One thing that the movement uses to try to keep out transwomen and make them into the ‘other’ category, if not try to make them men, is the idea of Womyn-born womyn. Womyn-born womyn is a form of discrimination that exerts cisgendered privilege of having born into a sex that accurately and correctly corresponds to [...]
Defining Gender is Like Defining Marriage
Many times, when I read or re-read the works of transphobic people under the banner of feminism such as Lisa Vogel or Janice Raymond, one has to wonder why these people are so obsessed with deriding transsexuals. Why they want to limit spaces for women to those fortunate enough to have been born cisgendered is [...]
A Godless Christmas, Just Like the Other 364 Days of the Year
I was browsing around on the Internet and I saw a post on the American Atheists blog about an advertisement campaign that the American Humanist Association has started in the Washington DC area. There are now advertisements on the sides of buses that read to the effect of “Why believe in a god? Just be [...]
I Have a Good Body Image! No, Seriously!
I know I bitch every other moment about either being fat, not having seen adequate breast development yet or not having the surgery yet. But you know what, to tell the truth, I am proud of my body image now. And yes, I am serious when I say that – I love the way my [...]
Black Friday with Erica
If there is one thing I really fucking hate about the holidays, it’s the black friday shopping day. Normally, I sit at home or at work thinking about all the idiots who are out shopping at the mall at the same time every fucking year. Which makes me feel guilty for saying that I went [...]
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