Tag Archives: Queer Issues
“But we can’t do it alone, we need everyone…” Gay rights, “slut” othering, and pizza…?
TweetJoel Diaz, your opinion on Huffpost got me thinking a little, well a lot, about oppression, and queerness–oh, I apologize, I mean ”equality.” Not as much as the shock you felt when you almost had your night ruined and your pizza taken away by a “bigoted” “oppressor,” but I too was shocked. Well, okay, at first [...]
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Pretending to be gay?
TweetEd. note: This post is part of the second round of the Feministing “So You Think You Can Blog” contributor contest (background here). Stay tuned all week as our six finalists take turns turns covering the blog and giving us a sense of their personal contributor style. The winner of the contest and newest member [...]
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Why I got married (as if it’s any of your beeswax)
Tweet A SYTYCB Entry “Get out your card, honey, we’re splitting this.” “Oh…we are? I thought this was your treat tonight.” “Nope. I already spent $300 on this trip…” “Yeah, and I bought breakfast this morning, the cab ride, we split dinner last night, I paid for our bags… …And on and on it goes. [...]
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Gay Issues Adressed in Cartoons
TweetFirst off there isn’t a single openly gay character in cartoons. It’s the popular opinion that gay issues are never addressed in children’s media thanks to network censors, but I believe that gay issues are addressed. But it must be done in a very subtle way for fear of being dropped by the network. Here [...]
Out of wedlock: A single person’s take on marriage equality