This morning I got a message from my past. I sent it on November 6th using a web site called FutureMe, which lets you send messages to your future you. I requested delivery for today, February 13th, 2008.
Here’s the message:
Dear FutureMe,
read this and post about it:
http://www.alternet.org/sex/47666/
And so that’s what I’m doing. It’s appropriate for today, [...]
Archive for the 'being queer' Category
Time machine
13Feb08This is one of a series of posts about Awesome Things To Do In Life.
A gang of six to ten ethically challenged Nova Scotia upperclassmen boys recently took it upon themselves to verbally harass a 9th grade boy for the high crime wearing pink to school, calling him a homosexual.
Seniors David Shepherd and Travis Price, [...]
Privilege
14Jul07The reality of social movements is that they tend to be populated by the people who are most effected by the movement. The civil rights movement of the 50’s and 60’s was predominantly African American. The feminist movement is driven by women. I’ve found myself more and more interested in participating in [...]
Criminalizing heterosexual sex
13May07Note: Sorry if you tried to comment on this post earlier and couldn’t. Comments should now be available.
Yesterday on I Blame The Patriarchy, Twisty asked provocatively: what if all heterosexual sex were deemed a criminal act perpetrated by the male? What if “consent” was irrelevant, and all it took to get a man thrown [...]
Rise Up
10May07Dear Men,
Here’s what needs to happen:
We need a massive fucking male uprising. We need to take to the streets and demand an end to the sexist oppression of women. We need to stop our work and commence studies of the pay distributions in our organizations, and we need the gaps to be closed. [...]
This happened way back in Feburary, but it’s still a shining example of awesomeness, so I’m posting it as the second entry in my series on Awesome Things To Do In Life. Dan Zwonitzer, a republican state representative from Wyoming, stood up against a bill that would prevent the state from recognizing civil unions. [...]
St. Valentine’s Curse
15Feb07In case you hadn’t guessed, I found my camera! It turns out I left it in Stephanie’s car after the reading at The Rubber Rose… which was awesome, by the way. It was a sort of book release party for The IHOP Papers, a novel by Ali Liebegott. I think it was [...]
