Fannie's Room
Blog URL http://fanniesroom.blogspot.com
Tags Identity, Feminism, Religion, Propaganda Watch, LGBT Rights, Race, Book Reviews, Law, Spirituality
Political, Social, and Homo writings for which the First Amendment may or may not have been intended.
Latest Blog Posts
- Blogging, Marriage, and Monsters on Nov 21, 2009 in Anti-Gays Blogging I See Gay People Well-behaved women Oogedy Boogedy Weapons of Mass Projection Propaganda Watch
From time to time, I like to take a step back and blog about blogging. I have mixed feelings about these meta posts as they usually mean that something not fun has "happened." But, I think it's important to address issues as they come up with respe...
- Sex Integration Fail: Take Two on Nov 20, 2009 in I See Gay People Well-behaved women Propaganda Watch
Previously, I took an article written by our anti-equality friend On Lawn to to task for asserting that same-sex marriage is a "pollution of equality" and that it was heterosexual marriage that caused women to win the right to vote in the US. I rais...
- Children of Same-Sex Parents "Just Fine" on Nov 19, 2009 in Anti-Gays I See Gay People Well-behaved women Oogedy Boogedy Identity
I strongly believe that "marriage defense" is grounded in an ideology of male supremacy. The basic idea behind many people's "defense of traditional marriage" is the idea that men and women are complementary beings who, when they come together in a...
- Book Review: The Mercury 13- The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight on Nov 18, 2009 in We the People Race Well-behaved women Politics
I knew going into Martha Ackmann's historical account The Mercury Thirteen: The true story of thirteen women and the dream of space flight that, due to the content, it would be difficult, frustrating, and infuriating at times to read. During a time...
- Police Officer Condones Murder of Gay Man in Puerto Rico on Nov 17, 2009 in Anti-Gays I See Gay People Identity
In Puerto Rico this past weekend, someone brutally murdered a 19-year-old gay man by decapitating, dismembering, and burning him. In a world in which the life of a gay man mattered like how the lives of human beings matter, those charged with protec...
- In Which Carrie Prejean Fails to Fit NOM's Story Arc on Nov 16, 2009 in I See Gay People Well-behaved women Propaganda Watch
It's not often that I would use the descriptor "good" in the same sentence as the National Organization for [Hetersexual] Marriage. However, I will concede that one thing NOM is good at is writing narratives that resonate with people's fears.For ins...
- Rules For Servers on Nov 13, 2009 in Blogging Random Fun
I found this article in The New York Times, "100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do (Part 1)" amusing, and also true, for the most part.I was glad to see some of my pet peeves mentioned, including:"Do not turn on the charm when it’s tip tim...
