March 2012
A question for Native Americans on Tumblr
tzoc-che:
eshusplayground:
I want to post pictures of transracial Native Americans on my Tumblr with sacred items like headdresses and peace pipes and dreamcatchers to share the beauty of Native American Culture (TM). I consulted my spirit ancestor totem animal about it, and they said it would be OK. That means it’s not racist, right?
BTW, I’m 1/128th Cherokee princess and 1/32 Sioux warrior....
February 2012
“It doesn’t necessarily need to be a great singer to play the role,” the insider...”
– Whitney Houston Biopic Won’t Necessarily Cast An African-American Actress To Portray Legend - Huffington Post (via notime4yourshit)
I just…are we really about to try to white face a woman that just passed. Really? Somebody come get your cousins & beat them until they’re less stupid.
(via...
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A question for Native Americans on Tumblr
I want to post pictures of transracial Native Americans on my Tumblr with sacred items like headdresses and peace pipes and dreamcatchers to share the beauty of Native American Culture (TM). I consulted my spirit ancestor totem animal about it, and they said it would be OK. That means it’s not racist, right?
BTW, I’m 1/128th Cherokee princess and 1/32 Sioux warrior. Does that make a...
luckycat-s asked: What kills me is that this girl doesn't know that native americans killed people too. They fought and had wars with other tribes, but she fails to realize human nature and thinks that native americans are better than everyone else. This girl needs to just stop...
queernonymoose:
weetzie & husbandman, lost & found with lilybean: My new Native American blog.
svnoyi:
m0nst3rinthemirr0r:
Just to clear a few things up before I make it…..
I’m not posting anythihng “about” native americans
What
I have nothing bad to say about them, anyways
Then why have a blog about us?
In fact, I wish I was one
I know we are funny, witty, and...
My new Native American blog.
svnoyi:
m0nst3rinthemirr0r:
Just to clear a few things up before I make it…..
I’m not posting anythihng “about” native americans
What
I have nothing bad to say about them, anyways
Then why have a blog about us?
In fact, I wish I was one
I know we are funny, witty, and sexy as hell but that doesn’t mean that this statement isn’t all kinds of ignorant. Go read up on real, modern...
My new Native American blog.
liquornspice:
m0nst3rinthemirr0r:
Just to clear a few things up before I make it…..
I’m not posting anythihng “about” native americans
I have nothing bad to say about them, anyways
In fact, I wish I was one
they are a beautiful and intelligent people
who, in some cases, were brutally killed by American settlers
but Native American culture is apart of all Americans, some more than others,...
liquornspice:
Like…you knew you was wrong, but you had to insert your basic ass white lady thoughts anyway.
Not to mention, your analysis is just…boring, unhelpful, one-dimensional, and wrong. Chris Brown and Julian Assange are not assholes for the same reason nor are they dangerous in equal ways. Please leave the analysis of sexism to folks with actual complex understandings of the subject...
ellierantsforever:
Karablog: How much of a White ally are you?
blazebark:
roomtogrow:
eshusplayground:
I shouldn’t have to say this, but I will because I really don’t want to see any bullshit on my dash.
If racial justice and anti-racism are not things you give a shit about, do everyone a favor and ignore this. It’s not for you (just like I keep my queer,…
treat them as Black… Fuck...
This is the kind of shit that pisses me off.
And the award for Best Comedic Performance (aka CISSEXIST OF THE YEAR) goes to …
brettsquiggles:
Ugh. longwinded and angry post ahead because someone absolutely wrecked my mood. Kindly move along.
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Karablog: How much of a White ally are you? →
blazebark:
roomtogrow:
eshusplayground:
I shouldn’t have to say this, but I will because I really don’t want to see any bullshit on my dash.
If racial justice and anti-racism are not things you give a shit about, do everyone a favor and ignore this. It’s not for you (just like I keep my queer,…
treat them as Black… Fuck your face, you hypocritical shit.
Really, someone actually said...
Prejudice: [PoC calls white person a cracker].
Racism: Two centuries of PoC being stolen from their homelands, driven out of their native lands, tricked, raped, infected with disease, and otherwise downtrodden so as to remove them from any chance of being the dominant race.
Prejudice: [PoC gives a white person a nickname playing on the fact that they're white].
Racism: PoC must, from the moment they realize a baby is on the way, worry about whether giving a child a name reflecting their heritage will affect their chances at a good life in the future. Hint: it will.
Not racism: Calling out that slavery lasted for two centuries, and civil rights did not happen for PoC until the 20th Century (you know, the century which only ended TWELVE YEARS AGO).
Racism: We should not talk about it, because it makes [non-PoC] feel bad.
Not racism: A non-PoC actor can get pretty much any role s/he wnats.
Racism: ... including roles that were originally written as PoC. PoC actors must settle for roles making them servants, sassy women, jive turkey men, criminals, drug addicts, or abused downtrodden prostitutes, the better to reinforce the negative mental image of PoC in the minds of the zeitgeist, and hold up the excuse that "they bring it on themselves".
Not Racism: Flattering pictures of people used to represent them on the web.
Racism: Flattering pictures of Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Bachman. But the most unflattering pic available of Michelle Obama is used for the same article.
Not Racism: Articles about women's features.
Racism: Article purporting to have scientific "proof" that Black women are uglier than women of any other race.
Not Racism: America is where everyone is supposed to have equal chance.
Racism: Equal chance? Freed slaves were lucky if they got 40 Acres and a Mule, after working for free for generations for people who are now wealthy and offered no other reparations.
Not Racism: Irish History Month, Italian History Month, French History Month, German History Month, etc. All of which would, technically, qualify, btw, as White History Months.
Racism: It's not Cameroon History Month, Nigerian History Month, Egyptian History Month, Zimbabwean History Month, Zaire History Month, Somalian History Month, etc. It's BLACK History Month. Doesn't matter what country in Africa you come from. If you're Black you just all get lumped in together.
Not Racism: PoC describe their experiences.
Racism: Non-PoC interrupt, derail, silence, mock, deride, or cite "oversensitivity" because it makes them feel uncomfortable to know that PoC have endured this, and to have to acknowledge their privilege -- and their responsibility to do something about it if they really are as anti-racist as they profess.
Not Racism: PoC generalizing white people to protect themselves; including avoiding them in any capacity.
Racism: Calling that "prejudice" as if it's on the level of prejudices that actually damage anyone. It's called REASONABLE PARANOIA.
...add your own examples.
Evolution Of A Queen: daniellemertina: These... →
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uneducated-intelligence:
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uneducated-intelligence:
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These Foolish Things: Eccentric Black Girls
uneducated-intelligence:
daniellemertina:
thegoddamazon:
itsanjell-bitch:
Have it the worst. We’re not the mammies, the jezebels, or the hoodrats. Our minds broke from the slave mindset along time…
Seriously? I’m white so I can’t...
From One White Gay Male to Another: Calling Out... →
The recent launch of Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” campaign on MTV networks is failing to gain momentum among progressives because the campaign itself is myopic. While I applaud Savage for responding to the increasing number of gay and lesbian suicides that often follow bullying and violence, the framing of this campaign gives me pause. The campaign was developed in response to a culmination of...
Just a little personal experience.
yukaristea:
I have never fucking had a Black POC talk to me that way like the girl in that video portrayed it to be.
I have never been told to turn my ‘Chinese’ music down and blah blah blah. I’ve never been told i’m weird for eating anything that isn’t common here. Which the only thing I can think of is Seaweed.
Why the fuck did that girl feel the need to dress that way, act that way, make...
ethiopienne:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
ethiopienne:
why is riley’s straight/taken/poly post getting shit? am i missing something?
BECAUSE POLY WHITE PEOPLE CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHY I AM SO POLYPHOBIC! (never mind the stress of relationships or my actual emotional needs or anything)
i swear it is always the white people of a particular group (vegans, poly people, etc) who refuse to accept that...
ahkna asked: A discussion tumblr, now THERE is a good idea.
princessrols:
Ellie Ranting: Life for POCs if the Bad Guys (TM) won
eshusplayground:
This is for fellow sci-fi and fantasy fans (especially fans of color) who care about race and representation in film and TV. As I’ve said before, if this isn’t something you particularly care about or find interesting, that’s your right, but please do everyone a favor and…
My entire phd is probably...
ahkna asked: I love your post about Once and V. You make some totally awesome points. I mean, I love my ladies as villains because they're PERFECT but it's hard to ignore the inherently racist statements the shows make, especially when you add in all the secondary evil characters who are also POCs. Of course, Once makes problematic statements about everything and I think between the two of us we...
Misanthropist Extraordinaire: To the cis people... →
ellierantsforever:
eshusplayground:
IT WAS ADMIRALE ACKBAR YOU IGNORANT PIECE OF ASDF. Furthermore, I know your type. You LOVE getting butthurt. And because you are someone who gets oppressed, you have the easiest opportunity to get mad. Telling someone to die because they are gender secure is a dick move because they have a right to be offended. What. I was born a male, and want to be a...
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Life for POCs if the Bad Guys (TM) won
This is for fellow sci-fi and fantasy fans (especially fans of color) who care about race and representation in film and TV. As I’ve said before, if this isn’t something you particularly care about or find interesting, that’s your right, but please do everyone a favor and let those of us who do care talk about this issue without derailing.
I’m going to limit myself to 2 of...
All of us Evil Regals need to have a get together!...
maemarvelous:
imagines-alot-bear:
We could drool over our Evil Queen together:
Cry over Swan Queen:
Have fan fic story time:
Can I just saw how amazing an idea I think this is? Or at least we could all chat about Evil Regal things. =)
I’ve actually fantasized about renting an underground venue, hiring a DJ, and playing Evil Regal music all night long while people...
woollymindedlib:
eshusplayground:
woollymindedlib:
ellierantsforever:
thealiensmadethisblog:
i think its somewhat cute that all cis gender people think that die cis scum applies to them
cisscum is pretty much interchangeable for cissexist
when trans people say die cis scum they are saying die cissexism/transgender oppression
but i guess if you want to derail it back to your cisfeels...
woollymindedlib:
ellierantsforever:
thealiensmadethisblog:
i think its somewhat cute that all cis gender people think that die cis scum applies to them
cisscum is pretty much interchangeable for cissexist
when trans people say die cis scum they are saying die cissexism/transgender oppression
but i guess if you want to derail it back to your cisfeels you are a cissexist so saying that...
Indigoneiromancy: I'm just saying. →
ellierantsforever:
chain-chomp-link:
karnythia:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
But I’ve never seen or heard of an instance in which a descendant of the Holocaust was told “some Jewish people probably enjoyed it.”
So why us?
Because admitting the horrors of slavery might mean admitting that we’re human. We’re not allowed to…
I’m not highly educated on this subject, so i really shouldn’t be...
Ellie Ranting: thealiensmadethisblog: i think its... →
thealiensmadethisblog:
i think its somewhat cute that all cis gender people think that die cis scum applies to them
cisscum is pretty much interchangeable for cissexist
when trans people say die cis scum they are saying die cissexism/transgender oppression
but i guess if you want to…
But I - I thought you liked me? Now you think I’m scum? Won’t somebody please think of us...
Indigoneiromancy: I'm just saying. →
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
ellierantsforever:
chain-chomp-link:
karnythia:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
But I’ve never seen or heard of an instance in which a descendant of the Holocaust was told “some Jewish people probably enjoyed it.”
So why us?
Because admitting the horrors of slavery might mean admitting that we’re human. We’re not allowed to…
I’m not highly educated on this subject, so...
PSA: It's not called "looking for [insert bullshit...
Misanthropist Extraordinaire: To the cis people... →
brettsquiggles:
eshusplayground:
eshusplayground:
misanthropistextraordinaire:
sourcedumal:
:I
No. When you tell someone to die, you don’t get to act like they don’t have a right to comment. I understand transphobia, and how it pervades every aspect of our daily lives, but you don’t get to…
K, but u rong doe.
IT WAS ADMIRALE ACKBAR YOU IGNORANT PIECE OF ASDF. Furthermore,...
Misanthropist Extraordinaire: To the cis people... →
eshusplayground:
misanthropistextraordinaire:
sourcedumal:
:I
No. When you tell someone to die, you don’t get to act like they don’t have a right to comment. I understand transphobia, and how it pervades every aspect of our daily lives, but you don’t get to…
K, but u rong doe.
To the cis people tryin to tell trans* folks how...
misanthropistextraordinaire:
sourcedumal:
:I
No. When you tell someone to die, you don’t get to act like they don’t have a right to comment. I understand transphobia, and how it pervades every aspect of our daily lives, but you don’t get to say “die cis scum” and then act like that when they complain.
In the words of Leia Organa, “IT’S A TRAP!!!!”
So I’m...
Poems of the Dead: (Please REBLOG) Why POC need... →
butcharri:
Please, Please REBLOG this!!!!
You know one thing that I’ve found in being a creative and a person of color is that attempting to get POC to collaborate on something that involves people of color outside of Hip-Hop culture is virtually impossible without a shit load of…
In 1619 at Jamestown VA, approximately 20 captive...
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
neeshy:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
daniellemertina:
*Lincoln only freed the slaves in the rebellion states. Since he didn’t like black people… he actually hated us like almost every other white person.
The Emancipation Proclamation was purely for strategical reasons.
I’m still waiting for the 244 years of several of my family members’ WORK SALARIES and HEALTH BENEFITS...
To the cis people tryin to tell trans* folks how...
sourcedumal:
^^^^^^See this? That’s what’s up.
“I was a winger for years, and we can discuss that particular psychosis at a...”
– John Cole, “They Fucking Hate You” (via icantbelieveitsalawblog)
WOW…
(via nonplussedbyreligion)
WELL THEN, that’s cut-throat honesty for you.
(via dank-potion)
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How much of a White ally are you?
I shouldn’t have to say this, but I will because I really don’t want to see any bullshit on my dash.
If racial justice and anti-racism are not things you give a shit about, do everyone a favor and ignore this. It’s not for you (just like I keep my queer, Black, Jewish ass away from Stormfront because an environment that is unapologetically racist, anti-semitic, and homophobic is...
daniellemertina:
Minorities Are More Generous Than Whites, Study Finds
vampirefinch:
unaguerrasinfondo:
baddominicana:
yup. ties into my post about how dominicans always have a plate of food for you even if theyre poor too, so alot less go hungry than would in the u.s.
we see NOT giving as just deplorable. its expected that you’ll share even if you dont have much because we’re supposed...
TVGuide talks Barbara Hershey on Once Upon a Time
storybrookemirror:
Think Barbara Hershey was scary as the psycho mother of Natalie Portman in Black Swan? Just wait until you catch her debut as Cora, the mother of the Evil Queen (Lana Parrilla), on the April 8 episode of ABC’s Once Upon a Time. “Girls say they’ll never grow up to be like their mothers, but evil comes from somewhere,” says executive producer Edward Kitsis. “Cora would...
http://www.squidoo.com/stop-stealing-dreams →
By Seth Godin.
The economy has changed, probably forever.
School hasn’t.
School was invented to create a constant stream of compliant factory workers to the growing businesses of the 1900s. It continues to do an excellent job at achieving this goal, but it’s not a goal we need to achieve any longer.
In this 30,000 word manifesto, I imagine a different set of goals and start...
In which I go back in time (2011 post-Oscars) to...
ANNE HATHAWAY: (Crying like somebody stole her ice cream) Everybody hates me!
ME: (Comforting her as though hugging were a strange, alien concept) I know, I know. I saw them egging your house.
ANNE: I was terrible!
ME: You were fine.
ANNE: I suck.
ME: Don't say that. You're a good person.
ANNE: How can this possibly get any worse?
ME: Don't worry. Somebody else is gonna do something way worse.
ANNE: You're just saying that!
ME: No, I'm not. Blackface would've been a lot worse, but you didn't do that.
ANNE: (Stops crying, looks at me strangely) What? Who would do that? Who would do that?
ME: (Has a flash-forward to the 2012 Oscars right at the part where Billy Crystal dons blackface to be Sammy Davis, Jr. Comes back to the present.) People.
in summary
note-a-bear:
blackamazon:
thetart:
We the not signed at all except when we get a little clumsy with the reblogs would like you all to know that we are very important and established and words and buzzwords. Our mommies told us that we were very special, and every time you disagree there are rifts and call-outs and mean and y’all
rifts again because they’re really bad! I mean I said WE said...
feministx:
We are a group of established feminist activists, educators, writers, bloggers and lecturers. We are speaking out as the result of the behaviour and posts coming from some of the online feminist community, which we view as unhealthy for the movement. After some thoughtful consideration, we can no longer be silent.
The recent controversy around Hugo Schwyzer has prompted alarming...
Oh, look! Natalie Portman! Let's help her feel...
If Miranda Priestly was running shit at the...
drawgirldraw:
talldarkbishoujo:
WHAT. I’m not watching the Oscars, but did that seriously just happen?!
If Miranda Priestly was running shit at the...