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I thought I was the only one: Under-represented voices in public discourse
Panellists MAXINE BENEBA CLARKE, winner of the 2013 ‘Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript’;
SAM TWYFORD-MOORE, Writer and Director of the Emerging Writers’ Festival;
ALYENA MOHAMMADALLY, founder of Queer Muslims in Australia Group and Chair of the Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council;
LIA INCOGNITA, Shanghainese/Melburnian writer and performer; and
JEFF SPARROW, Overland editor.
Moderated by: Overland publicist and 3CR broadcaster BEC ZAJAC. Wed 19 June at Hares & Hyenas, Melbourne. Book at the link above, $5.I’m speaking on this panel next Wednesday, you have to book but no one will be turned away if you don’t have $5.
Posted on June 12, 2013 via Lia Incognita with 9 notes
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Surgery to change the appearance of the genitals of intersex infants is not medically necessary, it’s considered socially and culturally necessary.
Kuhnle and Krahl (2002) found, in research in Malaysia, that the sex assignment of intersex infants varied not simply based on their diagnosis but also the culture of their parents and the position of women in that culture. […]
The treatment of intersex infants in Malaysia, and also in Australia, is just as culturally-specific as the cases argued to support female genital mutilation. It is simply the case that it can be difficult to objectively observe our own cultural norms.
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A Code of Honor for Leatherdykes - Pat Califia, 1996
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femininity was only tolerated if it was extremely theatrical whereas expressions that read as genuine were not
This is so much the case here too.
Posted on May 24, 2013 with 9 notes
Source: skysquids
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while it’s good to challenge this stuff in yourself don’t make someone else’s body a laboratory for experimenting with your biases
Posted on May 22, 2013 with 7 notes
Source: gudbuytjane.wordpress.com
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Like, every morning I get up and put on clothes wondering if looking like a teenage boy is gonna result in fewer uncomfortable interactions than looking like a 26yo woman, while also trying to match my clothes to my nails, while always already running late, and I don’t want to be a brain in a jar on the internet cos I love food & dancing & yr skin on mine but I also don’t know if these wincing moments are how I feel about my body or just how it’s interpreted in a category or series I didn’t choose or define, and you can’t walk into a room without culture to think about yourself independent if significance so instead I have a lot of blogs and feelings and feminism is pretty inadequate but something, and writing is one way of being present but invisible.
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fuck this i’m going back to livejournal
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The truth is if I do find someone while I am out tonight, I want them to know that I am not good at being a girl, that there are other things about me beyond my precarious femininity that I value more, and that if things work out, I will expect them to value.
Allie Shyer, Fat Queer Tells All: On Fatness and Gender Flatness -
There is little precedent for fat androgyny. Generally our androgynous icons are svelte and lacking in secondary sex characteristics. David Bowie, Tilda Swinton, Katherine Hepburn; these small-bodied, predominately white figures of androgyny have created an aesthetic with little room for deviation. This means that for those of us with bodies that do not conform to traditional standards of androgyny, we are often misread and misunderstood, even in queer spaces.
Posted on May 8, 2013 via Itty bitty buffaloes with 3,752 notes
Source: otipemisiwak
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Designer leather strap-on harness and ceramic dildo by Shiri Zhinn - babylikestopony
babylikestopony is a Sydney store! I’ll have to visit next time I’m there even though I can’t afford anything. Not even on tax return money. The lingerie is amazing though and I really want that bloodstain dress too.
Posted on May 5, 2013 with 4 notes
Source: babylikestopony.com
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