June 2012
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May 2012
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Update: 11 year old trans girl lost appeal →
awfulmodifications:
transawareness:
The above article is an update. Her mother went to appeal to keep her out of the psychiatric ward and lost. She will be institutionalized because of her expression of her gender. She will be held until she conforms to male gender and then released to foster care, not her mother who was supporting her.
Please, if you haven’t signed the petition, sign it,...
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Honour student who works two jobs to support her... →
paach:
Diane Tran, 17, thrown in jail for one night because of repeated absences from school
Honours student has been working two jobs to keep family afloat since parents’ divorce
Has been taking advanced placement and college courses in addition to jobs and missed school due to exhaustion
Spent the night in jail for truancy
Petition for the decision to be overturned here
Read this now: "No contradiction: I'm black and... →
gaywrites:
From CNN columnist LZ Granderson’s point of view, lots of media and political talks try to pin gay and black communities against each other. Recently, it was revealed that NOM was intentionally trying to drive a wedge between the two groups to benefit their anti-gay cause.
For LZ, you can’t separate the categories of “black” and “gay.” As an openly gay black man - and a Christian one...
“Written by: Samiya Bashir ” “It’s the big pink elephant in the middle of the...”
– Curve: Fear of a Black Lesbian Planet
Black lesbians trying to find out who we are both as women of color and as lesbians find the invisible wall we bump up against while trying to find access into the lesbian community even harder to bear. White women may feel equally bruised by a situation where...
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“It’s a sad irony that we promote self-defense classes as a way of combating...”
– The Trans Women’s Anti-Violence Project: Self-Defense and the Criminalization of Survival (via transgenderexpress)
April 2012
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Why Guys Really Hate Being Called "Creepy" →
kathleenthearsonist:
“At the heart of the ‘anti-creep shaming campaign’ is a concerted effort to discourage women from relying on their instincts to protect themselves from harm. Laying aside its likely etymology, calling a dude an ‘asshole’ is a way of labeling him a jerk. Plenty of people can be jerks without being predatory. On the other hand, calling a dude ‘creepy’ labels him as a potential...
“This is a president that is trying to create distractions. There is no war on...”
– South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, appearing on The O’Reilly Factor is continuing to deny that the GOP is waging a war against women and their civil rights.
What are you meaning by “well,” Haley?
Is it “well” that all of the drops of people in the labors force were women, or that 88 percent of...
Here be dragons.: Is Representing Women of Color... →
lati-negros:
Is Representing Women of Color Really That Important?
latinegrasexologist:
published april 16, 2010
While searching for media that specifically represented young men of Color talking about how to properly put on and use a male and female condom for a previous post, I came across this video below which I linked to here.
Excited that young college students from various racial...
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A NEW form of cultural appropriation.. →
odairses:
pregnomancy:
So, anyone with half a brain that’s into food knows Bento means LUNCH in Japanese, basically.
Lunch.
This is made from cardboard. Caaaaaaaarrrrrrrdboooooaaaaaaarrrrrrrd.
How on EARTH is this a lunch box?
I get the nagging feeling Rubbermaid was just trying to cash in on a term they obviously know jack about from another culture.
Their “media only” (including...
Teacher Fired over Trayvon Martin Fundraiser →
karnythia:
There’s a petition to get her job back. I signed, please consider doing so too.
“George Zimmerman is not the one crying for help on 911 tapes, experts say.”
– http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/george-zimmerman-is-not-the-one-crying-for-help-on-911-tapes-experts-say/Content?oid=2627294
Anyone surprised?
Thought not.
(via instructionsfordancing)
what a surprise, the boy who was murdered was the one crying for help. cor it’s lucky we have them experts to...
March 2012
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No one has to accept your apology.
genderbitch:
Doesn’t matter if it’s sincere or not. Doesn’t matter if you’re a steel plated fuckup machine cranking out bigoted crap out like it’s your job or a one hit wonderfail who made exactly a single mistake.
No one needs to forgive you. No one needs to care you’re sorry. You can be cut off and ignored and you have absolutely no right to whine about it.
And the apology not being accepted...
Peat swamp forest set ablaze by palm oil... →
socialuprooting:
from Deep Green Resistance News Service
“One day, historians will look back on these advertisements and conclude that...”
– Conservative Crush Porn (via azspot)
Watchsocialuprooting:
‘Genocide’ risk in Brazil despite UN push to end racism
Calls are growing to stop ‘a real situation of genocide’ inside Brazil’s Amazon, as the UN marks International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Experts warn Brazil’s Awá tribe will face extinction unless more is done to protect their land rights, which are being abused by illegal loggers and cattle...
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“I adore the way fan fiction writers engage with and critique source texts, but...”
– Lev Grossman (via mycrofts)
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Today In Anti-Choice Terrorism: The Firebombing in... →
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
The always brilliant Melissa McEwan:
There are a lot of things that don’t get called terrorism in this country, but chief among them is the anti-choice movement, which is the most brazen, unapologetic terrorist campaign in the US, its co-ordination and orchestration done right out in the open, where no one in the media or politics will call it what it is. It is...
Watchoccupyallstreets:
Update: Trayvon Martin Was Reportedly Speaking On Cellphone As He Was Being Followed By Zimmerman
ABC News is reporting that a 16-year-old girl spoke on the phone with Trayvon Martin just before he was killed, and she said Martin was evading the pursuer who would eventually kill him. She told her story to the network:
“He said this man was watching him, so he put his hoodie...
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Women Make Less Than Men at Every Education Level
fuckyeahfeminists:
In every field, at every level of education, men earn more than women. That’s the grim takeaway of this new report [PDF] from the U.S. Census Bureau, which assesses the value of a higher education in the United States—and illustrates the persistent pay gap between male and female employees who hold comparable degrees. In short, education is valuable, but it’s most...
Dear Sluts..
veganasfuck:
xxmeghanmariexx:
LOVE does not stand for Legs Open Very Easy… Take that with you in life. Sincerely, Me ;*
Dear you,
Not everyone wants love.
Not everyone wants sex.
Some want one without the other
Some want neither,
There is no such thing as a slut,
sex isn’t something to shame,
and those who indulge in it, or those who abstain from it, are not wrong
Sincerely,
Fuck...
things i need white feminists to do before i will...
so-treu:
i need you to come to terms with the way white women have facilitated some of the most unspeakable violence upon black and brown and indigenous people, bodies, and community. often in the name of white womanhood. often in the name of freedom. often in the name of feminism.
i need you to understand that you killed Emmitt Till. i need you to think about all of the black men and boys that...
“And don’t give me that, “Oh we reached out to communities of color but they...”
– From “…On Taking Up Space” by witchymorgan on the Bklyn Boihood blog
I also love the paragraph after this one but it’s a short article and I’ve included links. This could be a good resource to send people if they don’t get why POC often don’t feel comfortable in many queer/trans* spaces.
(via...
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A youth has burned himself to death in... →
gondoleia:
it’s the 25th immolation since this past year guys can we get the word out on this?
