Book Review: A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner
Emily Horner’s A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend (2010) is glorious. Cass Meyer, bicyclist, pacifist, Quaker, and high …
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The Fifty-Sixth Down Under Feminists Carnival
Welcome to the fifty-sixth month of Down Under Feminists Carnival goodness. I am your host, Chally, and I am glad …
Review: Sapphistries by Leila J. Rupp
Leila J. Rupp, Sapphistries: A Global History of Love Between Women (New York: New York University Rress, 2009). Firstly, I …
My Transsexual Summer, and what goes into diverse representations
My Transsexual Summer recently aired around these parts, a year after it was aired by the UK’s Channel Four. It’s …
Queerness and deception
I’m thinking about the idea that queer people, before they come out or are outed, are deceptive. It’s the idea …
Linksplosion! July edition
Sticking to recent links for once! Peeling Back The Labels: ‘Femme’ By Default by Becca Dickerson at Racialicious: Discovering hard …
Homes and hearts
Yesterday was IDAHO, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. A friend of mine was giving a speech for the …
Linksplosion!: How we relate edition
thought for the day: why are we still framing the conversation this way? by Anna at the feminist librarian: The …
Dipping into a Very Gender-Conscious 2012 in Australian Popular Culture
Crossposted at Gender Across Borders. Popular culture helps its audiences to play out their feelings and experiences against its mirror. …
Wishing for normal lives or satisfying ones
This just about breaks my heart: I would be fine with a gay kid! You can tell mine are going …
The Forty-Sixth Down Under Feminists Carnival
Hello and welcome to the forty-sixth edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival! I last hosted DUFC #12, so I’m …
Sexuality, queerness, and children’s knowledge about themselves
I’ve been having a think about adult habits of disappearing childhood sexuality, and what this means for queer sexualities. You …
“You shine a light on hidden parts”: the many layers of Garbage’s “Cherry Lips”
On this Music Monday: one of my very favourite songs is “Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)” by Scottish-American outfit Garbage. …
Elsewhere I’ve been
Did you hear about Emma Sullivan? She’s a teen from Kansas in the United States who was chastened! chastened as …
In whose favour are the rules of politeness made?
Who gets to determine what constitutes politeness? In whose favour are the rules of politeness made? I’m thinking about rules …
