Tag: Queeriosities
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Separation? What separation?
Now don’t get me wrong. I was as happy as anyone to see that jerk Bush get into a plane no longer called Air Force One and fly on home to Texas. I am ecstatic that the U.S. has a Democrat as a president again and I am even more so that finally a day has come when a person of color can hold the highest office in that country. Good for you, U.S.A.! That said….I … READ MORE
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Does it come in hot-pink? No, well I don’t want it.
Korean Photographer JeongMee Yoon has been taking beautifully arranged pictures of girls and their belongings and boys and their belongings as part of the Pink & Blue Project. So many pictures, and wow! So many belongings. Crazy eh? You can barely see the child for their toys. The pink/blue split is also kind of remarkable. I remember lining up all my teddy bears for a group shot when I was about 9 and I don’t think they … READ MORE
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Dudes and Dating Shows
Last night, for the first time in forever, I tuned in to MTV to watch <a href=”The Real World. For the 21st season, they are heading to my hometown of Brooklyn, New York, and I couldn’t resist the urge to watch a bunch of spoiled attention seekers embarrass themselves in the place of my birth. I had nothing to do in the hour before the show started, so I let MTV babble away in the … READ MORE
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New Year’s Resolution: Never To Forget
With the constant media barrage of disasters, injustices, and assorted international atrocities, it can often be hard to focus on just one cause. In a world of 24-hour news tickers and 30 second segments, it seems like there’s never the time or space for follow up. One minute the news will leave me enraged over one particular case, and the next minute it will have moved on to the next reprehensible act, and sadly, so … READ MORE
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Queering Xmas
Shameless web editor and blogger Cate Simpson has written a great post over at This Magazine about the difficulties the holiday season holds for queer people who don’t always feel welcome at the family table, which I highly recommend you check out: For some, it’s that they simply can’t go home – either because they were shown the door after their first adolescent fumblings were met with more than the usual amount of horror, or because … READ MORE
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the prisoner correspondence project
Thought I ought to draw your attention to this project being organized by a group of Montreal-based queer activists: The PRISONER CORRESPONDENCE PROJECT coordinates a direct letter-writing program for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, gendervariant, queer, 2spirit & intersexed inmates in Canada and the US, linking these communities with people who identify similarly who are outside of prison. The project also coordinates a resource library of harm reduction practice (safer sex, safer drug use, clean needle care, … READ MORE
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Katy Perry, UR Not Gay
While doing some research for my post on Amanda Palmer’s scandalous belly, I noticed that she had been nominated for Out Magazine’s annual “Out 100” Awards. While happily watching interviews with Amanda and Tegan & Sara, who should I see but Katy ‘UR So Gay’ Perry standing around in the background. “ What is she doing there?” I thought to myself. What is the woman famous for lyrics that say kissing another woman is “not what … READ MORE
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Love and Sex with the Medina Collective
Have you heard of this amazing collective? Big up to the Medina Collective, an organization “dedicated to empowering young women of colour to challenge mass media messages by exploring hip hop, pop culture, media and education. Through activism, art, and access to the ivory tower, Medina provides young women with the tools they need to challenge the status quo.” The group provides university-level courses (without the associated university-level cost!!) to young women aged 19-30 in the … READ MORE
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Let’s get it on: Sex as social marketing?
I have to admit lately I feel very ambivalent when I see everyday activities turned into political statements. One minute you’re shopping for some new undies at Zellers, the next, reading the 3 pack of bamboo bikini cuts that says “Protecting your earth” and thinking, “Is this true - does covering my derriere with bamboo instead of cotton really make a difference?” The trendier social politics becomes, the harder it is to discern genuine change from … READ MORE
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Bones tackles bisexuality
I have been a fan of Fox’s Bones for a few seasons now. What started out as a rather forced procedural has settled into a fun combination of science mystery and screwball comedy, with an awesome cast full of powerful women. Plus, David Boreanaz is just so dreamy… Ahem. Moving on. The show has recently introduced a new romance for resident artist and flower child, Angela Montenegro. The object of her affection? A mysterious woman … READ MORE
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Save The Date! Shameless Parties With Granny Boots, Dec 10
Just a quick note to mark in your calendar that Shameless magazine will be hosting an all ages event at the Gladstone Melody Bar in Toronto on December 10. We’re doing so in partnership with the fabulous Granny Boots. More details to follow, but for now jot it down! Wed Dec 10th from 7:30-10pmish Gladstone Melody Bar 1214 Queen St West (Brought to you by the Gladstone Hotel and Chelsey Licht-a-Womyn, Granny Boots is FREE weekly entertainment for queers. … READ MORE
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Hate Crime? Yep.
“Jane Currie and her partner, Anji Dimitriou, both small, soft-spoken women, were waiting with other parents at Gordon B. Attersley public school in Oshawa, when, fists flying, a man attacked them, his blows as harmful as his words.” (From The Star) I’m glad to hear these ladies are getting a lot of support (if 3000 Facebook friends counts as support) after a violent, disgusting attack by a man named Mark Scott. In a Toronto Star article, … READ MORE
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A Question Of Love
Since we’ve spoken today about how important media accountability is, I thought I’d post something positive and frankly, quite beautiful, that came from the very mainstream media this week. I had an inspiring conversation this week with someone about how part of unpacking and recognizing (white, heterosexual) privilege is using that privilege constructively to effect positive change. I think this is a wonderful example of that, and I have to give MSNBC credit. Also, I got a … READ MORE
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Reclaiming our heroes
The Ste Emilie Skillshare in Montreal has put out a call for their Queer and Trans People of Colour (Q/TPOC) Heroes Postcard series. Details below! What a cool project! Calling all brown, black, mixed race, yellow, red, desi, African, Indigenous, First Nations, Inuit, Metis, Caribbean, Latin American, Asian, East Asian, Middle Eastern, South Asian, Aboriginal, non-white, non-European, (e)raced, (in)visible minority. The Ste Emilie Skillshare is launching a postcard campaign to reclaim our colonized histories. Share your favorite … READ MORE
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I am a victim of H8
I am a Victim of H8 is a Facebook photo album created by Gary Shay. Each of the images is of the same slogan, and the idea is that people should tag the images with the names of everyone they know who is negatively affected by Prop 8. Presumably this includes self-tagging. I am still trying to decide if I should tag myself, since as a Canadian I am not directly affected by the new legislation. … READ MORE
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The Tobias Funke Theory in The Jackal
For this Friday I decided to dig, a little deeper, into that mysterious male psyche I never quite understand. What better place to start than with a male chick-flick, the action film? “Tobias Bluth” is best-described as a “…deeply closeted homosexual” from the series Arrested Development. This is a video montage of his erotic outbursts: … READ MORE
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“I Have the Entire Christian Right Community In My Vagina.”
In light of the fact that many Americans think it’s totally okay to amend the constitution to repeal or prevent the marriage and family (and human) rights their neighbours, I really needed to revisit Julie Goldman. Do we really need to do this all over again? Really? Margaret Cho had this to say about Prop 8 passing: …I am totally disgusted and furious that now there is a ban on gay marriage in California. So my happiness … READ MORE
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Knock it off, Kanye
Just a few months ago I was feeling really positive about the advances made by queers in North America. Lindsay Lohan was dating a woman, and rather than being made into a to-do of Ellen proportions, the relationship was treated to the same amount of gossipy speculation and paparazzi photos as any other boring Hollywood pairing. Gray’s Anatomy had ended its season with a climactic kiss between two women, and all of lesbian fandom was … READ MORE
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Anatomy’s grey area
Anyone watching Grey’s Anatomy recently will have witnessed the budding romance between two of the female characters, Callie Torres (played by Sara Ramirez) and Erica Hahn (played by Brooke Smith). Beginning with some mild flirtation last season which culminated in a season-finale kiss that blew the lesbian fan base away (not to mention wooed back a few of those who had given up on the show after the whole Isaiah Washington F-word fiasco), the relationship … READ MORE
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You write like a dude Shameless
It’s true, “GenderAnalyzer” told me so. I even took a pic of the form results so there is proof. Next time anyone accuses Shameless of being say… a harpies nest of left-wing feminist reactionaries, we can easily fire back with “yeah but we write like men, so whatever, talk to the pen!” Apparently I also write like a man, or pick manly topics, or use manly sentence structures, or have a masculine vocabulary? Who really knows (sigh). … READ MORE
