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The stain of racism and sexism, is not just for people of color or women, it’s all of our burden, all of us. and we absolutely, I don’t care how ordinary you may feel, we, all of us can inspire change, every single one of us.

Viola Davis (via beautiful-ambition)

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February 1st, 2012
ch0lera: Mirko Hanak, Bambi, a life in the woods, 1967  (via drawn.ca)

ch0lera:

Mirko Hanak, Bambi, a life in the woods, 1967 

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[image: shots of stars roving in the sky]

captain-samerica:

crayola-sky:

Beautiful

my god it’s full of


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the bad dominicana: and isnt it funny, how, when dealin w hetero cis-dudes, so much of the...

baddominicana:

and isnt it funny, how, when dealin w hetero cis-dudes, so much of the time its only looking back that you realize that so much of what goes wrong is often due to sexism? but we’re programmed to see it as normal or not know how to identify it all so we dont ever get to the root of the fucked up…


January 30th, 2012


ikager:

I love questionstars work and everyone should check her out: http://questionstar.org/


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shoomlah: Multiculturalism for Steampunk is starting up a weekly art challenge, and it looks promising. SO EXCITED. I’ve had a bunch of ideas for non-Western steampunk outfits floating around in my head, and it’s nice actually having a weekly deadline to motivate me to finish some of them.This is pretty subtle in its steampunkery (read: no extranneous metal bits), but I was just trying to bring in a few western/Victorian elements to traditional Indian clothing- legomuttoned sleeves, the double breasted, collared choli, and adapting the churidar into buttoned spats.…Also a sweet hat.-C

shoomlah:

Multiculturalism for Steampunk is starting up a weekly art challenge, and it looks promising. SO EXCITED. I’ve had a bunch of ideas for non-Western steampunk outfits floating around in my head, and it’s nice actually having a weekly deadline to motivate me to finish some of them.

This is pretty subtle in its steampunkery (read: no extranneous metal bits), but I was just trying to bring in a few western/Victorian elements to traditional Indian clothing- legomuttoned sleeves, the double breasted, collared choli, and adapting the churidar into buttoned spats.

…Also a sweet hat.

-C

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Fat bodies are seen as “evidence”. People try to claim that our bodies are evidence of unhealthy behaviors, lack of willpower, lack of self-care. Then they claim that this evidence is compelling enough to make it ok to target us for shame, stigma and humiliation “for our own good”. Even more damaging, fat people start to internalize this message thinking “If I’m fat then no matter how healthy my habits are I must be doing something wrong. I deserve to be treated poorly and have my body and choices treated like public property.” This is just not true. Fat bodies are not public property, they are not evidence, and they are not a sign that we need someone to step in and tell us how to take care of ourselves. First because nobody can tell what our habits are based on our body size. Second because our health is our decision – we each get to choose how highly to prioritize our health and what path we want to take to get there, with the understanding that we may be limited by the resources that are available to us.

Fat Bodies are Not Evidence « Dances With Fat  (via mmmajestic)

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January 29th, 2012


[image: four gifs of a woman sarcastically 
-admiring someone’s clothing and saying NO KLEPTO
-bedding down on a couch and saying NO HOBO
-rubbing a dog’s ears and saying you’re the cutest puppy in the world NO BEASTO
-looking at a photo of her grandpa and saying grandpa I just miss you so much NO NECRO ] 

stfusexists:

husssel:

So, I was reading through my comments the other day when I came across one that really disturbed me…This girl is really pretty. NO HOMO. I know what you’re thinking “It’s 2012 who still says that”. I thought the same thing too. But for those of you who don’t know. No Homo is a qualifier that is used to assure your present company that you are not in fact a homosexual. Because this phrase makes my skin crawl. I decided to make up a few qualifiers of my own and with your help I hope that I can make these really popular in 2012. - Chescaleigh

This girl is amazing. “She’s beautiful…oh, no pedo.” “WHAT?!”


January 28th, 2012
— What do you need? Tell me, tell me.— I need everyone to continue performing admirably.

— What do you need? Tell me, tell me.
— I need everyone to continue performing admirably.

(Source: polished-stone, via glamaphonic)


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You talk white.

As a young latina, this was expressed to me numerous times after displaying an ‘extensive’ vocabulary or my use of grammatically correct english. It also usually went hand in hand with “you’re not like the rest of them.” I felt angry, sad, despondent. I would go talk to my mom afterwards in my frustration and luckily she would tell me how wrong what they said was and that being intelligent was NOT exclusively ‘white’, supported with many examples of educated people of color.   (via microaggressions)

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