May 2013
Why aren't more people freaking out about the new...
bluandorange:
monetizeyourcat:
dancepunksnotdead:
You know, the one that gives housewives/full-time mothers a pension— wages for housework?
It’s ONLY A HUGE VICTORY FOR FEMINISM, SOCIALISM, AND WOMEN OF COLOR. Not a big deal or anything. Tumblr is mysteriously silent about this.
http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/venezuelas-new-labour-law-best-mothers-day-gift
holy shit!
fucking COOL
“There is no single jurisdiction in the U.S. where a minimum wage worker can...”
– National Low Income Housing Coalition (via presidentjonesco)
if there is one thing...
navigatethestream:
its the notion of boycotts
you wanna know why the bus boycotts of the civil rights movement were so successful?
because an alternative black run transportation system was created for those who couldn’t walk to work or whatever they had to go
they didn’t just tell people “oh the bus enforces racist policies so don’t take it and FUCK if you can’t get to work on time or where...
“TW: Sexual Assault I felt a sour taste in my throat, the one that immediately...”
– Anti-Immigrant Fever Ignites Violence Against Women
Julianne Hing
From RaceWire, 3/27/08
(via whitedenial-ontrial)
See also:
Sheriff Arpaio of Maricopa County, AZ. He has physically assaulted pregnant immigrant women, forced them to sleep in soiled sheets by denying them sanitary products for...
“Those who call themselves allies are responsible for understanding the contexts...”
– The Problem With Our So-Called Allies (via harriettumbles)
moniquill:
mellivorasMandible: So, I really need money for insulin. {Boost?}
inriri:
I was recently diagnosed as a Type 2 diabetic, it runs in my family. Unfortunately, I’ve been removed from my family’s insurance plan and they won’t pay for the insulin, or the doctor’s appointment/tests that diagnosed the diabetes.
I have 30 days to pay for the appointments, which I’ve already partially...
magdalenarivera:
abigailxhobbs:
Recognizing the racism in Dany’s storyline is vitally important
We need to get id of the idea that racism is only the kkk
Racism is everywhere. It comes from people who don’t mean it. It comes from people with good intent. It comes from people who don’t know any better. It comes from people you like. It comes from people I like.
Racism is not exclusive to...
im gonna piss: fuckyeahcracker: Effects Of... →
karnythia:
notesonascandal:
madihatestumbler:
fuckyeahcracker:
Effects Of Thinking White People Are “All Like That”:
Literally nothing other than white people having their feelings hurt on the internet
I’m not joking there is no real world consequence of this
Effects Of Thinking People of Color Are “All Like That”:
Saudi student is literally surrounded by FBI for cooking rice under...
Why isn't New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting... →
daughterofalkebulan:
“So I shouldn’t be surprised that the Mother’s Day Parade shooting has largely been forgotten. On Sunday, shots were fired into a crowd during a parade in the New Orleans 7th ward. Police said they saw three suspects running from the scene.
This is the largest mass shooting in the United States where the shooters were still at large after the crime was committed. Think...
so my friend is fundraising for his top surgery.
dopegirlfresh:
and I heart my friend. my friend is an amazing unicorn of a person. he deserves to win at EVERYTHING FOREVER. this surgery is part of that winning.
will y’all please, please, PRETTY PLEASE share his gofundme link? it’s super important. thank you.
http://gofundme.com/skyler
I’ll love you forever, tumblr.
xoxoxo,
dopegirlfresh aka flask gordon aka h. trap brown
Blah BLAH Blah: jhameia: TRIGGER WARNING FOR... →
jhameia:
TRIGGER WARNING FOR SUICIDE
Also, here’s a link describing what “bedroom tax” is for those of us not in the know: http://www.bromfordgroup.co.uk/welfare-reform/bedroom-tax/
crezias:
Listen, I know tumblr only cares about American news, but this is really fucking tragic, and if this doesn’t get an coverage I will be incredibly angry.
The conservative’s bedroom tax has actually led...
What if people told European history like they... →
Tara McKelvey at BBC News: Cleveland abductions:... →
In truth, nearly half of those individuals who go missing in the US are not white - though one might not know that from the news coverage. Berry was abducted in April 2003 and DeJesus a year later. They were children when they vanished, and their families were desperate to find them. Yet the coverage of their abductions was dramatically different. In Cleveland, the newspaper stories were mainly...
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persnickety poet type: djshambala: popelizbet:... →
djshambala:
popelizbet:
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parscilla:
instead of publicly shaming girls for wearing shorts on an 80 degree day you should teach teachers and male students to not overly sexualize a normal body part to the point where they apparently cant function…
satanic2chainz:
When you turn black people into minstrel memes that is anti-blackness
When black women are imprisoned for defending themselves that is anti-blackness
When black children are murdered in the street like dogs that is anti-blackness
When you try to connect black celebrity to sexual slavery that is anti-blackness
When rappers project jim crow violence onto women’s bodies that is...
brashblacknonbeliever:
A Black man can save the lives of three women who have been held captive for ten years and the first thing most people want to do is make fun of his hair and autotune the news report.
Good job internet.
Stay classy.
Bangladesh garment disaster death toll reaches 761 →
breakingnews:
AP:
The death toll from a collapsed building housing five garment factories rose to 761 on Wednesday as authorities started disbursing salary and other benefits to the survivors in the country’s deadliest industrial disaster.
According to a control room at the scene, rescue workers recovered more bodies out of the wreckage of the eight-story Rana Plaza that was packed with...
ED Treatment Fundraiser
amyleona:
I need to start treatment for my disordered eating soon, but have no way to pay for it. I started a fundraising page to help me afford treatment.
There is an amazing private ED clinic in my city; unfortunately they don’t accept my insurance. I haven’t even been able to get an assessment for my HMO’s ED treatment, and cannot wait weeks more. The clinic has been wonderful enough to...
“Let’s stop this facade that we are a beacon of tolerance. I don’t need you to...”
– Seema Jilani, My Racist Encounter at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner (via versaria)
this nation was ALWAYS fucked up. ALWAYS. there aint no xformation, this is what it was and is from white ppl conquered it
(via searchingforknowledge)
Yea I was gonna say this isn’t new or building simply...
bad-dominicana:
Life as a black person:
-inquire bout renting a space, get told they dont want that particular kind of biz there, soon after its rented to whites w same exact biz
-inquire bout buying biz, get shot down w money in hand, soon after sold to whites on credit
-inquire bout employment at 695595 white places, get shot down once they realize youre black, get sent to the one black...
Five Things That Twerking Isn't
alexandraerin:
Attention, fellow white people. It wouldn’t be my place to try to define twerking, but I can tell you some things that it is definitely not:
Arrythmically throwing out your back in the general vicinity of music.
Doing the part of the chicken dance where you hunker down and wiggle your butt.
An easy thing that anyone can just decide to do after seeing it in a video without...
Repeat after me folks:
bittergrapes:
Just because a person has a mental illness does not mean that they are more violent than neurotypical people.
Mental illnesses are not justification or evidence of someone’s violence.
The more that you insinuate that there is a direct link between mental illness and violence, the more that you stigmatize mentally ill people and prevent them from getting treatment and acceptance.
...
The effects of unchecked criminalization: Teen... →
aka14kgold:
onebigpear:
fuckyeahfeminists:
This is what the school-to-prison pipeline looks like. This is how black youth criminalized.
She was doing a science experiment
She’s being charged as an ADULT
She’s being charged with a FELONY
If this all goes the way the prosecution wants, this young woman will be LEGALLY discriminated against for the rest of her life. No voting, housing...
April 2013
Tumblr Friends! Our apartment burnt down...our... →
giraffesareinsincere:
Our apartment caught fire. 4 people and 4 pairs of underwear, 2 hoodies, 1 shirt, 1 pair of pants, 1 cell phone, 1 wallet, survived the fire. We lost everything else
No obligation though. Just know that We have found a community here…Milo, Chris and Myself…and so I thought you might like the chance to support us in a tough time since that’s one of the perks of...
sinidentidades:
People starving when tons of unsold food is thrown away globally because people couldn’t afford to purchase the food, that’s violence.
People dying and going bankrupt to pay for their healthcare, that’s violence.
People being evicted from their homes when there are more houses than there are houseless people, that’s violence.
“Racism is not in your intent. Your intent is immaterial in how racist your...”
– - moniquill (on red face & cultural appropriation)
I’m just going to reblog this again, since some people apparently need reminding.
(via darkjez)
Moniquilliloquies.: mariareadsalot:also, abt... →
mariareadsalot:
also, abt downton abbey: when the show wanted to add a black character based on a black historical character that many gentry would have known or been friends with, fans lost their shit and said it was the PC police contaminating history… even though NOT having POC or JEWISH characters actually makes the setting LESS historically accurate.
even when POC are real, and part of the...
“When Hindu women in the United States wear the bindi, people love to make fun of...”
– Fatima Farha,
Why “Bindis” Should Not Be a Fashion Trend
(via indiancrownaffair)
ya, generalized hint, if your fashion trend is only trendy when appropriated by white people, it is racist as fuck.
(via shwetanarayan)
“Not long after the diagnosis [of ALS], my wife at the time and I were discussing...”
– David Jayne
See? The pressure to die is fucking everywhere. My experiences aren’t unique. Medical professionals tell you there’s no quality of life. Your own family calls you selfish. It’s everywhere. And for some reason feeding tubes are right about the first step along the way where you really...
thegoddamazon:
enoljras:
quick reminder that you don’t have to be suicidal to be depressed.
you don’t have to experience frequent panic attacks to have an anxiety disorder.
you don’t have to have an intake of 300 calories to have an eating disorder.
you don’t have to repeat all your actions 10 times to have OCD.
you don’t have to be the poster child of a mental illness in order to be...
Anonymous asked: My girlfriend was going to school for something she wasn't passionate about. I pressured her to follow her dreams, she's listening.. but now she's going to another state to follow her ambitions to be a Naturopathic Doctor. Then she plans on visiting other countries as a Doctor after she graduates. I fear there's no room for me in that plan, no room for a family... It's...
I got excited because I started seeing some Happy...
Then I realized that her birthday was yesterday (the 25th), not today (like mine is).
Still…I was like one day shy of sharing a birthday with one of the most excellent human beings on the planet.
[Image: A stick figure jumping with their hands above their head in a semi-circle with the text “it’s something”]
Blah BLAH Blah: whatfreshhellisthis: Captain... →
whatfreshhellisthis:
Captain Canadia: Someone you know ill? How not to say the wrong thing:
i-need-that-seat:
wheeliewifee:
When Susan had breast cancer, we heard a lot of [ableist word redacted] remarks, but our favorite came from one of Susan’s colleagues. She wanted, she needed, to visit Susan after the surgery, but Susan didn’t feel like having visitors, and she said so. Her colleague’s...
“It’s easy to be considered a misandrist when men are socialized to feel entitled...”
– (via angrywomanistcritic)
annnnnnd BOOM
(via stfuhypocrisy)
Dear white people: you do not own fantasy, ...
petticoatruler:
Please stop whining about authors and creators who don’t bleach their works to your precise (and racist) specifications. There are plenty of games, books, movies, and everything else for you to get your whitewashed jollies.
: If media covered America the way we cover... →
jahanzebjz:
Yet another massacre has occurred in the historically war-torn region of the Southern United States – and so soon after the religious festival of Easter.
Brian McConkey, 27, a Christian fundamentalist militiaman living in the formerly occupied territory of Alabama, gunned down…
Maybe I'm crazy...: How to Be a Friend to Trans... →
kiriamaya:
This goes out to all the cis people who, it’s quite obvious, want to help and befriend trans people, but who keep alienating and angering us instead. I’ve seen the befuddled looks on your faces when this happens, and I thought I’d try to clear a few things up for you. Let’s look at some common scenarios in which well-meaning cis people screw up with the whole pro-trans thing, and look...
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asianhistory:
Asian History and US History Minus White Guys has officially started an Indiegogo campaign.
I’m trying to raise a minimum of $10,000 to pay off the rest of my semester’s tuition and next semester’s tuition so that I can spend more time, money, energy, and effort here and at USHistoryminuswhiteguys! I’m currently $31,410 in debt with student loans, and at the end of next year,...
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dimensionsintime:
annespage:
the only reason america dropped the atomic bomb was because we were at WAR idiots, if we hadn’t dropped the bomb the war would’ve lasted at lot longer. 9/11 was an act of terrorism, why don’t you go watch a video of the twin towers as they burn after the planes crash into them and later collapse in on themselves burying not only the people that worked there inside,...
It is easier for a white person with a felony... →
tankmonster:
yo i’m gonna just reblog this once a day because it’s unacceptable.
US drone strikes target rescuers in Pakistan – and... →
cultureofresistance:
questionall:
The US government has long maintained, reasonably enough, that a defining tactic of terrorism is to launch a follow-up attack aimed at those who go to the scene of the original attack to rescue the wounded and remove the dead. Morally, such methods have also been widely condemned by the west as a hallmark of savagery. Yet, as was demonstrated yet again this...
Gitmo Defense Lawyers Say Somebody Has Been... →
sinidentidades:
The long-troubled military trials at Guantanamo Bay were hit by revelations earlier this year that a secret censor had the ability to cut off courtroom proceedings, and that there were listening devices disguised as smoke detectors in attorney-client meeting rooms.
Now, another potential instance of compromised confidentiality at the military commissions has emerged: Defense...