Interview With Laura Jane Grace

I just watched this interview with Laura Jane Grace and it is very eye opening.  It's long but completely worth it.

Trans issues are often overlooked, unfortunately, and as a high profile trans person, Laura can really affect change.

Watch!

Gender Violatons

For my Intro to Women's and Gender Studies Class, I was recently assigned a short paper.

This was the prompt: "Do something that you think constitutes a violation of gender norms. Pay attention to others' reactions. How do you feel? Embarrassed? Proud? Write a short description of your gender violation and yours and others' reactions to it."

I ended up painting my toenails and this was what I wrote about it:

Finally Unfriended That "Friend"

Today, I finally unfriended one of my "friends" from high school on Facebook.  It was long overdue.  Him being a Evangelical Republican and myself being a Jewish Democrat, it was time.

It came about when I shared this photo on Facebook:

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He commented, "What constitutes a judgement?"  I had had similar conversations where he defended people saying that it's a slippery slope if marriage equality is fully implemented and disagreeing with me when I say you lose credibility when you compare President Obama to Hitler, in relation to gun control.  Not wanting to deal with it, I clicked away and unfriended him.  Just like that.  It was easy.  And extremely satisfying.

Seriously, CNN?

It's times like these when I wonder if CNN even tries to report on the news anymore...  It sure seems like it. They should leave things like this to Perez Hilton.

Seriously, CNN?