Trailer for the documentary film “Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement,” a true love story about two New York women whose relationship spans over four decades.
I echo AJ. tonight, again, I was shown I was a second hand citizen in my own country. the united states is one of the most progressive countries in the world, but not in this aspect. in this aspect, we are at the bottom.
let alone as a female, a gay female - as a human, I am so disappointed. I am repulsed, sickened, and mostly, I am so. so. hurt.
The New York State Senate shot down a bill to ensure Marriage Equality for all of its citizens, with a final vote of 24-38. I’m not sure that I can even express how angry, sad, and utterly disappointed I am with this decision.
As upsetting as this is, we have to continue the fight. I have no doubt that we will have marriage equality in New York. It’s just going to take longer than we thought.
My good friend AJ, posted a response to this decision on his own blog. It’s everything I want to say…
You know what? I have something to say to New York state and every person tonight who is cheering and not crying. I am not an abomination. I am not a sinner.
I am not a threat to national security.
I am not tearing apart the fabric of civilization.
I do not want you or your children.
I am not destroying the foundation of your religion.
Do you want to know what I am?
I’m a child and a sibling. I’m a college student. I’m a reader and a writter. I’m a knitter. I’m a fantasy nerd and a sci fi geek. I’m a loner. I’m an activist. I’m a thinker and a dreamer.
I’m a transboy. I’m a queer. I aspire to someday find someone who makes me happy and who I make happy and to marry them in the eyes of whatever governments and gods happen to be watching.
I am a human being.
And tonight I am a second class citizen again.
So take this night, if you must. Take it and cheer and celebrate. Assure yourselves that you’ve won a victory for moral rightness, religious certainty, and the American way. Treasure this night.
Because tomorrow morning? I and every other gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, transsexual, and queer on the planet will still be here.
We aren’t going anywhere. And we are going to make sure this is the last night you have.
The original post is here.
Fans of the books, and now a movie version, often break into “teams,” aligning them- selves with the swain they hope Bella will choose in the end: Team Edward or Team Jacob. But few young readers ask, “Why not Team Bella?” perhaps because the answer is quite clear: There can be no Team Bella. Even though Bella is ostensibly a hero, in truth she is merely an object in the Twilight world. Bella is a prize, not a person, someone to whom things happen, not an active participant in the unfolding story. […]
Maybe it’s difficult for Edward to see Bella as an equal because Bella has almost no personality. Meyer writes on her website that she “left out a detailed description of Bella in the book so that the reader could more easily step into her shoes.” But Meyer fails to give Bella much of an interior life as well; Bella is a blank slate, with few thoughts or actions that don’t center on Edward. Outside of him and occasional outings with werewolf Jacob, Bella doesn’t do anything more than go to school, cook and clean for her dad, write to her mother, read and romanticize over Victorian literature and find fault with her clothing. She has no other interests, no goals, few friends: Bella does nothing that suggests she is a person in her own right. If Meyer hopes that readers see themselves as Bella, what is it she is suggesting to them about the significance of their own lives?
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