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March posted an update in the group
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Wait shit I just turned eighteen last week. Do I have to leave now? Oh wait nevermind. Just read the actual group description. Why am I still posting this.
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Underage Straddlers (in lieu of an inevitably more creative name) 12 years, 4 months ago
Anyone else freaking out about the the increased possibility of not being able to go to college because of stricter admissions and higher tuition and lower budgets? I spent my morning in a state of relative anxiety because of this.
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YES. like, yeah. so much.
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What are we to dooooo? Doesn’t help that I live in California, and that the UCs are insanely competitive. My teachers all suggest going out of state, but that’s so much more expensive. :C
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yeah, and the UCs might take like 5-6years too. i’m from new jersey, so can always go to rutgers. you know, with literally EVERY SINGLE PERSON FROM MY ENTIRE SCHOOL. which would be really really not fun. i’m probs gonna got to canada or somewhere private. lots of privates charge a lot but then give like 75% scholarships. but, they could also not…[Read more]
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haha. I also have this fear that only rutgers will accept me.
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Ugh, there should be an Autostraddle University. Everything would be solved.
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There is a Western (something or other) Undergraduate Exchange thing for student in the california, oregon, washington, hawaii, wyoming, tons of states, that make out of state tuition almost instate price
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Sim posted an update in the group
Underage Straddlers (in lieu of an inevitably more creative name) 12 years, 4 months ago
Sooo… who’s been to their first gay bar/club already?
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I wish… Tell me stories!
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So I went to Sue Ellen’s (a Dallas lesbian bar) on a Friday a few weeks back. Amazing, amazing! Loved it, dancing was so much fun. And at first I was afraid no one would dance with me- no need to worry. Lesbians are straightforward enough that if they want to dance with you and they see you dancing by yourself, they’ll either a) pull on your tie…[Read more]
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ALWAYS THE TIE. I love wearing a tie when I go dancing. Genius. Your gay bar sounds fantastic!
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as soon as fall comes around and university begins, i am searching all over town for one and partying until i’m dragged back to my dorm. it’s decided.
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Nope, because I’m not old enough to go into clubs…but kind of because my band played a show in a gay-club which was managed by our drummer’s brother. But we had to leave pretty soon after our set.
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Basically I’m not old enough. I’m also not cool enough to have a fake ID, and there are queer youth spaces in Seattle, so a gay bar isn’t the only place I can go and be guaranteed to hang with lezzers. Also places with LOTS of noise and people kind of freak me out.
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When I was 15 (but looked 18/19), my boss (the most adorable little gay boy on the planet) ordered me over to the local gay bar to recruit volunteers for our campaign to get sexual orientation and gender ID on our city’s non-discrimination ordinance. Somehow I got in. The best part was the 40-something lesbian trying to buy “just the cutest little…[Read more]
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bookgrrrl posted an update in the group
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YOU GUYS!!! I’m graduating from high school in T-1 hour!!!
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Sinthe posted an update in the group
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How do you deal with misogynistic or homophobic language from people you care about? I’ve been trying to keep my dad from saying “dyke” for the past four years with zero progress. (He just kind of laughs whenever I say anything against it because I’m such a silly little creature, yaknow.) I have a twin brother who I love deeply but who is even…[Read more]
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So difficult. Have you ever persuaded them of anything else, and if so you how did you it, i.e. what works on them? My parents are deeply geeky, so giving them essays to read seems to be working. Whether it’s more effective coming from family or stranger prob depends on the relationship – sounds like your dad has issues with taking you…[Read more]
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I think AS had an article on dealing with offensive language from people you know a while ago. And this guide from Amanda Marcotte is more about mythbusting than just dealing with sexist slurs, but you might find it interesting and helpful nonetheless: http://pandagon.net/index.php/site/comments/is_it_worth_it_to_argue_down_right_wing_myths
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I’ve also noticed that a good way to call people out is to use humor. For example, say that you hear somebody say that it’s weird for a boy to like to play with dolls. You could say something like “Wow, I didn’t know that genitalia had an effect on toy preference!” (obviously, genitalia does not determine gender, but people who make these…[Read more]
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I sympathize with you so, so much on this. The same thing has happened to me with people I’m close to and I haven’t really had a lot of luck changing people’s opinions on things. With one family member, I finally just said “These things you say hurt me. Seriously. You’re my aunt; why don’t you care that you’re hurting me?” It didn’t change…[Read more]
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You probably saw this if you looked at the feministe link, but this is really helpful: http://www.illdoctrine.com/2008/07/how_to_tell_people_they_sound.html
Another thing I think you need to figure out is if you’re dealing with the virulent, down-to-their-bones kind of hate or the privilege-denying-cluelessness. If it’s the former, there’s kind…[Read more]
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Claire posted an update in the group
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Anyone have a GSA in a Catholic or otherwise religiously based school? Any advice for trying to start one?
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