Hiiiii I made these last night and they were amazing! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME and also you if it’s your birthday!
Queer as in F*ck You
+ Samantha Allen says Fortune 500 Women are LGBT Heroes.
+ LGBT Rights Get Postage Stamp of Approval from UN
Doll Parts
+ Nipplegate Revisited: Why America Owes Janet Jackson a Huge Apology. It was really sad last night when she wasn’t included in the halftime montage. Predictable but sad.
+ All the fashion from “Formation” and hopefully you’ve also read Kari Mugo‘s piece: Beyoncé’s “Formation” is Two Middle Fingers to the Sky in Celebration of Black America.
+ Veteranas and Rucas: Documenting 1990s Chicano Youth Culture by Raquel Gutiérrez.
+ Grand Canyon Nation Park’s 15 Year Failure to Address Its Systemic Sexual Harassment Problems by Lyndsey Gilpin.
+ Romantic Comedies: When Stalking Has a Happy Ending by Julie Beck.
+ Drawings Depicting the Beauty of Single Life.
+ Transparent Cast Draws Attention to Transgender Issues at Airports.
Saw This, Thought of You
+ A Book to Explain Protest to Kids in the Time of #BlackLivesMatter.
+ New Dinosaur Discovered in Petrified Forest National Park.
+ Representation, Identity and Allyship in Fresh Off the Boat and Master of None by Alyssa Manansala.
And Finally
Perfect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5BPfRHX1SE
1) That article about FOB and Master of None was super good
and
2) so was the one on Rom Coms and stalking but MY GOD I wish there was a warning for links to Tv Tropes because I clicked on them and there goes the afternoon (spoiler: I fell down the rabbit hole).
i feel like this is a good way to lose an afternoon
Don’t sleep on Coldplay’s part of the show. They were great too.
You are so fucking great Laneia.
Oh God. Nipplegate… don’t read the comments. I always tell myself this AFTER I read the comments! :/
Hah, this time I managed to stay away from the comment section!
I still can’t understand how Janet got blamed for Nipplegate…it’s mind-boggling!
Thank you for the warning!
happy happy happy lunar new year birthday to you, laneia!
ps winona forever.
Love Fresh Off the Boat!
Happy birthday and happy Chinese new year!
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What a lovely ray of sunshine you are.
Your overt racism and sexism are not worthy of the comments section.
Related to the harassment of women in the NPS at the Grand Canyon: http://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/collection/rough-water-a-river-guide-tells-her-side-of-the-story-20160120
It’s on the private guided aspect of the canyon, but the issue is endemic in the whitewater industry and I am unfortunately not at all surprised to hear that it is more widespread in the parks system. I think the Grand Canyon exacerbates the pre-existing issues of sexual harassment that exist by virtue of being more remote and isolated than many other parks (once you’re in the Ditch you’re pretty much stuck until you come out a few weeks later, barring an emergency worthy of a helicopter rescue). Plus, the grand is a position that everyone wants, so they’re more willing to put up with shit and less inclined to report harassment for fear of retribution or losing that position (because there’s plenty of people clambering to replace them).
It’s incredibly shitty that this is the state of things, and I hope that more can be done to address these issues and the underlying culture that’s causing them.
Happy birthday, Laneia! I hope your day is excellent.
How did I miss the first part HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LANEIA!!!!!!!!!!
Blur your eyes a bit and this is a rainbow cake: ??
I think they are grouping and generalizing a little in the article about women lead Fortune 500 companies = more LGBTQ diversity. While it maybe true for the LGBQ portion, people in the trans community(specially twoc) have it harder. Transphobia knows no gender, and in fact some of the most vocal and active transphobes are women(Cathy being one, if not thee most awful of them all). I think that diversity becomes even less when the trans person isn’t straight(because let’s face it many people assume all or at least most trans people are straight).
I bought the kid’s book, thanks.