gender panic http://gender-panic.com Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:19:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 temporary quiet time http://gender-panic.com/?p=664 http://gender-panic.com/?p=664#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:19:00 +0000 zavi http://gender-panic.com/?p=664 Hello dear reader(s). G-P will be experiencing some temporary quiet time as we have just moved house and have not yet set up things like the all-important Internets. We hope to be back online soon, but for now things will be moving a bit slow around here. We thank you for ...

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]]> http://gender-panic.com/?feed=rss2&p=664 0 QMR: tipping the velvet http://gender-panic.com/?p=655 http://gender-panic.com/?p=655#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:19:04 +0000 zavi http://gender-panic.com/?p=655

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Tipping the Velvet: This three part series follows the life of a young lesbian in 19th century England as she struggles to find a relationship and career. Based on the novel by Sarah Waters.

Country: UK, 2002

Original Language: English

Rating: 4/5

Zavi thinks: ‘Made for television’ movies are a totally different thing when done by the BBC rather than Hallmark or Lifetime.  This film is a fascinating fantasy trip and is very well made.  The first time I watched it was quite late at night, and I had decided I would just watch one segment – yeah right.  Even though each part is an hour long, I just couldn’t stop watching.  Each of the three sections have a totally different feel to them, ranging from light to dark to surreal, yet they fit together quite well.

Panda thinks: Weird at times and somewhat dark, this film contained a lot of elements that I wasn’t expecting, such as BDSM.  I was very satisfied with the way the film was resolved in the ...

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]]> http://gender-panic.com/?feed=rss2&p=655 0 we are now on facebook! http://gender-panic.com/?p=660 http://gender-panic.com/?p=660#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:17:36 +0000 panda http://gender-panic.com/?p=660 Gender-panic is now on Facebook!  Come check us out and give us a like.  You can see our “like” button to the right, or you can check us out by going straight to our page.  We are trying to get a better idea of what kind of readership/community we attract here at G-P.  Also, coming soon: we will be giving away a free button to the first 10 comment-makers on an upcoming post, so keep an eye out ...

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]]> http://gender-panic.com/?feed=rss2&p=660 0 QMR: after stonewall http://gender-panic.com/?p=508 http://gender-panic.com/?p=508#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:47:18 +0000 zavi http://gender-panic.com/?p=508

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After Stonewall: A documentary about queer history from the Stonewall riots era through the new millennium. It features news footage and personal interviews and is a must-see for all queer youth.

Country: USA, 1999

Original Language: English

Rating: 4.5/5

Zavi thinks: Fun to watch, insightful, and available on Netflix instant watch – what more could I ask for in a documentary?  This one is definitely not just for the classroom; it’s enjoyable enough to just watch at home for the fun of it.

Panda thinks: Just watched this for the first time tonight!  For someone who considers themselves decently well versed in US queer rights history, I was blown away by the amount of new information presented to me by this documentary.  Lots of really amazing professional and amateur news footage–really gripping stuff.  It is essentially a very straightforward, condensed history of the modern US queer rights movement.  This is the sort of film that should be shown in public school history ...

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]]> http://gender-panic.com/?feed=rss2&p=508 0 girl, you’ll be a woman (too) soon?… http://gender-panic.com/?p=639 http://gender-panic.com/?p=639#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:00:53 +0000 panda http://gender-panic.com/?p=639 Photo of Chinese baby girls, from Getty Images and the UK Telegraph.

Photo of Chinese baby girls, courtesy of Getty Images and the UK Telegraph.

I’m sure many of us remember our youth as a time primarily free of gender, where we ran around bare chested and barefoot in the glorious summer time, regardless of whether our baby bonnet was blue or pink.  In fact, much of our early lives are blessedly free of the true pressures inherent in a rigidly gendered society, other than the occasional barbie doll falling into hands that really wanted a slingshot or vice versa.

However, there is some disturbing news on both sides of the planet for young girls this week.  NPR reports that a new study conducted by researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital has found some disturbing puberty related trends are taking place among young girls in the United States.  The study found that “10-percent of 7-year-old white girls were developing breasts”, and “for young black girls… 25-percent of 7-year-olds” were exhibiting early puberty and maturation.

Meanwhile, in the latest bout of milk powder related scandals in the People’s ...

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]]> http://gender-panic.com/?feed=rss2&p=639 0 genderqueer educational poster http://gender-panic.com/?p=631 http://gender-panic.com/?p=631#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:15:40 +0000 zavi http://gender-panic.com/?p=631 Why isn’t there an equivalent of this in every class room and/or queer space?

Note: this is a modified version of a poster created by the Stonewall Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  The original  and others are available here for very ...

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]]> http://gender-panic.com/?feed=rss2&p=631 0 a feel good story http://gender-panic.com/?p=625 http://gender-panic.com/?p=625#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:41:03 +0000 zavi http://gender-panic.com/?p=625 Times are tough for lovers these days, and all the news articles that pop up on my dash seem to only dwell on the negative.  Here’s a gem in the rough:  an article about true love that defies gender norms.  It really is an interesting find.  Featured on oprah.com of all places, “Falling in Love With a Transgender Man” is well written and handles trans issues with an unusual sensitivity and eloquence. Here’s an excerpt from it that I particularly liked:

“But normal has always felt like a lie to me, a too-tight sweater we force ourselves to wear. Normal has never been too kind to women, to children, or people of color, people mired in poverty, anyone different in any way. Normal is good for no one, really. It is a lie we all decide to believe—after even the most cursory look, no one is actually normal; it is a plastic bag we wrap around our own heads.”

Best wishes to all of you out there, dear ...

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]]> http://gender-panic.com/?feed=rss2&p=625 0 bad questions to ask a transsexual http://gender-panic.com/?p=618 http://gender-panic.com/?p=618#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 08:27:19 +0000 zavi http://gender-panic.com/?p=618 Are there bad questions to ask a trans and/or queer person?  …Yes.  Of course there are.  There are in fact bad questions to ask any human being.  The conjecture that rude, personal questions are just being asked out of ‘innocent curiosity’ is up there with the presumption that the customer is ‘always right.’  We at genderpanic have done our time behind the counters of coffee shops and retail stores and we know.  The customer is not only sometimes wrong, but is also on occasion being absolutely and deliberately stupid.  This same logic applies to inquirers of private information.

Calpernia Addams is here with razor sharp wit to share some of these bad questions. And may we just say – Calpernia, you kick ass.

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]]> http://gender-panic.com/?feed=rss2&p=618 0 this week in gender bending: supa cute couples http://gender-panic.com/?p=498 http://gender-panic.com/?p=498#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:21:30 +0000 zavi http://gender-panic.com/?p=498

www.2brownchicks.org

There’s nothing more awesome for us at genderpanic than finding out about delightful queer people in the world fighting for equality and working to better their communities through arts and social reform – except perhaps than finding a couple of them! Listed below are two of the couples we’re found out about most recently.

Sean Dorsey and Shawna Virago – Both artists and activists, Sean and Shawna promote transgender awareness and participation in the arts scene in San Francisco.

bOo torres and Joanne Alcantara – Fellow Seattleites, the owners of 2 Brown Chicks Family Farm focus their business practices on environmental and social justice and are very active in giving back to ...

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]]> http://gender-panic.com/?feed=rss2&p=498 0 top ten QMR’s finished! http://gender-panic.com/?p=604 http://gender-panic.com/?p=604#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:28:42 +0000 zavi http://gender-panic.com/?p=604 Whew, we have finally finished reviewing and posting our top ten list for our Queer Media Reviews section.  We’ll continue posting QMR’s about other films, shorts, tv shows and more, just at a less profuse rate.  Now that we have the QMR category properly established, G-P will return to its more usual eclectic postings.

In other exciting news, we now have our very own tumblr site!  This site will act somewhat as an extension of G-P (we will cross-post some of our social media analysis posts there) but will primarily just be a place for us to share and reblog photos of other awesome queers.

In addition, check out our new top link for a site guide, where we’ve categorized all of our posts into six different categories for easier browsing.  “About G-P” offers information about this site and its creators, and “Queer Media Reviews” provides ratings and analysis of different forms of media.  From our three repeating columns, “This Week in Gender Bending,” “Misplaced Gender” and “Gender Q & A,” to our forays into “Media Analysis,” G-P keeps its queer for our ...

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