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I currently live in Baltimore, but I am a Detroit native so I’m joining this group, if that’s okay with everyone. And I split the difference by keeping my fridge well-stocked with both Natty Boh and Vernors.
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Does anyone know if there is a Grand Rapids Pride happening in June? The website says that it is on June 18th but nothing else, no events or times. I pinning my hopes on the MI gaymo phone tree!
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There is a Pride picnic on June 18th, it’s at Riverside Park just like last year. Last year there was a drag show and I dunno, some other entertainment. No parade or anything.
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Do you think it’s worth going to? There’s no Pride anything happening up here and I want to take some young’ns from my LGBTQ group down there to experience it. I guess I’m asking what the vibe is, would young people enjoy it?
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I don’t know, honestly last year it was pretty disappointing. There wasn’t much to do except drink and walk around and look at the vendors selling cheesy rainboware. The evenings get more fun with events at the gay bar and club but you couldn’t take young people there.
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:( I hope this year is different. I’ve been in touch with the dudes putting it together and it looks like they have a decent line-up of queer musicians (have you heard of Nervous but Excited?) as well as drag shows. Thanks for the input, here’s hoping for a slightly less liquor-soaked WMI Pride this year!
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I’ve never heard of Nervous but Excited, but that’s pretty much my life summed up in one phrase, so I’ll have to check them out.
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I know, the name is cute. And so are they! http://nervousbutexcited.com/
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I’m writing a horror screenplay. There’s a part where a Professor is dumped by his girlfriend. The Professor in a rage grabs a vial of monster blood and stabs it into her neck thus turning her into a monster. It’s horrific and awful, but the professor gets killed by the end of the screenplay and it all has a thematic point to it.
I was telling…[Read more]
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Well, first of all, congrats to you on not immediately shooting your friends in the face. There are always some people who will read the most disturbing shit into your work no matter what you do, just because they’re seeing everything through their own poison lens. But when your screenplay is made, just be sure it’s clear that this *isn’t* “what…[Read more]
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Yeah, pretty much what Raksha said. It does seem disturbing that they’re so happy about that kinda thing.
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Yeah, it was a creepy experience.
I hope I don’t sound like a complete push over when I say that one of these guys in other respects is a pretty nice guy.
He actual co-produced my no-budget (yet extremely awesome) indie lesbian movie that I’m working on right now to the extent that the movie would not have been made if it wasn’t for his help.…[Read more]
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Ooh, and indie lesbian movie? Definitely let us know when your movie is done!
Re: your friends disturbing flashes of misogyny. Yeah, I know what you mean. I’ve had friends like that. I always felt guilty and icky if I didn’t say *something* in response to those little incidents and I like to think that gave them something to think about. But…[Read more]-
I agree. Sometimes I’m a chicken and opt out of any kind of confrontation. However, it’s better to say something or mention if someone’s being misogynist or homophobic. I gotta be more gutsy.
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I don’t have so much of a problem with the misogyny, but I get a lot of homophobia and find it very hard to say something. I usually feel bit ‘:o’ by it and by the time I’ve found a response the conversation has moved on.
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First off, the movie sounds like it will be amazing. Secondly, comments from the guys, not cute. That would have started a war between me and them. I always speak up about stuff like that. I would definitely tell them something about that. They might not even realize what they’re actually saying.
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Discussion topic:
“I have met many feminists who were not lesbians, but I have never met a single lesbian who was not a feminst.” Rita Mae Brown.
Do you agree or disagree, and why?
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I disagree, as I’ve met lesbians who were adamant about not being feminists, and since I believe that all labels should be self-identified…
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I jokingly say that all the world should be feminists because everyone either is a woman, loves a woman or is LGBT and has to deal with the hereonormativity of the patriarchy, which is why lesbians make such good feminists. But that is more entertaining than true.
I agree with Rie really — LGBT people tend to be social libertairans because we…[Read more]
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Well since I also know several lesbians who do not identify as feminists I obviously disagree. But I do think it’s interesting to consider where/how lesbianism and feminism intersect for the people that do accept both labels. For me the two are somewhat connected simply because the process of coming out confronted me with all sorts of internalised…[Read more]
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Well, growing up in a small town, I had only ever heard the word “feminist” in the same sentence as “crazy lady,” so, for a while, I ignorantly denied being a feminist even though I was a lesbian and secretly thought all the same things as feminists, and then one day I actually READ something and was like “oh, shit, this is a great idea. I was a…[Read more]
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One of the big reasons that a lot of women I know don’t identify as feminist, or espouse feminist views or do feminist things, is because they think that men will find them less attractive if they do. So it’s just easier for queer women to be feminist because we don’t care what men think of us in that regard. (Even with us bisexuals, men aren’t…[Read more]
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Which is not to say that all men are anti-feminist or find feminists unattractive – just that society is very successful at getting women to think that.
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Absolutely. I always say feminists have better sex, because consent is sexy. Asking someone “Shall I touch you here…?” “What about here? Can I do this?” is essentially dirty talk. Hot.
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Raksha posted an update in the group
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Interesting video series I thought I’d share: Anita Sarkeesian, who writes FeministFrequency.com is doing a series for Bitch Magazine called Tropes vs. Women (the three that are up so far are linked at the bottom of the page under “Recent Blog Posts”) and it’s about sexist tropes in pop culture and why they’re important.
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