My so called social Life

May 19

gentlybuilding: hannah c It’s always good to be nude

gentlybuilding:

hannah c

It’s always good to be nude

May 15

inter-actyouth: (photo credit: Southern Poverty Law Center) AIC (our parent org) has just successfully filed the first ever lawsuit in defense of a child with an intersex condition. The lawsuit charges that it was a violation of the Constitution when South Carolina doctors working for the state removed the healthy genital tissue of M.C., attempting to surgically make him a girl. In partnership with the Southern Poverty Law Center and our pro bono firm partners Steptoe & Johnson, LLP; and Janet, Jenner & Suggs, the lawsuit has been filed in both state and federal courts against South Carolina Department of Social Services, Greenville Hospital System, Medical University of South Carolina and individual employees for performing an irreversible and medically unnecessary surgery on a 16-month-old child in the state’s care at the time of the surgery. This lawsuit was filed on behalf of M.C., now eight years old, by his adoptive parents, Mark and Pam Crawford.  After laying the groundwork for more than six years and developing this case over the past two, this is a landmark triumph for AIC and, above all else, M.C. and the other vulnerable children like him. No other individual or organization before AIC has ever pursued an impact litigation agenda specific to defending children with intersex conditions/DSD: the historic significance of this lawsuit and the opportunity to broadly influence legal protections is unprecedented. Thanks to you we’re in a prime position to pursue this lawsuit as the powerful civil rights authority that AIC has become. As with all of us at AIC, I know this news will likely evoke strong emotions. Please know that you are joined by a community of others who are also committed to compassion and justice for M.C., his parents, and all our special children.  We will have more information for you soon—please check back for further details and how you can help.  Visit AIC’s website to read the complete public statement.  Click to hear an audio interview with the Crawford parent’s from the Southern Poverty Law Center http://www.splcenter.org/ In community, Anne Tamar-Mattis

inter-actyouth:

(photo credit: Southern Poverty Law Center)

AIC (our parent org) has just successfully filed the first ever lawsuit in defense of a child with an intersex condition. The lawsuit charges that it was a violation of the Constitution when South Carolina doctors working for the state removed the healthy genital tissue of M.C., attempting to surgically make him a girl.

In partnership with the Southern Poverty Law Center and our pro bono firm partners Steptoe & Johnson, LLP; and Janet, Jenner & Suggs, the lawsuit has been filed in both state and federal courts against South Carolina Department of Social Services, Greenville Hospital System, Medical University of South Carolina and individual employees for performing an irreversible and medically unnecessary surgery on a 16-month-old child in the state’s care at the time of the surgery. This lawsuit was filed on behalf of M.C., now eight years old, by his adoptive parents, Mark and Pam Crawford. 

After laying the groundwork for more than six years and developing this case over the past two, this is a landmark triumph for AIC and, above all else, M.C. and the other vulnerable children like him. No other individual or organization before AIC has ever pursued an impact litigation agenda specific to defending children with intersex conditions/DSD: the historic significance of this lawsuit and the opportunity to broadly influence legal protections is unprecedented.

Thanks to you we’re in a prime position to pursue this lawsuit as the powerful civil rights authority that AIC has become. As with all of us at AIC, I know this news will likely evoke strong emotions. Please know that you are joined by a community of others who are also committed to compassion and justice for M.C., his parents, and all our special children. 

We will have more information for you soon—please check back for further details and how you can help. 

Visit AIC’s website to read the complete public statement. 

Click to hear an audio interview with the Crawford parent’s from the Southern Poverty Law Center http://www.splcenter.org/

In community,

Anne Tamar-Mattis

May 14

Movie night at home

Movie night at home

HERSUTE: Body acceptance versus body positivity: Reflecting on Lena Dunham’s casual nudity -

hersute:

I wrote this article for first publication in The Peach.

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Praise be to the TV: seeing Lena Dunham so casually naked on HBO’s Girls over the past year has had a positive effect on my own body acceptance. That might sound a little silly to some, but it’s actually a pretty big deal…

May 13

Your very own drone, to follow you home -

Universal Air got its start with a $15,000 Kickstarter campaign that earned $220,000. Now it wants to make drones that can autonomously follow you around. Without an Internet signal. Read this article by Daniel Terdiman on CNET News.