Comments for Burning Words http://burningwords.net perspectives on stuff from an angry feminist Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:59:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC2 Comment on …and just when you thought lowlife shock jocks couldn’t sink any lower. by prof bw http://burningwords.net/2008/07/27/and-just-when-you-thought-lowlife-shock-jocks-couldnt-sink-any-lower/#comment-2100 prof bw Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:46:15 +0000 http://burningwords.net/?p=138#comment-2100 Hi. Thanks for the trackback. I just wanted to give you the new URL now that the blog has moved: http://profbw.squarespace.com/home/2008/7/25/another-public-figure-thinks-rape-jokes-are-funny.html best prof bw Hi. Thanks for the trackback. I just wanted to give you the new URL now that the blog has moved:

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]]> Comment on Victorian Court of Appeal rules on trans panic case by JJ http://burningwords.net/2008/08/15/victorian-court-of-appeal-rules-on-trans-panic-case/#comment-1860 JJ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:33:06 +0000 http://burningwords.net/?p=147#comment-1860 I've often had a recurring thought on why we don't have hate crimes legislation in this country. But it's never gone any further than a thought, so I've never looked any deeper into the thought to see if it was in fact true that we don't have any legislation. I've also thought whether it would take a reactionary measure to a case such as a Mathew Shepherd or Brandon Teena case for us to have any hate crimes legislation, but then our racial history has been quite different to that in the US - that's not to say it hasn't been as tragic or as easy, just not comparable. That said though, I do believe hate crimes legislation is to be pursued here. We shouldn't have to react to an incident and the tragic mistreatment of someone in the future. We should already have the legislation to protect all each and every one of us. BTW, I've just randomly come across your blog and you write well, so I like reading what you write. I’ve often had a recurring thought on why we don’t have hate crimes legislation in this country. But it’s never gone any further than a thought, so I’ve never looked any deeper into the thought to see if it was in fact true that we don’t have any legislation.

I’ve also thought whether it would take a reactionary measure to a case such as a Mathew Shepherd or Brandon Teena case for us to have any hate crimes legislation, but then our racial history has been quite different to that in the US - that’s not to say it hasn’t been as tragic or as easy, just not comparable.

That said though, I do believe hate crimes legislation is to be pursued here. We shouldn’t have to react to an incident and the tragic mistreatment of someone in the future. We should already have the legislation to protect all each and every one of us.

BTW, I’ve just randomly come across your blog and you write well, so I like reading what you write.

]]> Comment on Consent by Burning Words » Blog Archive » Absence http://burningwords.net/2008/07/27/consent/#comment-1794 Burning Words » Blog Archive » Absence Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:35:49 +0000 http://burningwords.net/?p=140#comment-1794 [...] up along the way just kicks you in the arse. Then, just after I’d had a decent period, came this, which basically triggered a relapse. Now, just as I’d been trying to get on medication and [...] […] up along the way just kicks you in the arse. Then, just after I’d had a decent period, came this, which basically triggered a relapse. Now, just as I’d been trying to get on medication and […]

]]> Comment on Oh god… by Why Aren’t We Posting About Kellie Telesford? « Questioning Transphobia http://burningwords.net/2008/08/16/oh-god/#comment-1718 Why Aren’t We Posting About Kellie Telesford? « Questioning Transphobia Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:50:58 +0000 http://burningwords.net/?p=148#comment-1718 [...] Rebecca [...] […] Rebecca […]

]]> Comment on Two for the price of one by lauredhel http://burningwords.net/2008/08/09/two-for-the-price-of-one/#comment-1644 lauredhel Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:51:50 +0000 http://burningwords.net/?p=146#comment-1644 Thanks for the Carnival shout-out! We are rather pleased to be rid of Buswell, and I'm thrilled that the election campaign will take place in the Olympic season, meaning we're unlikely to be blanketed with shonky WA politics everywhere we look. (Instead we get shonky Olympic politics, but that was going to happen either way.) Thanks for the Carnival shout-out!

We are rather pleased to be rid of Buswell, and I’m thrilled that the election campaign will take place in the Olympic season, meaning we’re unlikely to be blanketed with shonky WA politics everywhere we look. (Instead we get shonky Olympic politics, but that was going to happen either way.)

]]> Comment on Rally for Civil Unions with Ceremonies: March 29 by Civ unions rally success? | Kieran's Commentary http://burningwords.net/2008/03/26/rally-for-civil-unions-with-ceremonies-march-29/#comment-1632 Civ unions rally success? | Kieran's Commentary Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:28:07 +0000 http://burningwords.net/2008/03/26/rally-for-civil-unions-with-ceremonies-march-29/#comment-1632 [...] Campaign For Civil Unions held another rally today. Again Labor’s Andrew Barr committed to introducing a civil unions bill. BUT I noticed that [...] […] Campaign For Civil Unions held another rally today. Again Labor’s Andrew Barr committed to introducing a civil unions bill. BUT I noticed that […]

]]> Comment on Things you need to read by Sarah J http://burningwords.net/2008/08/05/things-you-need-to-read/#comment-1610 Sarah J Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:26:39 +0000 http://burningwords.net/?p=145#comment-1610 (it, in the preceding comment, of course being her murder) (it, in the preceding comment, of course being her murder)

]]> Comment on Things you need to read by Sarah J http://burningwords.net/2008/08/05/things-you-need-to-read/#comment-1609 Sarah J Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:26:14 +0000 http://burningwords.net/?p=145#comment-1609 Yeah..I even felt bad making points over it because what I really wanted to do was find pictures of her and plaster them all over my blog(s) and say "Look! This is a PERSON, not a thing, and she's dead and it was horrible and you all should care!" But I couldn't. A google search for JonBenet Ramsey will give you thousands upon thousands of pictures. A google search for Angie Zapata gave me none. And BFP is so right about the racial thing coming into play, too. So often when these murders happen, it's not just a trans person, but a trans woman (always!) almost always person of color and often sex worker. Yeah..I even felt bad making points over it because what I really wanted to do was find pictures of her and plaster them all over my blog(s) and say “Look! This is a PERSON, not a thing, and she’s dead and it was horrible and you all should care!”

But I couldn’t.

A google search for JonBenet Ramsey will give you thousands upon thousands of pictures. A google search for Angie Zapata gave me none.

And BFP is so right about the racial thing coming into play, too. So often when these murders happen, it’s not just a trans person, but a trans woman (always!) almost always person of color and often sex worker.

]]> Comment on Angie Zapata’s killer arrested by cripchick’s weblog http://burningwords.net/2008/08/01/angie-zapatas-killer-arrested/#comment-1602 cripchick’s weblog Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:14:47 +0000 http://burningwords.net/?p=142#comment-1602 [...] a huge role in how people perceive things, even when the themes are less obvious. Two weeks ago, Angie Zapata, a young trans woman of color, was murdered (and called “it”) just for being a trans woman. [...] […] a huge role in how people perceive things, even when the themes are less obvious. Two weeks ago, Angie Zapata, a young trans woman of color, was murdered (and called “it”) just for being a trans woman. […]

]]> Comment on Angie Zapata’s killer arrested by Roundup of Angie Zapata posts, plus Holly at Feministe: Trans Panic Defense is Often a Smokescreen « Questioning Transphobia http://burningwords.net/2008/08/01/angie-zapatas-killer-arrested/#comment-1600 Roundup of Angie Zapata posts, plus Holly at Feministe: Trans Panic Defense is Often a Smokescreen « Questioning Transphobia Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:27:59 +0000 http://burningwords.net/?p=142#comment-1600 [...] Burning Words: Angie Zapata’s Killer Arrested [...] […] Burning Words: Angie Zapata’s Killer Arrested […]

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