Assistive device, or cyborg suit capable of world destruction? You decide.
Meet HAL, an equally exciting and terrifying innovation.Human fear of growing technology is long-standing. We were warned about cars, air travel, telephones, the personal computer and cell phones. But robots challenge our concepts of humanity, and not just by questioning the God/human divide. But, of course, I had to delve deeper into this commonly repeating narrative.
Get Comfortable: TSA Invasion as a Model for Trans Experience
I announce that I am trans as a statement of my history, experiences and personal perspective, but others read my statement as a declaration of biology and an invitation to envision what is under my clothing. As TSA procedures reduce us to not much more than a collection of body parts, will the American public take a stand and fight for body rights for all?
What's in a Word?: Crafting Transmasculine
As the gender-variant people continue to fight for civil rights, we must begin by removing labels put upon us by doctors, therapists and ‘professionals’ who study trans people from the removed perspective of the ‘other’. The fight for trans rights begins with asserting the right to self-define ourselves and our communities. It is in this spirit that I worked to craft a definition for the term transmasculine.