December 2009
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“When I teach about racism the first thing I say to my students is that racism is...”
– from an ‘INTERVIEW WITH ROBIN D.G. KELLEY’ (via thirdstitch) (via seaponies) (via ihatethismess) (via sexismandthecity)
Age
tiredofbeingignored:
mestizarate:
So a lot of times when I hear people talking about a bigoted older relative or person they finish their story by saying something like “well, it’s okay because they’re 60/70/80/90/insert old age here.” And I’m not okay with this. When I’m 80 I want people to continue to call me out on my shit.
Is being old really an excuse for being racist, sexist,...
tiredofbeingignored:
seaponies:
fearbythousands:
How come we only quote famous/well known people? Why can’t we quote our mothers, fathers, teachers, mentors, or ourselves. We have some great ideas and things to say about the world, too.
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“Last Saturday night, I was shaking my ass in someone’s living room in Olympia....”
– Gender Marmalade « This is What a Man Sounds Like (via genderqueer) (via tobia) (via tiredofbeingignored)
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yeah so this got too long for a quote post
tiredofbeingignored:
seaponies:
lavenderlines:
isabelthespy:
“The great thing about Gaga is she always want to push for the most extreme option,” Card said. “She’s brave enough to let herself be a canvas for a designer to go and really express themselves. Nothing is off limits! With Rihanna and Beyoncé there is an end result of desirability and unattainable sexiness, whereas Gaga is a...