The first card. X. Wheel of Fortune. A fearsome dragon, drawn in the solid Cubist-style of the Mayans, stares at her as if considering whether to devour or to crush her. This is a symbol of fire which changes and destroys but also purifies and refines. She sets it to the left. Next card. XV.
Tag Archives: gender
Scary Sexy: Why “sexy” Halloween costumes are terrifying
In 2004 Mean Girls summed up Halloween costumes thusly “Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.” Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last couple of years you know that October 31 has become a
Some Boys Feel Like Girls!
My 6 year old son is a bit of a gender bender. Last year he went through a period when he wanted to be referred to as Molly and wanted to wear a dress, but only at home. He was very clear he did not want to wear a dress to school because he knew
My Gender Variance (or, How Can You be Two People at Once when You’re Really Nobody at all?)
I’m slow. Yup, I admit it. Not slow as in “can’t tie my shoes” or figure out how to eat peanut butter without an instruction manual. I mean slow as in “I need (and often need to take) time” to figure something out, to analyze an idea or a piece of writing to make sense
There is a Wrong Word
Bisexual. Namely, being a femme bisexual woman. It feels antiquated. Wrong somehow, like it shows “why yes there only is a gender binary and a bisexual person oscillates between these two” and “please teach me about the gender binary because I used this word so I obviously need to expand my mind”. It misses the
Talking Sexual Fluidity with My Preschooler
(click here for the full-size image) I’ve had an ongoing discussion about her body and sexuality with my daughter before she could verbally talk. Most recently, that conversation has broadened to address the wide range of sexual fluidity among people. The “new” normal is that there is no “normal,” as Dr. Peggy Drexler points out.
Great To Be At The San Francisco Transgender Job Fair!
Here at Good Vibrations, we’ve always proud supporters of gender rights. In a world in which transgender people face incredibly high rates of employment discrimination, we know how important is is for genderqueer, gender non-conforming, transgender, and other gender minority folks to have a safe place to work. We were among the earliest companies to develop
Sh*t My Kids Say – Part 3
“Are you a boy or a girl?” For a lot of people, it’s a black and white answer, but when my daughter asks it to a genderqueer friend of ours… “It’s complicated,” is the answer she receives. I think that was a wonderful and fitting answer to her first steps in learning about gender. The
Playing Hardcore
I have a friend whose pronouns I consistently mess up. He’s trans. He uses male pronouns. And every so often I slip. I forget. I…something. I can’t really even explain it. It keeps me humble. I do know better. Usually, living and working as I do in the sexuality-related world, I don’t make
Sex News in Asia – 4/9/12
Singapore Research is key to understanding human trafficking in Singapore, said migrant welfare groups and non-governmental organisations. The authorities recently launched a National Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons to combat the issue in a more strategic way. Undergrad moonlights as call girl Cross-dressing doc who exposed himself to girl back to seeing patients
