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this is a way better model... you'll still get transphobic & intersexist drs of course but i prefer this to male / female or even having separate questions for gender & sex.
[we can't see the full form, but i'd suggest having a "something else" option and dominant hormone question too.]
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If a worker who isn't the owner says ANYTHING similar to "I'm not really supposed to do this but-" and then does something that helps you, under no circumstances inform the business, including through reviews. You tell them that the worker was polite, professional, the very model of customer service and why you like to go there. You do not breathe a word of the rulebreaking.
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Upcoming events
This Friday April 5, we're hosting a knitting hour on our discord! 🧶
Bring any crafting projects you'd like to work on or talk about - or just yourself if you're curious to hear about other people's projects!
Time: 15:30 Eastern / 19:30 UTC
Discord: https://discord.gg/j4rp3jYgyn
And on Friday April 19th we are hosting a session for after/extra-thoughts about book picks! If you've read any of our book picks and missed the meeting, or you've had more thoughts about the book, we'd love to hear them!
Same time (15:30 Eastern / 19:30 UTC), same discord!
These one-off events are in addition to our regular book club meetings, which are held on the last Friday of every month. Our upcoming book picks are:
APRIL 2024: The Trans Space Octopus Congregation by Bogi Takács (Apr 26)
MAY 2024: Icarus by K. Ancrum (May 31)
JUNE 2024: Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex by Reis (Jun 28)
Hope to see you there! 💜
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Hello! I’m an intersex literature student in Uni right now looking to write an essay that deals with portrayals of intersex bodies in literature. I was wondering if you/your followers might have any recs on academic books/papers that touch upon this topic? Any help is appreciated. Thank you!
I'd read the last few chapters of Horlacher, S. (2016). Transgender and intersex: Theoretical, practical, and artistic perspectives (pp. 1-27). Palgrave Macmillan US.
As well as the first several chapters of Walker, M. (Ed.). (2022). Interdisciplinary and global perspectives on intersex. Springer Nature.
For the most part these are critiques of intersexist literature like Middlesex (🤮). There is a lot less writing about intersex representation done well, though quality representation does exist (e.g. books by intersex authors like Rivers Solomon and Bogi Takács). Most of that writing isn't peer reviewed - it's book reviews by intersex people, like Bogi's blog and the Intersex Book Club.
If your interpretation of "literature" includes nonfiction, I'd also read:
Ch 1 of Malatino, H. (2019). Queer embodiment: Monstrosity, medical violence, and intersex experience. U of Nebraska Press.
Ch 2 of Rubin, D. A. (2017). Intersex matters: Biomedical embodiment, gender regulation, and transnational activism. Suny Press.
Ch 7 of Horlacher, S. (2016). Transgender and intersex: Theoretical, practical, and artistic perspectives (pp. 1-27). Palgrave Macmillan US.
Hope that helps! I am assuming you have library access to all of these but DM me if you don't. :)
#intersex studies#asks#text#intersex#actually intersex#gender studies#queer theory#intersex literature
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April pick: The Trans Space Octopus Congregation
We liked our February pick Power to Yield so much we've picked another short story collection by Bogi Takács for April: The Trans Space Octopus Congregation.
When we’re meeting
As usual, we meet on the last Friday of the month. We will be meeting to discuss the book on Fri April 26, at:
- 12:30-14:00 Pacific (Vancouver, San Francisco, etc)
- 15:30-17:00 Eastern (Toronto, New York, etc)
- 21:30-23:00 Central European (Berlin, Paris, etc)
for more time zones see here
To join the discord: https://discord.gg/U8ZucKwGPK
Also see: our code of conduct
How much of the book do you need to read?
You don’t need to finish it participate! You are welcome to skim and/or skip chapters as desired. A list of content warnings is available at the front of the book.
Current & future book picks
If this isn’t in the cards for you, our pick for May is Icarus by K. Ancrum!
We're also meeting on Fri April 5th at the usual time (15:30 Eastern) for a social hour devoted to arts & crafts! We'll be talking knitting, crocheting, and other crafts.
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They are perverts and need to mind their business
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body positivity has largely failed because people started arguing for attractiveness and romantic prospects instead of respect and dignity
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Pride history posts on here seem almost exclusively to revolve around Stonewall which can leave the impression that America is the only place where anything important ever happened and obviously is not true so I have compiled a few links where you can learn about LGBTQ history in other countries! Feel free to add
The Brunswick Four and the Toronto raids in Canada 🇨🇦
Queer icons like Virginia Wolf, Oscar Wilde, and Freddie Mercury in Britain 🇬🇧
Cultural revolution in Weimar Germany 🇩🇪
The drag scene in Nigeria 🇳🇬
Gay and lesbian Mardi Gras in Australia 🇦🇺
Frida Kahlo and Mexicos fraught history 🇲🇽
Gay samurai in Japan 🇯🇵
Queer narratives erased by colonialism in Pakistan 🇵🇰
The modern world’s first legal same-sex marriages in the Netherlands 🇳🇱
The honoured Mahu (transgender individuals) in traditional Hawaiian culture 🌺
Hidden queer communities in communist Poland 🇵🇱
Husbands in ancient Egypt 🇪🇬
The Athens pride festival in Greece 🇬🇷
The Homosexual Movement of Liberation in Chile 🇨🇱
Gay rights protests in India 🇮🇳
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it is so exhausting existing as an intersex person in the trans community
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Interpunk / Inter Punk / Intersex Punk
A punk sub-label dedicated to fighting for intersex liberation. Interpunks actively fight against surgeries on intersex children, discrimination against intersex people in sports, misrepresentation, erasure, and fetishization of intersex people in society, and all other forms of intersexism.
This label is inclusive of all intersex traits and conditions, including PCOS and other stigmatized conditions. It is staunchly against "trans!ntersex" and the idea of perisex people "transitioning to become intersex" entirely (not altersex, altersex is fine. It's all about the language).
Interpunks will always call out intersexism when they see it and uplift intersex voices. Above all, interpunks fight for intersex liberation, rights, and voices to be heard.
The color meanings are as follows:
Purple - The diversity of intersex traits and the community
Light purple - Disabled intersex people
Yellow - Pride in being intersex
Pink - Intersex POC
Blue - Queer intersex people
More flag variations + blank under the cut
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Mugshot of a teenage girl arrested for protesting segregation, Mississippi, 1961.
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This meme is inescapable on French insta so I’m posting it here for all to enjoy
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