January 2011
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Just a few things...
research-and-destroy:
If you’re brown and you shoot a politician, it’s terrorism and ‘the problem with these people’; if you’re white, it’s ‘strange’. If you’re brown and you wipe your nose in public, it’s because you’re ‘dirty’; if you’re white it’s because you ‘have a cold’. If you’re brown and you’re at university, you got there through affirmative action; if you’re white you got there...
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if you know anyone in egypt.
carpe-cerevisi:
If you know anyone in Egypt, please pass this on to them. To bypass government blocking of websites, use numerical IP addresses: Twitter ”128.242.240.52” Fb ”69.63.189.34” Google ”172.14.204.99”. A French ISP offers free dial up internet access ~ +33 1 72 89 01 50 Login password: toto. Please pass this on and share.
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good feminism is fighting all forms of oppression...
janedoe225:
good feminism is calling out other feminists who engage in oppressive behavior.
good feminism is about checking your privilege and apologizing for problematic behavior and correcting it.
good feminism is about not expecting to get a pat on the back for being a decent human being.
good feminism is about listening to other people’s perspectives, especially if you haven’t faced...
“More than 1,500 people in this predominantly Latino community took part in the...”
– California Latinos protest Arizona push to end birthright citizenship - By the CNN Wire staff
You have got to be kidding me.
From the first two paragraphs of the wikipedia page for Sí, se puede:
Sí, se puede (Spanish for “Yes, it is possible” or, roughly, “Yes, it can be done”[1]) is the motto of...
champagnecandy:
meredithclark:
sadydoyle:
barthel:
I am doing my damnedest to read the Wikileaks documents, but I really wish I didn’t have to deal with Assange eyebanging me at the top of every page.
Well, of course! You have to keep US strong. Meaning you have to keep THIS GUY strong. Meaning you don’t have to look at the actual potentialities of WikiLeaks: A widely, (hopefully)...
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“The law discriminates against rape victims in a manner which would not be...”
– anon. (via reqbat) (via directactioniswitchcraft) (via iisabelle) (via bradicalmang) (via skoutt) Beautiful. (via krona, directactioniswitchcraft-deacti) (via floorofgiraffes) (via womyneosoul) (via veggielezzyfemmie) (via sirenmag) (via supersoygrrrl) (via astringofpearls) (via blodwynn) (via...
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Watchtehribbit:
Immensely triggering, but amazing.
Yes, triggering.
It is beautiful and so welcome. This video helped pull me out of a dark place the other day. ♥
listen y'all
janedoe225:
we don’t live in a vacuum. our ideas, our lexicon, and our beliefs are shaped by outside forces like society, culture, environment, and religion. fields like sociology, anthropology, and sociology prove that.
words matter , ok? you said something heterosexist because your parents, the media, and your religion told you; you weren’t born a bigot. forces like that reflect and shape...
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CRITIQUE and such... (on "Transphobia is Sexism")
Please read the critiques I have posted and the replies, and please continue to discuss.
There is a very cissexist assumption lurking in the idea that transphobia (or cissexism) is the same thing as sexism. That lies in the aspects of cissexism that are unique to cissexism, and by attempting to condense both terms into one, we wind up erasing the issues that the whole concept of cissexism is...
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Transphobia is Sexism
pianycist:
janedoe225:
glitterbombing:
This is actually a supercool idea. Here’s a quick rundown:
Sexism is the structure of gender norms and their policing.
Functions of gender norms include body policing and body norms (body type, skin color, weight, height, voice, fat distribution, hair color, hair distribution, genital type).
One aspect of gender norms is gender essentialism (the...
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Transphobia is Sexism
genderbitch:
janedoe225:
glitterbombing:
This is actually a supercool idea. Here’s a quick rundown:
Sexism is the structure of gender norms and their policing.
Functions of gender norms include body policing and body norms (body type, skin color, weight, height, voice, fat distribution, hair color, hair distribution, genital type).
One aspect of gender norms is gender essentialism (the...
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Transphobia is Sexism
This is actually a supercool idea. Here’s a quick rundown:
Sexism is the structure of gender norms and their policing.
Functions of gender norms include body policing and body norms (body type, skin color, weight, height, voice, fat distribution, hair color, hair distribution, genital type).
One aspect of gender norms is gender essentialism (the concept that a man IS a thing and a woman...
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Brian Greene on math and physics, and Stephen...
GREENE: Math describes how your particles move; how they behave; how they interact. You are a bag of particles governed by the laws of physics.
COLBERT: That... is a great pickup line.
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What's Happening in Egypt Explained. (UPDATED)
promotingpeace:
The basics: Egypt is a large, mostly Arab, mostly Muslim country. At around 80 million people, it has the largest population in the Middle East and the third-largest in Africa. Most of Egypt is in North Africa, although the part of the country that borders Israel, the Sinai peninsula, is in Asia. Its other neighbors are Sudan (to the South), Libya (to the West), and Saudi Arabia...
Note to self: maiking a Dear Trans Chick advice...
genderbitch:
:o
I’d sign up to help answer shit!
“What would happen if fuel prices suddenly became not just expensive but...”
– » localization :mnmlist (via elige) This seems privilege to me. Not everyone has the privilege of living in an area where there are jobs withing walking distance, nor does everyone have the privilege of being ABLE to walk for long distances or bike for long distances. Don’t people think that people...
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Watchtraumatrae:
The song is “23” by Jimmy Eat World (Thank you so much Allie) It has taken me 12 years to say this.
I hope it helps you as much as it helped me.
“In a life short and uncertain, it seems heartless to do anything that might...”
– Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World (via mohandasgandhi)
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“I’ve been looking around the interwebz and through my stacks of porn DVDs...”
– Lynsey’s Search for POV (via The Woman’s POV)
Also I love how, throughout the entirety of the...
genderbitch:
victoriajakes:
genderbitch:
…BUT NO MENTION OF TRANS PEOPLE, EVEN ONCE. SEE, WE’RE JUST FREAKS, WE DON’T MATTER.
and over and over again “the men and women who do this, the men and women who do that,” because that’s it, men and women, that’s all there is.
Yeah, wicked binarism too.
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