Comments for Memoirs of a Genderqueer Femme Anarchist http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com La puttana lurida dell'anarchico Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:18:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on About by Jesa http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/about/#comment-229 Jesa Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:18:48 +0000 #comment-229 Mental hugs! I hate I didn't get a chance to wish you happy birthday.I am sure we could be friends. Mental hugs! I hate I didn’t get a chance to wish you happy birthday.I am sure we could be friends.

]]> Comment on Italian Descent and white Privilege by Scott http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/italian-descent-and-white-privilege/#comment-228 Scott Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:12:13 +0000 http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-228 I am an adoptee and I was born in the mid 1970s. The story that has been told to me was that my mother was from the state of New York, but she gave birth to me in southern Illinois. Originally I was promised to a white couple for adoption, but once I was born they declined the adoption because of my ethnic features. I was reclassified as a bi-racial African American baby and placed into the adoption system. Very soon after I was adopted by an African American couple who raised me in central Illinois and I believed I was a bi-racial African American until last year. In doing research surrounding my adoption I discovered the “facts” surrounding my adoption were actually assumptions. After performing a DNA test for ancestry (as many African Americans are beginning to do such as Oprah) I have discovered I have absolutely no Sub-Saharan ancestry. Most of my ancestry and ethnicity is actually Mediterranean Italian mixed with Norwegian with a very small chunk of North African Berber blood from Tunisia which is not surprising since Tunisia is only 95 miles away from Sicily. According to the definition of “white” given by the U.S. Census it includes people who originate from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. It has taken me months of research about genetics, the history of the Mediterranean and the Italian American experience to make sense of all this. Although my genetics fit into the U.S. definition of "white" my phenotype and cultural up bringing does not fit the social definition of what is "white". Hello, I am a “white” Italian American who at birth was not awarded and continue to not be awarded white privilege at least in mid-west America. Nice to meet you. I am an adoptee and I was born in the mid 1970s. The story that has been told to me was that my mother was from the state of New York, but she gave birth to me in southern Illinois. Originally I was promised to a white couple for adoption, but once I was born they declined the adoption because of my ethnic features. I was reclassified as a bi-racial African American baby and placed into the adoption system. Very soon after I was adopted by an African American couple who raised me in central Illinois and I believed I was a bi-racial African American until last year. In doing research surrounding my adoption I discovered the “facts” surrounding my adoption were actually assumptions. After performing a DNA test for ancestry (as many African Americans are beginning to do such as Oprah) I have discovered I have absolutely no Sub-Saharan ancestry. Most of my ancestry and ethnicity is actually Mediterranean Italian mixed with Norwegian with a very small chunk of North African Berber blood from Tunisia which is not surprising since Tunisia is only 95 miles away from Sicily. According to the definition of “white” given by the U.S. Census it includes people who originate from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
It has taken me months of research about genetics, the history of the Mediterranean and the Italian American experience to make sense of all this. Although my genetics fit into the U.S. definition of “white” my phenotype and cultural up bringing does not fit the social definition of what is “white”. Hello, I am a “white” Italian American who at birth was not awarded and continue to not be awarded white privilege at least in mid-west America. Nice to meet you.

]]> Comment on A Birthday Story by Pace Smith http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/a-birthday-story/#comment-226 Pace Smith Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:04:35 +0000 http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-226 That's a lovely story, and it makes me really happy. (: That’s a lovely story, and it makes me really happy. (:

]]> Comment on Quitting Smoking by anarchafemme http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/quitting-smoking/#comment-223 anarchafemme Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:17:24 +0000 http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/?p=121#comment-223 Hmm, I'm not much of a runner, but I do love my bicycle, so that could be good to try. Hmm, I’m not much of a runner, but I do love my bicycle, so that could be good to try.

]]> Comment on Quitting Smoking by Lindsay http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/quitting-smoking/#comment-222 Lindsay Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:55:12 +0000 http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/?p=121#comment-222 Aw, that sucks. Sounds like you're pretty well-prepared, at least. Also, that's very interesting about smoking as a coping strategy. I have used exercise in some of those ways: running is particularly good for helping the thoughts come. Aw, that sucks. Sounds like you’re pretty well-prepared, at least.

Also, that’s very interesting about smoking as a coping strategy. I have used exercise in some of those ways: running is particularly good for helping the thoughts come.

]]> Comment on Racist Activity in the NW District (PDX) by Follow-up on Racist activity in NW PDX « Memoirs of a Genderqueer Femme Anarchist http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/racist-activity-in-the-nw-district-pdx/#comment-200 Follow-up on Racist activity in NW PDX « Memoirs of a Genderqueer Femme Anarchist Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:31:50 +0000 http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/?p=104#comment-200 [...] For those of you who don’t follow the general Indymedia feed or the PDX Indymedia feed, here’s a follow up on the post about racist activity in the NW district, the full text is at portland indymedia here Rose City Antifa Expose Nazi [...] [...] For those of you who don’t follow the general Indymedia feed or the PDX Indymedia feed, here’s a follow up on the post about racist activity in the NW district, the full text is at portland indymedia here Rose City Antifa Expose Nazi [...]

]]> Comment on Racist Activity in the NW District (PDX) by RCA http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/racist-activity-in-the-nw-district-pdx/#comment-198 RCA Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:40:38 +0000 http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/?p=104#comment-198 Story about the person responsible for the stickers. Rose City Antifa Expose Nazi Trash: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2009/07/392568.shtml Story about the person responsible for the stickers.

Rose City Antifa Expose Nazi Trash:
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2009/07/392568.shtml

]]> Comment on Selling Out to the Oppressors and Tone Arguments – Pam’s House Blend by sublimefemme http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/selling-out-to-the-oppressors-and-tone-arguments-pams-house-blend/#comment-195 sublimefemme Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:34:08 +0000 http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-195 I don't read Pam's House either, but I appreciate you posting about this controversy. Are people actually banned from using the term "cis" on that site? That's appalling. xo SF I don’t read Pam’s House either, but I appreciate you posting about this controversy. Are people actually banned from using the term “cis” on that site? That’s appalling.

xo
SF

]]> Comment on Selling Out to the Oppressors and Tone Arguments – Pam’s House Blend by Lindsay http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/selling-out-to-the-oppressors-and-tone-arguments-pams-house-blend/#comment-194 Lindsay Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:22:52 +0000 http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-194 I never understood why some people find "cis" so offensive; all it means is "not trans." I liked Lisa Harney's explanation: that "cis," as the complement of "trans," implies equivalency and parity, which is jarring to cissexists. (It's really weird to see that reaction to "cis" crop up on a gay-rights blog, though!) I never understood why some people find “cis” so offensive; all it means is “not trans.”

I liked Lisa Harney’s explanation: that “cis,” as the complement of “trans,” implies equivalency and parity, which is jarring to cissexists.

(It’s really weird to see that reaction to “cis” crop up on a gay-rights blog, though!)

]]> Comment on The World is Busted Link Round Up Edition by Lindsay http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/the-world-is-busted-link-round-up-edition/#comment-193 Lindsay Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:18:06 +0000 http://anarchafemme.wordpress.com/?p=97#comment-193 Yay, Ecuador! Yay, Ecuador!

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