Whew, it’s been a while since I’ve shared what I’ve been reading online. So let me get right to it.
- Have you ever felt good about yourself, then logged into social media, took one look at all of the incredible things other people are doing, and felt like an abject failure? You aren’t alone. If we aren’t careful, we can easily find ourselves comparing our lives to the highlight reels of others’ lives and always finding ourselves wanting. For Harriet warns us against making that mistakes and shares a healthier way to look at things.
- If you are always hearing, “You are over sensitive,” one of two things may be going on.
a) The people telling you that are being assholes and want you to accept their bad behavior.
b) You are highly sensitive.
(Actually, it’s most likely both are true.) Those of us who are highly sensitive will probably see a lot of ourselves in this Huffington Post article that lists 16 common characteristics of highly sensitive people. - In the United States, being LGBT, being African-American, and having some form of mental illness is an intersection of identities that can be frustrating. Helen writes frankly about the challenges for people who live this reality over on Autostraddle.
- The arguments I hear from Christians who oppose civil rights for LGBT people in the United States sound disgustingly familiar to the arguments that were used to oppose civil rights for African-Americans back in the day. Think Progress writes about how racists used their religious beliefs in the same way homophobes use them now to justify the discrimination against and othering of LGBT people.
- For people like David Harris-Gershon, who sees the death throes of the Religious Right in the slew of anti-LGBT legislation that has been coming up in recent months, I give thanks. He writes about it over on Tikkun Daily.
- Last, but not least, please do whatever you can to support the FREE CeCe documentary project over on Indiegogo. From the project description: “This film confronts the culture of violence surrounding trans women of color. It is told through the voices of Laverne Cox and Cece McDonald.”