August 2010
12 posts
I spent a lot of time feeling that the way I look was out of step with my gender...
– body image and the effeminate guy (via genderqueer) (via yellowbeesteward)
July 2010
30 posts
hoax zine: HOAX #4: OFFICIAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!... →
hoax. is gearing up to put out #4 and we need yer help! we are looking for a wide variety of things, including essays, artwork, recipes, and whatever else you want to submit. the topic for #4 will be feminism & hirstories.
here are some examples of what we are looking for: the “click”…
F'REAL LAST CALL: Submit to Femme a Barbe 2, the...
Femme a Barbe seeks to promote discussions of identity and desire (mostly) through that stuff that grows (or doesn’t grow) on our faces. Whether you love it, hate it, want it, got rid of it or are trying to grow it…. From Issue 1: “To the Secret Freaks: Come with me! Dare to imagine a world full of women with beards and other gender outlaws, to imagine the possibilities of a...
: Rachel Maddow. →
yellowbeesteward:
Amazing Write Up from Autostraddle Re: Maddow’s Year book picture and all the hate.
http://www.autostraddle.com/policing-rachel-maddows-gender-52441/
Seriously go read it, here’s a quick run down from the piece:
“To queers, Rachel Maddow’s photo might inspire a knowing smile or empathetic LOL. But amongst a certain kind of Conservative Human, it’s inspired something else...
I want you to know that I know it is not always easy to love me. That sometimes...
– Excerpt from The Femme Piece by Ivan Coyote. (via neutresex) (via genderqueer)
True Life: I'm Changing My Sex
yellowbeesteward:
leotron:
I finally watched MTV’s True Life: I’m Changing My Sex. I think that it was pretty well done, for the most part. I didn’t like the very cliche moments of filming the male-to-female person applying make-up, and while I could totally understand why Ted wanted to burn his binder, I couldn’t help but think how useful that used binder might be for someone else can’t...