May 2012
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To the owners of the 155 messages I got in the...
masteradept:
dittojessie:
I skimmed through all your shit. And then I deleted the whole lot of it. I refuse to educate, handhold, and try to explain to you why Whedon is problematic if none of you give a shit about what I’m talking about. Particularly when so many of you were insulting me while making your “argument”.
Here are some links about Whedon and feminism to start you off. The racism...
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bad-dominicana:
freshmouthgoddess:
so-treu:
The Haitian Revolution, which erupted from slave revolts in August 1791 and ended with the Declaration of Independence in January 1804, culminated in the violent eradication of the French Antillean colony Saint Domingue, the abolition of slavery in the territory, and the founding of Ayiti, the first free black republic in the world: as historical...
dynamicafrica:
Kenya to open Africa’s first underwater museum
Kenya is on the brink of building Africa’s first underwater museum, which will be dedicated to studying marine life and shipwrecks.
Designs of the proposed museum, which is expected to be open in 2014, have already begun with the help of US architects and a budget for construction costs is being discussed at government level.
...
But can we talk about how the same folks who want to down black women for not speaking on the issues of others enough (no matter what we reblog or write, we’re still not doing enough according to some folks) never seem to show up when black bodies are being demeaned?
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“I’ve seen a ton on the facebooks about “thanking veterans for their service.” As...”
– An anti-capitalist veteran (via elitc)
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“True the Black woman did the housework, the drudgery; true, she reared the...”
– Toni Morrison
#2chainzvoice TRU.
(via unapproachableblackchicks)
marshmallowmegamama:
shitifindon:
Detroit Future Youth: Road to the Allied Media Conference — Indiegogo
marshmallowmegamama:
besttumblr:
marshmallowmegamama:
Only five days left to support youth media makers in Detroit! THey need to hit $5,000—they’ve already raised $1,485!
I know tumblr can help with this. $5000 IS NOT A THING ON TUMBLR Y’ALL!!!!!
Hey tumblr, check this out! 4k in...
Sex, Race, Kink, & Being A WOC in the middle
scaronhisface:
karnythia:
I’ve been reading all of the talk around 50 Shades of Grey, & noting how often developing a BDSM relationshionship in romantica/erotica is written as though sex comes before trust & then running into convos on & offline that center around the idea that kink is something white women do. That being sex positive is a movement that requires you to discuss your...
Sex, Race, Kink, & Being A WOC in the middle
bad-dominicana:
karnythia:
blackamazon:
karnythia:
blackamazon:
karnythia:
I’ve been reading all of the talk around 50 Shades of Grey, & noting how often developing a BDSM relationshionship in romantica/erotica is written as though sex comes before trust & then running into convos on & offline that center around the idea that kink is something white women do. That being sex...
TW: Abuse, violence Dom Monaghan calls out Matthew... →
quixotess:
brogigayo:
palekings:
From his Twitter:
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does no one remember when he got arrested for punching a female bus driver in the chest last year?
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44340786/ns/today-entertainment/t/matthew-fox-officially-charged-assault/
wow, no, I never heard that. what a bastard
Sex, Race, Kink, & Being A WOC in the middle
blackamazon:
karnythia:
blackamazon:
karnythia:
I’ve been reading all of the talk around 50 Shades of Grey, & noting how often developing a BDSM relationshionship in romantica/erotica is written as though sex comes before trust & then running into convos on & offline that center around the idea that kink is something white women do. That being sex positive is a movement that...
Sex, Race, Kink, & Being A WOC in the middle
blackamazon:
karnythia:
I’ve been reading all of the talk around 50 Shades of Grey, & noting how often developing a BDSM relationshionship in romantica/erotica is written as though sex comes before trust & then running into convos on & offline that center around the idea that kink is something white women do. That being sex positive is a movement that requires you to discuss your...
As a Black Woman who is Mothering Black kids While...
notesonascandal:
Y’all need to understand how DANGEROUS it is for us to allow our kids out the house even looking a LITTLE ashy/raggedy/disheveled/unkempt. It means that The People will come and take your kids from you. It means that some teacher or social worker at the school will assume that your home is a dangerous place and call DCFS on you.
Even if your kid has done nothing but played...
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Diddy's Son Justin Combs Gets Full Scholarship to... →
strugglingtobeheard:
jalwhite:
wickedetiquette:
jalwhite:
lord have mercy.
i wonder if this laweekly blog cares about white students with rich parents getting scholarships.
probs not.
def not.
also,
i think ucla’s response is hilarious.
in that, i’ll have time to laugh about this when i’m 80 and i’ve finally paid off my last loan - maybe, kind of a way
fuck outta here. white...
Sex, Race, Kink, & Being A WOC in the middle
I’ve been reading all of the talk around 50 Shades of Grey, & noting how often developing a BDSM relationshionship in romantica/erotica is written as though sex comes before trust & then running into convos on & offline that center around the idea that kink is something white women do. That being sex positive is a movement that requires you to discuss your sex life with all &...
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Oh, the hu-manatee!: "I'm sorry that I got... →
witchsistah:
cruelestyouth:
okay
yes, i’m racist
My ancestors enslaved white people for thousands of years and raped their women.
My ancestors also conducted a bunch of scientific experiments on your people, treating them as if they’re lab rats, without their consent.
I help enforce and protect…
“Even though the reality is you’re an entitled brat who’s upset because you don’t want to...
*rolls eyes*
angrybrownbaby:
When white women dare respond to a non-white woman as such:
Wow this is the best response ever, I’m tired of people trying to bring race into feminism and attacking the views of white women.
You know what this means? According to white feminism, being a woman belongs to only white cis women.
This is why I’m a womanist because my genderqueer intersex self doesn’t count...
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President Obama didn't make you a coward
blackamazon:
I need folks to define precedence for me?
What did you think the Presidency is? What it does. What wanting that means?What you though Barack Obama was gonna do there in.
When you want that power , that KIND of power with that intellect?
You know what kind of decisions you are gonna make.
You WANT to make those decisions.
I find this usually view of President Obama as some kind...
Hackensack man stabs self, accused of throwing... →
Between this & the guy who ate someone’s face & had to be shot six times? I’m thinking we’re in deep shit folks. Might be time to check the water supply. Just saying.
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Milkee Mountain Mama: Support Youth Media Makers... →
liquornspice:
marshmallowmegamama:
harrietsdaughter:
marshmallowmegamama:
Detroit Future Youth: Road to the Allied Media Conference — Indiegogo
besttumblr:
marshmallowmegamama:
Only five days left to support youth media makers in Detroit! THey need to hit $5,000—they’ve already raised $1,485!
I know tumblr can help with this. $5000 IS NOT A THING ON TUMBLR Y’ALL!!!!!
Oh, PS—did...
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Hi, I'm a native woman.
apihtawikosisan:
What’s that? No honey, the fact that the okimâwastotin (that headdress worn by clueless hipster girls all the time) is generally reserved for males in Plains cultures is not sexist or patriarchal. You can stop trying to ‘save us from sexism’ thanks.
In fact, we were centuries ahead of you in the gender equality department. There are of course a great diversity of...
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oohhcomely:
““I am always amazed when I hear white folks speak about their fear of black people, of being the victims of black violence. They may never have spoken to a black person, and certainly never been hurt by a black person, but they are convinced that their response to blackness must first and foremost be fear and dread. They too live in denial. They claim to fear that black people will...
“Listen,
It does not matter what you say. As a woman, as a woman of color, as a...”
– via PersephoneMagazine (via soydulcedeleche)
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Just scrolling thru my dash. Basking in the...
liquornspice:
But really now…
To identify as Black necessarily MEANS you identify across nation-states. To say Black Feminism isn’t of critical importance to Transnational feminism RIGHT NOW (not in the past, as a “foundation,” ie. like some painting that you hang up on the wall and ignore unless it serves you to gesture toward it every now and again…) is just ridiculous.
Like… You say Black...
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Cultural Appropriation vs. Participation
bankuei:
Reposted from my friend A. w/her permission. Not linking to avoid the racist hate machine that is white people on the internet. She was talking about hiphop and cultural appropriation:
What would change something from appropriation and racism to appreciation and reverence? Well… Three things come to mind: 1. Embrace/acknowledgment of culture 2. Motives 3. Message First: You couldn’t...
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and now that im thinking about it
strugglingtobeheard:
bad-dominicana:
so-treu:
withrevolutionarycries:
so-treu:
withrevolutionarycries:
so-treu:
looking back at that post that whatsherantiblackface wrote, Claudia Jones was NOT the first black woman to do “intersectional feminism”. by far.
not even really sure what that means, but if you mean took an intersectional approach to black women’s positionality in an...
jalwhite:
notime4yourshit:
For those that need to be caught up:
Ramarley Graham: Site. Petition.
Rekia Boyd: Site. Petition. Facebook.
Trayvon Martin: Facebook.
Eric Perez: Site.
Neng Yang: Petition. Facebook.
Shaima Alawadi: Petition. Facebook.
Vern Traversie: Petition. Facebook.
Naomi Whitecrow: Petition. Facebook.
CeCe McDonald: Site. Petition. Facebook. Tumblr.
Agnes Torres:...
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Pro-Tip: If you're gonna use the dictionary...
ladyatheist:
Spoiler alert! It means “a black person”, not “an ignorant person”.
marshmallowmegamama:
and it’s my personal opinion that “judging somebody by their skin color (or sexuality, gender, etc)” is…shitty, but whatever. WHO CARES. if you look at me and see a breeding animal or a invading cockroach? I don’t really all that much give a shit.
what I *DO* give a shit about is you USING THAT JUDGEMENT TO DENY ME RESOURCES, LIFE, SAFETY, AND/OR HAPPINESS.
so even if...
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dumbthingswhitepplsay:
Theft is ok when you’re a white guy in Silicon Valley
bankuei:
“He’d been living there for two months, hiding out at night on couches, eating the company’s food, and exercising and showering in its gym.”
Basically, this dude moves into the AOL work campus, lives on the couches, eats the food, showers, uses the gym, does laundry there - for two months straight to work...