Transman Calendar

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

How interesting... I wonder who the models are: http://www.t-bodies.ca/index.htm Wonder if I could use it as a little black book?

Vector Park says Feed the Head

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Puzzle? Game? All I know is I'm having trouble with the running feet... http://www.vectorpark.com/head/ or http://www.feedthehead.net/ Surreal and FABULOUS.

Vector’s of disease

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Researchers created a map linking different diseases, represented by circles, to the genes they have in common, represented by squares. Disease Mapping courtesy of the the New York Times online: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/05/05/science/20080506_DISEASE.html#

BLU > Moto public art

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="364" caption="Ambitious animation painted on public walls"][/caption] My mouth was open the whole time.... FUCKING brilliant but completely disturbing... http://www.blublu.org/sito/video/muto.htm

Info Out: Theories and Practices of Transgender Embodiment

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Transsomatechnics: Theories and Practices of Transgender Embodiment A Transdisciplinary International Conference May 1- 3, 2008  - SFU Harbour Centre This conference seeks to include a wide range of innovative scholarship, public policy, grassroots activism, socio-political analysis and artistic production in the field of transgender studies. We will consider work from any discipline or ...

Too much, too much, too much…

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

. More reflection and further conversation about the D/s Dinner/salon I hosted on April 22.08 led me think a little more about this: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-frost11apr11,0,7418243.story http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fg-mosley10apr10,1,7848100.story http://lolitawolf.blogspot.com/2008/04/nazi-fantasies.html http://www.slate.com/id/2188752/ And remember this: http://www.iron-rose.com/vijohnson/docs/blic2.htm All because today I had yet another communication commenting on how my personal choice of language about my personal stuff was disturbing. And once again ...

White on White crime – It’s time to stop it…

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

You know that phenomenon of "Black on Black" crime? Here's a satire from Slate.com. See how these things serve to shine a light? White-on-White Crime: It's time to end the conspiracy of silence. By Jefferson Morley Slate.com -- http://72.3.228.81/id/43770 The post script at the end has the following: Related in Slate.com David Plotz offers this modest proposal ...

World Mapper

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

I read about this in a magazine AGES ago. And of course I convinced myself that I would remember the web address. But no. I didn't. So joy and bliss when I finally came across a link. It's not perfect but it is close and provides some data. There was a ...

Transgender Health Resources

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

March 2006 - NEW TRANSGENDER HEALTH RESOURCES AVAILABLE The Trans Care Project, a collaborative effort between the Transgender Health Program and Transcend Transgender Support & Education Society, is pleased to announce the launch of new transgender health resources. Local and international experts in transgender care have worked with local members of the ...

More White Satire

Friday, March 28th, 2008

You know that phenomenon of "Black on Black" crime? Here's a satire from Slate.com. See how these things serve to shine a light? White-on-White Crime: It's time to end the conspiracy of silence. By Jefferson Morley Slate.com -- http://72.3.228.81/id/43770 The post script at the end has the following: Related in Slate.com David Plotz offers this modest ...

Christian Hanky Codes

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Really? I mean... Really? http://www.jesus21.com/content/sex/index.php?s=hankies QUOTE: In 1208 Christian armed forces attacked the town of Beziers, France slaughtering 20,000 men, women and children accused of heresy. When the commanding legate, Arnaud, was asked how to tell the heretics from the believers he answered, 'Kill them all, let God sort them out.' (1) Today, as ...

Satire that resonates

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

OMFG this is hilarious! It's also a little creepy. http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/ What do you think?

Butler’s Book – Care and Feeding of a Dominant

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

I just downloaded a Butler's Book from Iron Rose: http://www.iron-rose.com/IR/library.htm It was several days ago. With an eye to creating a "Care and Feeding of Kona" manual. I have it in Word format. Tell me, what do YOU think should be in the book? What would be on a list of things that ...

Taking the Day Off – More reference Material

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

The wonderful thing about white people or those in socially dominant power positions speaking up that I feel like I get to take a day off 'cause people are doing their own work. Thank GAWD. More reference material: Daily Effects of White Privilege http://www.antiracistalliance.com/Unpacking.html#daily How to Suppress Discussions on Racism! http://coffeeandink.livejournal.com/607897.html The Art of Defending Racism: http://community.livejournal.com/sex_and_race/296541.html Black ...

The Online Dating Persona Test

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

Oh those kids over at OK Cupid... http://www.okcupid.com/online.dating.persona.test The Playstation Random Gentle Sex master (RGSMf) Easy to turn on. Hard to beat. You are The Playstation. You're a nice girl, and you have lots of sex. It's therefore highly likely that you're attractive, and you're certainly outgoing & friendly. Plus, this healthy physical attitude of ...

Do You Have a Secondlife?

Sunday, February 18th, 2007

Do you have a secondlife? What's yer name? Wadda ya do? Beefs? Bouquets? www.secondlife.com http://blog.secondlife.com "Newspapers from and about"... http://www.secondlifeinsider.com/ http://secondlife.reuters.com/ I remember SecondLife when it was a toddler like Weblo.com. So that was... 2003 I think? Since then I have watched from a distance as it grew exponentially. See.... I have this serious ...

Minority Within a Minority VI – What is Racialized

Monday, January 8th, 2007

I don't have formal trainign that will allow me to define absolutely the vernacular snack "racilaized". In my experience it has been used in a number of ways. On this thread I have mostly seen it in two contexts. One simple the other not. 1) As an alternative adjective to ...

The art of Race

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

I love the idea of creating art. I'd forgotten that I had this dude in my collection of links: www.nathangibbs.com Crayola Monologues http://www.nathangibbs.com/crayola-monologues/ Crayola Monologues (2003) uses the crayon as a human metaphor for exploring color and identity in the United States. This animated video features crayons expressing how color hierarchies have shaped ...

Links of Learning

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

I've come across a lot of great links lately. I thought this might be a great opportunity to gather them all in one place and perhaps their synopsis (as opposed to the whole thing). A good first stop. Did you cringe or laugh? http://www.blackpeopleloveus.comOn anit-racist whiteness. A cirriculum http://www.antiracistalliance.com Other links from my favorites: http://www.euroamerican.org/ http://depts.washington.edu/coe/news/video/aanerud.html http://www.uwm.edu/~gjay/Whiteness/Whitenessbib.html From ...

Anti-racist whiteness – Links

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

Recently I was reintroduced to the concept of Anti-racist whiteness. Relevant to this conversation I think. Some links: ~ http://www.antiracistalliance.com/ ~ http://www.euroamerican.org/ ~ http://depts.washington.edu/coe/news/video/aanerud.html ~ http://www.uwm.edu/~gjay/Whiteness/Whitenessbib.html