This is a must-read pro-choice blog post published originally at Michael Laxer’s Blog as a guest entry. It is the perspective of a former pro-life insider (which shares volumes of detail about the pro-life movement’s hatred of women). Again, as in the case of the epic troll blog re-post on votes for women, because Blogspot doesn’t … Continue reading »
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The Construction Of “Pro-Life” Rhetoric
Allow myself to be perfectly clear here: there is no “pro-life” and “pro-death”. There is only body-policing or bodily autonomy. The “pro-life” stance is about more than telling people they shouldn’t get an abortion. It’s also about campaigning against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, to make sure no one has the option of dying voluntarily, when … Continue reading »
An Open Letter To Mehdi Hasan of HuffPo
I read your article on how you believe that being pro-life doesn’t make you any less of a lefty, and as I was reading through it, I decided to compile a list of problems with your supporting claims and evidence, under a link to your post on one of my Facebook contact’s walls. But because … Continue reading »
A Very Long Conversation About Abortion Rights
Today I visited the 24-hour protest site of the Musqueam people, whose ancestors’ intact remains are covered by a tarp tent since being unearthed by a condo developer who insists on trying to build on top of them. We discussed a number of demonstrations, details about their legal battle, and various political ideologies. And then … Continue reading »
On Aggravated Suicide
I am only capable of speaking on this subject for myself, but I am able to do so today with my own voice, despite trying countless times to throw myself away. Nothing carries the emotional gravity of those words a person would give their own life to say, even just to a single person. But … Continue reading »
Cis People, Trans* People, Transition, & Hormones
The other day, I attended my friend’s sixth hook suspension. She was hoisted up into euphoric bliss in a lotus position. Pictured below is moments before her euphoria reached full tilt, as she was given what is essentially an under-duck. And that’s how I felt yesterday, reflecting on the hit of euphoria I felt (through … Continue reading »
