March 2012
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“My life is slowed up by thought and the need to understand what I am living.”
– Anaïs Nin (via sexismandthecity)
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February 2012
95 posts
racismschool:
13 Year Old Jada Williams Persecuted by the Rochester City School District Over her essay on Frederick Douglass.
beautifulbrwn:
“On Saturday, February 18, 2012, the Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York presented the first Spirit of Freedom award to Jada Williams, a 13-year old city of Rochester student. Miss Williams wrote an essay on her impressions of Frederick Douglass’...
“Facebook is very confused. They seem to think breasts are only about sex, but...”
– Belinda Phipps (Sorry, Facebook – on breastfeeding you seem rather confused | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk)
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squintyoureyes:
sherlocked replied to your photo
I like Lucy Liu, and I’m pleased they’re casting a WOC as Watson because TV NEVER does that, but I’m worried they’re just doing this so they can slap them together while avoiding homoeroticism or, heaven forbid, gay people.
welllllllll
in my experience network television rarely ever shies away from homoerotic subtext between two white male...
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i wish that instead of calling it "losing your...
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“Always use the word ‘Sand’ or ‘Darkness’ or ‘Whispers’ in your title. Subtitles...”
– How to Write about the Middle East is such a brilliant, hilarious read that it passes off as a good, fine beating-of-the-ass for “opinion makers” like Thomas Friedman and Co. This part is even better:
In your text, treat the Middle East as if it were one country, and constantly refer to it as...
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The biggest photo of the night sky ever taken. →
“I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes...”
– Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. (via riverran)
#mary shelley #this quote though #it’s all kinds of wonderful #hey remember that time one asswipe was like you have 30 seconds to name something invented by a woman… #…and Mary was like SCIENCE FICTION MOTHERFUCKERS #that was awesome #thanks Mary Shelley...
“11. Bring consent out of the bedroom. I think part of the reason we have trouble...”
– Holly over at The Pervocracy with an excellent 101 post on Consent Culture. Read the whole thing.
(via a-bayani)
Even out of the micro-“lunch table” type examples, the idea of non-consent is so pervasively intertwined in western/north american culture. it is cousins to the “i know, better than...
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Things I learned from TV.
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
All Asians look like John Cho.
Asians know everything. Seriously, everything. And they can probably fly in secret and they just don’t tell us.
If an Asian person tells you to do something, for the love of god, do it. NEVER cross them.
Black people are all hard. Every one. They’re hard as fuck. You can’t break them with a hammer.
Despite being really hard, black people...
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grandifacepalm asked: A while ago you mentioned...
karnythia:
grrspit:
karnythia:
Tumblr just showed me this ask, which is probably fitting giving what happened to me in class last night. See, here’s the thing about higher ed (and our society in general) the focus on presenting the work of white men as knowledge everyone needs, while framing the work of everyone who is not a white male as something interesting, but not ultimately necessary...
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this ain't livin': I Don't Mind If You're Crazy,... →
Outward symptoms of mental illness can be scary, I get it. But mental illness can also be really scary. When you’re in a place where it is expressing outwardly, that’s sometimes a really, really scary place to be. I have been a shouter on a street corner and it is not pleasant because there is a part of you that is screaming in terror and longing for someone to come help. But you can’t say ‘help...
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“How does a white woman claim to be the victim of yellow fever? I know, it’s so...”
– Elisha Lim breaks down the ridiculousness of another manifestation of white female privilege—being a “victim” of the “sexual sway” of women of color, in this particular case, of Asian women—at the R today. (via racialicious)
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baddominicana:
Men Get Raped Too- A response. (TW)
stfusexists:
This is an incredible piece of writing on the phenomenon that has become a meme of sorts, “What about teh menz?”. I really enjoyed this, instant follow.
sexistculture:
You know, I just checked back in on this post, and something about this last response rubbed me the wrong way. Not because I disagree with anything it said...
“When we complain about men raping, abusing, harassing, and refusing us our human...”
– Unknown. (via futureabortiondoctor, inherhipstheresrevolutions) (via aoawaywego) (via she-hulk-smash) (via loveyourchaos) (via yanettcanhazsoul) (via baddominicana)
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tw: domestic abuse
squintyoureyes:
monkeyknifefight:
aeraspais:
The Daily What can always kiss my ass.
Like I already said on Twitter, instead of condemning Rihanna for forgiving Chris Brown, we need to light a fire under our society that stresses that she does, and don’t give me that “But, Jay Z has never!” because last time I checked, she was getting shit from her fans, probably getting shit from her...
Agent 3Z: I am a woman, not God. →
lickypickystickyfree:
This rant is brought to you by reading about women at the top. (I am now reading about the female candidate for presidency in Mexico)
How is it that when a man is President of a country it is perfectly fine for him to have bajillions of service people AND a wife to keep fort at home? So he can do “his job”. For the people. Whom he understands perfectly.
But when it is a...
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“In order for Bruce Wayne to fund his high-tech covert military campaign against...”
– Peter Rollins (via azspot)
This is what I’m SAYING. Ok you rounded up a few criminals with your batarang. What are you doing about institutional inequality that fosters crime, BRUCE.
(via urbanafrofuturism)
Wow, I never thought about that.
(via janedoe225)
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“It reminds me of the “bike to work” movement. That is also portrayed as white,...”
– comment left on the Racialious blog post “Sustainable Food & Priviledge: Why is Green always White (and Male and Upper-Class)” (via ouiominy)
THIS Ladies and Gentlemen is EXACTLY why when PoC find themselves in “Activists” positions, we look for like colored faces. We have to fight for...
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commanderspock:
temenuga | havisham | danceyrself
Soy sauce doesn’t really have an expiration date, right?
no it just dries up and gets saltier and saltier
#like people #tbh
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Reading Hurts
treesquirrrel:
That moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives as though you didn’t just experience emotional trauma at the hands of a paperback.
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“It is my opinion that the combat exclusion policy actually increases the risk of...”
– Former Army Sergeant Kayla Williams dropped a lot of wisdom in an NPR interview earlier this week. You should go read/listen to what she had to say. (via thepoliticalnotebook)
“Racism is still a really big issue in this country especially around immigration...”
– Hari Kondabolu - Mexican Stereotypes
(via warriorsrise)
Stay divine Hari.
(via dank-potion)
one time i posted this!
and hari is my love.
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I'm looking for YA books with POC in them.
ethiopienne:
feminerdism:
I tutor reading and phonics at an inner-city middle school in Denver. Most of the students are Latino, from low-income households, English Language Learners, and immigrants. Some of them are undocumented immigrants, or their parents are undocumented. Some of their parents work two or three minimum wage jobs, others have parents who are incarcerated. I tell you all of...