Wannsee Conference

Today is the 70th anniversary of the Wannsee Conference, where the nazi answer to the "Jewish Question" was answered in the form of the "Final Solution". This date should be remembered with as much fervor as we remember every nazi victim. 

Because this civilized business meeting like meetings taking place among men all over the world this very minute decided the death of an entire race of people (and then some). And as we move nearer the day when no living victim of the Shoah is left, it is gravely important for us to remember all the more. Not merely for the sakes of the dead, but for our own sakes and futures.

Never Forget.

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Feminine?

Who is more feminine and why?

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Joan of Arc

A bit behind, but an important birth/life to remember:

 

Along with a beautiful piece by Patti Smith and an equally beautiful photo of Falconett in her 1928 silent portrayal of Jeanne, in the Passion of Joan which is considered the greatest acting performance by any actor to date. And she did it all in silence.

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Gender Variant=Gender Bullshit!

As we move from the conservative anti feminist post-queer gender fluid body politic toward the male medical machine's 2013 gender incongruence, we are encountering with a greater frequency the use of "gender variant" by both queer and medical groups alike. Gender Variant has been created to describe what queer/medical groups deem "behaviour or gender expression that does not conform to dominant gender norms of male and female". 


The creation and implication of such a term only strengthens the already circumscribed notions of female and male/feminine and masculine. And by labeling behaviour as female/male/feminine/masculine we maintain an ignorant limited view of the sexes and preserve the limited possibilities for the sexes. Gender Variant also implies a difference where in truth, there is none. A female with short hair who works construction is still a female!

Female and male is simply what we are born, not what toys we play with, what colours we like, what clothes we wear or what careers we choose! Expand what it means to be female or male and toss in the nearest garbage bin where it belongs, gender variant, which only maintains the limits of who we are and what is possible for us based on our sex.

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A good Article on the Sexing of Toys/Clothes and Colours

See article here.

From the article:

‎"and I don't know if anyone has pointed this out before -- children are malleable, responding to the stimuli they are exposed to and the cues they are given"...thank you!

‎"This last point explains why many anti-feminists are so keen for toys to remain gendered: because if it's not really "natural" for boys to play with soldiers and girls to play dollies, then what other "natural" differences between the sexes (and the iniquities which arise from them) are no longer supportable? Perhaps it's not really "natural" for women to be under-represented on boards, or get paid less, or do more domestic chores even when they work the same hours as their male partners"....thank you again!!!!!!


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