Feminism

My Letter to La Quinta

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Here is the email I sent to La Quinta:
 Last night I saw your advertisement containing this verbiage: “Your wife is escorted off the plane.” This text was followed by “You get the window seat.”
Is La Quinta suggesting that their core customer is an idiot man who relishes in the fact that his wife has been […]

Ridiculous Advertisements About Men

Monday, April 16th, 2007

One of my peeves are the numerous advertisements depicting men as idiots. Unlike my conservative counterparts, I do not blame feminism for this trend. Rather advertisers seem to have concluded that men-as-children sells product.
The latest, and by far one of the most offensive to date, depicts an airplace leaving the runway. “Your wife was escorted […]

Random Thoughts on Forge Forward 2007

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

In no particular order, I’ve written down my thoughts and feelings about masculinity after attending the Forge Forward 2007 conference:

White privilege remains entrenched within white trans male space.
In the privilege workshop I attended, several white trans men expressed ambivalence about owning their privilege.
When they did own it, they apologized for it.
Male […]

A Poem from a Reader

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

Self-Organizing Men inspired Rich Tolman to write the following poem. He has graciously allowed me to reprint it in its entirety.
My voice is changing again…
I’m a Bar Mitzvah boy.
Two weeks shy of thirteen.
Performing for the first time
Before family, friends, a congregation of witnesses
Go ahead Bar Mitzvah Boy.
Read ancient script-with no vowels-from a sheepskin parchment
Sing ancient […]