February 2011
My Indian history professor is a GIANT IMPERIAL...
jaded16india:
fracturesintheframework:
jaded16india:
thesadnessofpencils:
badparsiqueer:
jaded16india:
badparsiqueer:
WARNING FOR TOTAL IMPERIALIST BULLSHIT
“What was one of the positive effects of the British Raj? They brought western ideas of liberty to India.”
JESUS FUCK I CANNOT
I GUESS I’M GONNA GO GET MY FACTS TOGETHER AND GO GET PATTED ON THE HEAD AND TOLD THAT I JUST...
how fucking tragic that only one woman has won...
heroics:
Look how far we’ve come!
“It’s this anti-immigration legislation that they’re trying to push, where they...”
– Hari Kondabolu (via janedoe225)
Funny, when Native American and Indigenous people say things like this, they’re considered dangerous and put on terrorist watch lists. When white people say this, they’re just fighting for good ol’ traditional values.
Got a weight discrimination story to tell?
mamavh:
marilynwann:
Harriet Brown (cool Health At Every Size writer) is doing an article for Prevention magazine. She wants to hear from people who have stories of weight-based discrimination, especially from medical care providers: harriet@harrietbrown.com
#HAES
Pretty sure lots of us have stories to share, sadly. Pretty sure I’ve emailed with Harriet before and she’s is very, very kind...
a fool sees not the same tree: A Handy Guide to... →
thesadnessofpencils:
Tired of being boring ol’ white? Want to add a bit of spice to your life & get hippie street cred in the same bargain? Look no farther! Thursday’s written this simple & unadulterated guide to appreciating a marginalised culture. We guarantee we’ll make an imperialist douchefuck out of you before…
“The problem is, and dare I say this, it doesn’t look like Michelle Obama follows...”
– Submitted by katbeee:
Rush Limbaugh criticizes First Lady Michelle Obama’s weight, nutritional campaign | LA Times
(via katbeee)
I guessed I looked over the rule that states all wives of presidents should look like supermodels. Also, people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, Lim-blah.
(via...
Tiara the Merch Girl: white women and the... →
ardhra:
ourcatastrophe:
mewmewfoucault:
white women and the privilege of solidarity by houria bouteldja (2010)
[…] Having laid out that question clearly, I now feel more at ease to tackle the second question dealing with the relationship between Western feminisms and Third…
“So they wanna cut everything from family care to prenatal care to child...”
– JON STEWART, on the GOP’s wholesale attack on women, women’s health programs, reproductive rights and, again, women, on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
Summing it up.
(via jemimaaslana)
*attack on people who have uteruses and the ability to become pregnant. not only women can become pregnant.
...
“Gender is what you perceive yourself to be. And that’s it, you cannot...”
– Professor Tim Noakes
Sport Scientist and Author of ‘The Lore of Running’
FUCK YEAH THIS DOCUMENTARY
(via totheexperts)
My first two W4C signs read 'KEEP YOUR ROSARIES...
thehumorlessfeminist:
eddyizm:
pigisapig:
too forward?
excellent!
I think those are incredible.
People, Power, and Public Spaces →
The state capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, where thousands of workers now protest the governor’s fierce attacks on collective bargaining rights, represents another case of a public commons becoming a staging ground for political resistance. The capitol, which sits right in the heart of downtown Madison, was named by Project for Public Spaces as one of the great public spaces of the world. “This is...
Fighting to Represent Immigrants with Mental... →
abbyjean:
Jose Antonio Franco, a 30-year-old man with a mental age of two, was facing deportation. When a judge realized he suffered from moderate retardation, couldn’t understand the proceedings, and had no representative, the case came to a halt. But because there is no system in place to find disabled detainees legal representatives, Franco ended up spending the next five years in an...
A Handy Guide to Appreciation of a Marginalised...
jaded16india:
thesadnessofpencils:
Tired of being boring ol’ white? Want to add a bit of spice to your life & get hippie street cred in the same bargain? Look no farther! Thursday’s written this simple & unadulterated guide to appreciating a marginalised culture. We guarantee we’ll make an imperialist douchefuck out of you before you can say ‘antidisestablishmentarianism’, or your...
We are not all Libyan
redlightpolitics:
I see this cutesy thing (no doubt with good intentions) claiming that “today we are all Libyan”.
Not only we are not all Libyan but we all hold a degree of responsibility in the oppression of Libyan people. If you live anywhere in the Western world (as I do), you have certainly benefited from the oppression of Libyans, even if you, directly, did not wish to do so. Our...
For anyone still unaware...
ilovemilkyway:
There’s a massacre going on in Libya right now. They’re tricking, then shooting protesters and raping women. Pray for them.
Today a 6.3 earthquake hit Christchurch, New Zealand. Lives have been lost and the damage is extensive.
More than 50 80 killings in Ciudad Juarez - Mexico, over 3 days
Bahrain’s army deliberately kills peaceful protesters (thanks to juansie.tumblr for...
While protesters are dying in Libya, Southern...
jemimaaslana:
Such is the racism of some European countries. Willingness to tolerate genocide and torture of POC in return for none of them crossing our borders.
Only the Scandinavian and Baltic countries have called for sanctions against Gaddafi, the rest of Europe muddles about and won’t take a stand.
Makes me sick.
What's Happening in Libya Explained →
motherjones:
8,600+ notes and counting…thanks for letting us be a part of your #libya revolution, Tumblrs!
Con or Bust: Fans of Color Assistance Project →
wildunicornherd:
Hey everyone, today’s when bidding starts for the 2011 Con or Bust auction! Proceeds help fans of colour get to sci-fi cons.
Some of the stuff up for auction:
Signed books by Ekaterina Sedia, Kate Elliott, Tobias Buckell, Jo Walton, Lois McMaster Bujold, John M. Ford, and more…
Blog posts on a topic of your choice by oyceter, deepad, and James Nicoll
Steampunk Mughal art by...
“How can you believe in small government, and believe in a government big enough...”
– - Rachel Maddow (via magulartheimpalor)
Yes. A thousand times, yes.
(via zeppogirl)
wildunicornherd:
shvetufae: Three Days of Fey: Day One With Karen Lord
shvetufae invites Barbadian sf author Karen Lord to discuss the jumbie-inspired creatures from Redemption in Indigo.
The djombi depicted in Redemption in Indigo have the power, unpredictability and symbolic resonance to be taken and mistaken for several myths and legends the world over. I had to include Anansi, that...
Fat, Old Broad (And Proud of it!)
fuckyeahtransfats:
I’m a 55 year-old pre-op transwoman.
A big girl who can kick down a door and dance a tango, all within five minutes.
Among the more interesting things I have done since I started my transition 4 1/2 years ago, was actually be invited to participate in a transgendered photo project.
A tale of two conflicts: Bahrain, Libya seem...
shortformblog:
Bahrain In a major symbolic victory for protesters, the military has pulled out of Pearl Square in Manama, allowing the protesters to re-enter amidst much international anger over the violence against the peaceful protests.
Libya As fresh violence continues to break, at least 84 have died at the hands of the Libyan military, according to Human Rights Watch. “We’ve never heard of...
“And even if we gave a fetus all the rights of a regular human it still would not...”
– Rabble
(via inherhipstheresrevolutions)
Good point worth repeating again and again.
(via lostgrrrls)
Yes, THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS. THIS TO INFINITY. I cannot stress enough that the idea of granting or taking personhood legally from a fetus does not change the fact that the pregnant person...
Kathartic Rantings: I just want these all in one... →
magulartheimpalor:
Because they’re all giving me chills.
Rep. Gwen Moore In Opposition to the Pence Amendment
Rep. Louise Slaughter In Opposition to the Pence Amendment
Rep. Jackie Speier In Opposition to the Pence Amendment
And for what it’s worth - To this day, I’ve never…
What if Libya Staged a Revolution and Nobody Came?... →
abudai:
Libyans are painfully aware of the fact that their country does not attract nearly the same level of interest as Egypt or Iran, except perhaps when it comes to the eccentricities of their notoriously flamboyant dictator. This, despite the fact that the Qaddafi regime has been in power significantly longer than nearly any other autocratic system, during which time it has proved itself...
as you read about the trail of Brisenia Flores's... →
radicallyhottoff:
Please note how rarely MSM is calling her murderers white supremacists and how rarely the organization they are a part of is called a hate group.
Notice how key phrases like “hotly contested issue” keep coming up as code words for “white supremacist violence.” Notice how the Minutemen are never called a terrorist organization. Notice how Brisenia is always mentioned in...