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by Chloe - 28 November 2009
I have a confession to make. I am a feminist. Umm, no, I don’t hate men. You don’t have to hate men in order to be a feminist. Oh, yeah, I also have a sense of humor. What does this have to do with BIID? Well, nothing; or so I thought until my life as a feminist and my life with BIID collided at a random intersection: In Response to Fab Matters’ Questions.
Feminism, BIID and Perspective continues »
by Sean - 15 November 2009
I try to keep an eye out for what people outside the BIID community have to say about BIID and about us. Yesterday I came across an interesting post on fab matters, which describes itself as "transgender politics through a feminist lens". Miska, the site owner, poses some interesting questions.
In Response To Fab Matters’ Questions continues »
by Chloe - 10 November 2009
I had a dream last night. It was about you; you who read and write here. It was a good dream.
Dreaming About You All continues »
by Sean - 4 October 2009
A recent comment reminded me of a complaint I have heard regularly from people with physical impairments. Basically, they are saying that we show a certain arrogance by continuing to use our legs, or doing "2-legged" activities, while stating we need to be paralysed or amputees. They seem to think that if we really had the need we say we do, we would immediately abandon things we can do in our AB bodies.
Doing What We Could Not Do continues »
by Sean - 19 September 2009
So there were two days without updates. This is the first time without a post everyday in over a year. I’m a bit sad about things falling down like that. We had a good run. Let’s all try to get it going for longer, starting today?
The Wheels Have Fallen - No Updates In Days continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2010 - All Rights Reserved.