March 2012
calling women "females"
gelopanda:
please stop calling women “females” it makes them seem like they’re a different subspecies. Unless you refer to men as “males”…or is that too radical for me to think of it this way?
Part of my brain dies when I hear people call women “females” in general conversation. Sure, why not just call me “vagnia”? Please reduce me to my biological function. I hope...
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February 2012
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For the rest of the semester, my focus is going to be on humility and harmony.
There’s a lot of things in the world to be mad about. I see a lot of things that make my blood boil and that bring plenty of hatred in my life. I’m going to forgive and work to correct those things. I’m going to work to understand more and judge less. I still will always find and call out things that...
“When she’s abandoned her moral center and teachings; when she’s cast aside her...”
– Marquis de Sade (via dominantnights)
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CALLING ALL DIY SHOW ORGANIZERS!
okcarcrash:
I desperately need the help of the tumblr punk community.
I’m going on my first tour this July, and there are cities that I do not know anyone.
MONDAY JULY 2nd - Athens, Georgia
SATURDAY JULY 14th - Ann Arbor, Michigan
FRIDAY JULY 20th - Lansing, Michigan
If you know anyone in those cities that book DIY acoustic/punk shows, please let me know!
You can hit me up here on Tumblr,...
anglophonic-blog:
PEACHES - - FUCK THE PAIN...
Anonymous asked: I tried to explain to a white person on my Facebook why discrimination against whites isn't racism. He responded by accusing me of denying the holocaust. I know this is wrong but I'm not eloquent enough as to form a response why. Help?
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A female that can hold an intelligent...
boulevardmode:
Is such a beautiful thing and so rare now.
LOLWHUT. EDIT: People who aren’t judgmental fucks are such beautiful people and so rare now.
I was thinking about this backwards-ass way that men think they’re complimenting women these days when I listened to a few of my favorite Wale songs the other day.In Chain Music he goes: ”Put money in the book, I bet these...
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“The primacy of class means that building a multiracial, multi-gendered...”
– Gregory Meyerson, “Rethinking Black Marxism: Reflections on Cedric Robinson and Others” __________________________
EDIT: “The primacy of class puts the fight against racism and sexism at the center…unless white dudes’ feelys get all hurt when talking about being...
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“Both are plundered and by the same plunderers. The slave is robbed by his...”
– Frederick Douglass, “Life and Times of Frederick Douglass,”
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White folks will cite a black man’s word if it serves their interests.
White socialists, DO NOT come at me talking about how slavery somehow impacted white workers (who received at least wage...
“Intersectionality is not optional. It is not something you can take off and put...”
– Intersectionality Is Not Optional (via satifice)
“Intersectionality is not optional.” There should be shirts that say these. I’ll SPECIFICALLY wear them to my womens studies classes
(via newwavefeminism)
“In the United States, 70 of the remaining 139 Native American languages will...”
– (via selchieproductions)
There is seaweed in my miso soup right now, and I’m in love with it.
This has been a seaweed appreciation post.
“A white college student from a private college goes into a poor neighborhood and...”
– Dr. Patricia Hill Collins quoting Public Allies CEO Paul Schmitz in her talk Answering the Call to Community Service. (via sexartandpolitics)
Had some much needed time with the parents, and some much needed cigarettes. I’m starting to plan a cross country road trip for July and I’m looking for people to stay with (myself and my greatest breast friend, Matty Stew) holla if you want to volunteer your couch/floor/sex swing.
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During an icebreaker that asked "Where you're...
The whitest of the whitest girl said that she’s from “Africa, because we all originate there evolutionarily”
*faceplam* racial equity, you’re doing it wrong.
