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Aminela commented on the post, You Are Not Alone: On Being A Queer Survivor 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Thank you so much, Kate, for writing this. You seem like such an awesome person. I hope you are really proud of yourself for being so brave and so insightful. I hope you know that what you’re writing really does […]
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Aminela commented on the post, Seven Eurovision Videos You May Enjoy 1 year ago
Loreen has an awesome voice and also a pretty catchy song! This is one of the rare cases when I actually like the song Sweden sends to Eurovision. Last years contribution was… well popular, but not really any […]
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Aminela commented on the post, Experiments In Sobriety or “This Is When I Admit That I Have A Drinking Problem” 1 year ago
Thank you for telling your story. I think AS needs this perspective.
I am still shocked about the way alcohol/drugs is portrayed on this site, like it’s not really a problem. The Weed and Wine post left me […] -
Aminela commented on the post, At Sweden’s Gender-Neutral Preschool, There’s No Boys or Girls, Only “Friends” 1 year, 1 month ago
this is a late reply, but I just had to say that I think I did mean to write “biological sex”, but I’m glad I didn’t, because I agree that the biological doesn’t exist outside of gender.
Also, an update. This […]
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Aminela commented on the post, Five Small Contributions: On Being A Queer Person of Color 1 year, 1 month ago
And also, I related to the hair story. Like. When I was a kid, everybody was admiring me for my beautiful curly/wavy hair. Then I hit puberty and my hair became unruly, big, not the innocent curls that I had […]
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Aminela commented on the post, Five Small Contributions: On Being A Queer Person of Color 1 year, 1 month ago
YES. Let’s talk about this. I’m supposed to be studying right now, but thinking about these texts and about race and racial stereotypes instead, which actually is sort of relevant to my essay about Skins. I’m […]
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Aminela commented on the blog post At Sweden’s Gender-Neutral Preschool, There’s No Boys or Girls, Only “Friends” 1 year, 11 months ago
“I’m not sure if a completely gender-neutral environment is necessarily healthy either. While enforced gender roles are oppressive, gender is still a very important part of most people’s identities. I don’t think the solution to patriarchy is to completely ignore gender. Maybe there is some sort of middle ground where the children at the school [...]
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Aminela commented on the blog post At Sweden’s Gender-Neutral Preschool, There’s No Boys or Girls, Only “Friends” 1 year, 11 months ago
That is the case. It really is. The teachers work with themselves, how they treat the children, as to not impose gender on young children, but don’t correct children’s expressions of gender and use of pronouns. And give information about different people and different lifestyles, through those children’s books.