ms. cho

Lest anyone be out there who doesn't read her blog... It's so good. She's so smart and cool and ranty, and she's the punchiest writer.

Why are women's bodies intrinsically scary, in need of barriers, censoring, disclaimers, reasons and justifications? Why are men's bodies totally secular, to the point where we can have 'fun' with them, such as in the sly humor injected along with plastic resin into the displayed cadavers of Body Worlds, where dead men play basketball and fling their skin over their skeletons like dry cleaning? Why are men science and women pornography?

and on the wussy democratic convention...

On top of this, the liberal stance is a backward version of taking the 'high road' by ignoring the demoralizing and homophobic view of the Christian right, when in truth, it is not the high road but what is incorrectly perceived as the safe route. Playing it safe isn't productive for anyone, because safety requires invisibility for gay and lesbian Americans, and the inhumanity engendered by making people disappear is anything but safe; rather, it puts us all in danger.

When we are banned from the places where we should be welcomed, where we should not only be allowed but encouraged to speak, where do we go then? It frustrates me because this silences the potential leader that is waiting in the wings. We need a Martin Luther Queen. Now, at this very moment. This is the most important thing we could ask for. Someone who could say, "Free at last," would be nice, but right now I would settle, for "here at last."