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I work at a restaurant where they will sometimes have Disney channel on for the owner’s kids. Today I caught a part of a show where a boy said to a female friend of his, something along the lines of, its a good thing I was raised by a woman so this irrational behavior doesn’t stump me.
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*sigh* That is so disheartening. Speaking of upsetting things kids say, I’ve become pen pals with my cousin’s 9 year old daughter and in her last letter she wrote about the movies she likes to watch and said something about loving Pixar movies and being excited by adventures like that, but “I guess girls don’t do those things, so I’ll have to be…[Read more]
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I saw a Disney movie recently where a boy was forced to participate in his dad’s baseball team, but by chance discovered that he loved to cook, and there were girls on the baseball team and they got told “You’re really one of the guys” and “You throw like a girl” and it all concluded with lots of angst but he chose the cooking competition over the…[Read more]
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Somedays I wish that Walt Disney could be reincarnated as a girl to experience the Disney princess phenomenon for himself/herself/theirself.
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Hey, so if I were to move to Australia, or relocate there for a bit anyway, what states have the most gay friendly legislation, and what cities have high concentrations of gaywads?
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You should probably just head straight for Newtown, Sydney really ;) This site http://wearitwithpride.com.au/ is pretty fabulous also. Enter your state/the state you’re looking at heading to and a few demogrpahic details and it will give you a run down of the relevant legislation.
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Sounds excellent. I might also consider Woolloomooloo for the novelty of living in the most hilariously named place ever. Perhaps that is the opiates talking, but I seriously can not stop giggling about Woolloomooloo. Definitely Sydney. Newtown is the gayborhood there, right?
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Well, if its novelty you’re after, Kangarilla, Iron Knob and Boing Boing should probably be on your list as well… Newtown is most definitely the gaybourhood.
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Newtown is a gayborhood, but also try Glebe, Paddington and Darlinghurst… I like Newtown’s atmosphere more though, some of the other places can be a bit super fashionable, whereas Newtown feels like more of any everyone’s welcome mix.
Melbourne is a wonderful city, too, and there are also inner city suburbs with high concentrations of gaywads,…[Read more]
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Woolloomooloo is a tad expensive as it’s in the city. But I just want to say that as someone who has always lived in Sydney’s lower north shore I find it incredibly safe and it has never bothered me to be my gay old self here (but then I am also fairly femme).
Also novelty town names: wogga wogga.
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cindy where are you from on the north shore?
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just near north sydney.
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oh cool, i grew up in mosman!
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According a study I read for uni, the lowest ranking city for homophobia is Melbourne, followed (much to my shock!) by Perth, then Sydney.
I moved to Melbourne from Perth a couple of years ago, and the gayness of the city is such a beautiful thing. Sydney’s also meant to be quite nice, I dont like it so much myself.
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I would love to talk up my city but I can’t, Adelaide is pretty shit in the homo department. My recommendation would be Melbourne, I would live in Brunswick if I could!
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I live in Glebe (Sydney) and it is extremely queer. It’s a little expensive though – I feel like inner city suburbs like Enmore, Stanmore, Marrickville and Leichhardt are better value.
Woolloomooloo is one of the only places in Sydney where I feel concerned about my safety.
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well, hating on canberra (where I live) is a popular pasttime here, but my mother says that it is the lesbian capital of australia. so.
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What’s a good book to start with? I’m seriously underexposed to feminism; the small glimpses I’ve had so far have served to make me furious at the world and the small town in which I live. I feel like I need to learn more. MUCH more. I need some sort of a crash course to take care of all this ignorance; it makes me sheepish.
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This list one went round the tumblr-sphere and was well-recieved:
My current favorite 101 title, embarassingly enough, is Kiss My Tiara by Susan Jane Gilman. It’s titled and packaged like many of those anonymous pink 20somethings guide to life books (Who buys those?), but it’s actually a rather…[Read more]
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I’d suggest something like She’s a Slut, he’s a stud by Jessica Valenti. It’s aimed at teens I think, so it’s a feminism 101. http://jessicavalenti.com/books/he%E2%80%99s-a-stud-she%E2%80%99s-a-slut/
Reading blogs would also help, I think http://www.thefbomb.org is great because it does short and sweet posts.
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When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to Present by Gail Collins… Assuming you’re American. Even if you’re not, it’s still super interesting, maybe just not as relevant to you. And Claire is right, thefbomb is AWESOME. I would also try out Feministing.
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These are going on my book list for this summer, when I will have time to educate myself. Thank you all sincerely!
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Feminism Is For Everybody by bell hooks is a really good primer for beginners on some of the different forms feminism takes and on the intersections with sexism and other forms of oppression (racism, homophobia, classism, etc.)
Jessica Valenti’s books (Full Frontal Feminism as well as the one Claire recommended, He’s A Stud She’s A Slut) are also…[Read more]
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Is anyone else going to Slutwalk Brisbane? It’s on the 28th May at 2pm; location TBA. The facebook page is here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113713285380507
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Has any one else read Girls To the Front? It’s a great story about the rise of Bikini Kill and other all girl punk bands in the 90’s, and how they made feminism popular again among teenage girls.
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