May 2013
4 posts
fuck yeah, hard femme!: fuckyeahcracker: Effects... →
fuckyeahcracker:
Effects Of Thinking White People Are “All Like That”:
Literally nothing other than white people having their feelings hurt on the internet
I’m not joking there is no real world consequence of this
Effects Of Thinking People of Color Are “All Like That”:
Saudi…
April 2013
2 posts
March 2013
9 posts
4 tags
What’s in a name?: “Masculine-of-Center” and White...
fcq:
by Mauro Osborne
I am often loathe to engage in debates of labels, left only to re-hash arguments, choose a position of righteousness, and dig in my heels. The snares of identity politics entrap even the most careful of thinkers. As a trained anthropologist, I have been taught to develop a keen ear for conversational constraints and to think through arguments in ways that do not...
February 2013
23 posts
Dear fellow white queer people,
theacemaverick:
It’s been said before, and it will need to be said a million times again, but PLEASE stop comparing heterosexism and cissexism to racism. They are not the same. They are not interchangeable. Gay is NOT the “new black”. Trans rights are not the “civil rights of our time”. Can we please acknowledge the QPOC who have to deal with who deal with both? Take it from them. We need to...
UK: Surveillance Devices to Monitor Web Traffic →
anarcho-queer:
The U.K. plans to install an unspecified number of spy devices along the country’s telecommunications network to monitor Britons’ use of overseas services such as Facebook and Twitter, according to a report published Tuesday by Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee.
The devices — referred to as “probes” in the report — are meant to underpin a nationwide surveillance...
“[TRIGGER WARNING: Rape]
Fat women are treated as utterly undesirable in our...”
– Jaclyn Friedman in “What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety” (via lesilencieux)
Unicorns Exist: I’m kinda sad at the moment and I... →
fagageddon:
themfriend:
fagageddon:
I’m kinda sad at the moment and I don’t really know what to do about it. Like, it could be any number of things.
Like it’s winter and this house is cold and I’m probs getting monoxide poisoning from the coals and transphobia and dysphoria is at an all time high and I’m on the cusp of disowning my…
i just discovered this… and i dont know how to respond!...
Unicorns Exist: I’m kinda sad at the moment and I... →
fagageddon:
I’m kinda sad at the moment and I don’t really know what to do about it. Like, it could be any number of things.
Like it’s winter and this house is cold and I’m probs getting monoxide poisoning from the coals and transphobia and dysphoria is at an all time high and I’m on the cusp of disowning my…
i just discovered this… and i dont know how to respond! im hoping a good...
when this NYPD cop tried to expose corruption in... →
rubyvroom:
Link is to an episode from This American Life, which includes audiotapes the officer took of the shenanigans in his department and his superiors trying to bully him out of exposing them.
There was also a long article about this in The Village Voice
There was a website the officer made to encourage other police officers to step forward with their stories, but it seems to have...
Whether it's maliciously intended or not, language...
For poc, self esteem is a revolutionary act.
“Forgiving someone doesn’t mean condoning their behavior. It doesn’t mean...”
– Daniell Koepke (via internal-acceptance-movement)
December 2012
11 posts
1 tag
Read this. Read this. Read this fucking book.
thisiswhiteculture:
thewhitemankilledthetruth:
gbg-g:
readabookson:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fdo5ln
This book is giving me life. LIFE. I’m considering sending a copy to everyone of my fraternity brothers/every white person I actually give a fuck about
white people, here’s a place to start
“White women’s tears can come about in different ways, but here is the classic...”
– abagond, “white women’s tears” (via wretchedoftheearth)
I watched this happen at a queer conference I was at where a white woman made a comment and used the word “lynched”, in front of a POC. When he confronted her (in a super polite way), instead of owning up to what had happened, she cried for a...
Y'ALL: ATTENTION: NATIONAL IMMIGRANT YOUTH... →
lahoops:
ATTENTION: NATIONAL IMMIGRANT YOUTH ALLIANCE INFILTRATES STEWART DETENTION CENTER IN GEORGIA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
“We’ve officially infiltrated the Stewart Detention Center in Georgia! Look for a set of new low-priority cases coming out of that center and help us demand a stop…
November 2012
6 posts
“Imagine if every single “black” African that came to Canada (or America) took...”
– My very smart friend, Ms. Ji-Ji Guerrera, on what the effects of telling a single story has on Africans (via lupinsavenger) 