The 2019 Oscar nominees are in, and I was quite pleasantly surprised by the inclusivity, especially in the Best Picture category. Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Roma, and Green Book are beautiful stories about race (and after #OscarsSoWhite, we deserve some color). What stuck out to me was that five of the films nominated for Best Picture […]
Read More Should Straight Actors Play Queer Roles?Let’s talk about the intersectional feminist WIN during the most recent midterm elections!
Read More Lets Talk ResultsNot really hip to the news? Us ovaries can help you there! Just don’t ovaryact to it.
Read More What is New on the News?Hi friends! Today I’m debunking my least favorite bullshit argument against trans* people; “there’s only male and female, humans don’t exist on a spectrum.” This is where I’d happy to chime in that statement is inherently false. I’d like to introduce the existence of intersex people aka people that are born with a combination of […]
Read More Stop Using “Biology” For Your Anti-Trans* Agendawe often equate being unavailable with being in a committed relationship. If you’re uninterested, that is enough to make you unavailable.
Read More Ladies… don’t tell him you have a boyfriend.Hi friends, welcome to my first ShoutOut post! In honor of last week being Bisexual Awareness Week, which ended with Saturday being Bisexual Visibility Day I wanted to discuss my experiences as a middle sexuality and bisexual person. What I mean by middle sexuality is that I am in the middle of the sexuality spectrum with […]
Read More Navigating as a Middle Sexuality: Why I’m Not Gay EnoughAs I prepare to graduate in just 6 short days (*sobs), I’m looking back at all my time here while also looking forward to my next adventure. Part of what defined my experience here was my growth in feminism. Prior to college, I would not have called myself a feminist. I would have told you […]
Read More Thanks For the MemoriesThe other night I was sitting in the photo lab on campus, sorting negatives, when I started Speaking Up, one of NPR’s Ted Radio Hour podcast episodes. It began with the story of a queer, Bahrainian woman name Esra’a. She introduced herself to a crowd, describing her upbringing in Bahrain: “You were encouraged to be invisible, and […]
Read More Where are you, in the fight for unity?“I believe that telling our stories, first to ourselves and then to one another and the world, is a revolutionary act. It is an act that can be met with hostility, exclusion, and violence. It can also lead to love, understanding, and community.” Janet Mock, author of Redefining Realness, stated this in personal memoir, or […]
Read More Janet Mock: Transgender Identity and the Notion of “Passing”The last page of Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel Fun Home is of a younger Bechdel jumping into the outstretched arms of her father in a swimming pool, a fully realized moment of connection that the two were often bereft of. The plot follows Alison Bechdel reflecting on her father’s supposed suicide, showcasing both her relationship […]
Read More A Review of Sexuality and Environment in Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home”
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