Tingle Tangel Drag Cabaret | March 2009 | Cafe Du Nord San Francisco
It might seem natural to regard intersexuals and transgendered people
as living midway between the poles of male and female. But male and female,
masculine and feminine, cannot be parsed as some kind of continuum. Rather,
sex and gender are best conceptualized as points in a multidimensional
space.
Reprint | Jan 24 2010 Happy Sunday morning sweeties, Take a look at this while you drink your morning coffee. I find this document of a young being, fascinating. “More”. Anya is just learning to interact. She learned to point about a month ago. She points and things are brought to her. It is a measure of her interest. It means “More! This is Interesting.” When she sees herself in videos she shows a level of enrapture and focus that I never have. Her constant pointing is kind of like saying “WTF!, OMG! This is so utterly fantastically cool. “ In one Zen Buddhist Narrative, babies are enlightened beings who have not yet unlearned enlightenment. I see that quality in Anya’s rapt attention, like a pool without ripples.
This discovery changes a lot about how we conceive of History. Nomadic Non-Agricultural Civilizations Built Temples and Artwork, 6,000 years before the Pyramids.
Genderfork is Sponsoring an Art Show! — Genderfork
There is an AMAZING art show happening in San Francisco right now. It’s on the third floor of the LGBT Center, and will be running until March 6th. After that, it will be traveling elsewhere (keep an eye on their site to find out where). Genderfork sponsored a creative, interactive piece that’s part of it.
By “creative and interactive,” I mean we built a slot machine. For gender and sexuality. Sort of. I can’t explain it, but it’s awesome, so I’m gonna try to show it to you… So here is me, your friendly site founder Sarah Dopp, attempting to Show! You! It! on video…
Charlotte Cooper, the very witty fat/queer activist, essayist, zine contributor, girl gang leader and all sorts of things-er, is coming to Goldsmiths to give a talk on why she is a fat activist. If you've ever felt rejected or ashamed because of your looks, fat or thin, boy or girl or trans etc., come along and prepare to have your eyes completely opened. Body fascism is over if you want it.
