March 2012
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Police officer punches rape victim in the face and... →
February 2012
44 posts
“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of...”
– Maya Angelou (via xxxi-i-mcmxcii)
ETERNALLY CO-SIGNED. I’ve known brilliant insightful people who never finished college, never finished high school, and even some that can’t read/write beyond signing their name. I’ve also known people with PhDs and ivy league degrees who are airheads that are...
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What oppression looks like:
For the oppressed:
you are expected to be familiar with and abide by the rules and customs of your oppressors, regardless of how this harms you or your culture
crimes committed against your community go unnoticed by the mainstream culture; crimes committed by members of your community are punished abnormally harshly
you are forced to walk on eggshells around your oppressors, for fear of...
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swintons replied to your post: OH PETA. Did you read all that business about whales and the 13th amendment and peta being the freedom riders of whales, oh my.
It’s sad but I know of people who did. But they just go off the pamphlets and don’t really know anything else about the organization.
I stand (or sit, really) corrected. It’s a shame but not a surprise that the only advocacy groups...
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fringemouse asked: OH PETA. Did you read all that business about whales and the 13th amendment and peta being the freedom riders of whales, oh my.
I am a vegetarian against PETA!
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Have I ever had “ANY unwanted/undesired physical... →
beckysanspants:
***TRIGGER WARNING*** Rape culture, coercion, general grossness of the unwanted touching kind
Earlier in this pregnancy, I filled out my “Initial Health History” form for prenatal and birth care. You know: check the box if you’ve experienced severe headaches, diabetes, all sorts of things. After the usual “Emotional abuse,” “Physical abuse,” “Sexual abuse,” I got to this very...
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jonathan-cunningham:
News media distributes propaganda to prepare for war with Iran
Diane Sawyer of ABC News created and aired a ‘report’ filled with fabrications, uncritically repeated government accusations, and outright lies.
Sawyer begins by warning of “a kind of shadow war being waged by Iran around the world” — based on her blind acceptance of totally unproven Israeli...
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“Racism is still a really big issue in this country especially around immigration...”
– Hari Kondabolu - Mexican Stereotypes
(via theangryblackwoman)
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“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 golden-notebook)
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“Using decoys armed with remote audio systems and aided by “arrest teams” and...”
– As Other Crimes Recede, Police Crack Down on Street Prostitution - NYTimes.com
1. I didn’t copy it here because I don’t want to keep the language in circulation, but the lede of this article is horribly transmisogynistic and refers to “men dressed as women” and also creates a lurid picture of...
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The whole story.
jonathan-cunningham:
unknowablewoman:
This is almost too poorly written to even warrant a response, but here is the actual series of events for those who are curious! Yay, storytime!
Alexander Ryking, who has a history of attempting to silence women bloggers (he told Jess of STFUConservatives and the other “feminazis” to “go kill themselves” several months ago, and has also been rude to women...
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Annoying white feminists.
readnfight:
undercoverterrorist:
There’s a really biased, one sided article floating around Facebook about a bunch of white feminists who are “uncomfortable” with Chris Brown performing at the Grammys, and the comments are full of other white feminists patting each other on the back.
You know, Taylor Swift and Katy Perry will also be at the Grammys and they write blatantly misogynistic music....
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Demisexuality and Queerness
(Talking about something that is not my own experience, feel free to correct me)
There seems to be a debate about whether demisexuals are “queer” or oppressed. I would say to the first thing: YES. Demisexuality is not the dominant sexual ideology, therefore it falls under the queer umbrella. Are they oppressed, I can’t say. On one hand, I don’t know of anyone who has faced...
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Mary Sue, what are you? or why the concept of Sue...
adventuresofcomicbookgirl:
Looks like this essay was needed, so I went ahead and did it. Not sure I said everything I wanted to say, but I tried.
So, there’s this girl. She’s tragically orphaned and richer than anyone on the planet. Every guy she meets falls in love with her, but in between torrid romances she rejects them all because she dedicated to what is Pure and Good. She has genius level...
Tumblr clearly isn't a democracy
anticapitalist:mm-theory:
Because who the fuck would elect ryking? THE USERS MUST OWN THE MEANS OF EDITING.
#a spectre is haunting tumblr #it is the spectre of misogyny #and it’s named ryking
YOU WIN, GOOD SIR.
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dirklalonde:homoerotics:
I’M NOT OKAY WITH CHRIS BROWN PERFORMING AT THE GRAMMYS AND I’M NOT SURE WHY YOU ARE
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anticapitalist:
Top Ten Catholic Teachings Santorum Rejects while Obsessing about Birth Control
The right wing Republican politicians who have been denouncing the requirement that female employees have access to birth control as part of their health benefits as an attack on religious freedom completely ignore the church teachings they don’t agree with. Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich are both...
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I just went to read an article on Alternet and there were no fewer than SIX Ron Paul ads on the page with that obnoxious R[EVOL]UTION thing Which means he supports the opposite of love or backwards love or bad graphic design/failed attempts at wordplay
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RGR-POP VS. THE STATE [NEWS]
suzy-x:
rgr-pop:
Today I met with the editor-in-chief of my campus’s notoriously offensive and incompetent tax-funded newspaper. At one point, we began explaining how “interviewing an uninformed bystander” cannot serve as a replacement for actual information. As an illustration, I referred her to last year’s coverage of Take Back the Night. In an effort to seem “balanced,” the reporter...
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Concerning the Violent People-Police: An Open...
untitled12988:
I am writing this on the premise that you are a well-meaning person who wishes Occupy Wall Street to succeed. I am also writing as someone who was deeply involved in the early stages of planning Occupy in New York.
I am also an anarchist who has participated in many Black Blocs. While I have never personally engaged in acts of property destruction, I have on more than one...
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Tumblr bomb! Tell Hampton Roads, VA not to gender... →
sanaa-tamir:
smirkingbenevolence:
lucypaw:
smashingthebinary:
unheardofsongs:
Poll question: Should schools bar students from dressing in gender inappropriate clothing?
Currently at 47% yes, 51% no, 2% undecided
The school district is trying to prevent discrimination and bullying of trans* and gender non-conforming kids in schools by preventing them from “cross-gender dressing” (their...
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tierracita:
Trader Joe’s Signs Deal with Tomato Workers
jsex:
“After years of nudges, calls to action and protests, grocery chain Trader Joe’s has finally signed on to the Fair Food Agreement. Spearheaded by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, it’s a major step forward in the decade-long campaign to improve working conditions for pickers in Florida, where nearly a third of the tomatoes that...
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If you support Ron Paul, YOU ARE NOT AN ANARCHIST
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“Egypt revolting in order to embrace democracy is appropriated, through Western...”
– Unsettling America, A Postcolonial reading of Chris Hedges
Just an FYI for erryone
mediumtrip:
> Things you shouldn’t compare to the Holocaust: things that aren’t the Holocaust.
> Things you shouldn’t compare to rape: things that aren’t rape.
> Things you shouldn’t compare to slavery: things that aren’t slavery.
> Things you shouldn’t compare to homophobia or transphobia: things that aren’t homophobia or transphobia.
It’s that simple.
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UK government may be creating a nerve gas to use... →
jonathan-cunningham:
Leading neuroscientists believe that the UK Government may be about to sanction the development of nerve agents for British police that would be banned in warfare under an international treaty on chemical weapons.
A high-level group of experts has asked the Government to clarify its position on whether it intends to develop “incapacitating chemical agents” for a range of...
“All nationalists have the power of not seeing resemblances between similar sets...”
– George Orwell (via aamir-javed)
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miseengarde:
white girls who want my culture’s bindis and saris and henna
take my skin colour too
and my dark brown lips
take my self-hatred because i don’t fit into the euro-centric ideals of beauty
take the oppression too
take the history of colonization that has devastated my country
and the drones that currently devastate my country
take all the bad stuff too
not just the pretty,...
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Fuck off, kyriarchy.: theoceanandthesky:... →
theoceanandthesky:
juthikaforpresident:
anedumacation:
The most violent, the most misogynistic, the most lyrically and thematically empty hip hop music is also the most commercial, which is consumed enthusiastically by white people.
Why don’t we question those white fans…
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[MASSIVE TRIGGER WARNING: MISGENDERING,... →
myflagisblackandred:
msamberhazard:
I… god damnit…
The prison system, especially the private prison industry, is among the most inhumane institutions in the history of the United States. It is a travesty and should be a central focus for anybody who hopes for queer, migrant, racial, and class justice.
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nemesissy:
How the sex bias prevails
stfuhypocrisy:
MADELINE Heilman at New York University once conducted an experiment in which she told volunteers about a manager. Some were told, “Subordinates have often described Andrea as someone who is tough yet outgoing and personable. She is known to reward individual contributions and has worked hard to maximise employees’ creativity.”
Other...
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Breaking: NYPD fatally shoots 18 year old in the...
[trigger warning]
baddominicana:
occupyallstreets:
Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne said the shooting happened following a struggle with the suspect. He said an officer from the Special Narcotics Unit fired one time, striking 18-year-old Rahmarley Graham in the chest.
The shooting happened around 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon in the bathroom of the apartment house where Graham lived with...
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kiriamaya:
unknowablewoman:
thegirlwiththefinchertattoo:
jessica-messica:
JM is a 21-year-old full-time student at a university in South Jersey. She recently became pregnant and is unable to carry the pregnancy to term. Due to serious health conditions that resulted from a childhood cancer, JM must have her termination in a hospital setting. These procedures are far more expensive than...
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Reclaiming The Cause: When Your Abuser Claims To... →
[trigger warning: gendered violence]
joiesdevivre:
Everyone needs to read this article. I posted my two favorite bits below, but seriously you guys. Read it.
What Schwyzer and these people in my life had in common was an inability to take responsibility for their actions, a refusal to understand how and why their presence was actively detrimental to the political causes they claimed to...
January 2012
74 posts
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“Let’s get one thing out of the way: Mexican immigration is an oxymoron. Mexicans...”
– Sherman Alexie is a poet, short story writer, novelist, and filmmaker. His book “The Lone Ranger and Tonto’s Fist Fight in Heaven,” was on the banned curriculum of the Mexican American Studies Program.
http://progressive.org/sherman-alexie
(via chicanainchoos)
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Industrial Worker Seeking Women Writers
“Do you have a story to tell about your experiences with discrimination or other issues in the workplace? Are you passionate about labor struggles in general and looking to get your voice heard? Then maybe it’s time to start writing for the Industrial Worker! We are currently looking for IW contributors who can speak to the issues that affect more than half of the working class....
Chilean students 'occupy' school and run it by... →
myflagisblackandred:
brat-grrrl:
socialistscum:
anticapitalist:
Chilean students question the education system as commercial and elitist because it reproduces existing social inequities and makes them worse. But they are not just asking questions: They are practicing the kind of education they have spent years dreaming about and struggling to obtain.
“If workers can manage a factory, we...
Harper bans pre-op and non-op trans* people from... →
pompadoursandpincurls:
beetroots:
fuckthegenderpolice:
coffeewithants:
viviopsis:
peak-society:
boobsanderson:
Sec 5.2(1)(c) of the ID screening regs of Aeronautics Act: “An air carrier shall not transport a passenger if the passenger does not appear to be of the gender indicated on the identification he or she presents.”
OH FUCK NO.
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Just gonna leave this here
what the...