February 2012
Just A Quick Note to Atheists (From an Atheist)
rhymeswithnothing:
thefullmetalbitch:
Being an atheist does not erase privilege. This includes white privilege.
This also includes cis privilege, CNDP privilege, and het privilege.
Seriously, being an atheist does not erase your white privilege.
Criticizing exclusively (majority) non-white religions is racist. This includes Islam.
The existence of white Muslims does not invalidate...
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Its hard to be mad at a baby biting you when they look up at you and smile like a sunrise.
::grumble::
::rub bite marks::
::cuddle baby::
Today in "I can't believe I actually have to say...
kiriamaya:
I do not consider “getting along” to be a goal in and of itself. If I get along with somebody, it’s because there is mutual respect, compatibility, and love born of freedom.
Furthermore, I have less than zero interest in “getting along” with my oppressors. And no amount of “but they’re human beings, and you have to understand, and STOP FIGHTING YOU GUUUUUUUUUUUUYS ;_; ” will change...
abandontheships:
which part of being a parent says that your kids are supposed to owe you their eternal gratitude for providing basic food and shelter for them?
like
isn’t that part of the job description of being a parent? doing so if you’re able? how the fuck can you say that you love your kid and then explode at them because you just aren’t quite abusive enough yet for them to have to move...
things i wish i'd learned in high school
lovebelikeawhirlwind:
everything in your history books, with few exceptions, is filtered through the lens of white Eurocentric eliminationst thought. you will only learn what a board of educators, working with a biased, racist agenda, decide is fit for you to know unless you go out and educate yourself. unless you sit down, shut up, and listen to other voices
history is not something you absorb...
New Report: Muslim-American Terrorism on Decline →
rcabbasi:
A new study released today (Feb. 8) by the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security documents that concerns of counterterrorism officials about a potential wave of homegrown violent extremism have not materialized over the past two years. The study, “Muslim-American Terrorism in the Decade Since 9/11,” reports that 20 Muslim-Americans committed or were arrested for terrorist...
(original image was a gif of someone shooting a...
moniquill:
goddessofcheese:
hamburgerjack:
hifi-superstar:
segastarlit:
rinlockhart:
little-chicle:
pah:
from this father’s message to his daughter
That guy had every right to do that to that laptop. FIVE STARS FOR THE BEST OLD SCHOOL DAD…he could’ve sold it to get back the money he used for the software he used on it before finding that post but thats not the point.
The point...
For those of you hoping to follow the situation in...
ilyasafrika:
afternoonsnoozebutton:
postregime:
Might I recommend the following resources (For all but the “overview” sources, I’ve focused on sources that are based out of Syria, live-update and are available to the non-arabic speaker)
Overview of the Revolution:
Mid East Reports’ Syria Revolution Guide
NPR: Syria’s Uprising Escalates, World Mulls Options
Al-Jazeera also has an amazing...
Question for liberals
alexandraerin:
stfuconservatives:
liberalchristian:
stfuconservatives:
thetruthisouttheree:
Okay, so I know that one of the major criticisms Democrats make about Republicans is that we don’t care for the poor.
How do you figure that? You’re right that we don’t want the government to do that through the welfare/ food stamp system. But this is not because we’re greedy and unwilling to...
dingane1:
Preservation of hegemony is us foreign policy
Standing Up Against a Threat to Indian Country -... →
adailyriot:
Montana’s Indian country is sacred ground for all of the Big Sky’s tribes. Tribal lands safeguard and preserve ceremonial sites from the Great Plains to the Rocky Mountains. Each site deserves our everlasting respect and protection.
But the U.S. House of Representatives is currently considering a bill that undermines the sanctity of these places and the sovereignty of Montana’s...
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Confronting the Past on the Anniversary of the... →
adailyriot:
The title of David Satter’s new book about the history of the former Soviet Union might well apply to a pervasive American attitude toward United States history in relation to the indigenous peoples of the continent: “It Was a Long Time Ago and It Never Happened Anyway.” A review in Newsweek magazine describes the book as “a sweeping study of how the former Soviet Union’s bloody...
UN to Investigate Missing Aboriginal Women →
triangularisthepie:
Tanya Talaga, Toronto Star.
The UN has initiated an “inquiry procedure” regarding the missing [600+ over the last 20 years] women.
In a statement released Dec. 16, 2011, it said if it receives “reliable information indicating grave or systematic (rights) violations, then it will invite the state to examine the information it has.
The UN inquiry procedure is being ...
“educating people will never be enough because ignorance is not the problem....”
– -ornicusorcatapdance
CAN I JUST COSIGN THIS. BECAUSE THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS IS WHY SOMETIMES WE DON’T HAVE THE ENERGY TO EDUCATE YOU. THIS IS WHY WE GET ANNOYED WHEN YOU ASK US SHIT THAT YOU COULD HAVE JUST LOOKED UP ON GOOGLE IF YOU REALLY GAVE A FUCK.
(via theoceanandthesky)
Why do people get mad that their idols are human?
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ow...quit it.
my wrist hurts. Enough that I put a brace on. No swelling, and no trauma, just ligament pain that seems unending and the skin is tender to the touch. I’ve been having this issue since x-mas, with occasional pain that is likely caused from crafting and typing while in bed.
I need better habits.
In other news, I will be wearing the same pants to class tomorrow that I wore on monday and...
machistado:
I find it so absolutely unbelievable that we attack individuals who might have a poor self-image precisely because of such. How in god’s name does someone make it living in this society without being at least a little bit insecure?
Sure, we say it’s important to be an intelligent and kind human-beings but it’s not as important as being beautiful. Look at the way our media, the...
'Blow away' text lands Muslim in jail
rcabbasi:
MONTREAL — A Muslim businessman in Canada became a terror suspect for telling his sales staff in a text message to “blow away” the competition at a New York City trade show, a religious association said Friday.
Moroccan-born Saad Allami, who works as a telecommunications company sales manager, was arrested three days after he sent the message in January 2011 and detained while police...
theoceanandthesky:
witchsistah:
theoceanandthesky:
i’m dying over this person who’s like “yr just being obnoxious now.” like, no one even was talking about White people in that post though. it was only about how we felt growing up surrounded by White princesses. nobody SAID ANYTHING ABOUT ACTUAL WHITE PEOPLE.
y’all are hilarious.
It’s simply this:
“ Let me explain this by giving you an...
“I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.”
– Malcolm X (via stardustcrusade)
I would just like to point out that when a white...
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
lightspeedsound:
When a POC is in a history book, it’s ALWAYS BECAUSE OF WHATEVER SHIT THEY DID TO BREAK DOWN RACIAL BOUNDARIES.
They aren’t seen as “visionary” or having “foresight.” They’re seen as “OHHH, OPPRESSED MOTHERFUCKER BROKE THROUGH OK NOTHING MORE TO SEE HERE.”
Seriously. In an AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK, when is the last time you saw a fucking POC who wasn’t...
Tumblr Tuesday (Middle East and North Africa...
sharquaouia:
thepoliticalnotebook:
Uprisings In Translation (Legitimately my new favorite blog. Be prepared for lots of photos of gorgeous revolutionary graffiti with accompanying translations.)
Muslim Women in History (Not just the MENA region, but a heavy dose of it)
Kawlture
Sharquaouia (Formerly “Charquaouia”)
That Sassy Arab
Pax Machina
Abu Dai
Ihya Magazine
Al Masry Al Youm...
this ain't livin': Death With Dishonour: Military... →
What’s even more awful is that once the news went public, the Air Force didn’t think it needed to tell families. This left people wondering what, exactly, had happened to the remains of their dead. Where were they? How had they been handled? Should they trust anything the Air Force says, given that it treated human remains with such disrespect and callously ignored surviving family members when...
“because there’s so much essentialism around talking about periods (yr a woman...”
– Performative wholesomeness: menstrual blogger redux (via rgr-pop)
I remember when someone was like ‘I AM A [cis] WOMAN AND I LIKE MY PERIOD. WE CANNOT DENY THAT MENSTRUATION IS A SERIOUS *~*~*~*WOMEN’S*~*~*~* ISSUE AND IT IS NOT TRANSPHOBIC TO SAY THIS. A CIS WOMAN SAYING SHE LIKES HER PERIOD IS...
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Slow burning rage
(content notice for discussion of murder-suicide, violence against children and violence against women)
So this thing happened the other day. Yet another cis dude killed himself and his children, and according to his suicide note(s) he “couldn’t live without [his] kids” and that somehow justified blowing up his house with himself and his kids inside it. They were 5 and 7.
This...
“One of the fables we live by is that some day the killing will stop. If only we...”
– Derrick Jensen, The Culture of Make Believe (via thenewwomensmovement)
Not Just Marriage: The Other Fights for Gay and... →
The fight for same-sex marriage is only a piece of a larger civil rights struggle. And with all eyes focused on the issue of matrimony, it’s easy to miss some of the other battlegrounds.
For instance, parental rights has long been an issue for gay couples concerned about legal protections. In Iowa, health officials are looking to the courts for how to identify same-sex couples with...
(Content warning: cissexism, harassment) Canada:... →
In the wake of Canada’s continued support of a no-fly rule for anyone who fails to meet gender norms, as subjectively assessed by that country’s border police, a harrowing tale emerges of an incident last year in the United States.
This is the sorry tale of how US Customs officials decided to apply such a test – and as a result humiliated and embarrassed a Canadian woman who was on her way...
torayot:
name-redacted:
torayot:
talldarkbishoujo:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
alexandraerin:
eatmeingo:
As an aside, there were no white people in Aladdin because they weren’t aiming for historical accuracy.
Because Tangled is going for historical accuracy too?? No, I agree with both of these arguments. Disney is lacking in POC certainly, but Rapunzel is (correct me if I’m wrong)...
liquornspice:
theoceanandthesky:
can i ask why it is so hard for some White people to believe that children do wonder why no one looks like them in the media? why is that so hard for you to believe?
Because we cannot possibly have more awareness than them. They don’t notice color as adults. No way us lowly browns are thinking this deep about reality before we get our permanent teeth.
