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anarchist pen FTW

Recently returned from Portland.  I’ll post more when I feel less zombie-ish, but for now, enjoy these passive-aggressive notes.
On the bathroom wall at Sweet Pea Vegan Bakery:

The note says, “Where did you buy your pen? An anarchist pen store?”
In a convenience store:

I’d like to thank Arron, whomever he is, for ensuring that the aforementioned [...]

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cis privilege

There are virtually no spaces, even on the Internet, where transpeople’s voices are centered.
The recent brouhaha at Pam’s House Blendis only one example of this phenomenon.
It frustrates me, and fucken’ pisses me off, that any discussion of trans-issues rapidly devolves into calls for transpeople to justify their existence.
Understanding one’s own privilege is difficult. Being [...]

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