So the new guy on Law & Order, Cyrus Lupo, played by Jeremy Sisto, is a hottie, like a young Tom Berenger. & He can act.
Anyone think it’s a coincidence that Detective Green was ushered out the week of Earth Day?
SVU
The “John Money” episode of Law & Order: SVU is was on USA right now at 9PM EST tonight.
Race + LGBT
I heard Jasmyne Cannick speak at the Bodies of Knowledge conference at USC Upstate, and the focus of her talk was race and the LGBT community. She made a couple of important points about the failures of the white LGBT set in dealing with black LGBT people. I use “black” because she did; she mentioned that she dislikes the phrase “people of color” but didn’t explain why exactly.
One of her main issues was that minorities are often used to trump up “diversity” numbers for primarily white LGBT organizations but aren’t then given any real power to choose issues within those organizations. Gay marriage in particular was way down on her list of priorities, after things like universal healthcare, jobs, access to education, immigration, access to power/politicians, and other issues of poverty. Her point was that in LA, it’s the white LGBT who live in West Hollywood, but that black LGBT people tend to live in their neighborhoods of birth: Compton, East LA, etc., exactly because of the issues of dicrimination and access.
As she put it: “Just because someone doesn’t agree with you that gay marriage is the most important issue doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be at the table.” Continue reading “Race + LGBT”
The Sim Times
Trans & the Media
Here’s a stunning, angry piece about trans people and media coverage, mostly inspired by the Thomas Beattie story.
Good work!
Early & Often
Today is the last day you can vote for me as your favorite female blogger over at Women’s Voices / Women Vote. So do.
Women Bloggers Top 10
Now you can go vote for me, since I made the Top 10. Thanks to all who nominated me!
The Answer: His Killer
The cover story of this month’s Advocate wants to know who’s to blame for Lawrence King’s murder.
Their insinuation is that those who would have advised Lawrence to be open about his sexuality and gender identity are.
Bruce Parker at Bilerico has posted an open letter to LGBT Ally organizations that will be sent to The Advocate in response to this article.
Nashua
The New Hampshire paper The Nashua Telegraph has been running a series on transgender people which apparently lost the paper some readers. That said, a NH grandma liked the series:
I am a heterosexual grandmother, who hopes that my grandchildren will learn to respect and understand all human beings who are leading legal, moral and, ultimately, happy lives.
What a nutty goal. You can let the paper know it’s an important series, not trash, by responding to a poll on the first page of the website (toward the bottom).
New Resources
So I’ve discovered a few interesting new resources in team teaching Gender Studies 100 this semester, and never posted some I discovered last term. Here are a few:
- The Trouble with Testosterone by Robert Sapolsky – a very accessible read about the popular misunderstandings about testosterone (for instance, that it causes aggression)
- Iron Jawed Angels – about the last push for the vote for women in the US
- The Fire, Earth, Water trilogy by Deepa Mehta – stunning, beautiful film series by a woman director about various aspects of Indian culture. Mehta has a gentle but powerful hand as a story-teller.