May 2013
58 posts
Gina Calaya, arrested for Tucson murder at 14,... →
thisisrapeculture:
socialismartnature:
When then-14-year-old Gina Celaya killed the man who tried to rape her, the state of Arizona sentenced her to life in prison. Today — after twenty years in prison, and almost as many years of legal battles fought from state courts up to the federal court of appeals — Gina is finally free. That’s the American “justice system” for you. Serving up injustice...
“immigrants, poor people, queer people of color, disabled folks, women (esp trans...”
– fabian romero- indigenous immigrant queer boi writer, facilitator and community organizer (via jatigi)
What You Should Know About the Philly Student... →
strugglingtobeheard:
afrofuturistaffair:
Running a massive deficit of hundreds of millions of dollars, Philadelphia’s school system is planning to eliminate all sports, extracurricular activities, counselors and libraries—beyond which, for schools eviscerated by austerity politics, there’s not much left to lose. At noon today, May 17, thousands of students are expected to walk out of class and...
Queer, Gifted & Black: jezebel and the phenomenon... →
strugglingtobeheard:
angryasiangirlsunited:
so today, we got a message here on AAGU about a jezebel article where the user had seen our name. the jezebel article is about the mindy project and how all of mindy’s love interests on the show are white. the article then goes on to say:
A poster on the tumblr…
Relevant to the entire evening convo they are doing this to more than one person
Former NASA Engineer Awards Kiera Wilmot... →
jalylah:
As a show of support, former NASA engineer Homer Hickam awarded Kiera a scholarship to attend the United States Advanced Space Academy (ASA), a branch of the famous Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama!
YESSSSSSSSS!
“Some of these music blogs could actually benefit from hiring people who REALLY...”
– Solange Knowles
Please school these children Solange. (This was taken from tweets that she shared this morning.) I cannot think of anything more irritating and reprehensible than having cultural writers write about something they know little of, and having some abstractly-related degrees as “proof”...
WUTS UP DOGE: blacksentai: lahoops: evolutia:... →
blacksentai:
lahoops:
evolutia:
foraminifera:
My “white privilege” is negated by this little problem called SEXISM, wherein I still receive less money for the same job that a man has.
Not it isn’t. If you are white you have white privilege. Not only are white females the primary beatifically of affirmative action but they still make more money than other women who are People of color.
...
TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly →
readabookson:
janetmock:
elsabordelamorydeldolor:
TSQ is a new interdisciplinary academic journal that will change the way the world thinks about transgender issues.
Folks, I’m proud to be on the editorial board of this journal, please support this project and share with your networks.
Yes! We need more for us, created by us publications.
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deliciousKaek: peaceshannon: today, i want to... →
peaceshannon:
today, i want to share the story of finding my mother. as most of you know, i went on k-pop star in order to try to gain enough media attention to get myself in other newspaper articles, in the hopes that someone who knew my mother would recognize me. actually, just by…
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WatchLoose Exclusive for Cluster Mag
Loose is a documentary about the physical, emotional, and spiritual experience of its subjects’ gender transitions, but Loose is not like other documentaries: it’s never the same from one viewing to the next. Rather than being screened the film is “played”—performed live like a DJ set—and mixed improvisationally to create a site-specific work....
Motor City Kitty: FULL CALL-OUT TO CANCEL RACHEL... →
datingdisastersofaqueergirl:
whore-fag:
camxvx:
suicidemachinexvx:
iamdianamai:
I just emailed Bluestockings. What the hell. Srsly
chelseadirck:
According to the dates listed this is happening at the Democracy Center, which seems kind of out of line with a lot of other things that happen in that space (Smash it Dead Fest, for one thing). I don’t really know how or who to talk to about...
Awesome Shiznit: Fairy tales are NOT all straight... →
seananmcguire:
I re-blogged a picture of a little girl, dressed as Tiana, hugging the face actress who plays Tiana at one of the Disney Parks, and noted that everyone should have their princess. And a few people have now contacted me basically going “no, only straight white people can have princesses if you stick with the classics.”
Um.
No.
I am a folklorist, and it’s time for some Fun With...
biyuti:
rpou replied to your photoset: as written by someone who doesnt actually know…
I interact with scientists all the time and the ones that talk the most about Critical Thinking and Skepticism are always the least interested in using those skills to address ways in which western science (ugh) has been used in...
THE UNTITLED MAG WANTS YOU: What if feminism is a... →
strangeasanjles:
ethiopienne:
syriaslyradical:
fearsome-fag:
A prof told me the other day that the title is what her partner thinks, that she is sure that feminism is simply an idea planted by the system to keep actual change from occuring. My prof expanded on it a bit, and I sat down and thought about it too, so heres a mix of our…
Yes but let’s keep in mind these criticisms of feminism...
karnythia:
Uppity Negress: more on race, star trek, and actors choosing roles
eshusplayground:
princessnijireiki:
remember that one time sir patrick stewart really wanted to play othello because othello is gr9
and so his solution was to do a racially flipped cast of othello and he hired all black actors for the rest of the story so he wasn’t being mr. all the time white dudes while at the...
“American workers are more likely to be killed by their boss than a terrorist.”
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Every day, workers are forced to minimize safety in order to keep their jobs. The vast majority of American workers have no unions to defend their right to workplace safety. The U.S. Department of Labor and other federal agencies do not protect workers from being killed on the job.
The explosion...
Walt Disney Company: Stop their application for... →
reservoircat:
ealperin:
wafflesforstephanie:
daggerpen:
angryasiangirlsunited:
solaceames:
sulitati:
STOP DISNEY FROM TRADEMARKING DIA DE LOS MUERTOS! I am signing this petition to stop Walt Disney from appropriating and exploiting Mexican religion and culture.
Dia de los Muertos is a religious observance during which people, and particularly native peoples, in Mexico, the United...
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Is it class war if the cheapest lipsticks have the... →
And lead isn’t the only toxin lurking in your lippy—a new study finds cadmium, aluminum, and other heavy metals, too.
here’s a link to the full FDA list so you can search for yours (there are several studies named in the article). I don’t know if one isn’t listed that means it wasn’t tested or it was found not to have lead in it. But it’s worth a look.
@so -treu 10 things on my mind on this #femfuture...
blackamazon:
I’m angry cause we need feminism. So badly. Like my politics are pretty radical but I and you know we talk am pretty much at the well if it helps let’s go stage. I work , I do art, I wann go to school , my mom is sick. I live in a poor area in recovery . I do not have time nor resources to coordinate a large feminist movement. I have a passion for lots of women’s issues. If anybody...
“The intellectual and cultural property of indigenous Australians provides the...”
– On Display for its Aesthetic Beauty: How Western Institutions Fabricate Knowledge about Aboriginal Cultural Heritage; Sonia Smallacombe (Maramanindji)
“If you are a white woman and you want to call yourself a feminist, you must...”
– ladyatheist (via ellesugars)
biyuti:
One of the biggest lies in academia is the existence of ‘western’ philosophy.
Note: this is also why ‘western’ is always code for ‘white’ in academic circles
(because, like, hello? The Indigenous peoples of the americas are located in the west — if we centre europe, of course — yet ‘western’ philosophy has never and likely will never actually include any of their systems of thought).
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fabianromero:
i agree with Angela Davis that Assata Shakur is being called a terrorist to reign fear in especially Black political activists, people of color and persons who look up to her as an icon. it is a political move that is also putting her life at risk while still on exile in Cuba.
National Institute of Mental Health abandoning the... →
deliciouskaek:
girljanitor:
avividheart:
kaalashnikov:
logicalmania:
hobbitdragon:
In a potentially seismic move, the National Institute of Mental Health - the world’s biggest mental health research funder, has announced only two weeks before the launch of the DSM-5 diagnostic manual that it will be “re-orienting its research away from DSM categories”. In the announcement, NIMH...
biyuti:
bad-dominicana:
If you ask me, our corner of tumblrs an example of what real, free, unbridled indie news and media content looks like. And its an extremely good look when you think about all the people coming together from diff wings of the mass massacre, to pump out empowering shit for the marginalized, daily, out of sheer love.
Its fucking beautiful. As ugly as it gets.
you are...
datingdisastersofaqueergirl:
alchemy:
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knowledgeequalsblackpower:
ladies-andtramps:
ive noticed that tumblr has this white women vs. black women thing going on and i mean
cant we all just be women without a skin color attached to our identities…?
When I see “color blind” messages from White people (you know, those messages where White people like to pretend they don’t strongly identify with their White skin), I like to play a...
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COCO CHANEL WAS DEFINITELY A NAZI | Messy Nessy... →
Wow.
“In documents unearthed by author Hal Vaughan, it was revealed that Chanel used her ‘Aryan rights’ to take full advantage of the Nazi seizure of all Jewish-owned property and businesses.”
“At some point, Chanel ceased to be the glamorous Hotel Ritz entertainer of Nazi officers and profiter of Jewish suffering, and became a Nazi officer herself.
As the paid agent...
“Lottie Spady, a community activist with the East Michigan Environmental Action...”
– Griswold Apartments low-income housing to be redeveloped | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
o, RLY. there is “OTHER HOUSING AVAILABLE.’ well, thanks for that. i guess all the elders who have lived in community with each other for the last 29 years can just go find that “OTHER HOUSING.” and all those...
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ikilledhumannature:
“gender serves male supremacy” said the white feminist while living on the colonized land of Indigenous peoples who had many matriarchal and gender non-binary (more than two genders) societies that were egalitarian and have faced extreme repression due to white supremacist patriarchy which she benefits from, being a colonizer.
trippinnstumblin:
: Poor black men. You dont even see that an attack on black women is an…
blackfoxx:
Poor black men. You dont even see that an attack on black women is an attack on you. Why would you try and destroy your Source? How can you be so stupid and turned around that you hate what has given you breath. Attacking Black women is the HIGHEST form of self hate that you can ever...
