December 2011
21 posts
Femmes and Family: I am queer. Intentionally. →
femmesandfamily:
I say that intentionally.
I am not a lesbian. Not bi. Not straight. Not pan. Not gay.
I am queer. Intentionally. I intentionally use this term although others may apply.
Because being queer is political. It is fucking shit up. It is reconstructing broken elements. It is loving multiple sexes…
astheplanetsbend:
Sometimes I just want to rip my shirt off, pound my chest, and scream my OTP’s name into the darkness of my living room.
One teachers approach to preventing gender...
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said:...
definatalie's bits: [Trigger warning] On Being a... →
pastthestorm:
fox-power:
As a sex- and body-positive person, I know that there is nothing wrong with having consensual sex with whoever you want, and that human bodies are beautiful. As a survivor of rape, anything even vaguely connected to sex causes guilt and fear, and that my…
yes yes yes this. been looking for the words to describe this for a while.
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“Men who rape are commonly presumed to be acting upon desires and frustrations,...”
– ”Men Who Rape: The Psychology of the Offender” By A. Nicholas Groth, H. Jean Birnbaum (via slutwalksigns)
“According to Baudelaire, anyone can live for three days without bread, but no...”
– Figures of Lightness (via summergirl88)
Essay due in T minus 147 minutes. 900 words to go,...
