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I watched my 91yo granny, more my mum than anyone, crying her heart out as she buried her baby sister today. I was compleely blanked by loads of family because they just didn't even know who I was. I am in no mood for social media fuckery so apologies if I'm a bit more 'fuck you' than usual!
I probably won’t be able to get into it properly until next month but with IWTV, HOTD THE ODYSSEY and so many other book to film adaptations that are these big events we are asking a lot more questions about the relationship between the original and new material. Not new questions but certainly more
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In the fall of 2004, I went to the Cambridge YWCA gymnasium to see Phil Elverum (aka The Microphones, aka Mt. Eerie) play a solo show It was stunning in general, but the highlight was his cover of Jonathan Richman's "When I Say Wife" Heartbreaking now, given what happened... But here it is:
WTF is "visually identified sex at birth" vs "sex at birth"? And like "visually identified race" vs "regional race" sounds like they're saying "even if you don't look like a minority, would the Nazis have found your ancestry and murdered you? Would you pass the Jim Crow one-drop rule?"
I touched on this at the end of my piece, but one thing I find shocking about May Pollard's death, speaking as a reporter, is that it took two months after knowing a major trans lawsuit had been dropped due to the suicide of one of the teen plaintiffs and knowing May Pollard's name.
This is smart. I think it's that TERFs see "enduring sexism" as THE defining characteristic of womanhood, the same way they see "enacting patriarchal violence" as THE defining characteristic of manhood. Recognizing that women can be patriarchal, or that some non-women experience sexism, blows it up.
Sorry to bang on about Gender, but the cultural infantilization of men -- the way everything is aimed at making guys act like shitty 14-year-olds forever -- has the same purpose as the centuries-old infantilization of women. People who are kept in childhood are easier to order around and (mis)lead.
Trans people weren't segregated 2 years ago, to make just one obvious example to show how Starmer is a lying liar who lies and that's why he's gone. May he spend the rest of his life reflecting on what he has done and stepping on lego every day. Sadly, I doubt either will happen.
Not just trans men tho also trans women doing the “do you really want ME in the mens/womens bathroom“ and it just means nothing cause no, they dont want you like that in that bathroom, they want you detransitioned and whatever risk you get by remaining trans be on your head
"SCOTLAND’S human rights watchdog is being sued by one of its leadership team over claims it discriminated against her “gender-critical” beliefs. "Claire Methven O’brien, a civil liberties lawyer, is taking legal action against the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC)." [Telegraph]
The Telegraph are unhappy there’s a government report that exposes *exactly* the kind of misinformation they publish as front page headlines on a daily basis! So, of course, they’re desperate to undermine it! 😆 Here’s the report they don’t want you to see… 👉🏻 usher.ed.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
"Belfast Fleadh will showcase music and dance from Ulsterscots, South Asian and other cultures as part of the world’s largest celebration of traditional Irish music, song and dance. "Fleadh Cheoil na héireann is expected to bring around 800,000 visitors to the city from August 2-9." [Bel Telegraph]