Never forget where you came from
Identity and vulnerable social positioning aren’t necessarily constant things. You move. You grow up. Maybe your gender or sexual orientation …
Tag Archives: social attitudes
Reclaiming nurturing, creating, and the feminine
Misogyny entails dismissing that which has traditionally been associated with women as frivolous and meaningless. And one of the risks …
Based on the colour of one’s skin
There’s a way of talking about race and racism that is really bothering me. It’s when people will interchange racial …
Emotional performance
I’m thinking about social requirements to perform emotional work. If you’re a woman in particular contexts, it’s the not slapping …
Personal space
I’m thinking about personal space, and how it’s tied up in safety, violence, aggression, possession. The extent of personal space …
You’re never to blame for someone doing wrong to you
I’ve spent the last couple of days absolutely kicking myself. Not literally, that would be something to see. At the …
On being the first ones there
I’ve been thinking about “I was here first,” and all the world of trouble such a claim can bring when …
A narrow band of relevance
I’ve been feeling old of late. There are people born in 1995 who are living much louder lives than I …
A property of the clan
Please note that this post discusses brutal violence against a young woman. I want to tell you about when I …
Loving yourself, and the social value of putting yourself down
I have, shall we say, some rather atrocious self-esteem issues. If something I’ve made comes out of the oven undercooked …
The Humbling of a Pretty Girl
One of the biggest news stories right now is on Lauren Scruggs, a twenty-three year old US woman who suffered …
On claiming to be a stupid man who doesn’t know anything
There’s something I hear a lot from men when gender inequality issues are being spoken about. They’ll leave off from …
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 …
Linksplosion!: Approaching sexuality (again) edition
In connection with the last post, The stories we tell about sexuality, links on coming into sexuality, and refiguring it. …
The stories we tell about sexuality
I’m thinking about microcosms, and communal pockets. But mostly about the kinds of stories we tell each other about sexuality. …
