Hey there! I'm Eli. I'm a Vermonter transplanted to Oberlin, Ohio, where I study archaeology, classics, and chemistry.

I originally hopped on Tumblr to document my experience studying in London in fall 2010. I also like mountains, co-ops, old things, artful books, queer politics, sexual health, and gender non-normativity, so there's lots of that stuff here too.

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30th January 2012

Link reblogged from somewhere different now with 142 notes

heart of my own: Harper's doing it real quietly. Fuck this fucking country and all of the idiots that voted Conservative. →

linearbbq:

sylviaandherfigtree:

pugswithdrugs:

5.2 (1) An air carrier shall not transport a passenger if
(a) the passenger presents a piece of photo identification and does not resemble the photograph;
(b) the passenger does not appear to be the age indicated by the date of birth on the identification he or she presents;
(c) the passenger does not appear to be of the gender indicated on the identification he or she presents; or
(d) the passenger presents more than one form of identification and there is a major discrepancy between those forms of identification.

yup

fuck stephen harper, fuck transphobic security theatre bullshit, fuck every american who thinks canada is some sort of ~liberal safe haven or what have you

The last time I flew out of Canada was, apparently, just before this became policy. Looks like I won’t be doing that again any time soon.

Been thinking about this more, now that it’s not the middle of the night. Here’s what’s especially diabolical about this: most provinces require genital surgery in order to change the gender on a legal ID. Most doctors in Canada require one to two years of “living full-time” before they will perform genital surgery. So you can’t fly if your presentation doesn’t match the gender on your ID, but in order to change the gender on your ID you are required to present in a way that differs from the gender on your ID for at least a year. Heaven forbid you should want to fly to visit family and friends during that time… or move someplace else… or go on a vacation… or, hell, travel to see your surgeon…

(And some provinces’ health care systems won’t cover surgery for trans people, GID diagnosis or no. And — oh, yeah — many trans people don’t have genital surgery, including most who are FAAB. I guess Stephen Harper wants us permanently grounded.)

Source: pugswithdrugs

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    Why I support government reform: because in this country, a majority government means you got 33% of the vote.
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    Awesome. Now I want to shoot myself. Or him.
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    Been thinking about this more, now that it’s not the middle of the night. Here’s what’s especially diabolical about...
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    Ugh.. Is Canada trying...break every positive stereotype they have?
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    this requirement? As...security measure, what is the point?
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    You see, this is why I will personally punch this man in the face one day. I will walk up to his house in Calgary, ring...
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    I NEVER liked Harper. I CANNOT stand him.
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    The last time I flew out of Canada was, apparently, just before this became policy. Looks like I won’t be doing that...
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    why am i not surprised
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    HOLY SHIT. Okay, I just went into the kitchen to rant about this and my fucking Grandma agreed with that you should look...
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    oh. wonderful. great. there’s like no where in the world for me. canada, i thought we had something. harper. why harper.
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    LIKE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK UGH
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