April 2011
Latest Book Purchases
jaded16india:
planetesauvage:
Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things (Hardcover)
Sonia E. Alvarez, Engendering Democracy in Brazil: Women’s Movements in Transition Politics
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Nationalism and the Imagination (Hardcover)
Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
Laura María Agustín, Sex at the Margins: Migration,...
Perfectionism - Psychology - Mental Health and... →
guerrillamamamedicine:
Yet several recent studies stand as a warning against taking the platitudes of achievement too seriously. The new research focuses on a familiar type, perfectionists, who panic or blow a fuse when things don’t turn out just so. The findings not only confirm that such purists are often at risk for mental distress — as Freud, Alfred Adler and countless exasperated parents...
deadgeraniums-deactivated201211 asked: Long-time lurker, new-time follower. I love your writing. :)
SO now that I have some time on my hands
jaded16india:
I’m going to start my one fiction a book a week habit!
This month I’ll read:
A Palace Of Illusions — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.
The Pregnant King — Devdutt Pattanaik.
To The Lighthouse — Virginia Woolf.
The Mill On The Floss — George Eliot.
In addition to a collection of Spivak, Bhabha, Fanon, Derrida and Judith Butler’s essays.
Questions to the internets is —...
“Are white people hard wired to be racists? HELL NO!!! Are
they raised in a...”
– A MESSAGE FROM AN EDITOR TO RASCISTS WHITES: IF YOU CAN’T TAKE THE TRUTH THEN STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM US NIGGERS!!! | People Of Color Organize! (via sexisbeautiful)
Amen to this quote
(via jaded16india)
When people think the goal of pointing out...
newwavefeminism:
stfufauxminists:
NO. NO. IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU OR YOUR FEE FEES. IT’S ABOUT ENDING FUCKING OPPRESSION.
No one wants you to feel guilty - they want you to feel informed. They want you to feel incensed that others don’t have the same rights and privileges as you, not indignant that someone of a marginalized group had the audacity to say it to you and it made you feel a twinge of...
“If you’re not mature enough to treat consent like a continual process, you’re...”
– Consent Is Not A Lightswitch | Amplify (via sexisbeautiful)
Fuck Yeah Dykes of Color! →
Any type of dyke
Any type of colour.
This is an inclusive and positive space, and bullshit will not be tolerated! The end!
Please signal boost if you want! If you have any comments, questions, or concerns, please contact me immediately. Thank you!
Clarkesworld Magazine: "Excerpt from a Letter by a... →
wildunicornherd:
Via jhameia, in this 2007 short story an aswang speaks its mind:
Now, to your letter. I confess to having read it with some consternation. I am well acquainted with your penchant for morbid humor and yet the suggestion that I might write a short “piece” for a speculative fiction magazine struck me as more perverse than usual. What on earth is speculative fiction anyway? I...
The Death of Roe v. Wade →
Since the start of this year, 916 measures seeking to regulate reproductive health have been introduced in 49 states. According to the Guttmacher Institute, by the end of March, 15 laws had been enacted in seven states. These laws include an expansion of the waiting period in South Dakota from 24 to 72 hours and a requirement that counseling from “crisis pregnancy centers” include scientifically...
“also, sometimes we’re rude and blunt because we keep getting ignored and our...”
– Nancy (loverightangle)
pluseyes:
theinbetweenie:
yeahitsokay:
Redefining Body Image: Pretty white fat girls, and other musings on activism & Tumblr
mymilkspilt:
riotsnotdiets:
Today I got this question in my ask box:
I just saw this while searching ‘fat acceptance’ on tumblr…thoughts? I find some of it problematic but it’s interesting. …
In addition to the very narrow focus on white, conventionally...
delisubthefemmecub:
“There are the occasions that men—intellectual men, clever men, engaged men—insist on playing devil’s advocate, desirous of a debate on some aspect of feminist theory or reproductive rights or some other subject generally filed under the heading: Women’s Issues. These intellectual, clever, engaged men want to endlessly probe my argument for weaknesses, want to wrestle over...
youdontlooklikeafeminist:
(Un)Happy Anniversary: 10 Reasons to Still Be Pissed Off About the BP Disaster
technipol:
1. BP is gunning to get back to drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. When the Department of Interior issued its first deepwater permit since the Deepwater Horizon disaster, it was for a well that BP owns half of. Earlier this month, company officials also announced that they are...
This URL is the most beautiful thing ever →
pluseyes:
meloukhia:
Look at the headline. Now look to the long URL. Now look to the headline again.
Delicious.
(h/t @annaoverseas)
Oh UK media. When it is bad it is very very bad, but when it is good it is SPLENDID.
If you are a fat person of color or an ally. This...
fatpeopleofcolor:
This space was created because a couple of fatties wanted more people of color to start talking about the politics behind Fat Acceptance.
We are slowly but surely building this space. We promise to bring you some quality discussions, photos, articles, videos, perspectives and whatever else you desire from people of color, soon. We encourage you to begin submitting whatever you...
fat girl anthem? :)
creatrixtiara:
delisubthefemmecub:
pearlsnapbutton:
holyfoolforjudasbaby:
‘CUZ I MAY BE FAT BUT I’M PERFECTLY GOOD AT IT, CAKE ON A PLATE I DON’T CARE I LOVE THE SMELL OF IT, STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES BUT CHIPS AND DIPS EXCITE ME.
oh shiiii
This was coded five times bigger. But I made it small so as not to take-over your whole dash. Love this!
POP-POP-POP-POP...
Ugh. →
batarangs:
No minority or marginalized group should ever have to settle for anything. They shouldn’t have to accept half-assed written characters, token characters, or anything less than the norm. No group should have to “wait their turn.” No one should be told “well, that’s just the way things are.” You think they don’t fucking know that? Of course they do! And they’re angry — they have...
Anti-Trans Marriage Texas State Bill 723 →
cobracunt:
feministilicious:
theskyandtheimpossibleexplode:
misterstibbons:
thecuntmentality:
transpride:
The Lone Star State is discussing an anti-trans bill, SB 723, which seeks to eliminate trans marriage rights in the state.
Fuck this bill up.
Ugh.
NO. STOP. YOU ARE FIRED.
FUCK YOU, TEXAS.
A cowboy boot to the face, Texas.
Breaking: There Aren't Many Poor People At Elite... →
In 2008, the most recent year in the Chronicle’s data, a mere 6.5 percent of Harvard students received Pell Grants. And Harvard wasn’t all that unusual among elite colleges. At Washington University in St. Louis, only 5.7 percent of students received Pell Grants. At the University of Pennsylvania, the share was 8.2 percent. At Duke and Northwestern, it was 8.3 percent. At Notre Dame, it was 8.4...
pluseyes:
theinbetweenie:
Diabetes isn’t your fault. Really.
CNN finally publishes a mostly-excellent article that addresses the fact that genetic and environmental factors are the primary causes of both types of diabetes. References to weight loss are fairly minimal and the author, a doctor and the chief scientific and medical officer at the American Diabetes Association, acknowledges that...
“There doesn’t seem to be a lot of room, in body image conversations, for people...”
– s.e.smith from the article “Conversations About Body Image: A Place at the Table for Me?” at Disabled Feminists. Another recommended read.
This prompted me, too, to think about the fact that, in the end, the body shouldn’t be a symbol for the self.
(via pluseyes)
“A supporter of the bill (remember that “supporting” means being against trans...”
– JFB testimony to the Maine Judiciary Committee: “The ‘Wacky’ Professor”
[TW for ciscentrism]
Not always a fan of Jenny Boylan, but we can never talk too much about this particular brand of asshattery.
Also, this article is probably of special pertinence to any of my followers from Maine.
(via...
To the "but slash isn't CANON!" crowd...
Okay, slash isn’t canon. Alright, but I better see your asses making these same rants about fans who are ‘shipping heterosexual pairings that aren’t canonical either.
You wanna complain about Reid/Morgan, in the Criminal Minds fandom, that’s fine. But I better see you making this SAME damn rant about Emily/Gideon or JJ/Morgan or Garcia/Reid. Okay. I better see you...
We Don't Need No Education?
jaded16india:
Pink Floyd just showed up on the radio, and so. Ahem.
It’s not a crime to ask questions. Really! It isn’t! It’s not a crime to demand someone drop whatever they’re doing and explain for the 2895892589246th time that racism exists, sexism is still here, etc. (Though it should be, because that’s extremely entitled.)
This is because when we say, “I’m not here to educate you” or a...
How To Be A Race Traitor In Two Easy Steps
jaded16india:
Hi everyone, Renee here. A few of you probably know me, but for those who don’t, introductions are in order.
What you need to know is this: I’m a USian woman, and feminist. And I know, I can see the eyebrows raise from here.
“A western feminist? On Jaded’s blog? There must be a mistake.”
How presumptuous of you. I have betrayed you all. And you didn’t even see it coming....
Cons to avoid
jhameia:
wildunicornherd:
Winnipeg’s Keycon. Via Geek Feminism Blog.
Fucking gross. The con organizer’s response is deeply disappointing, but not unexpected.
“Rolls of exposed flesh are unsightly” is in no way a “tame statement of fact.”...”
– Lindy West @ Hello, I Am Fat (via omnivory)
“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for...”
– Octavia E. Butler (via soulful-seductress)
ms.butler, master of truths.
(via dtronn)
This is WHY Octavia Butler is the Grand damn Dutchess of SF/F, folks. This is why she’s the top of the genre, why her fiction is still relevant and powerful and still will be for decades to come.
Help Kiri Transition
asezawesome:
kiriamaya:
So I was just lamenting to Tchy that I don’t see how I’ll ever be able to afford transition, especially now that I’ve had to dump so much money into fixing my computer, and I still need to get a car, etc. He suggested that (among other things) I should make use of my donate button.
I know that some people react viscerally against the idea of people asking for donations...
Watchfloatingparticles:
mnwka:
ATTENTION INTERNET: THIS IS A PENGUIN BEING TICKLED.
GODDAMMIT FUCK THIS IS THE GREATEST THING I’VE EVER HEARD.
INTERNET GOLD.
THE INTERNET MUST KNOW ABOUT THIS.
“How many Americans do you figure have even heard, for example, that black youth...”
– What Kind of Card is Race - Hot Topics - Danielle Belton’s The Black Snob (via robot-heart-politics)
“You get poked and prodded by complete strangers and nobody will tell you a...”
–
The Biggest Loser Finalist Kai Hibbard (Interview)
I really have always hated The Biggest Loser, and here is just another quote that reinforces how horrible it is.
(via manyacatalyna)
When Cultural Appropriation Goes Even Wronger →
theangryblack:
But those attending the Spiritual Warrior retreat did not know that Ray already was being accused of misappropriating and misusing others’ teachings without permission or proper training. They did not know that his claims to have been initiated into three shamanic traditions, gaining expertise in a variety of spiritual and esoteric teachings, were either exaggerations or...
“Police are now beating the teachers. They are are throwing teargas and beating...”
– Smangele Mmema, member of the Swaziland National Association of Teachers, one of the main groups behind the protest movement. (Monday)
» The Times (South Africa)