Some links and fun videos for ‘ya. Hope everyone enjoyed their Sunday!
The Homophobia Keeper – Homophobia in literature (particularly in sci fi and fantasy)
deviance, rape culture, and the courtroom – In cases where one is accused of rape, how does the presumption of innocence shape public perception differently than in other crimes?
Schrodinger’s Rapist – I really like this post, and have used the concept to explain to some of my male friends how I view men differently now that I’ve transitioned, and am more aware of presenting myself as a woman.
Now for a funny video. She’s not actually bad looking to begin with, which is frustrating, but it’s still amusing.
Lotsofblogs have opportunities for readers to share posts they’ve written, and I figured I’d get on that bandwagon. What have you been writing this week? (Or the last few weeks?)
If you don’t have anything to share, why not watch A Very Potter Musical?
El Saadawi already seems to have lived more lives than most. She trained as a doctor, then worked as a psychiatrist and university lecturer, and has published almost 50 novels, plays and collections of short stories. Her work, which tackles the problems women face in Egypt and across the world, has always attracted outrage, but she never seems to have balked at this; she has continued to address controversial issues such as prostitution, domestic violence and religious fundamentalism in her writing.
…this is where I lose sympathy. I get it you’ve lived here longer. And you know what? I do believe that when a wealthier, more powerful group comes into a traditionally marginalized community, seniority does matter. But at some point, you don’t get to pull the seniority card when it comes to your religiously-based objections to female use of public space and transportation. And here, the hipsters weren’t making rules for the entire community. They were using a public street, paid for with everyone’s tax dollars, to ride their bikes. I run out of patience for objections to people using public streets because your religion objects to the female form. I run out of patience where people object to having to see people who are different from them in New York City. This isn’t about, “Damn, all these outsiders are coming in and driving up the rental market and now I can’t afford my place” or “I moved here to live in a neighborhood, not to have a bunch of loud bars built on my block.” This is, “I think that my religious belief regarding the appropriateness of women in public should trump the rights of women to move through public space.”
A call for submissions for Stalled – “With this anthology, we want to explore the sometimes difficult, layered, isolating, heart breaking, frightening, awkward, frustrating, challenging, funny, and/or queer experiences people are faced with in…sex-segregated spaces: changing stalls, detention centers, restrooms, group homes, homeless shelters, locker rooms, and security checkpoints.”
The Angry Tranny – “The Angry Tranny trope is a variation of the classic tone argument aimed specifically at trans women (it is used against trans men too, but as I suggest later I see the implication is specifically to de-gender trans women as angry men), a derail which suggests people would listen to you, if only you were nicer.”
Alright, I guess it wasn’t too many. Still, enjoy!
Judith over at A Lesbian & A Scholar is hosting the first blog Carnival on Privilege, with links to blog posts from around the Internet on the topic of privilege. I submitted a post of mine from September, A Loss of Privilege, or a Gain?, which discussed different perspectives on what ‘privilege’ has meant throughout my transition. Other topics covered by the carnival are Christian privilege, heterosexual privilege, white privilege, and more. Check it out!
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