February 2012
2 posts
“If you are a white woman and you want to call yourself a feminist, you must...”
– ladyatheist (via mamaatheist)
BOOM.
(via getsnarly)
get free or die tryin'.: White Privilege: Now What... →
racismschool:
Examples of what white privilege deniers THINK it means to be told to “Check Your Privilege.”
Apologize for being white
Believe white is bad or wrong
Be ashamed of being white
Feel guilty for being white
Examples of what people ACTUALLY mean when they say “Check Your…
January 2012
9 posts
break through.: When I didn't cry. Re Jane Elliott →
babstheartist:
eshusplayground:
nudiemuse:
I’m not including the video find it yourself.
I’m only going to say this once to every single person trying to focus on the weeping White children and whatnot.
Fuck you and fuck your tears.
I do not give a tin shit if someone watches…
MISSING: Azaria Owens from Brooklyn, NY →
blackamazon:
sequin-stuffed:
Her name is Azaria, she is very friendly and very talkative - 7 years old, natural, brown skin, average build, about 3.5 ft tall.
She has been missing since 11am on January 14, 2012.
She may be wearing a pink coat and pink book bag; she probably has dolls, books, and cookies in this bag. She has multicolored bubbles and click-clack barrettes in her hair. The...
“In order to understand why transphobia and cissexism persist and are continually...”
– Ida Hammer, in an interview with Bitch Magazine (via mikroblogolas)
Spice Girls London 2012 Olympics performance is a... →
rosa—sparks:
glossylalia:
alexandrahamilton:
hg-:
ohrohin:
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
Important Information/Appropriate Reaction
This needs to happen.
SPICE UP MY LIFE!!!!
If this doesn’t happen, I will cry. GIRL POWER!
aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh
break through.: "I am proud to be white." →
eccentricafrochild:
Anyone who says this is trying to antagonize black pride .. or they’re truly racist.
Black pride comes from resistance. Black pride comes from survival. We as a people have endured and are currently enduring rape, torture, racism, inferiority complexes, colonialism,…
break through.: An Indian Inventor Disrupts the... →
madamethursday:
jhameia:
An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry
When Arunachalam Muruganantham decided he was going to do something about the fact that women in India can’t afford sanitary napkins, he went the extra mile: He wore his own for a week to figure out the best…
i think the fact that Amanda Marcotte publicly...
so-treu:
says everything that needs to be said about mainstream f*eminism’s dedication to white supremacy, among other things.
December 2011
17 posts
Georgia Reproductive Justice Access Network
If you can, please donate any amount to help low-income folks in northeast Georgia access abortion care and birth control! We need to open our hotline in January, but we can’t do it until we have some money in the bank to give as grants to people who can’t afford the full cost of an abortion or birth control.
Please reblog/spread the word! Even if you can’t give right now, we...
The Bitterist: Well...a tiny bit on Clarisse and... →
fresafresca:
I read this defense of Hugo Schwyzer by Clarisse Thorne over at Role/Reboot, and what strikes me most, is her general indignation that people don’t trust him. The post struck me as scoldy and high-handed and it’s unfortunate because I don’t think she is making a distinction…
come on up to the house: midwestmountainmama:... →
midwestmountainmama:
remember that time when jessica yee’s book just came out and somebody (i don’t remember if it was yee or latoya or some unrelated blogger—i think it might’ve actually been a white woman, just not sure) asked why no big feminist blog had done a write up or otherwise even…
break through.: this whole thing. →
feu-follet:
Oh, Feministe. Or, we like Hugo Schwyzer more than we like you - even if he tried to murder his ex-girlfriend.
desliz:
galesofnovember:
longtermgoals:
galesofnovember:
icewomancometh:
Feministe hosted an interview with a male “feminist” and former…
Trans, Fatty, Acidic: Nine things I wish... →
innerfatgirl:
classragespeaks:
I am poor, I exist, and I’m right here. Hi! Many people who meet and get to know me without knowing my background are rather surprised to find this out. It matters to me on a very personal level when people do things like make nasty comments or…
“Racism is so deeply entrenched and pervasive in many societies that everyday...”
– minh-ha t. pham (via nuestrahermana)
“Science is not “neutral,” nor is it purely beholden to positivism. People do...”
– More Race Science: They Lock Up Those “Crazy” Negro Agitators and Call Them “Schizophrenic,” regarding Jonathan Metzl’s The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease (via thetart)
this is my father’s story
(via guerrillamamamedicine)
Send a Holiday Message to an Incarcerated Survivor... →
abbyjean:
thecurvature:
Currently incarcerated persons are probably already the most isolated individuals in the United States. Those who are not only incarcerated but also the victims of sexual violence while imprisoned face little support, few mental health and recovery services, the ongoing threat of violence, and even retaliation should they speak of the abuse. With their support...
November 2011
18 posts
“And DFCS came back in November 2008 for her fifth child, Debbi, just 14 days...”
– Dalton couple fights to regain custody of their five children | timesfreepress.com
yeah, you know what? I think this has less to do with them speaking spanish, and more to do with that big bolded part up there— US citizens want some children. And what better way to get some cheap home made kids...
Decolonize Your Heart →
guerrillamamamedicine:
innerfatgirl:
Check this new tumblr, here’s the description:
Too many social justice movements are interested in preserving and privileging dominant cultures (whiteness, straightness, cisgender maleness, ability, and so on). Decolonize Your Heart maintains that examining privilege, decentralizing privileged viewpoints and letting go of the ego attached to privilege...
vikkiage: Dear White Feminists →
strugglingtobeheard:
zorascreation:
If you can understand and rationalize and believe in the validity of the absolute rage of women, worldwide, then why can you not do the same for the rage of people of colour, worldwide? Why do so many of you expect people to “sacrifice” one experience…
“Middle-class white women’s lives are not just different from working-class...”
– Dr. Elsa Barkley Brown, “What Has Happened Here,” 298 (via latinosexuality)
Mad Gastronomer: White kids 80% more like to do... →
madgastronomer:
Time has an article on a new study, which shows that while 9% of white kids aged 12-17 used drugs or alcohol, only 5% of African-American kids did so, even though ten times as many black youth are arrested on drug-related charges.
But this is a post-racial society.
The study, which was…
Overheard on BART this morning between an elderly...
Husband: Honey, what is all this 4G business?
Wife: I don't know, dear. It comes after 3G, I guess?
Husband: Don't our phones have this 3G thing? Didn't that just start?
Wife: I don't understand this alphabet business. Can't we just improve service and keep it the same name?
Husband: That's how they get you. They make you think it's better with some snappy new name. In my day--
Wife: No, stop. Don't do that.
Husband: Do what?
Wife: You are not allowed to start sentences that way.
Husband: Well, why not?
Wife: You don't own time, dear. It is not yours to take.
Husband: That doesn't even make sense.
Wife: Why don't they put those moving sidewalk thingies inside the trains?
Husband: You're still not making sense.
Wife: You know those moving walkway things inside the airport? They should put them in the aisle so you can get off quickly. Also, no one could stand on them and crowd the aisle because it would never stop moving.
Me (who is standing in the aisle next to their seats): I'm sorry! Am I crowding you?
Wife: Oh no, honey, you're doing just fine right there. Your jacket looks really warm. Is it?
Me: Actually, it's a bit too warm on the train.
Wife: So it's like you're wearing a fireplace?
Me: I--I suppose it is.
Wife: That's pleasant.
vikkiage: Ahem. →
vikkiage:
If your pro-choice (assuming that people mean ‘pro-choice’ to cover all areas of reproductive justice, not just abortion) movement isn’t intersectional, it’s not fucking pro-choice. Pro-choice should never be conditional, and if the ‘face’ of your movement is a white, able-bodied, thin cis woman,…
yes!
how to decode a person with an anxiety disorder →
spiritinavacuum:
musicisyouronlyfriend:
sugarsickness:
things we are trying to do all the time:
be safe
things we can’t help but do all the time:
second-guess ourselves
behave impulsively and reactively
take everything personally
worry
worry
worry
have difficulty accepting compliments
have difficulty reciprocating friendly gestures
have difficulty finding the courage to respond
...
guerrilla mama medicine: note-a-bear:... →
note-a-bear:
guerrillamamamedicine:
okay i admit i feel a bit shaky at times about my gender theory but…
a (rad fem lesbian) friend was like, gender is a social construction, so we just need to get rid of this concept of gender rather than accept trans folk defining themselves…
which…
October 2011
27 posts
My Halloween Costume:
thingsofinterest:
is subtle enough to make most people think that it is an every day outfit. Only the menswear geeks will fully appreciate it. Too bad there are none around…
Mountain Menswear Blogger
-RRL henely (navy)
-Ralph Lauren Flannel (red plaid)
-Ralph Lauren Wool Cable Half Zip (green)
-RRL Straight Fit Jeans (rinse)
-Danner Mountain Lights (brown)
Other names for the costume...
“The average life span of a transgendered person is twenty-three years. The...”
– Guernica / Trans-Formative Change
Dean Spade is the first openly trans law professor. Meaghan Winter interviews him for Granta.
H/T The Rumpus
FUCKING READ THIS SHIT. NEXT TIME ANYONE THINKS IT’S OKAY TO RAG ON TRANS* PEOPLE (BECAUSE LOLOL THEIR EXISTENCE IS JUST SO FUNNY, ISN’T IT FUNNY THAT...
“The most well-funded organizations in the gay and lesbian movement do not...”
– Dean Spade: Compliance is Gendered (via delisubthefemmecub)