AP biology exam at 8 a.m. on Monday…
Yeah, i think 7:30 Sunday night is a perfect time to crack open my Barron’s review book, why do you ask?
Sum of His Memories: How do our words frame our experiences? →
I had a super interesting conversation with my therapist today, about language. And how when we take on the labels that other people give to us, we give a little bit of power to those people/ideas. And how words frame us.
There are words that I have been told describe what I go through- mostly…
Argentina JUST PASSED a groundbreaking gender identity bill!!!
From now on, people will be able to change the name and gender on their ID without needing psychiatric permission or any body modifications. Furthermore, anyone who does want hormones or surgery will be able to access them for free through the public and private health system.
It was passed unanimously today by the Senate :-D
Study: Black Children Are Less Likely To Get Pain Medication In ERs
The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) revealed this past weekend that black children are dramatically less likely to receive pain medication in the emergency room than white children, according to ABC News.
Black children are 39 percent less likely to receive the same medicine as white children with similar problems. Since little is known about children’s pain expression and perception, the PAS is searching for a direct reason for the findings.
The study’s lead researcher, Dr. Tiffani J. Johnson, expressed her concerns about what she discovered.
“If we don’t recognize disparities, we’re never going to be able to close the gaps,” Johnson said.
“Now we need to look at where these differences are coming from. Are they at the patient level, the parent level or the physician level?”
The PAS also revealed that black and Hispanic children are likelier to have long ER visits than white children.
Researchers used data from the CDC’s National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, which included more than 2,000 children from 550 hospitals who visited the ER for abdominal pain between 2006 and 2009.
A 2002 Institute of Medicine study found large patterns of racial disparities in medical treatments, including that “minorities are less likely to be given appropriate cardiac medications or to undergo bypass surgery, and are less likely to receive kidney dialysis or transplants” as well as more likely to receive painful or life-altering procedures like limb amputation.
I can’t say I’m surprised by this, but it’s still fucking heartbreaking.
oh look, more motivation for me to go into medicine
White feminists:
When you discuss the wage gap, here are a few things to keep in mind:
- Only white women make $0.77 to a man’s dollar.
- Black women make about $0.68 to a man’s dollar.
- Latina women make about $0.58 to a man’s dollar.
Intersectionality matters.
Also we should probably remember that we’re talking about a white man’s dollar here and (a) avoid the whole marked/unmarked category issue and (b) remember that there are wage gaps for men of different races too. Not that they’re more important than women’s wage gaps, or general gender wage gaps, just that they also exist & are a problem.
Survey for queer people of color!
Hello! You can go to the survey here—or, if you’re white and/or not queer, i’d really appreciate signal boosting! Basically, i’m a young White genderqueer person working on a final project for a (public high school) class called The Black Experience. We haven’t talked about Black queer people, and i want to remind my class that they exist and are, in fact, relevant to our discussions of the Black community/ies (as they would be to discussions of the queer community/ies, obviously, but we’re not having those since it’s not a queer-focused class). Of course i will also be doing research—reading blogs and books and articles—but i thought supplementary voices from “normal folks” would probably be good. The survey consists of fifteen open-ended questions; your answers can be as long or as short as you want them to be and you can skip questions if you want to.
Any feedback, whether it’s good or bad, questions or calling out, whatever, can be directed to my tumblr askbox or my email address. I’m trying to check my privilege, but if people tell me that i should get my white ass outta here and take down the damn survey because it’s problematic/offensive/oppressive/etc., i will definitely do so.
The project is due on May 21st, 2012, so i’ll probably be taking the survey down a couple days before then. If you’re planning on taking it, the sooner the better! Thank you and have a nice day.
Advocates for Sex Workers, Elected Officials, and Public Health Experts to Call for Law Barring Use of Condoms as Evidence of Prostitution
Report to Reveal Public Health Crisis Caused by NYPD’s Confiscation of Condoms
On Tuesday, April 17 people with experience in the sex trade, elected officials, public health experts, and human rights advocates will hold a press conference calling on the New York State Assembly to pass legislation barring the use of condoms as evidence of prostitution. Supporters of Bill S323/A1008, known as the No Condoms as Evidence Bill, say that allowing condoms to be confiscated by police and used as evidence in criminal cases discourages sex workers and other vulnerable New Yorkers from carrying condoms, undermining efforts to combat sexually transmitted diseases and educate the public about safer sex.
At Tuesday’s press conference, The Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center and the PROS Network (Providers and Resources Offering Services to Sex Workers) will release a report, entitled “Public Health Crisis: The Impact of Using Condoms as Evidence of Prostitution in New York City.” The report reveals findings from two separate surveys of NYC sex workers, including a survey conducted in 2010 by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) that is only now being released.
WHAT: Elected Officials, Public Health Experts, and Human Rights Advocates Hold Press Conference Calling for Legislation Banning the Use of Condoms as Evidence of Prostitution, Release Report on Public Health Crisis in NYC
WHO: Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Audacia Ray of Red Umbrella Project, Sienna Baskin of The Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center, Chris Bilal from Streetwise and Safe (all members of the PROS Network), and Kathryn Todrys of Human Rights Watch.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 17that 1:00pm
WHERE: Room 130, Legislative Office Building
1. prostitution should not be illegal. sex work is real work.
2. condoms are a good thing in general and therefore should not be used to incriminate anyone.
3. condoms are not even indicative of sex, let alone prostitution. (e.g. i have no sexual prospects & a bunch of condoms in my sock drawer.) forget about hierarchies, this is a logical fallacy.
4. fuck da police
![genderqueeries:
stardustprince:
lavender-labia:
[THE GENDERBREAD PERSON, REVISED: Gender is one of those things everyone thinks they understand, but most people don’t. Gender isn’t binary. Gender’s not even a spectrum or a continuum. Gender is a complex concept of n-dimensions that varies wildly from person to person. The only way to understand a person’s gender is to ask them…Ask me about my identity.]
Oh my god, yes. I hate those little charts that try to cut up gender identity into neat little categories.
It doesn’t work that way.
This is the first ‘genderbread person’ I’ve seen that wasn’t messed up in some way - this is great.
Or “don’t make assumptions about my identity.” Sometimes asking is weird. Anyway, this is a quality genderbread person!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m17f19Ddyx1qenhtzo1_500.jpg)
[THE GENDERBREAD PERSON, REVISED: Gender is one of those things everyone thinks they understand, but most people don’t. Gender isn’t binary. Gender’s not even a spectrum or a continuum. Gender is a complex concept of n-dimensions that varies wildly from person to person. The only way to understand a person’s gender is to ask them…Ask me about my identity.]
Oh my god, yes. I hate those little charts that try to cut up gender identity into neat little categories.
It doesn’t work that way.
This is the first ‘genderbread person’ I’ve seen that wasn’t messed up in some way - this is great.
Or “don’t make assumptions about my identity.” Sometimes asking is weird. Anyway, this is a quality genderbread person!
Sometimes You Gamble and Lose: when people get mad at other people saying that something they did was racist/sexist/homophobic/whatever →
when people get mad at other people saying that something they did was racist/sexist/homophobic/whatever
I don’t get it
it’s like
If you were hanging out with your friend and your friend turns to you and says “hey I don’t know if you noticed but you just stepped on my foot, can you please…
Just some OWL drama, you know me
I had similar experiences in OWL. I was the only (openly) queer one in my group of about 10. Also when we were talking about puberty early on, we split up by gender! That’s not just problematic for gender-complicated people, but even for cis people—as if they’re never going to encounter bodies of the “other” (binary) gender. And as if there are only two body types. And as if young (12-14?) cis people are going to be cis their whole lives. (Which they aren’t necessarily—i was cis at 13 and i am hella not cis anymore. Being on T, the “boys’” puberty information would have been good to know!) OWL is a good start for sex-positive and emotion-inclusive and non-reproductive-based education, but it definitely has plenty of room for improvement.
