strugglingtobeheard:

topsidepress:

DONATE HERE

Cathy Brennan, radical “feminist” terrorist, has set her sights on a young black activist in Baltimore County, MD. Phylicia Sampson is being taken to court by Brennan, a notorious harasser of trans women and their supporters. Sampson is a recent college grad with few resources, no car and no way to fight back without your help.

As a community, we’ve suffered Brennan’s assaults for a long time—her blog is the best known for outing trans women’s personal information. She believes trans women are men who are infiltrating the feminist community and expends her resources fighting them. The idea that she is now taking her harassment to a legal venue is horrifying. That she has selected a young black woman with few resources to fight back is repugnant.

We can’t let Cathy Brennan get away with this! Share Phylicia’s campaign on Facebook, twitter, tumblr and instagram.  Here are some things you can do TODAY to help:

• Tell your friends why it is important that they donate to this campaign. 
• Donate what you can.
• Write to your favorite feminist blog and ask them to cover this campaign

DONATE HERE

See I knew this woman brennan was a racist because of how easy it was for her to attack and call my phone as a black woman, but really? i wasn’t aware. donating. 

BOOST. cathy brennan really is a terrorist and she has the power to spread beliefs that get women killed. her attacking a young black woman while claiming to be a feminist and for women is deplorable and disgusting. especially since she has some power to back her shit up.

Cathy Brennan is a vile racist terrorist predator.

so-treu:

latinegrasexologist:

lati-negros:

so-treu:

EEEEEEE I’M COMING TO THE ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!! 

and what’s more I’M GIVING A WORKSHOP WITH TWO FUCKING BRILLIANT AND GROUNDBREAKING WOMEN, BLACKAMAZON AND DJ RIPLEY!!!!!!!!!!

Web Writing, Ownership, Ethics and Power 

FRIDAY - JUNE 21, 2013: BLOCK 2: FRI 11:00AM - 12:30PM

Webmaking

Education 169

STRATEGY SESSION (90 MINUTES) | APPROPRIATE AND ENGAGING FOR ALL AGES | BEGINNER 

#AMC2013 #WHOSHARES

Writing online, you’re on a knife-edge: you can reach likeminded people and fellow fighters, save a life, educate, represent. Or you may see your words and ideas repeated without your name (or community) attached, enhancing others’ careers while erasing your presence. Online media platforms make easier both the act of authorship and its erasure. In this strategy session, we will break down the ethics of writing and reblogging, and generate guidelines for ourselves and for designers of blogging platforms so they can prevent exploitation and erasure.

if you’re going to be there come check us out! full details at the link.

and even if you can’t make it say hi!!!!

ETA: The AMC will be held in Detroit, from June 20-23. this coming weekend!

Magic.

Imma be there w the boo but we get in fri night. Yall there the entire time?

pretty much! i get in on thursday and leave on sunday.

So proud to be a part of this, and so excited for AMC! I’m also djing on Friday night, likely, so come and rock out with us!!

crunkfeministcollective:

“Indigenous Feminism Without Apology” by Andrea Smith

oberlinsic:

“DECENTERING WHITE FEMINISM

The feminist movement is generally periodized into the so-called first, second and third waves of feminism. In the United States, the first wave is characterized by the suffragette movement; the second wave is characterized by the formation of the National Organization for Women, abortion rights politics, and the fight for the Equal Rights Amendments. Suddenly, during the third wave of feminism, women of colour make an appearance to transform feminism into a multicultural movement.

This periodization situates white middle-class women as the central historical agents to which women of colour attach themselves. However, if we were to recognize the agency of indigenous women in an account of feminist history, we might begin with 1492 when Native women collectively resisted colonization. This would allow us to see that there are multiple feminist histories emerging from multiple communities of colour which intersect at points and diverge in others. This would not negate the contributions made by white feminists, but would de-center them from our historicizing and analysis.

Indigenous feminism thus centers anti-colonial practice within its organizing. This is critical today when you have mainstream feminist groups supporting, for example, the US bombing of Afghanistan with the claim that this bombing will free women from the Taliban (apparently bombing women somehow liberates them).”

THIS. SO MUCH THIS. (emphasis mine)

anoncentral:

The American Justice System - zoom pic > read it > share it everywhere you can.

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thetreesareenergy:

This September, software developers, designers, and LGBT activists will meet in Oakland, CA., for Trans*H4CK, the worlds first transgender hackathon aimed to address issues specific to the transgender community.

According to ZDNet.com, the 48-hour hackfest, which is scheduled for September 13-15, will focus on hacking apps, sites, products and solutions that address the needs, risks, issues and consumer interests of transgender communities. Money is currently being raised through a GoFundMe campaign for space rental, travel sponsorships for out of town participants, payment for guest speakers and prizes.

The event is the brainchild of activist, artist and scholar, Dr. Kortney Ryan Ziegler, who is is building the capacity of Who We Know, a social enterprise centered on economic empowerment for transgender people through entrepreneurship, with Trans*H4CK its first public event.

I should find a way to go do this.

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navigatethestream:

soulology:

Please sign this petition concerning police brutality and government corruption in Brazil. The mass media is not reporting on any of this, today on June 16th radio stations’ signals were cut and replaced with the narration of soccer games simply because they were reporting on police brutality who locked protesters inside a park with children and women inside, gassed them and shot rubber bullets.

The Brazilian media is being censured. Websites that express the true situation by people who have been victims of police brutality are being taken down. The government is refusing to acknowledge any of this, and their president has not even made a statement about the situation.

Please don’t turn your back on these people. Don’t not care because they aren’t your people and its another country. This is HUMAN RIGHTS we are talking about. It is important; people need to stand up and take notice. If a video of Miley Cyrus twerking can get over 1,000 notes then I know we can get this to 1,000 & beyond. As human beings, brothers & sisters of the human race, we have an obligation to help others who are in distress. So sign the petition everyone, bring attention to the Brazilian government and help change Brazil. 

SIGNAL BOOST! 

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Such a lovely photoset!

danceforthatanarchy:

violentwaters:

start-the-riot:

you dont mess with the moms

That’s love. “)

parenting: you’re doing it right.

I LOVE YOU MOM! *tears*

cheers, to all the beautiful mothers of the revolution.

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theperksofbeingseamus:

Tumblr, teaching more about rape culture than they do in school

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howtobeterrell:

Reading an account from the slave [space] ship by Marcus rediker and its about this young teen who becomes the ship captains favorite. Everyone’s favorite because she’s beautiful and she dances well. She doesn’t seem depressed or even unhappy about the slavery situation.

One night the slaves revolt! In such a way that no one saw it coming.

No one suspected the girl and her mother had known and even instigated the revolt. But they did. Eventually they were found out made an example of and sold in The America’s.

But carefree black girl is never really carefree lol she plotting on that ass.

Revolutionary women didn’t just live in the 70’s.