Someone might notice that, when I talk about kyriarchy, the passive voice happens a lot. “People with disabilities are denied accommodations.” “Queer people are made to feel weird and outcast.” “People of color are sometimes asked to speak for their entire race.” Sometimes it’s not passive voice. Sometimes I use “society” or “cultural narratives” or [...]
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Social Justice 101 Part 2: Agents of Kyriarchy
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Sex, Gender, Presentation, Sexual Orientation
The discussion on Andrej Pejic made me think of the distinction between gender, sex, presentation and sexuality, and I decided to toss out a quick post explaining the differences. Obviously, we are all Advanced Gender Warriors here, saving the Internet with the power of our keyboards, and so need no review, but for the few [...]
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“There is a push for women to be their most genuine selves, and yet now there is makeup for men!?”
This is a comment by Cameron Brown on the post “Makeup for Men? Why?”