February 2012
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:
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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.
Why capitalism needs racism →
The capitalist social pyramid is black at the base and white at the top. In South Africa, until apartheid was formally abolished in 1994, this pyramid was legally sanctioned. Elsewhere, while slavery and segregation have been outlawed, the richest people are still the whitest and the poorest are the blackest.
Racism suits capitalism because it’s an important way of justifying economic...
some definitions from psychology... discuss!
esprit-follet:
Microassaults: Conscious and intentional actions or slurs, such as using racial epithets, displaying swastikas or deliberately serving a white person before a person of color in a restaurant. Microinsults: Verbal and nonverbal communications that subtly convey rudeness and insensitivity and demean a person’s racial heritage or identity. An example is an employee who asks a...
the reason why most racists and appropriators...
neetainari:
(this post is a follow-up to the “you don’t know me” clause)
I think it is because they automatically assume the individualist point of view. They assume it is about them as individuals, they think it is the caller’s individual problem and cannot entertain the thought that cultural appropriation and its hurtfulness are actually MUCH BIGGER than any individual on any side of...
At least 204 people have been killed by the NYPD... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
February 4, 1999 - Amadou Diallo, 23 - Bronx
May 25, 1999 - Rodney Mason, 38 - Queens
May 26, 1999 - Dante Johnson, 16 - Bronx
Jun. 28, 1999 - Renato Mercado, 63 - Manhattan
Jul. 24, 1999 - Delano Maloney, 32 - Brooklyn
Aug. 5, 1999 - Jatrek Hewitt, 17 - Staten Island
Aug. 9, 1999 - Robert Striker, 54 - Manhattan
Aug. 15, 1999 - Angel Reyes, 47 - Manhattan
Aug....
Whose green?
dopegirlfresh:
pambana:
and i’m tired of how it is conveniently ignored that when the europeans came to the continents of now-called latin america, africa, asia, polynesia, wherever there were Black and Brown folk, they cried out that our ways of living, building, eating, dancing, were primitive, backwards and to continue to live in those traditional ways meant punishment, even by death. large...
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Writing my review of the God Delusion
megachiropteran:
youarenotyou:
onceuponanotsolongago:
I feel like I just keep going on tangents of “And this is why Dawkins is a complete douchcanoe!…. Oh and this too!… Oh how could I forget this!”
Pretty much if you want to be an atheist that’s awesome. Have fun.
BUT
IF YOU ARE GOING TO START CRITICIZING OTHER PEOPLE AND THEIR RELIGION YOU NEED TO CHECK YOUR FUCKING PRIVILEGE, OKAY?
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So, hard femme...
How did I not know that this was a thing? Where the hell have I been? I’m having a profound moment here, people.
“I Am The Lorax. I Speak For The Gender Binary.” →
smirkingbenevolence:
widdershinsgirl:
iamgrey:
Excerpted from Natalie Reed’s blog:
The stinger in this trailer? The Lorax, obnoxiously voiced by Danny DeVito (the very opposite in personality from the gentle wisdom The Lorax should represent) points at another character and asks incredulously “That’s a woman?!”
Yes, a beloved character from my childhood. One of the most noble, kind, just,...
Do People Become More Conservative as They Age? →
Amidst the bipartisan banter of election season, there persists an enduring belief that people get more conservative as they age — making older people more likely to vote for Republican candidates. Ongoing research, however, fails to back up the stereotype. While there is some evidence that today’s seniors may be more conservative than today’s youth, that’s not because older folks are more...
I seem to get more punk as I get older
I don’t know what that says about me except that I tend to move backwards compared to social stereotypes.
And queercore is kinda neat.
"Cultural Appropriation."
bossymarmalade:
butwithawhimper:
I hate when people talk about “Cultural Appropriation.” Like freaking out on hipster white chicks for wearing a “native american” headdress. If you’re going to pull that, then don’t you dare wear clothes that were made in a textile factory, because those originated in England, and if you’re not from there, then you should get bitched at every time you wear a...
This coffee is awful
Bleh