May 2012
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You know what's funny?
alexandraerin:
Nobody ever seems to say, “Gender doesn’t exist, therefore all these labels are arbitrary and meaningless, therefore it doesn’t matter what I call you, therefore I have no reason to use any terms other than the ones you choose for yourself. Neither I nor no one else has a horse in this race, so the way you identify is all anybody has to go on.”
Nobody even ever seems to say,...
Corey Foster, 16, dies after dispute on basketball... →
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
Lol, the news show I just watched on this gave a VERY fucking different story, saying that he shot the basketball and it accidentally hit a staff member and that’s when he was TACKLED to the ground by 6-8 people.
There wasn’t shit about him “being angry”.
Specifically in the TV news report, it said:
“Corey said he couldn’t breathe, and the teachers said ‘if you can...
“Oh yeah, I’ve sent that out to other women, sure. No shame to my game.”
– Wade McCree, a Wayne County (Mich.) Circuit Court judge who sent a half-naked photo of himself to a female employee. He has since apologized. (via officialssay)
2,000 Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike and...
fariyahsn:
There are currently 2000 Palestinians on hunger strike in Israeli prisons, though judging by the lack of coverage of the story in the mainstream media you’d never know it. Two of the prisoners involved are now in a critical condition, having been on hunger strike for 60 days and counting. They are protesting prison conditions, including the widespread use of solitary confinement, lack...
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“I think the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in...”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky (via pibadebarrio)
TRANS COUCHSURFING NETWORK - PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST... →
transcouchnetwork:
Hi! I just started a tumblr, the Transgender Couchsurfing Network. After seeing dozens of posts come across my dash about displaced or homeless trans people needing places to crash, I decided that there had to be a way to organize these posts somehow, and to put those in need in contact with those willing to lend a hand. If you’re trans and need a place to stay, or if you...
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Holder Admits Obama Misled Rolling Stone About... →
While attending the White House Correspondents’ dinner Attorney General Eric Holder admitted to the Huffington Post that President Obama misled Rolling Stone about federal marijuana law. From the Huffington Post:
Attorney General Eric Holder was a guest of The Huffington Post at the correspondents’ dinner. Before it began, a HuffPost reporter noted to Holder that Obama’s reference to...
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life spirit.: radscumblr: The Cotton Ceiling:... →
radscumblr:
radscumblr:
The Cotton Ceiling: Question: When Did “Trans” Whacktivists Start Conflating Sex and Race?
roseverbena:
I love how “trans” whacktivists keep posting things about “radscum” oppressing women of color, as if somehow the “trans-o-sphere” isn’t populated with 90% to 95% white…
EXACTLY. THAT’S HOW YOU KNOW THEY DON’T HAVE SHIT FOR A POINT. THEY KNOW THE “RACIST”...
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How To Be A Victim...
hiphopcheerleader:
As a black person, if someone kills you, you better had been a perfect student, or been nice to all your co-workers, and been obedient in every way possible, you had better not fought for your life, or stolen anything, or had children out of wedlock, or been on welfare, or been a gang member, or drug dealer. You had better not been wearing a hoodie, or Nikes, or baggy pants....
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Banks cooperating with police to track ‘Occupy’... →
sinidentidades:
The nation’s largest financial institutions are preparing for the upcoming Occupy Wall Street’s May 1st demonstrations by communicating with police, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.
Brian McNary, director of global risk at Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations, said that banks from America and overseas are working together to “identify, map and track” protesters...
Strong People Don't Have Needs & Other Myths That...
karnythia:
I’ve been tweeting all morning about #rapeculture & #abuseculture, and someone asked me what I meant when I referred to Strong People Myths. I think some/most of us are familiar with the Strong Black Woman Trope right? Right. For those that are unfamiliar with it, it can best be summed up as the idea that black women are so strong they don’t need help, protection, care, or...
“You won’t allow me to go to school.
I won’t become a doctor.
Remember this:...”
– Poem written by an 11 year old Afghan girl
This poem was recorded in a NYT magazine article about female underground poetry groups in Afghanistan. An amazing article about the ways in which women are using a traditional two line poetry form to express their resistance to male oppression, their...
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“One of the things I find very interesting in our current debates is this concept...”
– Elaine Bernard (via pieceinthepuzzlehumanity)
April 2012
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This "Starbugs thing"...
alexandraerin:
Seriously. The only reason it’s even going around is because vegan publications circulated an action alert because if you’re trying to avoid an imal products, a soy drink suddenly having an animal product in it is noteworthy. The media picked it up like it’s actually news is because they feel sad and lonely after the “pink slime beef” story and here’s a story about something pink...
“Imagine a meeting of your county board, with an open comment period for citizens...”
– “Corporate Personhood” Is Not the Problem (via azspot)
This is an excellent analogy.
(via shiracoffee)
phredology:
satan-dennys-powerviolence:
RELIGION IS DUMB THEY FORCE RULES ON EVERYBODY.
GO VEGAN OR ELSE YOU ARE EVIL.
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Racial PTSD
blahblahblather:
strugglingtobeheard:
nom-chompsky:
velocicrafter:
pixyled: nudiemuse: liquornspice: shanaelmsford:
Is There Such A Thing As Racial PTSD?
A recent study out of Penn State University has found that chronic exposure to racial discrimination is analogous to the pressure troops can feel in combat and war. Researchers found that many African-Americans who’ve been faced with...
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What Kony 2012 looked like just a few years ago →
socialistictendencies:
hangama:
sinidentidades:
Embarrassed yet?
I wonder what people in Uganda would say about this.
So they were masturbating in public for 6 years
the whiteness
it hurts
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“A student blows up at a teacher, drops the F-bomb. The usual approach at Lincoln...”
– Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, tries new approach to school discipline — suspensions drop 85% (via mchotdog)
what a radical idea yo
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“For anyone to deny the horrendous experience of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust...”
– Edward Said, Culture and Resistance (via arielnietzsche)
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-tw rape- I'd like to talk about some shit going...
dominoblox:
There was a rally I was unfortunately not capable of participating in because I had other plans that day, which was cosponsored by a Fraternity on our campus. It was for rape survivors to come out and talk about their experiences. One woman, whose name shall remain anonymous for her own personal safety, talked about those experiences in the atmosphere where she believed herself safe....
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Research Firm Blames Monsanto for Bee Deaths So…...
peecharrific:
Published on April 28th, 2012 Written by: Kevin Mathews
Monsanto, the genetically modified food giant, has recently purchased Beeologics, a leading bee research firm. Borrowing a move from the tobacco companies’ playbook, Monsanto appears to have decided that if you do not like the scientific reports coming out about you, then you should just buy the labs.
Beginning in 2007,...
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“The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, is to understand...”
– Baruch Spinoza (via philosophy-quotes)
I don’t know if I agree. It’s incredibly easy to make decisions without realizing what effect your subconscious judgements have on them when you think intuitively.
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Call of Apathy: Violent Young Men and Our Place in... →
[Editor’s Note: W is an experienced soldier with combat experience in several corners of the world. They are now working as a PMC and cannot reveal their identity due to the possibility of backlash. As they put it, “The military is a very, very tight-knit community.” This article has been edited for style and clarity; no additions or deletions have been made.
W’s opinions are, of course,...
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Police Tracking of Cellphones Raises Privacy Fears... →
invisiblelad:
Law enforcement tracking of cellphones, once the province mainly of federal agents, has become a powerful and widely used surveillance tool for local police officials, with hundreds of departments, large and small, often using it aggressively with little or no court oversight, documents show.
The practice has become big business for cellphone companies, too, with a handful of...
“The main reason for disfranchising Gullah is that its speakers are generally...”
– Salikoko S. Mufwene, professor and chair of the department of linguistics at the University of Chicago, talking about the way in which English dialects that are perceived as ‘black’ are constantly disenfranchised by the majority who at the same time is reluctant to do the same to dialects that are...
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“Professions that don’t involve caring, like plumbing or engineering, are...”
– Riane Eisler (via azspot)
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Kony This: ‘Ghana ThinkTank’ Turns the Tables on... →
anticapitalist:
It’s been a weird period for would-be white saviors. Mike Daisey, an outspoken critic of Apple’s labor practices, has admitted to fabricating parts of his investigation of Foxconn factory conditions. And Jason Russell, co-founder of the group behind the massive KONY 2012 campaign, was picked up by San Diego police following a very public breakdown—and despite the campaign’s...
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“Jimmy [Kimmel] got his start years ago on ‘The Man Show.’ In Washington, that’s...”
– President Obama at the Correspondents Dinner. (via wisconsinforward)
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papastain:
some people can be offended by things you are not offended by
some people can be offended by things you find silly
this is okay
you do not choose what to be offended by, it is not your fault for being offended by things
anything
anything
can result in mental and emotional pain, and to try and belittle that is bad
this goes to absolutely everyone
from the edgy bloggers to the...
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I was sexually harassed in front of my mother...
TW: sexual harassment
brazenbitch:
“What your name, girl?”
“How old are you?”
“You gotta boyfriend?”
“You know, I like ‘em thick”
As my mother loaded the car with shit we just bought, he came up behind me watching both of us after he helped her with the heavy stuff. He leaned in closer than usual next to me, touched my ass and squeezed a handful of me into him. “You’re real cute,baby”.
...
“I have no interest in the spectacle of poverty, only in eradicating poverty.”
– Son of baldwin 