Ireland and the Lisbon Treaty: round two
The date has been set. October 2 will see the second Lisbon Treaty referendum in Ireland. The “No” campaign is steaming ahead. The “Yes” campaign, unfortunately led by the government, will...
Category: Themes
Feminine presentation for trans women is a life or death issue
My cisgender girlfriends tease me sometimes about the amount of time I spend perfecting my feminine presentation. They will also needle me about the lengths I will go to ensure it is as flawless as I...
Acronyms are for… well, twits
Why must every single possible female demographic have its own clever little acronym? (I use the word “clever” here ironically.) The latest manifestation of this loathsome trend is the term TWIT....
Kuala Lumpur: from Tall Towers to the Batu Caves
Flying into Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, I saw a concrete concrete jungle surrounded by a green belt down below. Upon landing, the weather was warm and tropical. The express train from the...
The death of Dae’von Bailey and lessons not learned in California
In a state which devalues the lives of its poorest, most vulnerable citizens, one young child has paid the ultimate price for California’s gross negligence in overseeing his care. Dae’von Bailey,...
Corporate interests always win: the silencing of the O’Reilly-Olbermann feud
Glenn Greenwald, the Salon blogger known as much for his stinging critiques of the corporate media as he is for his passionate defense of civil liberties, highlighted this New York Times story about...
Gothic Lolita idol Kanon Wakeshima on music, Mana and Vampire Knight
New Visual Kei singer Kanon Wakeshima has a lot going on right now. Plucked from obscurity as the result of an impressive Sony audition tape by Visual Kei and Gothic Lolita icon Mana, she already has...
“More to Love”: That means FAT GIRLS, too!
If someone was unfamiliar with the demographics of the United States and watched an evening of television, they would be likely to believe that no overweight people actually exist within the nation's...
The myth of the American middle class
Lyndon Johnson famously said, after Walter Cronkite's criticism on air of his adventures in Vietnam, “If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost Middle America.” Soon after, Johnson announced that he would...
On the 10th anniversary of Kubrick’s passing: “Dr. Strangelove”
The previous installment of the Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) retrospective discusses "The Killing." Released in the same year as "Goldfinger," Kubrick’s satire on nuclear Armageddon could be a Bond...