Archive for the 'sex, gender, sexuality' Category

Laramie: Ten Years Later

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Laramie: Ten Years Later. [source]
Last night’s performance of Laramie: Ten Years Later here in Austin was at the Zach Theatre, and the proceeds went to OutYouth, an organization which I’ve mentioned previously and which I care a great deal about. As a long-time OutYouth volunteer, I’m incredibly grateful to the cast and crew who volunteered […]

Ready? OK! At the Alamo Drafthouse

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Film still from Ready? OK! [source]
I have been a volunteer at OutYouth (a non-profit providing services to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning and ally youth in the central Texas area) for quite some time. One of the things I have done as a volunteer is work on film programming for the drop-in center. […]

Buying into Beth Ditto

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Beth Ditto for Evans. [source]
As I know a number of stateside women did last night, I stayed up a bit late waiting for Beth Ditto for Evans to launch. The line has created quite a stir around the fatosphere. Ditto’s designs are some of the first plus-size clothes to be trotted out as part of […]

The Unbearable Whiteness of Cheerleading

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Queen bees go head-to-head in Bring It On: All or Nothing. [source]
As is often the case when I find myself any place where cable is readily available. I stayed up entirely too late last night watching television, sucked into a movie I would have never deliberately viewed. Last night, the film in question was Bring […]

Facing the dress code

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Marilyn Monroe and her world-renowned mole. [source]
I made it through my visit to the junior high more or less unscathed. The principal did begin to ask me to remove my facial piercing (I have had a monroe for the past 3 years) lest I violate the dress code, but I said I would have to […]