Barry’s BlueSky- Untitled May 17, 2024#PoliCartoon: Fat Patients, Fat Patience #FatAcceptance
- Untitled May 17, 2024Thinking of that time that Degas painted the actress Ellen Andree sitting and looking pensive in a cafe, and Monet saw Degas' painting and decided to find the same actress and get her to pose in the same cafe so he could do his own version.
- Untitled May 17, 2024Copyright claims often go too far, crushing free speech and not allowing for the way artists are influenced by, repurpose, and even coincidentally echo, other art. Not this time, though! Jeff Dieschburg is a straight-up tracer who adds NOTHING original when he paints his copies of photos. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- Untitled May 17, 2024#PoliCartoon: Defending Free Speech
- Untitled May 17, 2024My niece dyed her hair pink but there are bees here and now they follow her around because they think she's a big flower.
- Untitled May 16, 2024The Existence of Trains Debate #PoliCartoon #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
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Category Archives: Transsexual and Transgender related issues
Embarrassments – Trans People and Surgery
Not too long ago, I went through a series of surgeries involving intercontinental travel to an unfamiliar country, general anaesthesia, significant trauma, and extended recovery time, including the usual post-anaesthesia depression. I was out of work for over a month. … Continue reading →
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Piers Morgan’s Interview Fail With Janet Mock
Privilege can lead to double-perception; two people look at the same thing and see something entirely different. I used to think of a particular street as a fine place to walk, and was taken aback when a friend of mine … Continue reading →
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Pre-transition Pronouns: Some Guiding Thoughts
A dear cousin of mine, a feminist who was very vocal when I was growing up, did me the courtesy of asking me a question which I paraphrase thus: Thinking of you as Grace is easy enough now, but how … Continue reading →
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Scenes from Trans Policework: Working While Visibly Trans
I wrote most of this on Thanksgiving, but then life demanded that I do other things than finish it, until now. All names have been changed, for confidentiality. — There is a woman who lives in my city. Call her … Continue reading →
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John vs Jon: Culhane Rebuts Rauch On “Gay Victimhood”
Be sure to read John Culhane’s superb response to Jonathan Rauch’s anti-ENDA Time piece. There’s a lot that Culhane wrote that I’m kicking myself for not thinking of in my post, especially this observation: It’s telling, too, that Rauch uses … Continue reading →
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Contra Jon Rauch, ENDA and Marriage Equality Are Different Aspects Of The Same Fight
In “The End Of Gay Victimhood,” Jon Rauch divides gay rights laws into youthful, strong, responsible laws – i.e., marriage equality – and old, weak, victimhood laws – i..e, anti-discrimination law. Consider an odd juxtaposition. Same-sex marriage remains controversial, supported … Continue reading →
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A Statement of Trans-Inclusive Feminism and Womanism
[The text below is copied from the “Feminists Fighting Transphobia” blog. I’ve signed the statement. –Amp] A Statement of Trans-Inclusive Feminism and Womanism We, the undersigned trans* and cis scholars, writers, artists, and educators, want to publicly and openly affirm … Continue reading →
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Scenes from Trans Policework: Someone Has To Clean Up
It wasn’t until he shat that I reflected on how long I’ve been doing this law enforcement thing. One of the security guards, no tyro himself, laughed in revulsion and said, “Oh my GOD! He took a DUKE in the … Continue reading →
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Reading the News While Trans
So, this happened: [Islan] Nettles was out with several other transgender women at 11 p.m. Friday when she ran across a group of men near West 148th Street and Eighth Avenue — directly across from the housing bureau’s Police Service … Continue reading →
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Right-Wing Christians Have No Positive Vision for Boys Who Like Dresses, Or For Trans Girls
An article in New York magazine tells the story of nine-year-old Molly, who at an earlier age was known as Mark: At 3, Mark asked to dress for Halloween as Dora the Explorer; his parents bargained him down to Darth … Continue reading →
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