__As you've probably noticed, I have a heading called "Excellent Reads" in the sidebar.  It features links to some of the blogs I particularly enjoy.  We're barely into January, but there have been some great posts in 2012, and I thought I'd share a few:

This post at Invisible Education discusses one queer teacher's surprising reaction to an anti-homophobia training for faculty members at her school.

Susan at DapperQ suggests that we all commit to quality and craftsmanship in 2012.  Sounds good to me!  Now I just need to save my pennies for some of those pieces she recommends...

I love Pretty Butch, written by a butch trying to make it as an actress in LA.  It's extremely well-written, and I particularly enjoyed this post about the ongoing difficulty of coming out to one's self as butch over and over.

Butch on Butch is a new blog about a butch who's starting to date other butches (and with recent luck, too!).  She recently wrote this post about women who identify as women, are not trans, and want to have top surgery.

Amanda of Is This Thing On makes resolutions for 2012, as does the soon-to-be-published Wendi Kali of A Stranger in This Place.