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Political Straddlers 12 years, 4 months agoAnyone want to talk about something else besides the US presidential election? Who here thinks John Boehner looks like a giant pumpkin? Okay, maybe not that, I’m just desperate to talk about something else, the idea of any of those people defeating Barack is depressing me. Someone suggest a topic?
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Iceland. Seriously. If it wasn’t far too cold I would want to move there, politically speaking it sounds like heaven on earth. The Prime Minister of Iceland, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, a happily gay married woman and proud feminist recently said “The Nordic countries are leading the way on women’s equality, recognizing women as equal citizens ra…[Read more]
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For me, it’s not the cold (I can deal with cold, it’s really hot summers – like the ones we have here in Baltimore – that I can’t fucking stand) but it’s the lack of large cities and the geographic isolation. I’m a city mouse, I need to be near things! But other than that, Iceland sounds like paradise.
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I’m from the tropics. It hit 12’C last week and we all froze. At least hot summers mean lots of time on the water and at the beach.
Here politics are crazy, the “Liberal” party is socially conservative and the leader a misogynistic Catholic. The Labor party (spelt the American way for kicks) is holding onto its government with the aid of the…[Read more]
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Yeah, I know Baltimore is not really that hot by a lot of people’s standards, but I’m from Detroit – I’m used to summers where, while super-humid, it rarely goes above 100 F. My first summer here was last year, and there were weeks where it never went below 90. And my parents’ house (thank god I have my own apartment now) didn’t have central…[Read more]
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I am focused on the 2011 gubernatorial races! Exciting times! I am biased because I am currently working on one of them. Which? I will never tell! I do try to keep up with what Congress is doing and, you know, actual governing, but I mostly just like electoral politics. I think the entrenched Dems vs. Repubs mentality is everything that’s wrong…[Read more]
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I’m a Democrat though personally I feel like I am too liberal for them and wished there was a viable party that better matched my views. I much prefer multi-party to two-party systems. Regardless, I get what you mean about how the system is fun in a kind of crazy, dramatic way. Electoral politics has a very high-school-drama-ish feel sometimes.
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Yeah, I am definitely more liberal than Democrats. Especially in any of the damn states with 2011 governor’s races! That’s part of why the system is so flawed — it’s better to vote in lockstep with something you only marginally agree with in order to block the thing you definitely don’t agree with. There’s no point in even trying to get what you…[Read more]
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Yeah I currently live in Maryland and I like Governor O’Malley, but I’m from Michigan originally and I’m so angry at the doucheface that they elected this year. He is a teacher-hater and the only reason he doesn’t get more attention is because Wisconsin is soaking up all the attention in that region as far as crazy teacher-hating governors go.…[Read more]
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100th member, whoop! : ) Excited for Dublin Pride~
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bookbound posted an update in the group
Genderstraddlers 12 years, 4 months agoHey, I just commented this on Annika and Sebastian’s recent post, but maybe y’all have some ideas: What do you think is the best way to respond to transphobic harassment? I’m butch/genderqueer and have heard “are you a guy” or “is that a boy or a girl” from strangers several times, and I always struggle with how or if to respond.…[Read more]
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I have two standard answers for this depending on my mood.
1. Are you hitting on me?
2. Dont worry , we won’t be having sex.-
Ha! Good ones.
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I often wish I had a better way of dealing with harassment. Although I’m subjected more to “general” street harassment and all-round skeevy sexual inappropriateness than anything specifically transphobic. Unfortunately the only response I’ve come up with is to put my head down, make myself as small as possible and keep walking. So I’m no help…[Read more]
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If you feel threatened, just ignore them/walk away. No sense trying to educate the belligerent. In a safe situation, I have used a few times: “I am both and neither, and like it that way”
I haven’t gotten into any fights so far :) Worst response I’ve gotten is a Deer In Headlights Look which made me chuckle.
I often just say “Nope, I’m a…[Read more]
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I usually go with “are you a bigoted asshole or just an idiot?” It may not be the most appropriate response, but it works for me!
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Toby posted an update in the group
Genderstraddlers 12 years, 4 months agoI was told that my plans for a fauxhawk were “too boyish.”
The only way to express my feelings at this statement looks kind of like this: GJDSALKGJDAKLGJSRVQDQQRRGEGRE
It comes from pounding my fists on the keyboard in a clackity expresson of rage which I cannot verbalize. Efforts to verbalize it sound similar to a phonetic pronunciation of the…[Read more]
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Fuck that shit! Get your hair did whatever way you want! Plus, I just cut mine in a “boyish” style and all I’ve gotten since have been compliments…mostly because *I* feel great about how I look now and confidence totally shows to others.
(Although, that said, I waited until AFTER the big reunion with the conservative heterosexist Southern…[Read more]
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I agree with bookbound. Plus if you decide to go for the fauxhawk I am pretty much 100% certain that it will look awesome (because fauxhawks generally are pretty awesome).
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I did iiiiit. It is amazing. I can either be sexy or pretend to be a velociraptor, and those are the two things on my haircut checksheet.
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cynthia posted an update in the group
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I’ll be making my return to the UK in November. Staying mostly in London this time though. No chance of me getting stranded in Ireland or lost in Wales en route to Bristol / Portishead. #ohmemories
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cynthia posted an update in the group
Political Straddlers 12 years, 4 months agoSooooo very much looking forward to the NH presidential debate tonight.
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GAH…well, I *was* going to watch it from my dvr but it didn’t even record…at least they’re replaying it.
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I don’t have a TV and I was going to stream it online and I forgot. Right now there’s too many damn people anyway. I read all the articles about it. Ron Paul picks Blackberry over iPhone. Me? I say Droid.
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magiclovemuffin posted an update in the group
Political Straddlers 12 years, 4 months agoWEINERWEINERWEINER. Okay, I’m done.
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Lol. Anyway, anyone else who thinks he shouldn’t resign?
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They need to have clear and consistent rules of proper behavior for members of Congress. Until then, I think the political powerplays are annoying. As long as they disgusting fuckface David Vitter is in the Senate, Weiner looks like a cub scout trying to get all his badges.
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Personally, I don’t think what goes on in politicians’ private lives is anyone’s business unless it a) is illegal, b) is using taxpayers’ money, or c) is hypocritical in some way. So it’s one thing when Spitzer who was Mr. Tough on Prostitution was found with a call girl, but I don’t feel like Weiner has ever made himself into the arbiter of…[Read more]
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