LOVE.
In honor, here is me with queer friend in 2005:
And with ex-gf in 2006:
They made us pose in the most ridiculously dorky way.
WildCats has gotten some amazing (and well-deserved if I might add) press lately! Here are some snippets and clippets!
Towards the end of Janet Mock’s memoir Redefining Realness, she quotes Oprah Winfrey, saying “Your past does not define you. You can step out of your history and create a new day for yourself. Even if the entire culture is saying, ‘You can’t.’ Even if every single possible bad thing that can happen to you does. You can keep going forward.” So it only makes sense that on her journey as a writer and trans advocate, she would eventually end up sitting across from the very woman she quoted, taking even more steps to create that new day for herself.
Janet Mock Schools Us, Inspires Us, Makes Us Cry on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday!
13. I somewhat resemble the old man from Up in both appearance and temperament.
14. I’m a cross between what a nerd thinks a cool kid is and what a cool kid thinks a nerd is.
15. If sassy bunnies could copulate, I would have exploded into life as the gayest unicorn there ever lived!
16. I once described my hobbies as drinking, going to the cinema, and drinking in the cinema.
17. I like cheese… and Alycea Arline… and sniffing all the candles in Bath and Body Works.
The woman who was assaulted doesn’t want to talk to Sarah anyway. She’s rightfully furious because Art’s not going to arrest these guys, even though the conditions of consent changed for the sexual situation she was in, after which the two of them ripped out some of her hair and stole all of her personal information. She’s like, “Because once you agree to let a guy stick his dick in you, all bets are off, right? It’s an implied yes to literally everything that happens after that?” Art’s face says he gets how fucked up the law is, but there’s nothing he can do about it. The weirdest things about the Castor guys is: 1) Their matching horse tattoos, and 2) How mad Rudy was on Seth’s behalf when this woman told them no.
It’s almost like the they were raised in a culture of toxic hypermasculinity where they were conditioned to believe they’re entitled to do whatever they want with women’s bodies, which are things that exist only to make babies and serve their sexual whims. Right? That’s why Sarah and Helena are “made of the good stuff.” And that’s why they didn’t even blink at the idea of raping this woman. “Transitory Sacrifices Of Crisis” is much more focused on Orphan Black‘s straight dudes than the Leda clones/Felix, and while that’s not my preference, obviously, I’m really impressed that the writers come out unapologetically swinging at gender constructs and rape culture. Their disdain for both of those things is not subtle, and it is so refreshing.
Heather Hogan, Orphan Black Episode 302 Recap: Mangoes Are Not the Only Fruit on autostraddle
“(I actually also really enjoyed that they dialed back the pace of this episode by a zillion. It was nice to take a breath and assess where all the chess pieces are before the board is inevitably blown to smithereens by like the ghost of Ethan Duncan riding on the back of a velociraptor stuffed with dynamite.)”
(via 324ob21)
“I identify as a disabled person. Some people may be uncomfortable with the fact that I put the word “disabled” before the word “person.” Our current climate of language asks that we use “people first” terminology to emphasize our humanity and to recognize that we are far more than our social...
Happy Monday! Here are some things to read while you drink your iced green tea and pretend to work!
Butches are butches no matter their hair, their style, the way they walk or talk or fuck or love. If you say you’re a butch, you’re a butch, baby, and you’re butch enough. Don’t let anyone or anything tell you otherwise.
