Taking a vacation
I registered Seeworthy on June 20th of 2004, shortly after I finished my sophomore year in college. It was the first summer that Blogathon took off, same-sex marriage had just been legalized in Massachusetts, and another Democrat was running for the presidency. I mention this because it still seems like I’ve only been babbling here […]
Being identified as Muslim should not be a smear
Which is why, really, I was so disappointed to see that on the Obama campaign’s new website, Fight the Smears, he includes this “smear” and his defense against it:
(insidious “The Smear” image on the side)Barack Obama is a Muslim
LIE: Barack Obama is a Muslim
LIE: Barack Obama attended a radical madrassa
LIE: Senator Obama was sworn into […]
Did I just hear that correctly?
Another reason why Jeopardy is the greatest game show in the history of game shows: the term “pwning noobs” was just used. Not just used, explained in a video clip by Geek Squad.
Rebecca Walker’s feminism
I’ll start off by saying that I don’t think her recent writings really summarize Rebecca Walker’s feminism, but they do suggest some disheartening things about her take on feminism. I poked around a few blogs and didn’t see many folks talking about this, but perhaps it’s just old news by now. I did see Kevin […]
Why does Rachel Moss hate your fat (/trans/disabled) body?
I have no idea why, but she does.
Amp has a great summary of the fatphobic, ableist, transphobic rant posted by Rachel Moss (a student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison’s Department of Environmental Chemistry and Technology program, or maybe their Inorganic Chemistry program [I’m not entirely sure which] - hardly one of those anonymous, […]
By rain or shine they apparently mean vastly inferior in rain.
I graduated yesterday, and because it was rainy they ended up moving our ceremony inside. This was a little disappointing - it only rains, what, five days a year in San Diego, and of course it rained on the big day. I went to the commencement last year, and it was a gorgeous spring day […]
Embracing the Preggo
Internets, can we talk about something? Because I feel like, as much as I identify as a rad(ical) fattie and a feminist, I am often harboring this weird mix of anti-pregnancy and anti-fat prejudice, and here’s what it revolves around: maternity clothes, and the merging of the maternity section and the fattie section at my […]
CA lifts ban on gay marriage
Just got a text message from my friend Michelle, and I wanted to share the big news: it looks like the California Supreme Court has lifted the ban on gay marriage. Regardless of whether you’re a big fan of the institution itself, I think many will agree that at least it says something about the […]
The criticisms of my students would serve as a good warning to visitors of Seeworthy: she talks too fast, she's too hard on us, she assigns too much work, and you have to be a dyke to get a good grade.
In other words, I'm a big, fat, queer, feminist meanie, and I am totally out to get you. Graaagh!
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