Girlyscouts
This video, which has now been removed, showed us a young girl explaining why transgendered kids has no place in the GSUSA (Girl Scouts). The organisation allows transgender girls to join and is, in the video, accused of trying to keep this a secret.
Studievilkår II
Som sagt så kan Sofie sætte debatten i kog. Den mest gennemgående respons jeg syntes hendes indlæg har fået er meget lig den Maria og Sille kommer med og det syntes jeg er trist.
Studievilkår
Den her indlæg kan virkelig få debatten i kog. Eller den kan i hvert fald trække nogen linjer op ret hurtigt. Jeg syntes det er utroligt ucharmerende at nogle ser på den her beskrivelse af et liv (som jeg tvivler på at de ville finde sig i at leve selv) og kalde det klynkeri. Men samtidig er jeg langt fra tilhænger af ideen om at de studerende skal betales for at studere. Hvad er løsningen så?
Pitfalls
This tampon commercial is taking a lot of heat.
I should say: this transphobic tampon commercial is taking a lot of heat. There is a lot of focus on the rights and ethics concerning transsexuals these days and it doesn’t always leave a lot of room for humour or attempts at humour. Here in Denmark transsexuals are still considered mentally ill and just recently a Danish blogger caught the same wave of indignation that is now washing over the tampon company.
Homotropolis is on the beat as always but maybe a little fast when it comes to labelling the much debated video. When the headline of a post states that “transphobic commercial demanded off the net” it’s not really leaving a lot of room for reflection. What would be constructive would be to talk about why this commercial comes off as transphobic, rather than just rage, label and start collecting protest signatures.
Ups?
(One of the reasons I blog is to keep up with my english writing. This one, however, is going to be in danish since I am dealing with a text written in my first language)
Miriam Meyer har fået en hård medfart på grund af en “artikel” skrevet på Ekstra Bladets modeblog. Når jeg sætter artikel i gåseøjne er det fordi jeg ser en klar forskel på et stykke arbejde lavet af en journalist og et indlæg på en blog. En forskel der kan være let at overse og som jeg syntes der bliver talt meget lidt om. Jeg tror at en af grundene til at Miriams artikel er blevet så dårligt modtaget er at den rummer nogle uheldige formuleringer og rammer en tone som en trænet skribent måske havde været i stand til at bevæge sig udenom.
Apparently It’s Time
This, rather lovely, Australian video has been goung around my friends circle and some other channels I “listen” to recently. Stating “it’s time”.
Also Zach Wahls moving testament is still rousing people from their chairs (or at least prompting a push of the “share” button).
There is a kind of “buzz” for things to change on this front. I can relate to the sentiment that it is time. But time for what?
