24 June 2017

Grantsville, Utah

ezs note: Now let's move on to Grantsville, Utah, just a hop, skip, and a jump from Salt Lake City!

23 June 2017

Thoughts and musings (3)

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You can't not be a political being, even when you're announcing that you're not a political being.

- Ali Smith

from The Paris Review

Sometimes, you're lucky enough to hit upon a bit of serendipity, a bit of luck. I was reading an essay by Ali Smith, a writer of poetry and prose. Ms. Smith is a bookish sort, or at least those are the feelings that you'll be left with after reading her conversation. However, in the latter course of conversing, she talks of "political being(s)". I thought about that, rereading the short line, and then smiled.

How do we handle this brief life? I see many people who are perfectly content with skimming the newspaper or the same in a computer, but after about five minutes, they move on to other areas of life. Considering how hectic life is, it's understandable. Ah, but now enter the Age of Trump. I honestly don't understand how one can withstand this blithering fool and not carry a sign in front of the Capitol or city hall.

We all have one day less. For god's sake, make it worth it.

- Emily

DOES EVERYTHING THAT DONALD TRUMP TOUCHES DIE?

Bess Levin
Vanity Fair

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Madrid hosts_ and debates_ global gay pride

Aritz Parra
WBOC 16

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Mike Pence to Deliver Keynote Address Today at Focus On The Family's 40th Anniversary Celebration (Video)

David Badash
New Civil Rights Movement

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California restricts state travel to Texas, other states over LGBT laws

Reid Wilson
The Hill

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APNewsBreak: Military heads want transgender enlistment hold

Lolita C. Baldor
StarTribune

1) garden slug, or 2) military commander

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22 June 2017

'He's a total mess': Ansel Elgort slams President Donald Trump... (UK)

Press
Daily Mail

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Applebee's sued for sex discrimination against transgender hostess

Christopher J. Eberhart
lohud

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Theatre Rhinoceros: Queer theatre’s enduring home (UK)

Paul Vale

The Stage

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Ann Arbor Schools updating policy on transgender students and immigrants

Lauren Slagter
mlive

Ann Arbor, MI

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Transgender 'Glee' Actor Charice Pempengco Changes Name to Jake Zyrus

Joyce Chen
Rolling Stone

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21 June 2017

Thoughts and musings (2)

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We all live in extraordinary times. In 1997, the movie Ma Vie en Rose was out, but save for a few crusaders, this film was definitely not for the popcorn crowd. In much of the United States, it still isn't. The difference is, though, is that much of the transgender community is now knocking, knocking, incessantly knocking. Which is why it's so sad to see Transgender On Screen by John Phillips. I had hoped I would come back having read a thoughtful book. What I got, despite its dense read, was a decidedly unintelligent tome.

I will grant Phillips this: the book came out in 2008, giving him a bit of breathing room. However, when I consider Alain Berliner's masterwork. it's not easy to forgive Philipps. What he tries to do - unsuccessfully - is to slap Jacques Lacan's papers on it. And when did Lacan die? In 1981. Shit, I wasn't out of high school yet. I don't wish to go so far as some critics do by painting him with the 'cult of Lacan', but I do have to say that he was a man of his time - not ours.

- Emily

Donald Trump Is a Crook

Jonathan Chait
New York

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Kicking Sexism in the Shins

Jessie O'Brian
Vegas Seven

The Shins

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Transgender North Carolina Musical, THE BODY POLITIC, Announces Full Cast for NYMF Premiere

Press
Broadway World

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GOP Congressman: Soldiers Will Pretend To Be Transgender To Get Out Of Combat

Miranda Blue
Right Wing Watch

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A Transgender Groom Sees Beyond What He Ever Imagined

Alic Custer-Shook
The New York Times

Alic Custer-Shook

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20 June 2017

Donald Trump Is Proving Too Stupid to Be President

Max Boot
Foreign Policy

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ezs note: To my friends at Foreign Policy - geez, I don't want to be mean or anything - but how long did it take for you to figure this out? (He's too dumb to sit on the town hall in a ghost town.)