May 2012
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can't stop listening to Santigold's new cd
Master of My Make-Believe is top quality music to my ears. The show last night was fucking fantastic. My second concert ever and I successfully danced my ass off.
I’m serious, I couldn’t find it in the morning.
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I got invited last week to go to the Santigold concert in Vancouver. Today is that day. My second concert ever and it’s Santigold :) gonna dance, dance, dance
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aleki-says:
resinlips:
fionafix-it:
communistsextips:
Never fuck a capitalist. They refuse condoms because they don’t like protection for the workers.
never go down on a capitalist, they’ll let you do all the work and then insist they came solely through their own hard work & self-determination.
omg
perf
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what if I never stopped reading bell hooks?
I’m reading my first bell hooks book titled The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love.
After just getting out of a relationship where the cisman was not keen on learning about feminist critiques and issues of privilege (but he did begin to open his mind, for sure), I now realize that I want a relationship with someone who has this knowledge or who is very open to learning and growing...
(In a conference on the GWOT, 9/11 and "Islamic ideology", I was in the speaking panel)
Young British man in the crowd asks me: Are you apologetic about 9/11?
Me: No. I don't apologize for 9/11. Why should I? I had nothing to do with it. I'm only sorry about the lives lost - regardless of who they were. But I am NOT a spokesperson for Al-Qaeda. No sensible Muslim is. Do I ask British people to apologize to me for colonizing my country back then, taking the rights of the masses away, ending freedom of speech, creating problematic borders that led to bloodshed, sexually assaulting the women of my land, westernizing the entire pedagogues in the subcontinent, turning my culture and my identity into a mystical subject for orientalist authors to go capitalize on? Have I asked you to say sorry to me?
Him: (remains silent)
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“Female toplessness is legal in a lot of places in the US (although not where I...”
– The Pervocracy: My boobs want to be free. (via sexisnottheenemy)
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on tumblr: guys we need to have a serious discussion about the erasure of nonbinary trans* people
in real life: ok, I guess I have to explain to my entire class how "feminist" is not an insult
“If you are a white woman and you want to call yourself a feminist, you must...”
– ladyatheist (via mamaatheist)
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jonathan-cunningham:
Drones flying over US to be weaponized
American police officers may soon be able to use unmanned aircraft not only for surveillance, but also for offensive action. The drones may be equipped to fire rubber rounds and tear gas.
“Those are things that law enforcement utilizes day in and day out, and in certain situations it might be advantageous to have this type of system...
Correction.
as-cool-as-i-am:
youarenotyou:
frrrass:
thestoryofabipolarbear:
You are a person with bipolar disorder.
You’re a person with schizophrenia.
You’re a person with OCD.
You’re a person who is depressed.
You’re a person with psychosis.
You’re a person with a mental illness.
Your illness doesn’t define you.
You are your own person as much as anyone else is.
This is really fucking...
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“Violence broke out as several hundred people demonstrated in Tel Aviv on...”
– Israel demonstration against African migrants turns violent (Al Arabiya)
I posted about Israel’s budding £58m “detention center” last month:
Of the 13,683 people who entered Israel illegally in 2010, 62% were Eritreans and 33% were Sudanese. According to UNHCR figures, 66% of Eritreans who...
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I had an abortion
maehemsez:
I had an abortion.
I’m not going to tell you how old I was when I had it.
I’m not going to tell you what the circumstances around the pregnancy were.
I’m not going to tell you whether birth control was used or not.
I’m not going to tell you whether it was a wanted or an unwanted pregnancy.
I’m not going to tell you how far along the pregnancy was.
I’m not going to tell you...
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bad-dominicana reblogged your post: more on why twerking is awesome….
uhhh your tag? no you must not lol you dont know because you are not black. :| you are not no global citizen like that….
ok. I get where you’re coming from. For the sake of NOT trying to be all “Whitey-culturally appropriating”… I will rephrase my tag and say:
I will not twerk. I will,...
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Extraordinary Machine: WOC & Motherhood →
nuestrahermana:
tw: racism, child physical abuse
I was watching a case on We The People, one of those TV court room shows that play randomly throughout the day.
This case in particular was one of two plaintiffs (Mr. & Mrs. Anderson, a newlywed white couple) suing Ms. Cunningham (A black…
submisterious:
Mandated paid maternity leave in countries around the world
lacigreen:
atheistme:
stfuconservatives:
other-stuff:
Afghanistan 90 days Algeria 14 weeks Angola 90 days Argentina 90 days Australia None Austria 16 weeks Bahamas, The 8 weeks Bahrain 45 days Bangladesh 12 weeks Barbados 12 weeks Belarus 126 days Belgium 15 weeks Belize 12 weeks Benin 14 weeks Bolivia 60 days...
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“You’re an interesting species. An interesting mix. You’re capable of such...”
– Carl Sagan (via thechocolatebrigade)
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you come beating like moth's wings: I FORGOT TO... →
saturniinae:
Okay, so. I’ll try not to write a novel here.
I didn’t get a chance to read the Chicago Tribune’s entire account of the Black Bloc’s confrontation with the police, but I was RIGHT FUCKING THERE, PEOPLE, and there were definitely some inaccuracies in the headlines that I saw.
First of all,…
bravo for being there, that’s the important part
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more on why twerking is awesome....
bad-dominicana:
you have to love and be in harmony w your body fat to properly booty pop and twerk and shit…in slow motion, you have to learn to move and just let that jiggle do what it will do, before you move again.
its an artform that is closely tied to the art of body love, understanding and acceptance, if you ask me.
Twerking?! How have I not heard of this…..hmmmm
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intimate love between partners can be fickle. I’m so happy that this time around, the deceit does not cut me that deep. I feel empowered to say “I’m worth more”.
April 2012
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“You either like me or you don’t. It took me Twenty-something years to learn how...”
– Daniel Franzese (via amantesuntamentes)
words to remember
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The Four Agreements
lightvsdarkness:
Agree to making these four agreements part of your life and you will declare a war against all of your fear-based agreements! Using awareness, patience, forgiveness, truth and love to win. 1. Be Impeccable With Your Word Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the...
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been awhile Tumblr....and frankly, I have mixed...
I have been absent from Tumblr, if I’m really honest, since before the whole October 15th activist bender I went on. From that, I’ve learned much and have a new addition to my daily life. I’ve got myself a partner.
We met doing the Occupy thing. Their 4 years my junior and one of the most amazing people I’ve met. Their also 70lbs lighter than I am.
Before I met this...
“When I want to know what misogyny is, I don’t ask a man. When I want to know...”
– Son of Baldwin
(via deadlycamille)
Check your privilege: learn from someone who knows first hand, because unless you’re part of the oppressed group, you can’t know or empathize.
(via bitchesandtheirprivilege)
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“To be female and poor in itself attracts a unique stigma. The 1980s saw the...”
– The feminisation of poverty and the myth of the ‘welfare queen’ | openDemocracy (via sociolab)
February 2012
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“So, when men do femininity they feel ridiculous and when women do masculinity...”
– Sexy Femininity and Gender Inequality » Sociological Images (via sociolab)
January 2012
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“The world today doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?”
– Pablo Picasso (via stellablu)
“Maybe you don’t know what the nights are like
for people who can’t sleep.
They...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke (via waveofwords)
“What’s past lies still ahead,
and the future is finished.”
yes.
(via fumblingtowardshappiness)
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“Gamers get hella uncomfortable over male sexuality too. Can you imagine a “good...”
– a forum post I read recently, trying to give a solid example of what ‘male objectification in gaming ’ would actually look like if it was anything equivalent to current female objectification in gaming. (via nothingbutsurrender)
I would actually love to see this
(via ickynicky)
December 2011
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