January 2012
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“Because I spend so much time now in a very professional, gender normative work...”
– Dean Spade in q&a with Queer Couture (via jadedfucker)
December 2011
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“If I could take all my parts with me when I go somewhere, and not have to say to...”
– Pat Parker, from “Movement in Black” via this amazing coming out story of Jean Melesaine (via queerfatfemme)
This. This. All of this.
I’m on the verge of tears.
(via nerdpoet)
“when a white woman decides to kill her kids, does she say a gay man did it? Do...”
– Jukebox Jones (via zorascreation)
YES!!!!!
And it’s mostly white LGBT individuals who do this shit. “Gay is the New Black?” And Dan Savage with his racist bullshit attacking the black community after Prop 8 passed, trying to make it seem that the black community is more homophobic than anyone...
gay male: i'm gay
straight female: OMG UR GAY LET'S BE BFFS CAN WE GO SHOPPING TOGETHER OMG
gay female: i'm gay
straight female: EW GET AWAY FROM ME U DYKE DONT TOUCH ME GROSS LESBIAN GERMS
And let's not forget -
Gay female: I'm gay
Straight male: OMG SO HOT. DAMN. CAN I FUCK YOU AND YOUR GIRLFRIEND WHILE SOMEONE FILMS IT. TOUCH HER BOOOBS. BOOOOOOOOBS.
Gay male: I'm gay
Straight male: HOLY SHIT IT'S A HOMO GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME FUCKIN HOMO. BACKS AGAINST THE WALL GUYS.
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I am one of the middle-class Black girls who did...
So fuck that bootstrap myth and the high horse it rode in on.
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I'm not exactly surprised that Hugo Schwyzer is a...
But, to Mr. Wise’s credit (and I do have serious issues with his position in anti-racism), he has not tried to murder any Black people.
I am getting really tired of this idea that...
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
So, I would like any person who is privileged in some way who has learned even a little bit about how to change their views toward marginalized groups and how to respectfully engage marginalized groups to raise their hand.
*raises hand*
“I didn’t do any research at all on Adam Smith. I just read him. There’s no...”
– Noam Chomsky (via cultureofresistance)
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How to tell if you're a shitty anti-racist ally.
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
—Have you ever felt the need to talk about your experiences in a conversation of racism? —Have you ever felt the need to talk about how hard you work to fight anti-racism? —Have you ever felt that you are necessary to anti-racism? —Have you ever, at any time, spoken over PoC because you have friends who are PoC?
—Have you ever thought that PoC agreeing with you gives you...
Hello, fellow white people!
stfuconfederates:
This is going to be raw and merciless. I am, in all seriousness, warning you. If you identify as transable or transethnic, unfollow, stop reading, walk away. You’ll notice that I prefaced this as pertaining to white people.
So, you believe you’re transethnic? Cool. Here’s what’s wrong with that.
Essentially, you’re a white person who wants to say the N-word. You’re a white...
“It would be nice if Jill banned Hugo from commenting here, and it would be even...”
– A different take on accountability — Feministe
(via midwestmountainmama)
and there in lies the rub. The shit they DON’T tell you . that ever since Jezebel you have a a whole cadre of shook mention link hogs who can’t NOT be with teh newest hottest thing.
To Block Schwyzer to rebuke him they...
OK, History Channel: If no White people, then...
come on up to the house: liquornspice: Will never... →
witchsistah:
liquornspice:
Will never forget how skeeved out and ANGRY I was when a professor commented ON MY HAIR in the middle of fucking class. I raised my hand to make a comment and that asshole said some, “Yes! Oh and you have fabulous hair by the way. *creepy smile*”
Universities are violent…
Why are they always so damn mesmerized by our hair?
Because it’s enchanted. Tru fax!...
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“What makes the so-called Negro unable to stand on his own two feet? He has no...”
– Malcolm X (via aswadfahd)
vagabondaesthetics asked: "Sometimes I wonder if the official language of White American feminists is not English, but Slogan." Imma have to steal this from you partna
generalbriefing asked: I want to be clear in saying that there are difficulties in both. I'm just saying that the two experiences aren't comparable. I just wanted to make sure I was clear before someone out there gets the wrong idea.
generalbriefing asked: That Wanda Sykes interview ticks me off too, because I think to myself: I'm sure it is difficult for you being out about your sexuality now. You've had your whole like to adjust to being black. Why do people insist on comparing the two? They are nothing like the same thing.
Feminist texts written by women of color -... →
witchsistah:
fearandwar:
mylifeasafeminista:
This list is stil a work in progress, but I really wanted to get it posted. I have either read parts of/all of the texts below or they have been recommended to me. Please reblog and add your own suggestions to the list. Each time someone adds something new, I’ll go back to this original post and make sure to include them. Thanks and enjoy!
...
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The Black Swan Collective Jan. 2012: Shawn Harris
conceding2kismet:
Yes, I will continue to bombard you until she raises the money. Check it out, pass it along, donate if you can, get others to if you cannot (or even if you can). We must support black women artists.
http://www.conceding2kismet.com/website/the-black-swan-artist-collective/
I am entirely convinced that the white obsession...
witchsistah:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
eccentricafrochild replied to your post: Unfollow me right now if you think that “violence is never the answer”.
the only motherfuckers who say this are the assholes in the wrong who don’t know how else to save their face
Like I said in an earlier post I made on Tumblr, that “violence is never the answer” along with that “two wrongs don’t make a right” shit...
Just saw "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"
Loved it. And I think I’m a little bit in love with Lisbeth.
I read somewhere that Lisbeth, as a character, is pretty much a textbook case of Asperger’s Syndrome. Looking at the movie, I can see why someone would say that, but something about diagnosing this character as an Aspie feels a bit off. I don’t have AS, nor do I have any significant background in psychology or...
“Black lesbian relationships pose little threat to “self-defined” Black men and...”
– - Patricia Hill Collins (Black Feminist Thought: Black Women’s Love Relationships, 182)
And that’s why folks then try to diminish Black lesbian relationships as being a “last resort” for unlovable BW. ”Well, they got no choice but to get with each other since no one else wants them.”
(via...
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you have to understand
liquornspice:
so-treu:
it’s about equality *in the service of supremacy* for them. them being white f*eminists and white supremacy identifying f*eminists.
they’re dedicated to equality in as much as it gives them equal access to the fruits of white capitalist heteropatriarchial cis supremacy. and *anything* that gets in the way of this is a threat. which is why a white cis guy who has slept...
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Lana nominated one of “15 Breakout Latino Stars of...
lana-parrilla:
Lana was chosen one of 15 Breakout Latino Stars of 2011 and one of The Five Biggest Latina TV Badasses of 2011 on Latina.com!
The 15 Breakout Latino Stars of 2011!
Lana Parrilla, 34
After years making the rounds on various TV shows starring in small roles, the Puerto Rican actress has finally broken through in the ABC hit fairy tale drama series Once Upon a Time. As Regina,...
“For those who are told to speak only when spoken to and then are never spoken...”
– Anis Mojgani, Shake The Dust (via colporteur)
“Society’s wariness toward sex is highlighted by contrasting it with the greater...”
– Nadine Strossen (from ‘Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex and the Fight for Women’s Rights’)
Eshusplayground’s pop quiz: Which film content would most likely get the NC-17 rating?
A. Graphic sexual violence.
B. Full female nudity.
C. Depiction of male masturbation (no nudity, but...
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The Black Swan Collective Jan. 2012: Shawn Harris
conceding2kismet:
January 2012
The Black Swan Collective
This Month’s Feature: Shawn Harris
The Project: A Stage Play
I am sending out the January edition of The Black Swan Artist Collective a bit early because of the artist I am featuring this month. I have decided to support Shawn Harris as she works to stage her independent production Tulpa, or Anne&Me. This original play explores race...
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“Frankly, even if I accept that [narcissism diagnosis] as a real problem that...”
– Matt on that Feministe thread, which I’m not linking to because I don’t want the-bitterist to put me on notice. But I actually found a lot of comments there pretty helpful and this was one of them. (via quixotess)
Oh hell, I have to quit making that joke. I’m for going ahead and linking the good...
“This basic extension of empathy is one of the great barriers in understanding...”
– A Muscular Empathy - Ta-Nehisi Coates - National - The Atlantic (via guerrillamamamedicine)
It’s not only much more interesting to assume that you wouldn’t, it’s also the more probable outcome.
(via witchsistah)
Street Harassment →
bitchesandtheirprivilege:
farfromtheheart:
Why street harassment does NOT make a woman’s day.
This cartoon is available as a print or a poster on Redbubble.
Bitches with male privilege: it is not flattering. It is always rude, and often frightening. Walking down the street is not the time or place. We are not asking for your input on our appearance.
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White people: all the same.
Q: But sometimes whites feel that all white people are being similarly equated, when in fact attitudes among whites range from the Ku Klu Klan right over to the saints.
Toni Morrison: Black people have always known that. We've had to distinguish among you because our lives depended on it. I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everyone's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we're demons
Have you ever noticed
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
diontheblacksupremacist:
whenever black people are bitter toward white people, everyone acts as if that black person is the problem? They’re told to change their actions: don’t let it upset you, don’t judge all white people based on the bad ones, don’t generalize, etc. Is there any bigger sign that we live in a white supremacist society when when 50% of white people are...
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Rules of a Whiteness-Free Discussion.
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
1) You can use any word that has been used against your group however you want. 2) If you are not a part of the group a word has been used against, talking to people the word IS used against, you better make a sincere as fuck effort to make sure everyone in the conversation is okay with that, otherwise you will probably end up as fair game. 3) If you trigger someone,...
Why the Internet Matters for WOC
secretarysbreakroom:
so-treu:
blackamazon:
I can ignore you.
I can for the most part block you or avoid you.
If I am pseudonymous and reasonably good with protecting my identity , the average imposing ” nice white liberal”has no recourse against me.
IF I am not a cyber community with varying resources and distances from me can mobilize to make you back off.
I am not subjected to your...
daniellemertina:
I swear, black women are the only group of women it’s acceptable to diagnose with a widespread attitude problem and ugliness (a subjective sexist & racist diagnosis at best) and then give that as a reason for everything from the declining marriage rate for black women, black men not feeling like men, to black children not having daddy’s.
In fact, I’m sure if you stretched...
midwestmountainmama:
i think there’s a lot in there about humanity and what it is to be allowed to be well rounded fully human capable of complexity, multiplicity, and wide ranges of interests. who is allowed to be fully human—how being seen as fully human allows people to commit to your recovery, safety, future, and family—whereas, when you’re regulated to you’re relationship to white folks...
“…man is defined as a human being and woman is defined as a female. Whenever she...”
– Simone de Beauvoir
The Masked Lily
don’t call a woman “mannish” or “masculine” without asking yourself whether the characteristics you’re referring to actually have something to do with maleness, or have simply historically been considered too human for women to have access to.
(via discosherpa)