Archive for August, 2007

disagreements between leftists

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Why do disagreements between leftists become so adversarial so quickly?
First example: the protest which led to Bitch being disinvited from the Boston Dyke March. Even more recently: in the town where i live, which has a large Armenian-American population, there was an argument over the Anti-Defamation League’s rejection of the Armenian Genocide, which resulted [...]

brains, biology, destiny, and being fair to one another

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Being transgender is an enigma cloaked in mystery and dipped in murkiness. How and why does gender dysphoria develop at all? Why is it so powerful that many transpeople find it easier to undergo expensive and painful changes to their body than to “just live with it”?
Of course, if i can say, “I [...]

it is an act of charity or pity to love someone like me

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

“There’s Something About Miriam” is old news, but as Marti pointed out, it will be broadcast in the US this fall on Fox, making it new news once again.
But here, i will spoil the whole surprise for you and post the transgender money shot which is the climax of the whole show.
I avoided watching this [...]

don’t bother answering in kind, just shout us down - it’s fun and easy

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

I don’t normally read anything by Heart unless someone i read links to something over there. Let’s just say i have disagreements with some of her points of view.
But what is happening to her now is not acceptable.
Misogynists have shut down her website by pinging it to death, using up her bandwidth allotment, and [...]