January 2012
Talk to the ask box before 2011 is up!
It’s right here, so send me anything you want before the new year (on the Gregorian calendar) comes in!
Anything, really!
December 2011
“Women cannot be expected to struggle alone against the forces of discrimination...”
– Benazir Bhutto in a 1995 speech in Beijing at the World Conference of Women. This is a beautiful speech, go read all of it. (via thepoliticalnotebook)
She was one unapologetic, proud, progressive Pakistani and I respect her for it immensely.
(via mehreenkasana)
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If You Had Not Heard
kiriamaya:
[Trigger warning: rape threats, sexual harrassment]
garlandgrey:
The Atheism subreddit proved that Richard Dawkins is so full of shit he’s legally a septic tank by launching rape and kidnapping threats at a 15-year-old girl when she posted a picture of herself with a book by Carl Sagan. Rebecca Watson wrote about it on Skepchick, “Reddit Makes Me Hate Atheists” which prompted Kate...
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karnythia:
You know, the more I watch old Buffy & Angel eps the less I think of Joss Whedon. He really really loves trading on some ugly tropes about gender, race, & sexuality. There’s an astonishing number of POC playing villains & very little writing of real substance behind the few POC who are theoretically the good guys. My side eye for Whedon was already epic after Dollhouse,...
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“You killed my son and now you are giving me a tree?”
– An Iraqi farmer to Peter Van Buren of the US State Department after his team tried to give away fruit tree seedlings to replant ruined orchards. (via ambitioussurvival)
The death perpetuated by these fucking wars is going to haunt the U.S. for generations - as it should. Anyone who doesn’t feel...
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Tumblr's Support Problem with 'Missing e'
joshishollywood:
missing-e:
As many users have observed, Tumblr has recently given users a choice to uninstall Missing e or revoke support for your account.
The reasons they give for suggesting that you uninstall Missing e are the worst-case scenario for installing browser extensions or browser modifications of any kind. However, Missing e is not a source of these kinds of problems.
At...
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WARNING: Unsupported browser add-on "Missing-E"...
ktempest:
Dear Tumblr:
1. It’s not a browser hack, it’s an extension. One that is listed on the official extension pages of both Firefox and Chrome. By labeling it a hack you’re misrepresenting it to those users who don’t know better and are scaring them for no good reason. 2. You can’t blame missing e for your own failings, Tumblr. Your servers have always had issues even before this...
“Never forget the fact people enjoy racism and sexism. People engage in it for...”
– Esoterica: Esoterica: Tell me racism is dead when…
Look at that for a bit
(via blackamazon)
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Being white is:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
When bad things happen to you, you get the most validation, the most outrage, and the most justice.
Tumblr just informed me of all the bad shit that...
Including that “Tumblr will not support your account”.
Given the amount of time Tumblr spends either being broken or allowing people to get away with harassing and sending rape and death threats to other users, I’d say that my account and many others don’t really get any support at all.
Plus, Tumblr has accessibility issues and features that Missing-E corrects or...
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I've seen this question asked a lot; what should a...
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
This is where the white person can get a great chance to use their diunital thinking.
Think of both PoC as correct, even if they have opposing stances. They’re both right based on their experiences in the world as someone who experiences racism.
The ONLY time I can really think of that a PoC might want a white person to step in, is in cases where a dark person is being...
Anonymous asked: I was just wondering why you write descriptions of images underneath the images?
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“Well, I’ve changed the course of music five or six times. What have you done...”
– Miles Davis to Nancy Reagan at a White House dinner in 1987 after she’d inquired as to what he’d done with his life to merit an invitation. source (via marxisforbros)
Eh this is completely wrong. He was actually quite fond of the Reagans. It was at a White House dinner however. Here is what...
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fromonesurvivortoanother replied to your post: This is why I will never go near Reddit. [TW: For…
i stopped looking at reddit awhile ago. even the /feminisms/ subreddit is constantly harassed by trolls or people stuck in 2nd wave non-intersectional feminism.
Nods. Very wise choice. Especially re: non-intersectional feminism. I just can’t even with that anymore.
I really can’t...
Addendum to earlier posts
It was graciously pointed out to me that in my post warning about what I’ll block/unfollow people for, I mentioned people using racial slurs they have no right to use. Such as a white person using the n-word.
However, in an earlier post I had reblogged a post where a person used the n-word in full and it was on my blog.
So, let me clarify. The person who used that word is a person who I...
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“That’s fucking bull shit, because I would never be caught dead in Georgia.”
– Lucifer (via historysaidwhat)
Oh BURN.
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This is why I will never go near Reddit. [TW: For...
Because, this shit is allowed to happen. A lot.
ETA: DO NOT, FOR THE LOVE OF WHATEVER YOU HOLD DEAR, READ THE COMMENTS ON THAT ARTICLE. JUST DON’T EVEN DO IT. PRESERVE YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. THE MANSPLAINING IS STRONG WITH THESE THREADS.
(Warning, screencaps of this fuckery on the linked site).
Knowing what I know, this is probably not the first or last or even most severe instance of...
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North Carolina!! AN ELDER NEEDS OUR SUPPORT
blackamazon:
She needs “a bedroom for me and my stuff and my cat, some pain meds, and a line on a job.” She’s getting kicked out of her place by the first of the month, but she’s a real established organizer, a genius trans woman of color former graphic designer and in need of community support. She needs help ASAP andwants to avoid institutions and civil services that are hostile to her needs....
litora-multum-ille asked: I think what would have been more interesting is if Katie Sackhoff was cast as Pythia - since Pythia led the 13th Tribe to Earth, it would make sense that Starbuck, who led the others to Earth, would be the second coming of Pythia.
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heres another fuckin tip!
soydulcedeleche:
if you dont find the hatred of all things associated with blackness to be ANTI-BLACK, and in fact, find it justifiable,
congrats, youre fucking ANTI-BLACK!
ACCURATE.
connectthepins replied to your post: i got referred to you from dtwps. and u i gotta say youre really great. im so glad i follow you. ♥
dumbthingswhitepeoplesay.tumblr.com?
Yep. Thanks! My failbrain is also appreciative because it was really straining there for a minute.
Ugh. Mornings. I don’t even see color ‘til noon.
sehvn asked: DTWPS-Dumb things white ppl say! hahaha and maybe i shoudlnt have said referred but i was pretty much led to you via dtwps haha
sehvn asked: i got referred to you from dtwps. and u i gotta say youre really great. im so glad i follow you. ♥
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“All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again.”
– - The Book of Pythia, Battlestar Galactica (via litora-multum-ille)
I wish that instead of making Caprica that the BSG creators had rewound the tape a lot and gone back and made a series about the events that happened with the Twelve Tribes and the first go around that all ended up in the Book of...
Just to inform folks...
If you’re following me, just know that I do not automatically follow people back. And if your Tumblr is just a bunch of reblogs of photos and gifs? I probably won’t follow you back.
Especially if they’re a bunch of photos and gifs of lots of carefree white girls and hipster instagrams.
Sorry, I get enough of that already. It makes me tired and I really don’t need more...
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Warning: use of n-word below
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[WARNING SPACE]
jhameia:
Esoterica: Tell me racism is dead when…
bakethatlinguist:
strugglingtobeheard:
All you have to do is play Xbox with a black avatar or a “black voice” and hear the word nigger over 50 times in a week. My room mate plays xbox360 regularly and he is very good. He plays a lot of madden and first person shooters like halo...
Ask box is open!
So feel free to ask, tell, suggest, or anything else.
What are your plans for the coming of 2012 on the Gregorian Calendar? What did you like best or hate most about 2011?
Or anything else you feel like bending my ear about.
(And yes, anon is turned on. Don’t make me regret it, Internets).
“No wonder some women are unconsciously passive aggressive when expressing anger,...”
– Why Women Aren’t Crazy (via lagrandefille)
I hate when people claim that women are crazy or complicated or don’t know what they want because fuck you. When a woman is vocal about her opinions, desires, feelings, you call her a bitch or crazy or hysterical. Women have been taught that the only way...
Hello, fellow white people!
stfuconfederates:
This is going to be raw and merciless. I am, in all seriousness, warning you. If you identify as transable or transethnic, unfollow, stop reading, walk away. You’ll notice that I prefaced this as pertaining to white people.
So, you believe you’re transethnic? Cool. Here’s what’s wrong with that.
Essentially, you’re a white person who wants to say the N-word. You’re a white...
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karnythia:
Just so we’re clear, if you ever try to tell me you are trans ethnic or trans abled those will be the last words you ever speak to me. Possibly the last you will say to anyone ever, but I guarantee they will be the last things you ever say to me.
Co-signed. Seriously, just no. Karnythia is raining some very deep and profound truth down on y’all. So just respect it.
And...
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“Can the hungry go on a hunger strike? Non-violence is a piece of theatre. You...”
– arundhati roy from the guardian (via counterworlds)
Those little "reblog this and click the link"...
I am so incompetent re: technology. I’m just saying.
AAA Is Aiming To Save Your Life on New Year's Eve →
peecharrific:
mycoffeemuse:
peecharrific:
How do you get a free ride from AAA Tipsy Tow if you drink too much on New Year’s Eve? Keep the number for AAA’s Tipsy Tow service in your pocket and if you get drunk ringing in 2012, this service could save your life. The American Automobile Association is offering free towing and a ride home between the hours of 6pm Saturday, December 31st – 6am...
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mom: you see racism everywhere. its not healthy.
me: it IS fuckin everywhere. THATS whats unhealthy as fuck. NOT the fact i can fucking see it. wtf?
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I am entirely convinced that the white obsession...
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
witchsistah:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
eccentricafrochild replied to your post: Unfollow me right now if you think that “violence is never the answer”.
the only motherfuckers who say this are the assholes in the wrong who don’t know how else to save their face
Like I said in an earlier post I made on Tumblr, that “violence is never the answer” along with that “two wrongs...
SOPA Emergency IP list →
anglophonic:
So when these assfucks in DC decide to ruin the internet, here’s how to access your favorite sites in the event of a DNS takedown
tumblr.com 174.121.194.34 wikipedia.org 208.80.152.201 # News bbc.co.uk 212.58.241.131 aljazeera.com 198.78.201.252 # Social media reddit.com 72.247.244.88 imgur.com 173.231.140.219 google.com 74.125.157.99 youtube.com 74.125.65.91 yahoo.com...
Reblog if you want your followers to tell you one...
danceswithfaeriesunderthemoon:
[Gif removed for accessibility. Original picture showed the Eleventh Doctor dancing enthusiastically with his arms high in the air, waving back and forth in a charmingly unconventional manner.]
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strugglingtobeheard:
Feminist texts written by women of color - updated!
fearandwar:
mylifeasafeminista:
This list is stil a work in progress, but I really wanted to get it posted. I have either read parts of/all of the texts below or they have been recommended to me. Please reblog and add your own suggestions to the list. Each time someone adds something new, I’ll go back to this...