July 2012
44 posts
You can be body-positive and still have preferences. You can be a feminist and still love men. You can be sex-positive without being interested in casual sex. People seem to forget that the core principle of all of these is as simple as not being an asshole.
bbonefish:
Distance can suck my big right toe.
hating on geography with you ;)
and also
i’m in love, and growing more so every day. and it’s a wonderful feeling. He (usually preferred pronoun, he identifies as bigender) is gentle and loving and caring and kind, he goes out of his way to help people in need. He’s a practicing buddhist, which i find wonderful. I’ve known lots of people who kind of identify as buddhist, but few who can cite anything more than...
Gay marriage, adoption allowed in France in 2013
liberalbutnotpartisan:
AFP: Gay couples in France will be allowed to get married and to adopt children starting next year, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announced on Tuesday. The announcement comes just days after Paris held its annual Gay Pride parade.
Equality: in this case, France is doing it right.
“The world is not full of Attractive People and Unattractive People. It’s full of...”
– Kate Harding (via bunnicula)
Petition to bring Legal Action against the...
golden-zephyr:
Help us fight against the National Geographic TV show American Gypsies, TLC’s My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and other programs that cause Romanies actual harm, pain and suffering. These shows do not represent even a small fraction of the total Romani (Gypsy) population. It represents only a few outrageous and controversial individuals in a way that is SCRIPTED to exaggerate a...
DSM Replaces Gender Identity Disorder With Gender... →
maiamorgan:
It’s about fucking time.
blackbutshining:
The Hobbit to be a trilogy?
abloodymess:
clintisiceman:
dyinggod:
The rumors have sort of been circulating for a little while now, but it looks like Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit might be three films, rather than the originally announced two. Apparently, with the material from the actual Hobbit book, combined with original stuff and stuff gleaned from Tolkien’s extensive...
Discrimination is Real
golden-zephyr:
Yes, I admit it freely - I have passing privilege.
But, this doesn’t stop people asking “what are you?” or “where are you from originally?” When I try to explain, I usually have to drop in the word “Gypsy” for anyone to understand.
“I’m Rromani”
“Romanian? Cool”
“No, Rromani. Not Romanian”
“Romawhat?”
“Gypsy”
“OHH!!!”
Responses I get range from “omg me too!” to nervous...
1216) I have a rare opportunity. I have a new name...
"BUT WE'RE NOT CRAZY"
genderbitch:
There’s a lot of good reasons to take off or at least adjust the DSM entry for gender identity disorder. Pathologization of gender existence, medical gatekeeping, defining it as more of a bodily issue for just the folks with bodily dissonance and leaving everyone else alone so that needed medical care can be gotten and no medical “care” is forced on those who don’t need it, etc etc...
Dear person who "isn't like that",
cctcd:
sassyandrogynefriend:
You are the FIRST person I will assume is like that until your actions prove it.
Sincerely,
One of many who assumes these things because it’s a fucking survival technique
P.S. Go away.
Chances are, if you have the need to tell me this, you probably are “like that,” and you’re lying to yourself. It doesn’t matter whether I’ve known you for years or your “I’m...
“Israel’s use of solitary confinement against children flagrantly violates...”
– Israel urged to treat Palestinian child detainees in accordance with rights law – UN (via sexartandpolitics)
golden-zephyr replied to your post: just over 12 hours till i’m seeing my new lover….
(are they technically your lover then?? ;-) LOL I love you. HAVE A GOOD TIME AND I WANT TO HEAR EVERYTHING… well, not… everything… lol)
They’re definitely already my lover :D and i’ll be back on saturday, prepare yourself for some juicy details :D
just over 12 hours till i’m seeing my new lover. for the first time!
When did you get tested last?
Went to the LGBT health centre today, to get an HIV test. They gave me a sliding scale for the fee, and threw in a Hep-C and Syphillis test while they were at it.
All results were negative, as expected. But it’s always good to have that reassurance, in particular as i’m entering a new relationship.
FrP Leader Siv Jensen: Send Romani People Out of...
golden-zephyr:
This weekend Romani people had settled in Årvoll region of Oslo. Then, the protests of the neighborhood had turned into several physical attacks with fireworks and stones against the Romani camps.
While the city council argues these people’s future, FrP leader Siv Jensen called the authorities to take immediate action. Jensen asked the government to arrange some means to...
Lying sleepless in bed. Tossing and turning, my mind full of hot steamy thoughts of this person i met – only a week ago, only a week – in chat. Who wants me, whom i desire. My body aching with phantom touches, promises of feathers and teeth, caresses and pain.
Haven’t felt like this in years.
And i feel hopelessly outclassed. They are much younger than me, but they are so very much more...
tybaar:
autumn-and-eve:
Trans women are assumed to be men. When we’re feminine, we’re not feminine women (which the gender binary approves of), we’re feminine men. And being held to the position of maleness, at the top of the hierarchy, with the most gender capital, when we associate ourselves with the bottom of the hierarchy, when we give up our gender capital, when we’re women, it’s...
The media should call it slavery, not 'Traveller...
golden-zephyr:
An article from the Guardian UK. I have to state upfront, that I do not like the way this is written. I don’t like the use of the words ethnic Travellers, Romany Gypsy and Gypsy. Why is it that they qualify “Travellers as “Ethnic”” but then use the slur Gypsy? I grew up largely in the UK - I understand that there is a muddy pool of ethnicities over there all scrunched together...
The person I reblogged this from is beautiful.
A gender-neutral third-person pronoun has arisen... →
blackbutshining:
kevinclarkcomposer:
so-treu:
and it sounds(?) like it grew out of african american communities.
I fucking love language.
I don’t know that I agree with their statement that there isn’t a gender-neutral pronoun, “they” is totes legit, it just doesn’t specify singularity if it hasn’t already been established.
cctcd:
kiriamaya:
Trans* folks often talk about “passing privilege” as an advantage that some of us receive when we look cis enough to whoever is passing judgment. Serano’s rather more blunt about it; she just flat-out says (and I’ll find the exact quote later; remind me if I forget) that trans* people who are “passed” by cis people are extended cis privilege. Which makes sense, and which...
I am so… horny. Or something like it.
I want to dive into submission, into pain and pleasure and worship and service, to lose my mind to sensation and depravity, and to resurface sometime next week.
I’m like, making advances to old play-partners and friends in chat, it’s not been like this for ages.
And of course in two weeks time my own dear little sub is coming to visit....
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My Problem with Europe
golden-zephyr:
Is that I grew up there; I have relatives who still live there; and I have experienced first hand the racism and hatred that are perpetrated against my people.
Yes, I am quite aware that I have light skin and eyes and don’t *look* Gypsy according to all y’all… so, imagine if I was a victim of racism, how much worse it is for those who are not so privileged?
I’ve had multiple...
Once was, is again
whooda-thunkit:
I sit helpless, watching from across the water As what I have predicted for so long Unfolds slowly, a blossom of agony I sit ranting futilely, watching from across the water As sparks of hate catch flame Fueled by governments and media I sit in tears, watching from across the water Knowing that these next couple of generations Might be the last of an ancient people I predicted...
As i mentioned last night i have been away from tumblr for a while. At first it was because of the WGT (Wave Gotik Treffen) approaching and that being the deadline for finishing all my sewing.
After the WGT, which was again a great event, i was just tired, so didn’t resume coming on tumblr nor any sewing. I had, and continue to have, tons of ideas for what to sew. But i needed a break. And...
mailasanna:
What have I become my sweetest...
