January 2012
132 posts
December 2011
305 posts
“It was not gender discrimination or sexist oppression that kept privileged women...”
– bell hooks - Where We Stand: Class Matters (via fivedollarradio
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bam!!!!!! which brings me to white, elitist latinamerican feminism. pushing novelas about highly-skilled, uber-educated white latinas wanting to have equal standing and power with their fellow elite white men. still the focus is...
ktempest:
Get to the Source: White people just like to talk in racist code and then pretend the code doesn’t exist once you call them on it.
deliciouskaek:
Someone tell me why we can’t just have a conversation about our experiences without all the tragic bullshit? Tell me why. Tell me like I just graduated kindergarten.
Never, not once, have I seen any of the black tumblr people that I...
“Before long the black woman’s mythic “strength” became a convenient...”
– Joan Morgan, When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost (1999). (via thatswhatshesaidquotes)
I really hate how much I like the Jennifer Anniston-branded perfume.
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!
My parents’ house is huge and cold and lonely. I miss my sister’s cute little house. :/
Let me try this again. I, a SE Asian woman, want to meet more progressive SE Asians.
Progressive SE Asians exist. Anti-racist SE Asians exist. *I* exist. Yes, “IRL.” And I know a few who do amazing work, but we’re not as close as I would like due to geographical/age barriers. Hence my original post.
microaggressions:
When discussing Nietzsche in class, my professor asks if we think his “ubermensch” or superman could be female. One student says that girls can’t because they aren’t strong enough physically. Other students agree, adding that the female personality type just doesn’t fit the bill. All of them are girls.
I am so shocked and appalled that these capable young women can feel so...
“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...
lesbiancrimesquad:
nefermaathotep:
“The separation of the races is not a disease of colored people, but a disease of white people…I do not intend to be quiet about it.” - Albert Einstein (yet I bet you’ve never heard this quote)
FUCK YEAH EINSTEIN!
The people killed at Wounded Knee Massacre all had...
badlandspolaroid:
“Indians killed at Wounded Knee, December 29, 1890”
(From “The Wounded Knee Interviews Of Eli S. Ricker”; p. 176-178) 1. Chief Big Foot 2. Mrs. Big Foot 3. Horned Cloud 4. Mrs. Horned Cloud 5. William Horned Cloud, son 6. Sherman Horned Cloud, son 7. Pretty Enemy, niece 8. Mrs. Beard, daughter-in-law 9. Thomas Beard, grandson 10. Shedding Bear 11. Trouble In Front, son 12....
I need some progressive SE Asian friends. Faux liberals ain’t doin it for me.
Today we remember the Lakota men, women, and...
“Is that not exactly the mindset that more or less anyone in the world would...”
– The Real Definition of Terrorism by Glenn Greenwald for The Salon.
Something you should read.
(via mehreenkasana)
indeed this why they called the operation to kill bin laden “geronimo”. who was geronimo but a brave indigenous man fighting against white american imperialist occupiers? they have...
“In sum: the President can kill whomever he wants anywhere in the world...”
– Glenn Greenwald (via cultureofresistance)
Stop the Racially Targeted Deportation of Hadi...
of-praxis:
of-praxis:
Earlier this year, the Obama Administration terminated NSEERS, a post-9-11 program that targeted and placed non-citizen Muslim men from over 24 countries in deportation proceedings. But the termination provides no relief for thousands of immigrants who face deportation as a result of the program. Hadi Zayed Zaidi, a Pakistani-American who was brought here at...
Reblog if 2011 was a rough year for you too.
If you are able and want to do some real good for...
eshusplayground:
akagoldfish:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
Did you want to do a project for PoC? Do you want to help PoC get into the media? Then support their indie endeavors! I can think of four off the top of my head: Peecharrifica’s nail salon business, for which, I last checked, she needed to raise $3K for. Eshusplayground’s play, which you can read about here. Rosegold’s project, which is a...
