https://ravan.dreamwidth.org/ ravan - Dreamwidth Studios Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:12:51 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios ravan personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/74738/106066 https://ravan.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://ravan.dreamwidth.org/533185.html Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:12:51 GMT https://ravan.dreamwidth.org/533185.html <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://ladyqkat.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://ladyqkat.livejournal.com/'><b>ladyqkat</b></a></span> pointed me at <a href="http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/10/18/things-i-dont-have-to-think-about-today/">Things I Don’t Have to Think About Today</a> by John Scalzi. He very nicely touched on racial, ethnic, religious, gender, sexual orientation, ablism, and other privileges that those who have them don't ever think about. There are more good ones in the comments.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ravan&ditemid=533185" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://ravan.dreamwidth.org/533185.html lgbt sexism religion disability racism privilege calm public 0 https://ravan.dreamwidth.org/531596.html Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:38:55 GMT https://ravan.dreamwidth.org/531596.html I'm glad I never lived in the dorms. Some days my fellow humans make me cry... <br /><br /><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/suicide-rutgers-university-freshman-tyler-clementi-stuns-veteran/story?id=11763784">Rutgers, Friends and Family of Tyler Clementi Mourn Suicide</a><br /><br /><a href="http://rm.livejournal.com/1933522.html">just because I didn't kill myself, doesn't mean I didn't feel like I was dying</a><br /><br />This type of shit is unusual in its absence, not in its presence. It's the bullying that all gay, bi and trans kids go through, even now. More if they're fat and/or geek - it's additive, not either/or.<br /><br />Most turn it inward. Many die by their own hand. Some turn it outward.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ravan&ditemid=531596" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://ravan.dreamwidth.org/531596.html glbt society lgbt privilege prejudice rights bigotry sad public 2 https://ravan.dreamwidth.org/529280.html Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:41:32 GMT https://ravan.dreamwidth.org/529280.html <a href="http://ebonypearl.livejournal.com/808533.html">Privilege, Not Persecution</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ravan&ditemid=529280" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://ravan.dreamwidth.org/529280.html privilege prejudice religion calm public 1