May 2012
10 posts
From One Survivor to Another: Activism Does Not... →
feministdykeslut:
Activists are not inherently “the good guys” in this battle for equity. We should realize this. Because when someone calls themselves an advocate for social justice, social equity, etc. that doesn’t necessarily mean they have left behind all of their oppressive ideas. They…
“Our lives are fucked up. This isn’t random, individual, or isolated. It’s the...”
– ‘SAFE(R) SPACE MEANS ATTACK,’ from the zine ‘this is about more than who we fuck (and who fucks us). (via gingerrqueer)
another stupid post where i complain about things
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nothing makes me feel more selfish than the fact that my partner is away doing important environmental activist stuff and all i can think about is how much i wish he was home so i can cuddle and fuck him.
Self-Defense and the Criminalization of Survival
transfeminism:
It was just announced that CeCe McDonald, who was being charged with two counts of second-degree murder in an incident of self-defense, has just taken a plea-deal—second degree manslaughter with a recommended 41 month sentence. CeCe McDonald’s sentencing hearing will be in a month.
But Ms. McDonald isn’t the first young Black trans woman to be thrown in jail and aggressively...
“Many blame queers for the decline of this society - we take pride in this. Some...”
–
Criminal Intimacy in Queer Ultraviolence: Bash Back! Anthology
(via pussy-envy)
April 2012
14 posts
[Resolution # 1,003] june jordan.
brownroundboi:
I will love who loves me I will love as much as I am loved I will hate who hates me I will feel nothing for everyone oblivious to me I will stay indifferent to indifference I will live hostile to hostility I will make myself a passionate and eager lover In response to passionate and eager love I will be nobody’s fool - June Jordan
“Some people will never understand the kind of super power it takes for some...”
– Andrea Gibson. (via wallofbooks)
“Derogatory terms do not merely signify; they assault. Their intention is to...”
– Jared Sexton and Steve Martinot (2003) ‘The Avant-Garde of White Supremacy’ Social Identities 9.2 p. 174 (emphases and paragraph breaks added). (via james-bliss)
Re: the problem with individualist "choice"...
suzy-x:
(Rebloggable as requested)
Frankly, my philosophy is that individualist feminism is fucked up and only promotes solipsistic notions of what feminism is. Yeah, so feminism means different things for everybody, but as long as we keep this moral relativist approach to feminism, it means people aren’t accountable or responsible for doing generally fucked up shit to others. It also makes it...
lioneater:
Why is it so easy to write a blog post (which anyone could see) about questioning being female, but conversations with friends and acquaintances feels impossible?
March 2012
13 posts
“I think part of the reason we have trouble drawing the line “it’s not okay to...”
– (until said otherwise) is what I would like to add to the quote. on my mind a lot lately. when people mark their boundaries, a persistent nagging is harassment. (via queerinsurrection)
“When a story is told or collected, silence is broken. This is no small thing....”
– from “Making Our Stories Matter” by Rachael Herzing and Isaac Ontiveros, featured in The Revolution Starts at Home. (via fionafix-it)
Ballerinas Dance with Machine Guns: RESOURCES ON... →
lescomynadventures:
patchthatsweater:
loneberry:
I upload some articles and linked to some books I’ve read recently (or somewhat recently) on prisons. Feel free to download and share the links with friends. We should have a conversation about this material sometime. Read it and let me know what you think.
Articles
Asian American Studies in the Age of the Prison Industrial Complex — Dylan...
Tactics of Manipulation & Control
suzy-x:
baddominicana:
i can recall way too many people around me doing what i came across in this article.
From Simon’s Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing
As Summarized by Freedom
Minimizing: Turning mountains into molehills (the character disordered and/or perpetrators do this; neurotics do the opposite). He trivializes the nature of his wrong doing. He tries to convince you that you would be...
“I am an unapologetic marriage abolitionist, which means that I believe that the...”
– Alexis Pauline Gumbs (via feministquotes)
February 2012
30 posts
For Saying Yes: Becoming a better activist and a... →
anotherlgbttumblr:
The hardest part about becoming a better person is admitting that you have done the things you hate. You have discriminated, you have excluded, you have used words that you shouldn’t use. It may be out of ignorance but you did those things.
That’s a painful thing to…
yes yes yes. this is exactly what i was trying to say to someone recently.
(TW: Ableist slur) Being racist is not being...
vincentwilde:
a-bayani:
littlemissmutant:
iamabutchsolo:
In class today we were talking about all of these cases of race-infused violence in the south during the Civil Rights Movement, and Emmett Till came up. And of course we talked about how brutal his murder was - he was beaten, shot in the head, drowned, one of his eyes was gouged out. There was a quiet in the room as we all took in...
Update: Culutral Appropriation Do's and Don'ts
adailyriot:
Given that the old cultural appropriation resource learning list is being passed around more frequently now, and that some of the links on it no longer work, I thought it was high time to release an updated list. These links pertain primarily to the appropriation of Native American/First Nations cultures, spiritualities, and items. However, it’s important to note that cultural...
a. bayani: [trigger warning: ableism] I've started... →
fromonesurvivortoanother:
…and possibly classist, and usually racist and/or sexist. “Intelligence” as a concept has been determined by privileged, nondisabled upper class hetero white men. The entire canon of psychology and mental illness literature is 99% people like that.
When a person…
“Colonialism began with conquest and is today maintained by a settler...”
– Haunani-Kay Trask, from “The Color of Violence” (via hypocrite-lecteur)
militarism isn’t the dominating ideology per se tho, because us hegemony is also achieved through soft power in many areas. it’s still a system of domination, however. good quote despite that small part
(via lionza)