March 2011
Words that I don't think should be banned or...
thesadnessofpencils:
stuffsickpeoplehavetoputupwith:
deaf (including figurative use)
Deaf
the deaf (including figurative use)
the Deaf
cripple (including figurative use)
crippled (including figurative use)
insane (including figurative use)
disabled (including figurative use)
disability
lame (including figurative use)
blind (including figurative use)
idiot (including figurative use)
...
“It was important for me to know. I mean, you have to know what qualifies as sex,...”
– Greta Christina, Are We Having Sex Now or What? (via safersexuality)
“Blue America retains diversity and divides its attention in all sorts of...”
– David Brin
LGBT Discrimination: Legal Rights and Mental... →
As LGBT individuals we already experiencing the shame and guilt of abuse but we may feel also now the pressure to hid our true identity so that we can use services such as shelter, support groups or…
duyukdv:
draws with pens: nimself: “Dreadlocks are not devoid of meaning. By a white person…
nimself:
“Dreadlocks are not devoid of meaning. By a white person wearing them they are taking on or displaying a symbol that is expressive of a racial pride or a stand against oppression or other meaning that does not pertain to white people. It doesn’t matter what meaning a white person...
SOMETIMES I JUST WANT TO VERBALLY PUNCH YOU IN...
whatfreshhellisthis:
I’d like to talk about bitterness and hostility in regards to oppression and oppressors- in specific, cis people who don’t like the way I talk about and mistrust cis people.
You think I sound bitter, generalising and offensive when I talk about cis people sometimes? Well shit, I’m sorry, but I’m bitter as fuck and I literally cannot trust a cis person until they prove...
I wondered as I’m re examinin my...
liquornspice:
quixotess:
liquornspice:
blackamazon:
I wondered as I’m re examinin my online lens and involvement where this puts me because to be real honest straight up with ya’ll
Interacting with feminism has given me very VERY little sympathy or even empathy for white women an dtrigger warnings and discussions of ” rape culture”
Personally online and off the most violent and and...
thelifeof-finn asked: Who is your favorite adventure time character? Is it me?
hey white people
remnantof:
we’re privileged. we’re ignorant. our ignorance is preserved and rewarded by the system so that we will perpetuate it.
knowing this, and examining privilege, does not remove it. does not change the fact that the experience of POC is something we will never fully grasp, will never deal with, and even if we experience similar slights or microaggressions—they will never be...
on gaga: how being in the news is not news →
[Warning: I will actually be criticising white people, lady gaga and several sacred cows of white culture]
Lady Gaga is all the rage. She loves her some gay people and she even sings a song that…
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TMI Tuesday
Ask your question and somebody will answer it.
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on gaga: how being in the news is not news
(via sexgenderbody)
[Warning: I will actually be criticising white people, lady gaga and several sacred cows of white culture]
Lady Gaga is all the rage. She loves her some gay people and she even sings a song that takes up the banner of gay rights - “Born This Way”.
Before anyone derails this into a conversation about music (it’s not), my taste (I have none), why I...
bunnehears:
vikkiage:
bunnehears:
the fundemental problem with *F*eminist online organizing:
I’d seen the link about the woman rape survivor in Libya being dragged out during a press conference—but I’d seen a trigger warning and I’ve been so busy and sick and drained, I just noticed the headline and moved on.
Well, today—I finally heard the full story. And it made me aware of the...
Living In Interesting Times →
A few thousand years ago the Chinese developed a saying that went “May you live in interesting times”. This is, believe it or not, intended as a curse, not a blessing. By “…
Dear cis people,
kiriamaya:
I enter public bathrooms for one reason, and one reason only: to go to the bathroom. I promise, I do not want to hurt you — in fact, my entering the bathroom is not really even about you at all. It’s about the fact that I have to go to the bathroom sometimes, and I’d like to be able to do that in peace and relative safety. That’s all. So I suggest finding another excuse to hate us,...
Bucking The System #8 - Buck Angel: Man With A... →
In show #8 I talk about being a man with a Vagina.
Please email your questions to show@buckangel.com Visit http://www.buckangelentertainment.com for more info.
“Feminism is humanism. I think that feminism should not be exclusively about...”
– (via warriorgrrrls)
It occurs to me that this conversation is not only about the rights of any person that use the terms of a group to assert their rights in society. Each of us, whether in a group or not - participates in society. Feminism and humanism both address the efforts, measures and...
A Conspiracy Of Silences →
A couple of weeks ago, the lady I buy my bi-weekly magazines from near the railway station started talking to me. The caste system is so pervasive¹ that all we’d ever exchanged over the past…
“I wonder: if I died in my house: who would eat me first - the cat or the dog? ...”
“Dear Homophobes: Don’t bother praying - God doesn’t love you.”
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“You” are not defined by me, but “I” am. “We”...”
[Trigger Warning on this discussion, not even...
quixotess:
sadydoyle:
So, in social justice circles online, we have this thing called the “tone argument.” The idea is as follows: You write a perfectly reasonable, thoughtful, more or less accurate (as far as you can see) critique of something or someone. And then the person you’re criticizing flips out, because they don’t like your “tone.” The “tone argument” is a way of delegitimizing...
Why I Do Not Celebrate Human Rights Day In South... →
Did you see Mr Gay South Africa™ win Mr Gay World in the news last week? No? Neither did I.
Many South Africans will be celebrating Human Rights Day in South Africa on Monday…
She Was Just Here →
I’ve seen her twice since our trip together to New Mexico two months ago. The second time was tonight. My mind is playing tricks on me again. My belief is that I was never in love with her, but she…
Dear Sady Doyle, it ain't about good faith/bad...
genderbitch:
I didn’t give one solid shit what Melissa McEwan’s intent was when it came to Mary Daly’s eulogy on Shakesville. What I cared about was that she yanked the post or put a note on top saying this was a problem and it shouldn’t be put up here and gave a genuine goddamn apology.
Not a goddamn footnote on the bottom saying “I DIDN’T KNOWWWW APPARENTLY SHE HAD SOME BADNESS”. No, for...
andythenerd asked: TMI Tuesday: what is your comfort food (if any)?
here's the thing
badparsiqueer:
remnantof:
the system does not support or perpetuate the ideas/attitudes/beliefs of POC who express a bias against whites, does not reward them for their actions, does not allow them to use their bigotry to get ahead in life.
the racial issues white people face are on such a micro level that to bring them into a space for POC, who experience a near monolithic and invasive form...
TMI Tuesday
You ask and I answer. Go for it.
“A portrait from the project. Submit yours here! Why do you think it’s important...”
– Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are! Feminist Coming Out Day Q&A | Bitch Media
This is the thing that makes me itch raw red holes in my skull. Is THIS what *f*eminism really and truly is???? REALLY??????
As it stands, this relentless drive to prove that feminism really and truly is...
In Post Racial America Prisons Feast on Black... →
so-treu:
healingsakina:
a taste:
Sociologist Nikki Jones of UC Santa Barbara, and Meda Chesney-Lind, University of Hawaii opened up the conference with a look at the statistics. “No”, said Jones, “Black girls are not committing more crimes, even though they are being incarcerated in record numbers.” “I’ve been studying this for decades,” said Chesney-Lind. She added, “We have never seen...
“I’m not going to tell you how I feel about this, but if I had insurance that...”
– My (pregnant) English teacher, on the new Texas law that requires people seeking abortions to view an ultrasound first (via heysawbones)
I hate Texas sometimes.
(via cobracunt)
“Today’s Safety Tip: Do not worship men who have invisible friends. ...”
32 Chinese women arrested for writing gay erotica →
Police in China have arrested 32 women for allegedly writing erotica for a gay website.
The women, include one 17-year-old, were arrested in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, ShanghaiDaily.com reports.
They were reportedly arrested for spreading obscene material.
Police said the website contained 80,000 erotic stories and had 600,000 registered members.
The site’s owner reportedly...
This Does Not Surprise Me. Not One Bit.
jaded16india:
quixotess:
Sady Doyle: “Commenters just swoop in and demand that you insult that person”
I’d really like some input on this. I’m inclined to have a pretty harsh view of Sady’s rant here but I’m having trouble teasing it out. She writes:
Like: How DARE Garland like his work? How DARE we even MENTION Shirky without piling on him and calling him a monster? How DARE the feminist ...
Y U NO PAINT SHIPWRECKS RE
jaded16india:
So Western Feminist lady wrote disaster porn. Thurs and I couldn’t not comment, of coursely!
The earthquake happened while I was in Boston. By the time I came home, it was already huge news. The only thing that seemed to matter, that seemed at all meaningful, was footage of the catastrophes. When I had a spare moment, I’d watch it. Sometimes just the same video, on a loop, over...
(Trigger Warning)
thecurvature:
microaggressions:
Professor 1: Maybe I shouldn’t say this, but after the stupid things some girls said in that class, I’m going to have to go home and watch some extremely sick porn featuring teen girls doing things that they don’t want to do. Professor 2: I’m not going to lie. I’ve been known to do the same thing. Three other guys laugh hysterically. Male tenured professors in...