May 2012
24 posts
Because a lot of white people only listen to other... →
ryankun:
what not to do when someone asks you to use certain pronouns
ask them why
ask them whats between their legs
tell them theyre wrong
hammer them with personal questions
what to do when someone asks you to use certain pronouns:
call them by those pronouns
have a snack if you want w/e youre pretty much done here
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Arizona Bill will Ban Subversive Latino Music from... →
newly-poly-nyc:
jcoleknowsbest:
latinegrasexologist:
lati-negros:
If Governor Jan Brewer gets her way, Arizona radio stations will soon be prohibited from playing Latino music over the airwaves. On May 3, the Arizona House will vote on a bill that would ban any music that: 1. Promotes the overthrow of the United States government. 2. Promotes resentment toward a race or class of people. 3....
Inertia: From Theory to Praxis →
andromedalogic:
many people have likely seen this already but I just found it and fyi it is the GREATEST ARTICLE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD
it’s about how ability and desire to do things — the ‘I can’ and the ‘I want to’ — function differently in neuroatypical brains and no one ever believes me when I talk about this omg
I found that piece very, very helpful when I found it several years ago. Along...
queerhairyvag:
baddominicana:
socialuprooting:
Reality Check: Yes, President Obama Is a Hawk
It’s terrifying that isn’t clear to everyone, because it suggests the neoconservative desire for even more foreign wars is skewing the way that Americans conceive of hawkishness and dovishness. It suggests we’re defining “warmonger” down. Here are the facts:
Obama escalated the war in Afghanistan,...
In my life, I've noticed that a lot of White queer...
zorascreation:
Simply because the person they’re arguing with is a PoC. They automatically assume said PoC isn’t queer, because demonizing Communities of Color (especially Black/Brown Communities) is part of the White Queer Agenda (look at the anti-Black/anti-Brown slackness that went on when Prop 8 was passed, look at the whitewashing of Queer History) and it is apparently impossible for a...
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Fact: All agender people are legendary pokemon
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Clever Blog Title: Feminist texts written by women of color
mylifeasafeminista:
This list is stil a work in progress, but I really wanted to get it posted. I have either read parts of/all of the texts below or they have been recommended to me. Please reblog and add your own suggestions to the list. Each time someone adds something new, I’ll go…
“The reality is that fat people are often supported in hating their bodies, in...”
– Lesley Kinzel (via curvesahead)
I will always reblog this because it is so so important.
(via infinitetransit)
baddominicana:
boys being raised to hate girls and think theyre gross and will somehow make them less than if they hang around them….
and then growing up to be all “oh i hated girls til i was like 12 and i got a hard on”
those are the boys who treat you like shit and spit at you for shits and giggles in elementary school
and then go on to continue hating women. fucking them. and pretending to...
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“What cultural pluralism means in America is that if you are willing to live in...”
– “Surviving Letter” by Robert K. Thomas
One of the best descriptions I have ever run across of the kind of multiculturalism that isn’t.
Random thought: I wonder what the comorbidity rate...
youneedacat:
smartwittyurl:
‘Cause a lot of the folks I know (or have known) who are on the Spectrum are a fairly flexible. Read this as: People I know go from “OHGODS YOU CAN DO WHAT?! WITH YOUR FOOT?” to “…You know? I don’t think it’s naturally supposed to bend that way…” in terms of flexibility.
…And I kinda want to know if it’s just some weird collective quirk of the people I...
April 2012
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Dehumanizing rhetoric, and calling the cops on... →
March 2012
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tl;dr →
aspergersissues:
[snipped out rest of good stuff, because this caught my eye]
A friend of mine recently described himself as “too disabled to work, not disabled enough to get disability benefits.” If you think that kind of life situation is best described as “functioning,” then you are a shit. Seriously. When I look at you, I don’t see a person. I see a turd. Of course I know you don’t see...
Here be dragons.: AND NATIVES
jalwhite:
ihavethisblog:
if you are deciding who’s “really” native based on CDIB or enrollment
you have some serious re-evaluating to do.
There are so many reasons that people lost status in the past, and there are tons of people who continue to lose status for bullshit reasons today
and if you are letting a government record define who people are
you should just know that you are doing...
Quick hit: “Diabetes is hilarious*” « Urocyon's... →
I also do not think it is coincidence that a disease highly associated with marginalized populations has suddenly become a bastion of trendy humour. Because who’s going to argue?
Erm, yeah.
February 2012
16 posts
Just A Quick Note to Atheists (From an Atheist)
humainsvolants:
youneedacat:
Sometimes you gamble and lose: Just A Quick Note to Atheists (From an Atheist)
alexandraerin:
moniquill:
thefullmetalbitch:
Being an atheist does not erase privilege. This includes white privilege.
This also includes cis privilege, CNDP privilege, and het privilege.
Seriously, being an atheist does not erase your white privilege.
Criticizing...
“In building his case, Singer makes many assertions that he does not support,...”
– Fact Sheet on Peter Singer (via disabilityrightsstuff)
Thank you for writing this! (cpmatters)
Thought of the day: when does bigotry occur? →
Part of a much longer post from skeptifem: skeptifem goes to LDS church(emphasis added)
If you ask someone if they are racist, sexist, or homophobic, they aren’t going to say that they are. No one likes to think they are doing something shitty. If we use the intentions and feelings of privileged people to determine when bigotry occurs, you will find that no one is bigoted by that...
IF YOU ARE A WOMAN, the LGBT COMMUNITES OR NATIVE... →
On February 15th, 2012 BiUK - in collaboration... →
Found on G+. My comments there:
Good report, but The Bisexual Index site is an excellent resource in general, from what I have seen. Glad they also looked at some intersectional concerns, including race/ethnicity, gender, and disability. Very, very, very relevant, yes. I identify as multi (not bi) these days, but am also glad they are being less binary all around with their own working...
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QOTD: Empathy and projection « Urocyon's... →