December 2011
33 posts
“Modern schools and universities push students into habits of depersonalized...”
– Arthur Evans (via nezua)
“The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via emanns)
10 Ways to Love Others →
honeyedexcrements:
10 Ways to Love Others
thelittlesea:
Some guidelines for loving:
1. Tell them about their brilliance. They likely can’t see it and they don’t know its immensity, but you can see it, and you can illuminate it for them.
2. Be authentic, and give others the gift of the real you and a real relationship. Ask your real questions. Share your real beliefs. Go for your real dreams....
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QWOCMAP FILMMAKER TRAINING PROGRAM →
thegang:
Each year, QUEER WOMEN OF COLOR MEDIA ARTS PROJECT offers 4 free Filmmaking Workshops through our award-winning Training Program. Our workshops serve teenagers to elders. To better serve our community, QWOCMAP has conducted Training Program workshops specifically for youth (ages 18 to 25), queer folks of color who are butch/genderqueer/transgender, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black/African...
“The U.S. Government doesn’t drop bombs on people because of their race....”
– Norman Solomon, This War and Racism (via darkjez)
speaking of bombs, how bout this truth bomb?
(via velocicrafter)
“Many of the issues that plague the mixed race identity have to do with feelings...”
– The article. (via jadedfucker)
Half of things, and never “really” anything… (via notyourkinddear)
Liquor&Spice: HEY U GUISE. →
14kgoldnyc:
I think we’re really being too hard on the Nice White Guys(tm). I mean, if you think about it, so many of them endure horrific trauma all the time. Shouldn’t we be more forgiving of them because of the existential struggles they go through? After all, after millenia of cultures…
Merf. Thinking is Hard.: Random Thoughts on... →
kiwizzo:
Seems simple enough. Get folks together in a space, perhaps those who share a common interest, or come from similar backgrounds. Maybe they all like to ride bicycles, or are environmental justice activists, or they all identify as monolingual trans-identified people of color. In…
“The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love...”
– James Baldwin (via monamade)
“I waited all my life to play
I still can’t find a way
But if I work it one...”
– Lupe Fiasco, Break the Chain (LASERS)
“I imagine that one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is...”
– James Baldwin (Notes of a Native Son)
“Among other things, you’ll find that you’re not the first person who was ever...”
– J.D. Salinger (via nezua)
Crunch time! Apparently now is not the time to complain about how many quality assignments I give and the amount of grading it gives me. I will recruit a student or two next time for assistance. Mark. My. Words. Until then now is just not the time to complain. Oh shit here comes the waaaaaaaaaambulance!
Joaquin Luna: undocumented migrant whose lack of... →
lalilster:
Family says teen feared harsh anti-immigration laws in Texas, and became especially distressed after Dream Act failed to pass
Ed Pilkington in New York
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 29 November 2011 11.09 EST
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Joaquin Luna, a teenager who killed himself fearing new anti-immigration laws in Texas. Photograph: KGBT Action 4 News/Tucson Citizen
Before he died,...
Many people are afraid to forgive because they feel they must remember the wrong or they will not learn from it. The opposite is true. Through forgiveness, the wrong is released from its emotional stranglehold on us so that we can learn from it. Through the power and intelligence of the heart, the release of forgiveness brings expanded intelligence to work with the situation more effectively....
“The thing is, it’s patriarchy that says men are stupid and monolithic and...”
– On claiming to be a stupid man who doesn’t know anything « Zero at the Bone
Exactly this. This is why I despise it when men refuse to have a conversation with me about these issues and instead play dumb.
(via lookoutsideyourself)