First African-American Female Rabbi Ordained.
A tribute to the AIDS activist Thembi Ngubane who just passed away two weeks ago.
Maria questions the standards used in treating prisoners in Rules Undefined.
Emily writes about why education is important and why Dropping Out of High School is No Longer an Option.
Melanne Verveer sworn in as Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues: A Look Back at Her Nomination Hearing
Melanne Verveer was sworn in as Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues on Friday. I was lucky enough to be at her nomination hearing on March 24th and write about the harsh questioning she received from anti-choice Sen. Roger Wicker. Wicker used the opportunity to score political points with his conservative base, rather than focus on the important work Verveer will be doing on human tracking, poverty, illiteracy, genocide, rape as a weapon and, yes, international family planning.
Author Catherynne M. Valente is having trouble. The community of LiveJournal, pagan readers and musicians, etc. have come together for her.
http://valarltd.livejournal.com/976320.html
A brief rant on the loveless world of the pro-forced-birth types
http://valarltd.livejournal.com/975954.html
A report on Hypericon
http://valarltd.livejournal.com/974077.html
The first entry in my ongoing review of the works of Georgette Heyer, the creator of Regency romance novels as we know them. Hint: she hasn’t aged well–http://talulahmankiller.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/a-heyer-love/
aaaaaaaaaaaand I display my vast knowledge of grocery store cakes: http://talulahmankiller.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/let-them-eat-cake/
Some things I have posted about this week.
I suggested that Dr. Leroy Carhart should buy the late Dr. Tiller’s clinic in order to prevent Operation Save America and other anti-abortion terrorist groups from buying the space. http://aikenareaprogressive.blogspot.com/2009/06/dr-leroy-carhart-should-buy-late-dr.html
The Augusta (GA) Chronicle had a racist and offensive cartoon in their newspaper on June 6. It was a picture that had President Obama alongside Adolf Hitler. http://aikenareaprogressive.blogspot.com/2009/06/racist-attack-on-obama-by-hacks-at.html
Domestic violence charges against Kelly Bensimon were dropped, even after she admitted to abusing her boyfriend.
http://aikenareaprogressive.blogspot.com/2009/06/charges-against-kelly-bensimon-are.html
The Kelly Bensimon situation clearly illustrates the fact that female-on-male domestic violence is NOT taken seriously at all here in the United States of America. Al Roker, for example, called domestic violence victim Nicholas Stefanov, a “wimp” for being beaten up by Ms. Bensimon.
A sampling from this week’s Bitch Blogs:
Blank Noise Project – I Never Asked For It, profile of a group in India that fights eve teasing (street sexual harassment)
We Got Lame, Jock Bitch fumbles with ablist wording
Anti-abortion Mommy Blog Hoax Exposed, a story that’ll make you go, “Wha?!”
Cherry Bomb is going to explode, and I don’t mean in a good way, a new movie about The Runaways makes us want to run and hide
What Colonialism Needs is a Little More Bling, a new book explores Western men’s eroticism of Eastern women
The new face of blackface: my issues with this ad (and others like it) where the whitest of the white people imitate what they understand to be “black culture” (I use this phrase loosely.
And since i know at least some of you have adorable pets (fluffy and otherwise) submit your pics to be featured on Fuzz Therapy. Details and link for submission guidelines can be found here.
oh yeah, and this ad about a little girl wanting to be a fucking “shoeologist.”
this week at The Uncensored Pen I wrote the following:
A reflection on the recent violence by right-wing extremists.
Slapped in the face by my Liberal Dude “Friend.”
Finding an alternative (plastic free) deodorant that WORKS.
That last one may interest those of you trying to live more sustainably…
This week I posted an update on the Oscar Grant murder trial; Judge to Mehserle: “I Don’t Believe You”. Via Twitter I also came across tweets from Rainn Wilson (Dwight on The Office) that prompted another edition of People I Love Who Have Done Shit I Hate. And amongst other posts, at the end of the week I got introspective and pondered Sexual Attractions in a Kyriarchal Society, asking the question, “is there really such a thing as innocent preferences when we’re indoctrinated with sexism and racism?”
Just one thing to self-promote this week, but it’s a biggie: The Poverty-Sink Theory of Capitalism, in which I start to put together some of my economic philosophy musings into a coherent scheme.
Angry Black Woman wants to write a script about Wolverine, with the sole purpose of insuring his love interest is still alive and well at the end. In Why Does Being Hard-Boiled Now Require Boiling a Loved One First? I ask why contemporary writers seem to think tragedy is men’s only heroic motivator. And added a counterexample from an only slightly earlier era.
Continuing what seems to have been this week’s theme of men’s expectations of men, I wrote about Chivalry vs. Courtesy, and jumped on Michael Lewis’s indoctrination-reinforcing new book about fatherhood in Stories Everyone Told Fathers.
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My thoughts as a mid range escort on the depiction of high end escorts in The Girlfriend Experience movie.
My thoughts on “The Aggressives”, a documentary about butch women of color that I screened at my sex-positive film series:
http://clarissethorn.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/sex-positive-documentary-report-9-%E2%80%9Cthe-aggressives%E2%80%9D/
A bold reboot/re-imagining of the original Star Trek presented as a “virtual internet series” created in 2005 (well before that new movie was even being considered).
It’s an ‘occupational-drama’—such as Mad Men or Breaking Bad—and less of a sci-fi piece. Very different from anything to come before that’s had Star Trek in the title. The characters are more true to life, men and women struggling with their flaws and limitations. And the preoccupation with ‘future technology’ is stressed in only the most ancillary manner.
It’s designed with viewers of HBO, Showtime, AMC and FX in mind. It’s edgier than it’s source material as well as aesthetically more ‘low-tech’ and realistic.
I’m posting this here because 1) I’m a regular reader and 2) because I think the cumulative knowledge I’ve gained as regards to feminism (what it is and what it is not) through out my life informs how I think and thus write these characters. You be the judge.
I recently traveled to Iran with a grassroots diplomacy delegation to promote peace between the US and Iran. With the violence and outrage erupting at what appears to be a stolen election, this is going to be a crucial time to make sure our government still pursues peaceful relations with Iran. Sanctions and isolation are only going to hurt the pro-democracy movement. Before and during my trip, I collected audio/video/written messages of peace from Iranians and Americans. You can see a highlight video and all the messages here: http://www.peaceactionwest.org/citizendiplomat/message/
Most of my posts have been short little links or comments, but a few are worth posting links to, I hope.
I have one more reply turned post, Tiller style. Yes, it’s another one about late term abortions, and in this one I am addressing the “I had a healthy premie baby, so late term abortion is wrong” myth. I didn’t post the whole back and forth, but if someone is looking for some incisive snark, I was cranky and on a roll if you follow the link to all the comments.
I also posted a goofy mnemonic to help me remember a particular drug, using the song “Da Butt” by E.U.
And, I am switching theme songs from “Under Pressure” (Bowie/Queen) to the Final Countdown. Five days. Wish me luck.
In Sex, Race, Class, and Easy Targets I consider why some people who have otherwise been silent about anti-vaccine foolishness have gone after Oprah for having Jenny McCarthy on her show.
In Creative Tensions, I use a quote from Adrienne Rich as a starting point from which to explore the role of competing claims on one’s time in shaping art (or the lack thereof).
Also, anyone who lives in the Seattle area should come see my photographs at HouseWares during the Edmonds Art Walk this Thursday and come hear me read speculative fiction this Saturday at Wayward Coffeehouse.
I put my two cents into the feud between David Letterman and Sarah Palin.
This week, I wrote about what I mean when I use the term “counterculture” to describe my graduate research.
I put up list of links with some commentary from the past couple of weeks.
I’d love to have feedback on the web video “Did you know?” which gets shown a lot in my library science program. I’m uneasy about its overall effect and I’d love some media-savvy thoughts from y’all.
Finally, I just wrote a post about the Christian Civil Liberties Union’s attempt at book banning and book burning, and their failure to understand the concept of a “hate crime.”
I lay out why Minca is the best ramen joint in Manhattan.
The difference between rude and hurtful, and what we can reasonably expect from others.
’09 Style: a post about why it is annoying when people approach college the way Asher Roth does.
On deadly food allergies and food intolerances:
http://sirensmag.com/2009/06/feminoshing-when-just-one-bite-can-kill/
My thoughts on “Letterman vs. Palin”
http://kim-littlemssunshine.blogspot.com/2009/06/letterman-vs-palin.html
I’m hosting the 3rd Asian Women Blog Carnival! Call for submissions started this week and the deadline is Aug 15 ^^ Please spread widely kthx! ^___________^ Submissions open to primarily those who identify as Asian women, although submissions from allies are also welcome.
A few really cool items at our site this week: The always sharp cartoonist Modern Hooker asks what kind of guy hires an escort, then goes into more numerical detail about it. Monica Shores looks at the fallacies of John schools (among other things, they’re a loophole for rich men), and activist Audacia Ray has a rare audio interview with COYOTE founder Margo St. James.
Is this not going thru?
A sampling from this week’s Bitch Blogs:
Blank Noise Project – I Never Asked For It, profile of a group in India that fights eve teasing (street sexual harassment)
We Got Lame, Jock Bitch fumbles with ablist wording
Anti-abortion Mommy Blog Hoax Exposed, a story that’ll make you go, “Wha?!”
Cherry Bomb is going to explode, and I don’t mean in a good way, a new movie about The Runaways makes us want to run and hide
What Colonialism Needs is a Little More Bling, a new book explores Western men’s eroticism of Eastern women
What’s new on Women’s Glib…
On those ads for the new season of True Blood.
On representations of women in Japanese and Western animation.
A guest post by a friend of mine on displays of young women’s sexuality.
I wrote about a city in Washington that banned thongs and why I’m devastated by <a href=http://damsel.typepad.com/damsel/2009/06/girl-next-door-gets-knocked-up.htmlKendra’s pregnancy.
I wrote a post comparing a study on frat boys, homophobia and sexual assault, to allegations of gang rape against Austraian footbal players.
Over at Happy Bodies , we discussed the the ethics of attraction and how our sexual desires relate to our feminism.
What Slate’s Prudence missed in her advice to a young woman who dealt with sexual harassment in the workplace, a bit with Playboy’s “So Right It’s Wrong” hate-fucking article and my response to The Frisky’s view that we shouldn’t call it rape, and I asked myself if I’m a glass half-full or glass half-empty progressive.
During an excruciating recovery from oral surgery, I woozily wondered if even pain was a gendered experience. http://postbourgie.com/2009/06/09/boy-pain-girl-pain/
“Obesity Drops Risk of Severe Swine Flu More Than 40%” – but, strangely enough, that’s not what the CDC and the mainstream media are saying.
Video of protests in Tehran. Women are taking more of an interest in their vote in this election, and they are fighting and bleeding for it.
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Thanks for the opportunity to promote my SEO consultant business at Buzz Marketing Pros. It’s woman owned and operated. Openly allowing self-promotion like this is totally cool of you!
This looks like a splogger who needs deleting (if I’m mistaken, then apologies)
And, is it OK to shamelessly promote another person?…
I wrote about changing gender definitions and the young LGTB movement in India.
Defiance
What Angelia Sparrow said @ post 33. Tiptree award winning author needs help. Ergo her fans are holing an auctio to help her out. Buy stuff, fund her podcast, etc…
Cereta on LJ writes about rape and men
I’m trying to keep on top of the Iranian uprising on Twitter, and I’ve just posted about a violent police assault on dorms at Tehran University last night.
I’m also working on a post on gender and the Iranian protests, but it’s not quite finished.
We’re a day late because we’re still at the IWWG conference and short on Internet time… but here’s what we wrote on EvilSlutopia.com this week:
We continued our “The Pill Kills” campaign coverage with The Pill Destroys Relationships? and Read The Fine Print: It Might Save Your Life. We took a look at yet another dudely reading list, did a Dumb Things Guys Say round up, vented about exes and friends, and dissected ways to catch a cheating spouse. We also awarded the commenter of the year prize. Plus a Bonus Guest Blog from Jezebel’s brother: Topless Tearoom Tragically Torched!
Why Women Should Care About Animals – a short list.
Alternate titles that I considered:
“Feminists shouldn’t ignore the leading cause of death for women: eating dead animals.”
“Why an examination of women as chattel deserves an examination of CHATTEL.”
“My sisters of separate species.”
Respect campaign provides tools related to respectful relationships provides information about tools from The Family Violence Prevention Fund in conjunction with Macy’s.
David Letterman’s joke about knocking up Gov. Palin’s daughter looks at the harm of DL’s joke even if it wasn’t a rape joke and the harm that’s done if we ignore the underlying judgmental narratives about girls who become pregnant.
Thank you so much for the opportunity to promote my shop! I run KM Stitchery, a one woman operation, selling eco friendly shirts with hand cut stenciled images of feminists! Check out my etsy shop!
I have just posted a couple of things about hijras on my blog. They are a very overgeneralized introduction, but they are building up to two more posts that are going to push the boundaries of culture, gender and sexuality. I look forward to writing about it.
http://fuzzytheory.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/hijras-part-i/
http://fuzzytheory.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/hijras-part-ii-colonization/