I came across this article and was really upset for the author of this post. I have personally avoided gay themed excursions for the very same fears of body/fat shaming. I feel there are a lot of impossible body standards that are placed on men and just like the author of this post, they make a lot of men very uncomfortable. I’ll let you read the post for yourself. Feel free to share any thoughts you have. Click here to read the article.

I feel like the constantly battle for masculinity and femininity is getting a bit tiresome. I would like to see a society where we are focused less on someone’s gender expression as being too masculine or too feminine and we are more concerned for valuing the person’s choice of expression. I think the underlying problem with this particular case is that the system seems to be demonizing the child on the basis of a possible transgender identity. I find this alarming and very heteronormative. I personally do not believe that effeminate behavior denotes a “personality disorder” as the article states. I would like to find some more information on the case so I can be more u to date on the details. Click here for the full article.

The GOP made the promises of repealing ACA and defunding Planned Parenthood within the first 100 days. Maybe this wont be such as easy task. Check out the article here

Recently, I saw a picture floating around on several social media sites. I did a little research and found that in Salt Lake City, a high school teach asked students to complete ans assignment called the “$5.00 Date.” The handouts included a paper for the women in class called “Girl’s Date’ and one for the men called “Boy’s Date.” There are a lot of general assumptions made in the assignments about sexual orientation, gender identity, gender norms, gender roles, and a plethora of other social identity statues and intersections.

I thought the assignment was a blatantly sexist, heterophobic, misogynist, and just generally offensive. The young woman who reported the assignment should be labeled as a hero–not everyone has the ability or social capital to voice their concern and be heard.

Below is a link to the article I found and a view of the images.

‘Don’t waste his money’: Utah high school assignment on dating draws accusations of gender bias. By BENJAMIN WOOD | The Salt Lake Tribune

 

 

 

I feel that this is definitely a new a new approach to pedophilia. Feel free to check the article out here. Feel free to leave comments and thoughts.