All posts by Charlotte Somers

PAPER: How Erasure Impacts Health Care for Transgender People

I’m reading through papers, books and reports related to queerness, the environment, and occasionally other topics. As I read, I’m taking notes so I can refer back to my old readings and remember their key points more easily. Why not post my notes here, so you can all learn with me?

The bulk of each article will be a summary of the reading, and will then end with my thoughts. Square brackets throughout the summary indicate comments from me.

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PAPER: Queer vulnerability & resilience to natural disasters

I’m reading through papers, books and reports related to queerness, the environment, and occasionally other topics. As I read, I’m taking notes so I can refer back to my old readings and remember their key points more easily. Why not post my notes here, so you can all learn with me?

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PAPER: Erasure and Health Equity Implications of Using Binary Male/Female Categories in Sexual Health Research and Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Sexually Transmitted Infection Surveillance: Recommendations for Transgender-Inclusive Data Collection and Reporting

I’m reading through papers, books and reports related to queerness, the environment, and occasionally other topics. As I read, I’m taking notes so I can refer back to my old readings and remember their key points more easily. Why not post my notes here, so you can all learn with me?

The bulk of each article will be a summary of the reading, and will then end with my thoughts. Square brackets throughout the summary indicate comments from me.

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Grief and Expedition 33

A screenshot I took near the start of the game.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is easily one of the best games I have ever played. It might end up being one of the few I would give a perfect score; I’d need to reflect for a while before I can say for sure, but it’s a contender. However, I’ve had one thing niggling in the back of my mind since I finished it last week, and this piece is my attempt to tease it out.

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PAPER: Un-Mapping Gay Imperialism: A Postcolonial Approach To Sexual Orientation-Based Development

I’m reading through papers, books and reports related to queerness, the environment, and occasionally other topics. As I read, I’m taking notes so I can refer back to my old readings and remember their key points more easily. Why not post my notes here, so you can all learn with me?

The bulk of the article will be a summary of the reading, and will then end with my thoughts. Square brackets throughout the summary indicate comments from me.

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PAPER: Polycrisis and Long-term Thinking: Reimagining Development in Asia and the Pacific Foresight Brief

I’m reading through papers, books and reports related to queerness, the environment, and occasionally other topics. As I read, I’m taking notes so I can refer back to my old readings and remember their key points more easily. Why not post my notes here, so you can all learn with me?

The bulk of the article will be a summary of the reading, and will then end with my thoughts. Square brackets throughout the summary indicate comments from me.

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Solidarity in Stone Butch Blues

I finished Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg this morning and I’m going to have a lot to say about it, its themes, and its author over the coming weeks, months, and rest of my life. It’s essential queer reading for… everyone. Are you trying to work out your gender identity or sexuality? Do you want to hear more about how we were treated in the US throughout the latter half of the 20th century? Are you comfortably cis and/or straight but want to learn?

You can find it on Leslie Feinberg’s website for free.

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PAPER: Queer pedagogy for, with and within education for sustainable development

I’m reading through papers, books and reports related to queerness, the environment, and occasionally other topics. As I read, I’m taking notes so I can refer back to my old readings and remember their key points more easily. Why not post my notes here, so you can all learn with me?

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The Logic of Transmisogyny

I started reading The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne in March. Early in the book, she mentioned she wouldn’t be covering transmisogyny as she felt it would best be left to others. That, in turn, got me thinking more seriously about the underlying logic of transmisogyny; it had been in the back of my mind for a while, and Manne’s comments brought it to the fore. I decided that when I finished the book, which I did in mid-July, I’d collect my thoughts on the matter and write about it. This is that piece.

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