Bi-invisibility makes me mad
Whenever I read the term “gay marriage” I get annoyed. The word “gay” has a specific meaning, it is a sexual orientation in this context, so therefore “gay marriage” would be wedding between two gay...
View ArticleThe privilege of “gay”
I understand everyone’s desire for umbrella terms, a term to group a whole lot of something under. We grow up with it at school when we start grouping like things together. We have birds, which are...
View ArticleStereotype threat in the workplace
This is a slightly edited copy of a blog post I wrote at work. We’re encouraged to blog about stuff, so I decided to blog about work related feminism – because why not. I first learnt about...
View ArticleThe Linkspam of midwinter (July 2014)
And this winter, which has finally arrived in Melbourne, have a lovely collection of links for your pleasure. Don Weise at Huffpost Gay Voices writes, “When I Call Myself Bisexual“: As part of the new...
View ArticleAll the linkspam forever more (September 2014)
I’ve been busy, and consequently I haven’t been keeping up to date with all my linkspam – though I have been collecting it in copious quantities. I’m going to group it by type because that appears to...
View Article#endGamerGate2014 Linkspam
I’ve been paying attention to Gamer Gate, because as a woman who plays games and who likes to see diverse representation of characters and stories, they’re a group that does not have my interest at...
View ArticleLet’s talk about biphobia in the gay and lesbian communities
So on my recent post about biphobia at Pride, a commenter by the name of Marc stopped by to tell me that gay people have no power or privilege and therefore they can’t discriminate or oppress bisexual...
View ArticleI believe in limitations on free speech
I don’t think that speech which harms minoritised groups should be protected. I don’t think that giving another platform to someone who has engaged in hate speech regarding a minoritised group is...
View ArticleEssay: It belong to them, let’s give it back
I submitted this essay for assessment (I got a HD) in the first trimester of last year. It’s relevant to a twitter conversation so I’m posting it here as submitted. All errors are mine. Essay...
View ArticleSubmission to the Federal Government’s Religious Freedom Review
You have until 14 February to make a submission. Go now. There are fears that this review “Is Actually About Entrenching Discrimination, Participant Says“. Please make a submission. The short read...
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