March 2012
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“It’s not just the president who would be spared from protesters, either. Covered...”
– Goodbye, First Amendment: ‘Trespass Bill’ will make protest illegal | RT
The Bill, as passed, is here.
(via theamericanbear)
EVERYONE READ THIS. THIS IS HUGE IMPORTANT.
riningear:
there-is-no-pumpkin:
Seriously, reblog this right now. Any of your followers can be Anonymous. Whether this is real or not, precautions are always good.
February 2012
103 posts
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i would like to just take a moment to document...
“Some outward symptoms are sometimes referred to as ‘cries for attention’ in a...”
– S. E. Smith, “I Don’t Mind If You’re Crazy, As Long As You Act Sane In Public”, meloukhia.net (via trenchantashell)
“A recent study by Kaiser and Miller (2001) obtained findings consistent with...”
– Czopp & Monteith, Confronting Prejudice (Literally): Reactions
to Confrontations of Racial and Gender Bias.
Also, the sky is blue.
(via angrywomenoftumblr)
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
cruelyouth:
genuineeeegenuinee replied to your post: I already am anti-racist, and saying sorry is not defensive, it’s admitting you were wrong.
I just love how this person goes “I already am anti-racist” oh yeah? Perhaps you might wanna work on that, because clearly harassing a woman of color about how much she “hates” white folk is not what I want anti racism to look...
“Rape culture is a culture in which people who have survived a violent crime are...”
– (i wish i could put this on a business card and hand it out to people who make rape jokes. the flip side would say FUCK YOU) (via janedoe225)
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t...”
– Louise Erdrich (via shark91)
Filed under: things that are pretty but wrong.
“On a somewhat serious note today because of a conversation the other day:
I...”
– You Didn’t Thank Me For Punching You in the Face « Views from the Couch (via how-to-kiss-distinctly-american)
Black people serve 60% longer sentences than... →
tahlalaliaaa:
leftcollection:
“A new study by M. Marit Rehavi of the University of British Columbia and Sonja B. Starr of the University of Michigan Law School shows that Black Americans receive almost 60% long prison sentences than white Americans who committed the same crime.
The study covered 58,000 federal criminal cases and found that there was a significant difference between the...
life-is-a-muse:
Watched J.K. Rowling’s 2008 Harvard commencement speech about failure and imagination.
This has left me relieved as I ponder my own failures, big and small. Currently, it’s that I failed to begin a paper over the weekend (which happens to be due in 12 hours), and which I happen to be afraid at receiving a failing mark.
But that’s my own fault you know. But I still have a...
“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories)
Female genital mutilation rises in Egypt despite... →
In 2008 Egypt outlawed the practice of female genital mutilation, but as Newsnight’s Sue Lloyd-Roberts reports in an article which contains graphic detail and which some readers may find disturbing, the ban has had little effect and the practice is still rife.
[…]
Astonishingly, in 21st Century Egypt, the latest figures suggest that more than 90% of the women have been subject to female...
“It occurred to me that the elegant way Mari had of going about things like this...”
– Asleep, Banana Yoshimoto
“Well, it’s not likely that I’ll end up leading a life that different...”
– Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto
Gaza's only power station closes →
verbalresistance:
The authorities in Gaza say the Palestinian territory’s only power station has shut down because of a lack of fuel.
The closure is believed to be caused by a shortage in fuel being supplied through smuggling tunnels from Egypt.
Power cuts, already common, are expected to increase. The station provides around 30-40% of Gaza’s electricity.
The rest of the electricity used by...
being anti-racist when black
daniellemertina:
I could also add, that in all honesty, even in the microcosm that is Tumblr, you can see that anti-racist whites are given more respect than black bloggers who says the same stuff and obviously know more about what they’re saying just by the mere fact that they live it.
I’ve personally be called everything from a nigger bitch to a nigger cunt to being told that I’m racist and...
I saw a post by Ryking just now
dailymurf:
TW for domestic violence/abuse
dreams-from-my-father:
coldbitterness:
And I’m not gonna reblog it because fuck that shitstain I don’t feel like talking directly to him, I’d make more headway talking to my toothbrush
But the post was a question asking “if Chris Brown had beaten up a man three years ago, would anyone still care?” tagged with, among other things, “misandry” and...
dagNotes: On defining racism
dagseoul:
Anonymous asked: I’ve always had a hard time sympathising with white people when they cry racism, being a POC myself. But I have a hard time explaining to myself why racism against white people isn’t a legitimate ‘thing’ when in countries with a lots of cultural insularity tend (like Japan?) to be prejudiced against white people. I think you’ve talked about this before with an...
“To define racism only through extreme groups and their extreme acts is akin to...”
– Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer in What is Racial Domination? (via kidonacloud)
WHITE HOUSE PETITION FOR SYRIA →
leaveobashar:
WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:
Put a halt to Assad’s campaign of killing and crimes against his own people now!
There is one thing that everyone agrees about Syria – that President Bashar al-Assad will go. No leader can kill as many of his people in such a short time and hope to stay in power. His murderous regime has passed the point of no return. With every day that...
stephenell:
i’m literally disgusted and will be perplexed for the rest of my life as to how kanye west got more shit for stealing a microphone from taylor swift than chris brown has ever gotten for beating the shit out of rihanna
sexual WOC < virgin white slut shamer
“You should hide behind that fan Karl Lagerfeld, shame on you, for calling Adele...”
– Margaret Cho to Karl Lagerfeld, regarding his comments about Adele. View the post here.
(via cognitivedissonance)
“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via talkamongsthetrees)
“Because here’s the thing about realizing you’re into girls. Hardly anyone I know...”
– Heather Hogan (via evewithanapple)
“[TW:rape culture] To all those who don’t think the rape joke was a problem, or...”
– [Source] (via keylimepie)
This is the article I send to people who don’t see the problem with rape jokes.
(via feministfairytale)
My favourite part was “6% of Penny Arcade’s target demographic will admit to actually being rapists when asked.” ZING
(via amararama)
always reblog
(via rattyhugs)
“Our growth is generally dependent upon our ability to obtain new contracts to...”
– Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private prison operator in America, statement to stockholders, 2005.
In other words: ending the Drug War and eliminating federal mandatory minimum sentences is bad for business. Adam Gopnik notes that CCA “spends millions lobbying legislators.”...
what race are you?
black people: black
white people: 2% Greek, 9.1% German, .0000032% Russian, 92% Irish, 49% French, 100% blue eyed devil
hispanic people: not Mexican
asian people: not chinese