December 2011
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Jay's Other Stuff: “…I must confess that over the... →
“…I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white…
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November 2011
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a tiny fist with nothing to offer society: For... →
projectqueer:
(TRIGGER WARNING: mention of ableist language)
To some, the use of the words ‘homophobia’, ‘biphobia’, and ‘transphobia’ are considered ableist. Ableism is discrimination in favor of the able-bodied. Certain words used (in or out of context - accidentally or on purpose)…
Could not agree harder. Heterosexist is not adequate.
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Sophia Wallace "No fashion, please!" →
thegang:
In this video, photographer @SophiaWallace talks about her project, “On Beauty” and how it raises questions around ideas about masculinity, femininity, gender, misogyny, and what it means to be viewed as a “man”.
It’s very interesting to hear her talk about the intentions behind her work as well as the process that went into creating the images.
Check it out.
This is an interesting...
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After the Tory witch hunt against the CBC, who’ll... →
What matters here is the precedent being set. After the witch hunt against the CBC, who’s next? Museums, obviously. And then what? Theatres and publishers who receive grants from the government? Every TV show produced in Canada with the help of taxpayer money?
Don’t go calling me crazy or paranoid. In 2008, both the minority Conservative government and the Conservative Party itself were...
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I get a lot of emails about internships and jobs...
StreetKids.Org is seeking interns:
Experience and skills in facilitation and research, knowledge of gender and international development issues, understanding of monitoring and evaluation and experience with youth are also required. Interns will be responsible for various public engagement activities, relating their experiences to the Canadian public through social media, presentations and...
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“Too many people in my generation fought for the right for us to be dressed up...”
– Rookie magazine writer, Jenny Zhang, quotes activist Dorothy Height in her latest piece on the political and historical significance of fashion. Zhang cites OF ANOTHER FASHION as her inspiration! (via ofanotherfashion)
This paragraph hits home with me:
Here’s what I wish I knew back when I was in...
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“I’m someone who supports Occupy Wall Street. I didn’t write that...”
– Elon James White, Dear OWS: Welcome to Our World @ The Root.
* The Tweet, in case you missed it: “Oh? The NYPD are treating you badly? Violent for no reason? Weird.” - Black People.
Yeah. Part of being an ally and doing solidarity work, is really listening to people from different...
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Amnesty International (high school) essay contest →
Some of you are high school students, right? (I mean, it’s Tumblr). Anyway, for those of you who are interested in activism, social justice and politics, this might be something worth checking out:
Amnesty International USA, with the generous support of the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, invites high school student activists to examine the turmoil associated with the popular...
tinyfist replied to your link: Peter David.net: The Fan/Pro Bill of Rights.
also, naming something after Harlan Fucking Ellison, groper asshole extraordinaire, says so much about PAD’s priorities
Believe it or not, I’d actually forgotten about the groping incident.
Can I just say that I’ve never understood Ellison’s fame, though? I think of him as That Guy Who Wrote A Star...
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Peter David.net: The Fan/Pro Bill of Rights. →
What to do, and not do, at conventions. This a mostly innocuous document, but a couple of items stood out as ridiculous:
6) If there are certain topics or works that are known to be provocative subjects, do not be a smart ass and bring it up anyway just to get a reaction or show that you’re fearless. If you poke the bear, don’t be surprised if you get the claws (AKA The Ellison...
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fullofwhoa:
thewherefores:
CHRISTMAS IS COMING FOR YOU.
Eaton Centre, November 2011, Toronto, Canada.
In the wideshot photo where you can see a string of I-don’t-know-whats that are lit up and hung along the ceiling? From a distance I decided they were eels. Christmas Eels!
Christmas eels and giant malevolent reindeer. Yup, sounds like retail Christmas!
Eaton Centre: Here there be eels....
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carlosadama replied to your photo: Eleven kanye shrugs on the Iron Throne. (It’s a…
been there, done that
BUT WERE YOU WEARING A BOW TIE? I THINK NOT.
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“Decades of evidence from around the globe all show the same thing: making...”
– From TechDirt’s article on PROTECT-IP and SOPA, titled “The Definitive Post On Why SOPA And Protect IP Are Bad, Bad Ideas.” If you had to cut down the entire argument to two sentences, these two are the ticket. By the way, in case you missed it the other night, there’s a letter floating around,...
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I would still kill for a Tony Stark TED Talk, but...
Marvel Studios, I am giving you some fantastic DVD extra ideas here!
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Watchshortformblog:
Forget the pepper spray over Xboxes. This is a near-riot over $2 waffle-makers.
…waffles.
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RHPolitics: On Police Brutality, Living While Of... →
karnythia:
I’ve seen a lot of posts talking about OWS, police brutality, race, gender, & intersectionality. Many of those posts include links to the famous stories of police brutality. And those stories are important & should be told. But, by only talking about those stories I worry that…
Police response to Occupy has been brutal and unacceptable, but brutal and unacceptable...
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“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
– Cassandra Clare (Clockwork Angel)
Influenced means: “Copy it down in your notebook and later pretend it’s your own” in this context, I guess.
(via thatgirlnevershutsup)
lolololol, exactly
(via tinyfist)
Trying and failing to be pithy. Awkward construction. Actually makes no sense.
Only the...
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carlosadama replied to your link: Downlo: AMC’s “The Walking Dead”, patriarchal pop culture, and sneaky misogyny
I was talking with a male gay coworker today about how in this show the women stay in the kitchen and cleaning and the men do all the hunting, killing… the interesting stuff. it feels very backwards
Yup. There are so many examples. No women who are experienced...
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Downlo: AMC's "The Walking Dead", patriarchal pop... →
newsweek:
“The producers and writers of The Walking Dead are fully aware that the morning-after pill would not induce an abortion or miscarriage. We exercised our artistic creative license to explore a storyline with one of our characters, not to make any pro-life or pro-choice political…
Seconding all of this. The heavy handed anti-choice message here is illogical in the extreme, and...
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“Do you understand economics? I mean big-time, prewar, global capitalism. Do you...”
– Max Brooks, World War Z (via black-tangled-heart) 