Resisting anti-Trans Rhetoric: Why I Quit Twitter but Keep Writing about Sheila Jeffreys
Earlier this year I wrote an op-ed for the New Statesman in which I used the publication of Sheila Jeffreys’ new book as an opportunity to weigh…
This Is Not a War. The Police Are Not Soldiers. We Are Not the Enemy.
When I read Dave Winer’s post the other day I wasn’t totally convinced. It offered a nice framework for explaining why the police expect total deference…
Women of Color’s Lives Matter
“What does this have to do with feminism?” I’ve been fielding this question about the murders of Mike Brown and Eric Garner a lot in the…
The Best Time the FDA Was Afraid of Gay Sex and Thought You Should Be Too
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the Department of Health and Human Services’ recommendation to the FDA to drop its ban on men who…
Old Things Still Relevant
The news about the Michael Brown grand jury and the Eric Garner grand jury and every other instance of unchecked police brutality and racist violence we’re…