October 2010
I should prolly take the opportunity to watch the...
amen.
September 2010
not sure i have words for this. →
the article discusses the suicide of tyler clementi, an 18-year-old freshman at rutgers university. his roommate, dharun ravi & a friend, molly wei, have been charged with invasion of privacy after streaming video of clementi having an intimate encounter with another man.
what i gleaned from the article:
- ravi & wei thought it was funny that clementi was intimate with a man. i can...
“When romance is depicted as a project, or so the... →
tobia:
bell hooks “Romance: Sweet Love”
via lligv.
there are so many bell hooks quotes that get the AUTOMATIC reblog from me.
of course, she isn’t perfect. but so much of her work is spot-fucking-on.
“Once we stop fretting over making everyone happy, eating an exact way or fitting...”
– Finding Balance in Life : transform. (via guerrillamamamedicine)
“Do not listen to your bosses. They will infect and ruin your brain. They don’t...”
– Kieron Gillen’s Workblog » On Leaving RPS
The man is writing about videogames journalism, but his points can more broadly be taken to any kind of writing. Or to life.
Also, he’s a very good friend of mine, and it’s his birthday. Happy birthday, Kieron!
(via champagnecandy)
'Slavery' uncovered on trawlers fishing for Europe →
dominickbrady:
I’m glad that illegal fishing and OVER fishing by European and other countries off the the caost of Africa is finally being looked into. I can’t believe they found this.
Excerpt via The Guardian:
Felicity Lawrence
The Guardian, Thursday 30 September 2010
Shocking evidence of conditions akin to slavery on trawlers that provide fish for European dinner tables has been found in...
I have an idea. How about instead of criticizing...
genderbitch:
Sounds like a plan, no?
“To be part of the group, you have to deride the “other.” In the case of kink,...”
– Dear Kinky People: Cut Vanilla A Break, Will Ya? (via sexisnottheenemy)
“Utah is poised to become the first state in the U.S. to criminalize miscarriage...”
– Daily Kos: State of the Nation (via guerrillamamamedicine)
Watchi can’t contain my laughter.
zftp:
wow.
Radical Hott Off Notes: Kaleidoscope Cabaret, The... →
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Neo-Burlesque Performers of Color On Show and Showing Off!
San Francisco, CA—September 29—Kaleidoscope Cabaret is the first of its kind in...
knitterplease asked: I love you.
Hmm. That's not a question.
When do I get the pleasure of being on the same coast as you again, and what shall we dance to when we dance?
Hmm. That's not a question.
When do I get the pleasure of being on the same coast as you again, and what shall we dance to when we dance?
“Vegan or non-vegan consumers cannot destroy capitalism and save the planet, nor...”
– Veganism is a consumer activity - Infoshop News (via ardhra)
this is absolutely, positively worth reading, regardless of your diet.
plus eyes: Because I have to say this again and... →
pluseyes:
Fat acceptance is not “promoting an unhealthy lifestyle”.
Fat acceptance is not even “promoting obesity” as a body shape.
Fat acceptance is promoting acceptance of the body you have. Self-acceptance, and acceptance by the people around you. Whether it’s your “fault” or not.
It chills me to the…
“Oppression of men of color needs patriarchal oppression of white women, and the...”
– Asking The Right Questions (via thetart)
Seriously. Although in here I would add class, class, class. Because the cards at the base of the structure include capitalism.
(via champagnecandy)
48 Laws of Power: Law #18 - Do not Build... →
lemondeestanous:
It isn’t always right to think that isolating ourselves from the hurtful world can protect or save us more than being exposed to the people responsible for chaos.
(…)
Keep this in mind.
North Carolina and Withdrawal of Consent: UPDATES... →
thecurvature:
This post isn’t easy to excerpt — but it contains, among other things, a link to the article/video I was interviewed for, as well as a link to the actual dismissal document stating that the rape case in question is not being prosecuted on the basis that in North Carolina, a person cannot withdraw consent to sex once it has begun.
Cute Cook: CSA with the Right Stuffing - Tasting... →
cutecook:
Missing Links Seasonal Pantry’s sausage club is here to stuff you
There’s finally a CSA for meat lovers. Local food start-up Seasonal Pantry is using the model to launch a local sausage club. Creator Daniel O’Brien, a former sous chef at Bibiana and Equinox who trained with…
Blackamazon thinks too much: SOME OF US ARE BRAVE... →
blackamazon:
I covered this program in an issue of Make/shift and it is important IMPORTANT that we support these sisters in whatever they need to come to a fair and equitable representation of their interests BRAVE NOTES from Some of Us Are Brave: A Black Women’s Radio Program Vol. 1, No. 5…
SHOCK: Gay Texas 13-Year-Old Asher Brown Shoots... →
notesonascandal:
This is the shit that infuriates the fuck outta me.
about NWNW, really quickly
because i tweeted it but didn’t blog it:
the whole quote-unquote movement is gender essentialist. point blank. period.
the finger wagging and shaming aside, this initiative seeks to push all MAAB (male assigned at birth) and FAAB (female assigned at birth) persons to marry one another, regardless of being self-identified as trans, or being gay or lesbian self-identified.
because of the...
“Can we please be accountable to the way in which Blacks travel the world as...”
– a dyke of a certain caliber: THE NAIJA ESSAY: Rhapsodizing on Black Americans’ Cultural Appropriation of Nigerian & African Cultures (via guerrillamamamedicine)
“The bottom line: It’s not that genetically engineered foods are inherently...”
– Are Genetically Engineered Foods (Including Salmon) More Allergenic?, by Kiera Butler
“Blaming social ills on single motherhood ignores a crucial fact laid out in the...”
– monica potts, “the shame game” (in response to the quote unquote movement wrought by “no wedding, no womb)
