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subjective ([personal profile] subjective) wrote2003-04-29 09:56 am

bitter. jaded. etc.


wow, senator santorum is busy lately. not only is he rallying for sodomy laws (& being backed up by the white house, surprise surprise), he's also introducing new legislation as part of title ix that would cut federal funding for universities/colleges that permit teachers or students to criticize israel. he calls this "ideological diversity," because such criticism is always & only anti-semitic, apparently.

ps. i am so tired of reading counter-arguments about sodomy laws that use the "loving, monogamous gay relationships" line to make their point that we queers are actually, gasp, not fucking with the "basic tenets of society & the traditional family." point one: sex doesn't need to be loving, monogamous or in the context of a relationship to be consensual & legal. point two: who says we don't want to fuck with those basic tenets?

[identity profile] on-reserve.livejournal.com 2003-04-29 11:08 am (UTC)(link)
have you read any gayle rubin? she has amazing things to say about sexual minorities stepping on the next marginalized group down to gain legitimacy for themselves -- and why that's screwed up.

[identity profile] subjective.livejournal.com 2003-04-30 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
hey, yeah i have read rubin. i remember piecing together "the traffic in women" for the first time years ago & feeling totally amazed & energized.