September 2012
Popular slut club: Gandhi actually said the Jews... →
genderbitch:
popular-slut-club:
nappyedges:
popular-slut-club:
Gandhi actually said the Jews should “throw themselves upon the nazi’s blades and go to the gas chambers willingly”.
“Admire people for the good they did”
oh okay, so we can just completely forget about the shitty things in history, and view the human timeline with rose colored glasses. that’ll…
This is why I don’t have...
“The white fathers told us, I think therefore I am, and the black mother within...”
– Audre Lorde (via sister-bell)
I Didn't Build That
fishingboatproceeds:
So I own or co-own a few businesses that have experienced varying degrees of success. I am in the educational video business, and the book-writing business, and the merchandise distribution business, and the conference running business, and the making YouTube videos with my brother business, among others. These businesses employ people and generate more jobs per dollar of...
“In 1784, five years before he became president of the United States, George...”
– The sorry legacy of the founders
(via so-treu)
they used slaves for spare body parts.
(via theinebriatedfangirl)
Exploitation of Black bodies assure white people can eat. Literally.
(via bankuei)
Networking Rebellion: Digital Policing and Revolt... →
In the Egyptian uprising, digital technologies were used as both a catalyst for the revolution as well as a tool of repression. The events in Egypt, like others of the so-called “Arab Spring,” is complex, nuanced and deeply entangled with the various forces who have a stake in the region’s geopolitical future. A look at the Egyptian security forces’ efforts to police the uprising with the aid of...
August 2012
Judge blaming Rachel Corrie for her own death... →
The Haifa District court ruled earlier today that the Israeli military is not responsible for killing American activist Rachel Corrie, and that Corrie was to blame for her own death.
“Even when she saw the mount of earth moving towards her, she did not move away. The accident was caused by the deceased,” said Israeli Judge Oded Gershon, as he read out a summary of the 62-page ruling in front of...
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xoJane: It Happened to Me: I Have Fibromyalgia →
annaham:
And I write things about it.
Worse still, the sexism and ableism tied up with the public perception of fibromyalgia hasn’t exactly abated. Sure, women might make up 90% of the people diagnosed with the condition, but from public response you’d think that all of us with fibro have formed some Stonecutters-esque cabal and are constantly strategizing to get sympathy for pain that’s “not...
Janeway Doesn’t Deserve This Shit | Tor.com →
Star Trek: Voyager is my favorite Star Trek series. Prompted in part by my own recent rewatch of the series and in part by this great piece on Princess Leia, I’d like to take a moment to talk about Captain Kathryn Janeway.
Janeway is my favorite Star Trek captain. And while I would typically content myself with liking what I like quietly and leaving each to their own, in this particular case I...
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“I know that this is the internet, and we’re all anonymous and all that, but...”
– Neil Gaiman (via wilwheaton)
Wonder where all that empathy was when Neil was talking about how Native American genocide was boring and trivial.
Or when Wil wanted to scapegoat Black people for being the problem within the Gay rights movement.
Hm.
(via gadaboutgreen)
OMFG Wheaton did that shit?...
nezua:
amerikkkan-stories:
I loathe being told
what I am
and what I am not
by people, others
gabachos and colonizers
white-collar conservatives and
Internet activists with blue-collar shirts
they bought from la segunda
those that would paint me into corners
place me in files and piles
neat little boxes for safe keeping
categorizing me until they are comfortable
with definitions...
I have so many new followers.
feministinthetardis:
Hi.
Lovely to see you all, but where are you coming from?
Well I am coming from Those Pesky Dames.
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Sigh
This fucking landlord….
1. Our toilet seat has been wobbly from old ass RUSTED TO FUCK bolts holding it down since we got here, we tried fixing it but couldn’t because one of the wingnuts had been screwed on incorrectly, at an angle. Finally we got a hacksaw and cut through the damn thing yesterday and now no dangerous wobbly fucking toilet seat. BUT that should have been fixed long...
FDA set to ban gay men as sperm donors →
quixotess:
glossylalia:
notreallykira:
nanner:
lipstick-feminists:
To the dismay of gay-rights activists, the Food and Drug Administration is about to implement new rules recommending that any man who has engaged in homosexual sex in the previous five years be barred from serving as an anonymous sperm donor.
The FDA has rejected calls to scrap the provision, insisting that gay men...
blackamazon:
karnythia:
Children of color are old to face racism when they’re born. Old enough to bear the weight of stereotypes & hate before their little eyes can focus. But somehow white kids are supposed to be too delicate & too shielded to even know race exists because somehow that might hurt them. When your definition of innocent child doesn’t include my babies? I know what...
“In 30 years observations, Jane Goodall never saw one rape among the chimpanzees,...”
– Truth About Rape (via slutwalkseattle)
“The term “illegal immigrant” was first used in 1939 as a slur by the British...”
– Why ‘illegal immigrant’ is a slur - CNN.com (via subalterity)
How To Drop Out Of High School: 4 Legal Ways To... →
howtodropoutofschool:
1. Open Culture: Not a large a selection, but high quality texts. If you just want to skim a book to brush up on a course you took in ninth grade, download one of these. I have yet to be disappointed.
2. Book Boon: Provides free college-level textbooks in a PDF format. Probably the widest…
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Oregon Bar Bans Transgender Women
gailsimone:
Oregon Bar Bans Transgender Women
foxtalbotnegatives:
For two years, Cassandra Lynn and her friends have held ladies’ night out at their favorite haunt. On Friday nights, the women meet up for drinks at P-Club Bar and Grill in north Portland, Ore.
But their longtime hangout spot has cast them out through a voice mail Lynn received from the bar’s owner saying she and her friends...
“Being poor itself is not yet a crime, but in at least a third of the states,...”
– Tomgram: Barbara Ehrenreich, Looting the Lives of the Poor | TomDispatch (via nickturse)
“And then there’s Charlie Sheen. Sheen’s sordid history includes shooting Kelly...”
– Clementine Ford again, on the topic of why we seem to forget that Chris Brown is not the only famous person who has ever been abusive to women (via exportswede)
tal9000:
piddlebucket:
wut4:
“Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan” anagrams to “My ultimate Ayn Rand porn”.
dont even care if its true i believe it
#ayn rand would jerk off just looking at their tax plans #and she would come to CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE MY FRIEND
amazing
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Professor: Some of my favorite writers are Whitman, Poe, Dickinson, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and Hawthorne. What do you like?
Me: I like Gloria Anzaldua, Cherrie Moraga, Audre Lorde, Sherman Alexie, bell hooks, Gish Jen, Pat Mora, Toni Morrison, Olaudah Equiano, and several others that I can't think of right now.
Professor: I think I recognized 2 of those writers.
Me: Thought so.
Professor:
Me:
Professor: Okay, so, next person...
A Vegetarian's Defence of The Seal Hunt →
I have been a vegetarian since 1991 but, thanks to PETA’s influence, I now tell people that I don’t eat meat, except for seal.
- Justin Beach
Final Cry for Help
searchingforknowledge:
theveiledwarrior:
So this morning, I was physically prevented from leaving the house.
I wanted to go speak to the hiring manager at a local McDonald’s, then visit a friend. My mother intervened before I could leave, physically getting in my way and forbidding me from leaving the house except at her say-so. In case you were wondering, I *don’t* have her say so.
I would...
“The idea that race or ethnicity might help determine how well people sleep is...”
– How Well You Sleep May Hinge on Race - NYTimes.com (via tballardbrown)
Gee, I wonder if stress might be the reason. Higher rates of poverty, lower rates of access to health care & police brutality are just a few reasons black people might not sleep. After all we’ve already seen that black kids...
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Just took someone to school on Facebook and after posting realized that I wasn’t conversing on the wall of the friend I thought I was (guys with similar pic and same first name) and maybe his friends aren’t ready for me at all and maybe he’s not into my Facebook schooling this dude saying absurd things on his post and ooooooooooooops cuz I try to be pretty picky about what...
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