February 2012
“Perhaps I’m a transphobic bigot [trigger warning], but I honestly think waiting...”
– Guess who?
Tell me, anyone, has he ever apologized and taken back what he said? Anyone? Bueller…?
(via andythenerd)
every time i think i can’t possibly hate this man more he goes and makes it happen
i’d have to say he’s one of the few people on earth i have no positive thoughts for and basically...
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We, the Mothers of the New Time
I have my own adjustments and additions to the ideals to be meditating on during this working (for instance it is not just about patriarchy for me, but kyriarchy, and decolonization is a vital process in undoing these systems of oppressive and destructive power), but I have to say that overall and in general, I really like the idea of taking the time collectively, as trans and cis women and/or...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation, And the Making of...
As many of you probably know, I’m a graduate student. And I’m in my last semester, in the process of writing my thesis. It’s coming along ok and it’s an interesting change of pace having only this one thing to work on for once, a first in my academic career. Anywho, over the winter break in prepping for this project I kept being bothered by some very personal reflections...
“Reduced to its biological preconditions, the insular structure of the producer’s...”
– Angela Davis, “Women and Capitalism: Dialectics of Oppression and Liberation”
Angela Davis, y’all. If more Feminists read Angela Davis, Feminism wouldn’t annoy me so much. This was in 1977, when she was in jail.
Anyway, this passage may be dense and hard to get through but last night it almost...
January 2012
“Let’s get one thing out of the way: Mexican immigration is an oxymoron....”
– Sherman Alexie | The Progressive
Notes from an Occupation 14: Shock and Awe! Or:...
scottrossi:
First off, as I said on facebook, the only way I can really start this out is by saying “Fuck the Police!” And I well and truly mean it. I know many of you who have known me for years, and even a lot of my brothers and sisters in the Occupy movement, who have only known me for a few months, will probably be shocked that I’m at this point, and frankly, I am too. I’m torn up about it....
“It’s the same old story: Nothing in this world happens unless white folks says...”
– James McBride, Being A Maid (via thetart)
National Lawyers Guild Asks Federal Court to... →
Cis straight white people are trying to shut Arkh...
thearkhproject:
Yesterday, notice was received from Kate at Indiegogo that part of #Arkh’s pitch on indiegogo was “unlawful”. Namely, that the lines about using the money to hire queer people and PoC artists were “breaking anti-discrimination laws”. Now Arkh’s goal is to not only make this game, but to use the money to support the community at the end of its goals, the queer community and the...
Fuck Yeah Radical Literature!: Book: This Bridge... →
First published in 1981, This Bridge Called My Back has been out of print since the expiration of its contract with Third Woman Press in 2008. Hopefully the digital copy will find its way to those who will circulate it and possibly build up pressure to have it printed again.
URL Set:
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#askafeminist
so-treu:
how come there was this huge coordinated effort to hold Michael Moore for his misogyny and victim-blaming, but when Regis Philburn assaulted Nicki Minaj on national tv y’all didn’t say or do shit?
blackamazon:
milkeemountainmama:
and you know…the reason I bleat on and on and on about love being more powerful than hate and loving ourselves enough to make change and love love love love—it’s not because i’m some sort of starry eyed dreamer (weeeell, i am sorta)—but because FUCK—how radical is the act of self-love *when the world wants you dead*? when the world sees no value in your...
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#askafeminist
adventuresofcomicbookgirl:
akitron:
faineemae:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
leonineantiheroine:
so-treu:
how come y’all are so willing to talk about how Beyonce isn’t “feminist” enough and willing to use her child to do so but when scientists discover a new species of horsefly and name it after her because it has a large, golden butt, y’all don’t say shit??
This is incredible.
wow
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Dear White Folks,
zorascreation:
Ursula K. Le Guin, a White woman, wrote “A Wizard of Earthsea”. A fantasy novel in which ALL OF THE MAJOR CHARACTERS WERE BLACK, RED AND BROWN. And none of them were tokens or fetishes. They were—*gasp*—REAL PEOPLE.
Guess what else? She published that bad boy in the fucking Sixties.
Y’all have NO EXCUSES for the mess y’all pull today.
“[TW: Genocide]
Ironically, Adolf Hitler displayed more knowledge of how we...”
– James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me (via pupunahsh)
truth! he was a real fan of Andrew Jackson and his tactics too
(via adailyriot)
Muslim student claims sexual harrassment, school... →
cyberterrorist:
When she complained to a teacher, she was told that the university generally doesn’t get rid of students right away over such incidents, the lawsuit said. Another teacher asked her if she were married and asked her not to report it to the dean because he would speak with the harasser, the suit said.
Ahmad then reported the harassment and fears for her safety to the ...
MYTH: Autistic self-advocates are so entrenched in...
martianjusticiar:
FACT: Many autistic self-advocates - yes, even those of us who speak, even of those of us diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome or PDD-NOS rather than classic autism, even of those of us who live on our own or go to college or whatever the benchmark for being “high-functioning” is - see the benefit of treatments and other forms of assistance… as long as they have the proper aim. ...
There Is No Hierarchy of Oppressions
yourhue:
From “There Is No Hierarchy of Oppressions” by Audre Lorde
I was born Black, and a woman. I am trying to become the strongest person I can become to live the life I have been given and to help effect change toward a liveable future for this earth and for my children. As a Black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, poet, mother of two including one boy and a member of an interracial couple, I...
“One of the smartest things the Nazis did was to co-opt rationality and to co-opt...”
– Derrick Jensen (via cultureofresistance)
“Loggers in Brazil captured an eight-year-old girl from one of the Amazon’s last...”
– Loggers ‘burned Amazon tribe girl alive’
This ruined my night.
(via thenoobyorker)
Jesus Christ.
(via fearandwar)
This is what evil looks like.
(via frombaghdadwithlove)
There are few things in the world this horrible. No matter what the outcome of this tragedy is, justice will never be...
Ingredients of Love →
guerrillamamamedicine:
juniper glass How would you define love?
bell hooks Love is a combination of six ingredients: care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust. I found that a lot of people just felt really confused about what love is, so I said, here, take these six ingredients and as you go about your life, you can ask: the action I’m taking, does it have these six...
The Colours of Resistance Archive →
mytongueisforked:
etiquette-etc:
a collection of analysis and tools for liberatory organizing and movement-building
want!
Why Ethnic Studies Courses are Good for White Kids... →
beautyinthebr0ken:
“Ethnic studies courses — when working well — do not produce this abstract and unproductive sense of guilt. Instead, they teach White folks how to be critical allies in specific ways to struggles for equality. Stated another way, the opposite of Whiteness is not feeling guilty about being White; it’s not Blackness, and it’s not hip-hop either. The opposite of Whiteness is...
The WOC Survival Kit: first-born-child: Last... →
first-born-child:
Last member of 65,000-year-old tribe dies, taking one of world’s earliest languages to the grave.
fyeahblackhistory:
The last member of a 65,000-year-old tribe has died, taking one of the world’s earliest languages to the grave. Boa Sr, who died in 2010 aged…
BUY ALL OF THE GIRL SCOUT COOKIES.
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ladyalexandria:
Hey everyone! The video that I am going to link you to is of a very shallow, most likely brainwashed individual who is asking for a national boycott on Girl Scout cookies. Why? Because the Girl Scout organization allows transgender males into the group. She apparently is completely against this. She thinks that bringing any boy into Girl Scouts is...
George Lucas: Hollywood Didn't Want To Fund My... →
motherjones:
“It’s because it’s an all-black movie. There’s no major white roles in it at all…I showed it to all of them and they said nooooo. We don’t know how to market a movie like this.”
Cissexist bigot calls for a boycott of Girl Scout... →
thecurvature:
listofnow:
ceasesilence:cherutenu:
I did not know the Girl Scouts were so inclusive. That’s not the case with the Boy Scouts, right? I mean, would they allow a transboy to join? I seem to recall they have issues with letting gay men be Scout leaders…
Anyway, who wants Girl Scout cookies? I’ll buy.
I don’t know about the Boy Scouts. The Girl Scouts made the news when...
janedoe225:
blackamazon:
The girl scouts do better on trans rights than MOST mainstream Gay Rights orgs, ( looks at HRC) , makes samoas AND brought back my lemon cookies . Best twenty I ever Paypal-ed this week
damn, i need some cookies.
apparently they aren’t on sale in my area for another month
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