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You are viewing the most recent 20 entries July 16th, 2009July 14th, 2009:
Being vegetarian I sometimes come across people who peddle a particular kind of newage pseudoscience to vegetarians. The most, erm, impressive I've ever seen is BodyTalk: http://www.bodytalkuk.co.uk/ or http://www.bodytalksystem.com/ The leaflet I picked up at the Nottingam vegan fair says it comes from someone who has studied just about everything including Modern Physics and Theology and cures just about anything including Parasites and Shock/Trauma I think they should win some sort of award for integrating just about anything claimed as "therapeutic". :
The last bastion of prejudice: Duncan James's decision to come out as bisexual has drawn attention to one of the ugliest of Britain's prejudices in The Guardian 14 July 2009 by Gary Nunn. :
Pink News: Comment: Easier bi the backdoor? By Marcus Morgan July 14, 2009 ...isn't it about time that celebrities coming out as supposedly "bisexual" just admitted they were really gay? If you find yourself nodding to the sentence above, I'm afraid you're part of the problem. Go Marcus, go! July 13th, 2009:
PinkNews: Blue star Duncan James comes out as bisexual Not a band / singer I'd previously heard of. There's a few anti-bi comments that might merit a response. This entry was originally posted at http://skibbley.dreamwidth.org/216304.ht July 11th, 2009:
Bisexual Butterfly at London Pride 2009 pictures are up on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3 July 10th, 2009:
Following recent comments around BiCon I've been thinking of Pete Chvany's "Mission: Lighten Up!" in Bi men edited by him and Ron Jackson Suresha: If you're bisexual, lighten up. Hey: women are fun, men are fun, so go have fun: do right by others, expect them to do right by you, be honest, but lighten up, and have fun. I do tend to take myself a bit too seriously at times and have a lot on right now. While not accepting it was only a joke as an excuse for punitive attacks I think humour can sometimes get to the heart of a matter sharpish and be an excellent bonding activity as well as just fun. I'm looking forward to smiling at BiCon. :
Your bisexual cheat sheet for navigating the movies at Outfest by Mike Szymanski Bisexuality Examiner :
Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy interviewed in The Independent Her Majesty Elizabeth II, Defender of the Faith, Duchess of Edinburgh, Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, etc, etc, better known for her interest in livery than literature, made a pronouncement to a bisexual single mother about poetry. Now the bisexual single mother is her poet laureate... July 8th, 2009:
I recently met one of the editors of the journal Diversity in Health and Care and am considering putting together a submission when I've finished my dissertation. :
Historically bisexuals have been on the wrong end of the law. A number of us at BiCon have had ambivalent or hostile interactions with police. Our police, judicial and criminal sanction systems practice institutionalised oppression against bisexuals and other aspects of people's diverse lives - such as race and belief. Pervasive societal pressures against bisexuals can lead to internalised punishment and shame. I would like BiCon to be a place of respite and a place to find positive treatment of bisexuals. I would like BiCon to take positive steps to welcome all bi friendly people from groups under-represented in the bisexual community, particularly those facing societal and state oppression. Therefore I would like any theme of crime and punishment to be drawn away from punitive or realistic imagery for the ball and for this theme to spread no further within BiCon. (Also emailed to the BiCon team) :
The Independent: Crossed lines: Untangling Britain's rail networks including The Independent's Simon Calder interviews Mark Smith of The Man In Seat 61 - one of my favourite websites is The Man In Seat Sixty-One. July 7th, 2009:
I'm considering if I want to offer a workshop / session for BiCon. I was considering a late night slot to chat about bisexuality over tea. I was also considering something on outreach and diversity - about who we get to BiCon and who we don't; finding some reasons why we don't see e.g. more black people and some practical ideas for doing something about prejudices, barriers or simple lack of contact. Ideas? Suggestions? July 6th, 2009July 4th, 2009:
Bisexuals do Derby Goes Pink and wear enough sun cream not to go pink. We took part in the parade through town and the festival in the park afterwards and were highly visible in both. A bright, friendly day. July 3rd, 2009:
A few links: The bi activist and generally excellent Robyn Ochs goes to the U.S. White House (facebook page) The Kenneth R. Haslam Collection on Polyamory at the Kinsey Institute. I rather like http://gopubmed.org/ , an alternative interface to PubMed (PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to 1948) Neda, Iranian Queer Magazine in mostly Farsi and some English. July 2nd, 2009:
Well done to Delhi's High Court for finally getting rid of the colonial law criminalising same-sex sex. July 1st, 2009:
July events I might be found at: Saturday 4th July: Possibly Derby Goes Pink possibly London Pride, Bi (Parenting) Picnic in London and/ or a garden party I've been invited to. Sunday 12th July: Bobba Cass - Love Poems for Ivan by a Gay Man with a Grey Heart, Leicester. Saturday 25th July: Nottingham Pride. Possibly Polyverse Poetry Festival, Loughborough (24-26th) with Carol Ann Duffy and others. Perhaps some of the Special Olympics GB Summer Games, Leicester (25th-31st). Moving house at the end of the month. |
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