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Comment on Kids These Days by tashaUK

tashaUK — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:22:36 +0000

My first encounter with a Walkman was when a skateboarder ran me over because he was too wrapped up in his music! I’ve always thought of that as short-sharp-shock aversion therapy. Was reading Love and Rockets a couple of years later (rather than listening to the band). Still have my mint condition #1 of Los Bros’ finest!

Comment on Kids These Days by divadarya

divadarya — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:58:30 +0000

I remember getting my Nakamichi mixing deck and feeling like George Martin. Right there with ya!! (adore Love and Rockets, too!)

Comment on Cis Hits the Fan by Caoimhe

Caoimhe — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:29:14 +0000

Excuse me, but you’re not trans. And so I’m not sure why you think it’s okay — especially as someone who claims to understand privilege — to write things like this:

The trans community is notorious, at this point, for going batshit over things in a way not seen before by - well, most people.

That’s pretty offensive.

Comment on Go! by Kids These Days - en|Gender

Kids These Days - en|Gender — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:45:48 +0000

[...] & Rockets‘ Express b/w Tones on Tail and gave me many hours of listening pleasure. Now, Tones on Tail songs are on car commercials. [...]

Comment on More on the Cis by Adrien

Adrien — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:57:47 +0000

That is such a good point. I know I forget that people don’t spend their whole lives thinking about this stuff! They have to go through their own process before they can even talk about it like we do.

Comment on Trans Salon by Véronique

Véronique — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:15:43 +0000

I really like Jenny’s story. The ending is very touching.

Comment on More on the Cis by helenboyd

helenboyd — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:34:22 +0000

agreed, JH. i’m just saying that the response is really predictable, & you just have to wait for people to swallow their pride sometimes before you can get the message across.

i teach this stuff in a 10-week term, & it’s nearly at the end of term that people start to feel comfortable owning their own privilege.

Comment on More on the Cis by whatsername

whatsername — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:21:36 +0000

Most people’s lives are hard, so it’s unlikely anyone wants to hear how much less hard his/her life is because s/he is male / white / rich / educated / physically abled / cis.

Yes but, as a white cis heterosexual middle class woman… it’s vitally important that we do hear the difference between our life experience and those of others. We might not want to hear it, but we need to…

Comment on Divorce Resources by Jude

Jude — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:54:35 +0000

Might not be a bad idea for someone to write a trans specific version of this; how to protect oneself if a partner is transitioning. I suspect a lot of partners get blind-sided by the cost of transition and perhaps decide to separate or divorce just as the joint resources are depleted.

Things like credit, mutual savings, retirement, home equity - but also stuff like social security benefits (does legal gender change affect a spouse’s standing in terms of retirement or survivor benefits?), the possibility of a career or job loss / change (consider that one’s spouse may decide to change jobs along wiht genders), etc.

Comment on How It’s Done by whapit.com

whapit.com — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:10:38 +0000

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This blog is filled with information regarding trans, gay and alt lifestyle issues. Some of it is funny some is serious and most are educational. This site has been around for a while and is being updated frequently….