December 2011
November 2011
Watchlati-negros:
lavaux:
fourzoas:
apio:
Why are there so few female and non-white directors?
Steve McQueen asking a lineup of six white male directors why they so rarely cast minorities in movies. Also, how about that telling list of only three female directors at the beginning?
Steve McQueen’s bewilderment at the difference between “movie reality” and “real reality” re: the total...
Statement by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on...
yourhue:
by Pam Spaulding on Friday, November 18, 2011 at 1:13pm
WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement today on Transgender Day of Remembrance, memorializing transgender Americans who have lost their lives as a result of violence:
“The Transgender Day of Remembrance will be commemorated this Sunday, Nov. 20. I am...
Watchasiansnotstudying:
Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile And Stuart Duncan: Tiny Desk Concert
This is absolutely incredible.
Source (NPR)
History Is A Weapon →
jhameia:
A site with free ebooks (and readable on mobiles too, it seems) on a long history of radical activism within the United States (and also internationally). From their Starter page:
If you aren’t dealing with a particular question, feel free to work your way through all the starter essays and head back to the issues that stirred you the most. Here we go:
What is this America? Three...
“Something funny happened on my way to a transportation meeting in Northgate. As...”
– Dorli Rainey, 84, Pepper Sprayed by SPD at Occupy Seattle Protest
“Sure, I can perform gender if I want. I can curtsy or throw like a girl or bat...”
– Julia Serano in “Performance Piece” (via mikroblogolas)
Watchguerrillamamamedicine:
the-mtblog:
Jon Stewart took to The Daily Show last night to talk about the Penn State child sexual abuse scandal, and gave a serious commentary about how people knew of Sandusky’s abuse and didn’t do anything, as well as the recent student rioting over the firing of coach Joe Paterno.[thedailyshow]
its moments like this when i love jon stewart. he knows that a lot of...
“Middle-class white women’s lives are not just different from working-class...”
– Dr. Elsa Barkley Brown, “What Has Happened Here,” 298 (via latinosexuality)
“All of this has left Oakland’s blacks and Latinos in a difficult position. They...”
– Trouble Beside the Bay by Ishmael Reed http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/opinion/trouble-beside-the-bay.html?ref=opinion (via fresafresca)
This has been my sentiment since day one. #JadedAsshole
(via amerikkkanstories)
I’m frankly surprised by the attention this op-ed is getting, especially from...
