January 2012
15 posts
“Speaking from the perspective and the tradition of lesbians of color, most if...”
– Emi Koyama’s “Whose feminism is it, anyway?” (via wewantrevolutiongirlstylenow)
So I'm wondering, will a black woman get sympathy...
sourcedumal:
Because I’ve had plenty of scenarios happen to me where I wanted to cry, and nobody batted a fucking eye.
Like freshman year when I was the only black person on my floor, and somebody wrote NIGGER on my white board.Yep. Somebody wrote that shit on my white board. And I didn’t get a single fucking apology from the white bitch whose friend did it.
Or the times when old white ladies...
“Patriarchy and racism make a lot of room for exhibiting, holding space for,...”
– Savannah Jane, one of the creators of “Shit (Young, White, Class-privileged, City-based) “Radical Queers” Say to Each Other”, on transmysogyny, femmephobia, and its intersections with race (and class and location).
So fucking tired of postmodernist douchefucks...
genderbitch:
silentpunk:
flapjackstate:
genderbitch:
HEY, IF WE JUST DON’T GIVE FIRE A NAME, IT STOPS BURNING US. LOL.
Get this a lot for mental health diagnoses, I find.
“You’re just grasping for excuses/labels!”
(OP is talking about trans people, I don’t intend to derail that).
Those people are shitty… saying those things is not in any way related to postmodern theories btw…
...
Dear Customer who stuck up for his little brother,
stfuconservatives:
purdoom:
socialistscum:
sweetupndown:
you thought I didn’t really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you.
Yesterday I had a pair of brothers in my store. One was maybe between 15-17. He was a wrestler at the local high school. Kind of tall, stocky and handsome. He had a younger brother, who was maybe about 10-12 years old. Thy were talking about finding a game...
I cannot possibly verbally (or in any other form)...
sapphrikah:
Of being able to go the the movies and see full, 2 and a half hour features of nothing but white people. (Not to mention if someone makes a movie with a good amount of black people, suddenly its a niche film just for blacks, but white movies are for all, ya’ll!)
Its like we worship them on the daily. On our computer screens, our TV screens, our movie screens. With our hair, with our...
White Supremacy + Autism
liquornspice:
Here’s an excerpt from a NYTimes piece (Navigating Love and Autism) about a young man with Asperger’s Syndrome:
A chemistry whiz, he had spent much of his adolescence teaching himself to make explosives and setting them off in the woods in experiments that he hoped would earn him a patent but that instead led the state police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and...
December 2011
75 posts
Feminist texts written by women of color
mylifeasafeminista:
This list is stil a work in progress, but I really wanted to get it posted. I have either read parts of/all of the texts below or they have been recommended to me. Please reblog and add your own suggestions to the list. Each time someone adds something new, I’ll go back to this original post and make sure to include them. Thanks and enjoy!
Books
Women, Race, and...
“Reverse Racism? Many white people claim to have experienced mistreatment,...”
– (Halifax District School Board, Anti-Racism Policy, 1996) on Reverse Racism (via racismfreeontario)
THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THIS IN WORDS I NEVER COULD QUITE ARTICULATE.
hint: if you have to put “reverse” in front of something that typically means it is not the same.
(via sexxxisbeautiful)
...
Watchamydentata:
[TW: Cissexism]
[Awesome Warning: Bashing back]
skankassqueer:
strawberryfaerie:
iliacrest:
strawberryfaerie:
crankifranki:
Trans Woman Beats Subway Rider for Calling Her a Man
fuck yeah.
but see, violence isn’t acceptable on either end. it’s wonderful that she’s not afraid to stand up for herself, but physical violence is not necessary.
this isn’t good. it’s...
“In the instances when POC say shit like ‘Oh I can’t stand white folk’ or ‘Damn...”
– Briana
“but u guise reverse racism is real!!!1!!one!! im realy prejusidse against bcus im white every1 hatez me”
(via grrrlfoxxx)
THANK YOU.
(via theoceanandthesky)
Thank You Anarchists - The Nation →
bradicalmang:
It is becoming something of a refrain among the well-meaning multitudes now energized by Occupy Wall Street that the movement needs to shed its radical origins so as to actually get something done. “If they can avoid fetishizing the demand for consensus,” James Miller wrote in late October [1] in the New York Times, “they may be able to forge a broader coalition that includes...
“Happy holidays (if that’s your thing). I am fed up with the SF Chron and...”
– Dan Siegel (legal adviser for Oakland Mayor Jean Quan until November 14th, 2011, when he resigned in protest of Oakland Police Department’s brutal uses of force)
Serve the people!
OK, for the holidays I am shamelessly promoting some non-profits that could use your lovin’, be it some dollars, or some of your time. I know some of these folks, and I don’t know some of these folks, but what they have in common is that they provide resources, education, opportunities, and advocacy for people in their communities, rather than esoteric “research” or...
Boots Riley on the Media's Negative Portrayal of...
elitc:
Every progressive movement in U.S. history was portrayed negatively by mainstream media at the time it was happening. It is no surprise that they portray the Occupy Wall Street movement in the same light. During the Montgomery Bus Boycott, mainstream media interviewed Black folks that were against it, and talked about how the boycott was misguided and hurts the local economy. During...
Some stuff I've found on the internet re: paying...
[I]n the US, Income-Based Repayment has existed since 2009 (pursuant to the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007) and caps Federal student loan payments at 15% of discretionary income, with forgiveness after 25 years. See 34 CFR 682.215 and 685.221 (here: http://cl.ly/BMDd).
The President’s announcement will speed up statutory changes that are due to take place in 2014 pursuant to...
No Forced Kisses for Your Kids: A Holiday Safety... →
As parents well know, the holiday season is both incredibly exciting and potentially overwhelming for kids, sometimes all rolled together into one. At gatherings with families and friends, expectations about affection, attention, and teasing can create unnecessary stress and discomfort. By accepting our children’s different personalities and thinking through our boundaries ahead of time, we can...
“I think it’s odd that you can’t joke about rape, when people joke about murder...”
–
- Donald Glover
For the people wondering what Donald Glover had to say about jokes involving rape.
(via feistyfeminist)
Reblogging so everyone knows how much Donald Glover sucks.
(via winteriscomingbitch)
If anyone’s wondering, here’s the reasoning we’re fighting against rape jokes,...
“Did the Zionists have the legal or moral right to invade Arab Palestine, uproot...”
– Malcolm X on Zionism (via itsshantitime)
filigrees:
ponytails only look good when i put my hair up all haphazardly. like for the sole purpose of just putting on makeup when i get up from bed. then i see it and it’s like *angels sing* tousled and sexy and bed hair. i think 1% of the time do i look effortless.
My Blu Tinted Glasses: It amazes me that there are... →
soydulcedeleche:
praisethelorde:
theafrosistuh:
queennubian:
ghdos:
intelligentrambling:
fortheloveofcheeks:
Smh
Don’t know how to wash clothes…
Iron…
Clean…
Smh what are you good for ma’am lol
I HATE that shit..as a WOMAN how can you NOT know how to do these thing?? just the BASICS…smh…
it…
Fuck this post. If I don’t know how to cook, it’s because I didn’t grow up in...
