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Southernish and I do a thing at home called “Alright, Okay.” It consists of one person being told information, say a list of errands that need to be done, and the other person saying in a sing-song yet humdrum done, “Alright, Oh-Kay.”
And I keep thinking that while I think about how hardly anyone gave Kokumo some money for TGIF Rally, didn’t hardly anyone give the Dyke March Collective money for Dyke March, people are just gonna go ahead and support bands playin’ at Michfest. Don’t nobody want to try and have some meetings about shaming those assholes in Springfield for how they did us.. Alright, Ohhhhhhh-kayyyyyyyyyyyyy forget anyone ever said anything. Carry on. Alllllllllllllriiiiiiiiiiight. Ohhhhhhhhhh-kaaaaaaaaaay.
I get it.
Allllllriiiiiiight. Ohhhhkaaaaaay.
Stripmining Black History Month
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oldtobegin said: i’m so, so, so sorry you’re not getting the help you need. let me know if i can help in any way - even just a guts complainfest?
Thanks! The most frustrating part is that my guts are, for the most part, fine now. The meds are working but I’m having reactions every single time. It is the most common side effect but I’m still worried that my body has developed antibodies to the drug. I hate not being able to find the information I need and for people to keep giving me dumb fucking answers like “Don’t rub it.” THANKS GENIUS.
Apparently I should have been more concerned about my injection site reactions. Dr. isn’t happy. She and the pharmacist are concerned I’ve developed antibodies to the meds. For whatever reason, her office does not have the capacity to do any tests to determine if this is the case. And of course, I can’t get in to see a dermatologist until August. Until then, I’m to just keep injecting myself with this poison and hope for the best. Both my GI and the pharmacist just kept instructing me to do everything I’m already doing…ice, Benadryl, Tylenol, rotate injection sites, hydrocortisone cream…I’ve done it all, I’m still reacting to every single injection, dum dums.
UIC’s Health Sciences system is a joke. A really really unfunny joke.
Community, solidarity, and more real talk about Michfest
Here’s the thing about solidarity and allyship: it’s not always easy or fun or comfortable. But it’s what is necessary if we are to build a truly inclusive and supportive community. Please stand with trans women and honor the call to boycott Michfest and those who support it.
As readers of The Qu may recall, a couple of months ago, before I was an official contributor here, I wrote a guest piece on Michfest and its exclusionary, transphobic “womyn-born womyn” policy. As…
In the tiny town of Hillsboro, West Virginia sits the birthplace of Pearl S. Buck.
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My AP English class went here in high school. It was beautiful and I remember it smelled like apples.
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In cased you haven’t heard, my home state of West Virginia is celebrating its sesquicentennial on Thursday. I am deeply proud of this wild and wonderful place I’m blessed to call home.
If you’re in the area, you should check out some of the events going on around the state celebrating our 150-year history.
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Cathy Brennan, radical “feminist” terrorist, has set her sights on a young black activist in Baltimore County, MD. Phylicia Sampson is being taken to court by Brennan, a notorious harasser of trans women and their supporters. Sampson is a recent college grad with few resources, no car and no way to fight back without your help.
As a community, we’ve suffered Brennan’s assaults for a long time—her blog is the best known for outing trans women’s personal information. She believes trans women are men who are infiltrating the feminist community and expends her resources fighting them. The idea that she is now taking her harassment to a legal venue is horrifying. That she has selected a young black woman with few resources to fight back is repugnant.
We can’t let Cathy Brennan get away with this! Share Phylicia’s campaign on Facebook, twitter, tumblr and instagram. Here are some things you can do TODAY to help:
- Tell your friends why it is important that they donate to this campaign.
- Donate what you can.
- Write to your favorite feminist blog and ask them to cover this campaign
as someone who has dealt (in a pretty unserious way) with cathy brennan (she’s the one who called me a nightmare woman (hence my tumblr title) please donate whatever you can.
C.B. is the woooooorst!!! Seriously seriously terrible human.
