Damn MC Lyte looks AWESOME. She was my fave back in the day :-)

Is it not relevant that visibility, in both the public/media and one's community, has been the primary measure of progression with regard to LG, B, and T rights? Let's be honest: we rely on the bulldykes, the flamers, the people who express themselves outwardly via those "signifiers," and the people who try to pass…

I think you brought up a really complicated point that has no easy answers. Everyone carries a smidgen of "bigot" around in their pocket towards anyone else they see as "other". There's no exceptions, everyone does it no matter their background. When different races and sexualities represent themselves in a more…

I take your point, but I think there's a conversation that needs to be had within the community about what exactly constitutes "queer signifiers." If we define ourselves narrowly, excluding queer folks who don't display a very small, noninclusive set of visible marks of queerness from the community and safe spaces…

"Called" a racist, or was a racist?

Ok, so I'm feeling a bit better about my judgement. Having said that I don't really care for the Shrek stuff so, I might just try and re-judge it on it's own merits.

Works great if you are a boring white person.

I read this piece a while back and got to thinking about it back then. Just for a little added information for anyone who may be in the same boat that I'm in, I've found this video, from a CNN interview on the topic and featuring LeVar Burton himself, to be pretty descriptive, and similar to what I was taught when I…

It's really disgusting how universities are dealing with sexual assault. At the places where you're suppose to find progressive ideas and education you find people trying to cover things up and blaming the victim for her sexual assault. The problem is everywhere but the way these institutions are handling it,…

So. Women of color and queer women have been pointing out the problems with "feminism" since forever, and it's a white dude's decision to go with "genderist" that makes you decide to write an article on how it's ok to not identify that way? Women who eschew the label are routinely held up as punching bags for you…

I was having a particularly awful day so finally decided to get a Kinja account as I've been a ghost Jez reader for years. First thing to pop up is this video! It was like you knew I had an awful day and wanted to cheer me up! Thank you!

Because everyone has a computer, right? No, wait... That's actually like 75%. But we all know the reason the rest don't have computers and internet access is because they don't deserve it, right?

give us a scene like Diane Lane's train scene in Unfaithful and it'll be good, even if the rest of it sucks.