Posted on May 16, 2008 by tigtog
The various posts of Melissa’s that are being cross-posted as Feminism Friday posts all originally had extensive comments threads associated with them on Shakesville. Since the introduction of Shakesville’s new commenting system (replacing Haloscan with Disqus) the links to the original Haloscan comments threads no longer appear on the Shakesville posts, although the Haloscan [...]
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Posted on May 2, 2008 by tigtog
Posted on April 24, 2008 by tigtog
Directed by experimental filmmaker Kortney Ryan Ziegler, still black is a feature-length documentary that explores the lives of six black transgender men living in the United States. Through the intimate stories of their lives as artists, students, husbands, fathers, lawyers, and teachers, the film offers viewers a complex and multi-faceted image of race, sexuality and trans identity.
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Posted on April 12, 2008 by tigtog
I’ve got a health crisis within the family to deal with, so my internet time will be devoted to finding out about that for a while.
I’ll keep track of comments and moderation of same, but there won’t be any major posts from me here for the next few weeks. I’ll still be posting snippets [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2008 by tigtog
Holla Back Australia empowers Australian women to holler back at street harassers. If you’ve been harassed or groped on public transport, playing sport, eating out, working, walking between classes, dancing the night away, walking the dog, or enjoying the beach - you have the right to feel safe and to be safe. You don’t need [...]
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Posted on January 22, 2008 by tigtog
It’s the 35th anniversary of the U.S.A. Supreme Court in the case of Roe v. Wade, a decision which allowed the legalisation of terminations of pregnancy in the U.S.A. on what is widely viewed as essentially a technicality, which is why the case is still so important. There is no Federal legislation decriminalising [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2008 by tigtog
I have been distracted over the holiday break, and this has meant that over the last month or so I have allowed some commenters through whom I would normally have cut off at the pass. The tone of the blog has suffered badly as a result. Those commentors are aggressive and are discouraging [...]
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