Hey you all. Been a while eh? Work and school have pulled me under, so I am a bit busy. However, have a few links:
via: jhameia poor people aren’t supposed to want nice things
I don’t know if you guys received the memo; but poor people aren’t supposed to want nice things.
All rags-to-riches (or rags-to-bitches, if [...]
There is an astonishing amount to read at these links, so there won’t be a lot:
Blogging against Disabilism Day 2010 Just read everything. No really. Read everything.
And then the BP Spill pulls up news about how Western thirst for oil plays out in one country in the Global South. First there was this:
A spill of [...]
Sorry guys. I accidentally deleted the disabled women athletes’ post twice tonight and I am so frustrated and angry at myself right now that its probably best for me to step away from the computer, before I lose my temper and throw the contraption outside.
So while I’m recovering my equilibrium, PBS has got a series [...]
So I have the headache from hell, and I wasn’t able to finish the disabled women athletes post. I’ll try to get it up on Monday. In the meantime, environmentally friendly housing has been on my mind. These links are from two old posts I did last year:
Cob Houses
Pic from:Welsh Youth Forum on Sustainable [...]
I’ve had a little project in mind for a few weeks but I’ll need some help bringing it to fruition. As many of you know, when engaging in discussions about contentious topics such as race, gender, politics, oppression, etc., there are always clueless and/or privileged people who whip out arguments so often used and so [...]
Before we head on the the subject of Trans women athletes, lets go back for an update on Caster Semanya.
At the beginning of this controversy, Tami asked the question What do women look like?
You magazine answered Dressed Up. Madeup. Heels. Wearing stereotypically feminine clothes. Softened. Muscles carefully hidden under stereotypically feminine clothes. And flowing [...]
The first thing that we are going to need to know, is, what exactly is Intersexuality?
Then we are ready for the history behind sex testing. Transgriot starts off with Gender Drama at the 1936 Olympics
Robert Ritchie, John Reynard and Tom Lewis continue with Intersex and the Olympic Games
In the following 30 years, the sporting media [...]
I have been watching the World track and Field Championships recently. Specifically the Jamaican team. Usain Bolt has been breaking world records left and right, and is thus getting the lion’s share of press. But the women’s side of the ledger has been way more consistent than the men’s, having racked up three gold medals, [...]
The Examiner’s Ed Moy inquires Does Hollywood ‘white-wash’ the casting of Asian characters in movies? Then he proves it…
After doing some research, I discovered that “The Last Airbender” wasn’t the only recent movie that cast white actors in roles that were originally created as Asian characters.
For example, the character of Kyo Kusanagi will be played [...]
EDIT: I realize the post is long, but I am having the devil of a time cutting it. I am so so sorry.
To celebrate the fall of Section 377 in India,at teh hands of Delhi’s High Court (may it survive the challenge) here’s Human Rights Watch’s This Alien Legacy:The Origins of “Sodomy” Laws in [...]
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