February 2012
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“I remember going into the jails and prisons in the late seventies, early...”
– Joy Harjo: Time, Time (via poemsofthedead)
100,000,000 workers grind India to a halt in one...
taringanjing:
One of the world’s largest ever strikes began at midnight on Monday 27th Feb and will end at midnight tonight. Up to 100,000,000 Indian workers from different sectors and industries are calling for a national minimum wage, permanent jobs, and much more.
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Fund for Troy Davis's family →
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[via Dread Times (link to post)]
AFAICT the new deadline is the 28th [of February]. they’re only at 69% of their goal as of now, please pass this around and donate if possible.
The Davis family has had to bury three warriors for justice in the past seven months. Virginia Davis, the...
baddominicana:
critical thinking skills really need to make a comeback.
“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves...”
– Ernest Hemingway (via letmeedream)
Want to be in my next video? →
rockyrivera:
Here’s your chance to be a part of the next Rocky video! Submission Deadline: March 1, 2012
What we have planned: A video that celebrates the “every day” GRLZ in Hip Hop! This isn’t about the glamour and glitz, it’s a video about who Rocky’s friends and fans are and how we are all bonded through our own personal representations in Hip Hop What we...
“Sometimes the one who is running from the Life/Death/Life nature insists on...”
– Clarissa Pinkola Estes (via girlinboyclothes)
Ugg… what happened to my stolen copy of this book? I can’t find it. :( (via poemsofthedead)
Call for submissions from trans women of color →
xyrophile:
autumn-and-eve:
If you don’t already know, Raven and I are in the process of coming up with a zine/pamphlet-type situation all about transmisogyny. Since transmisogyny intersects a lot with race in a way we haven’t experienced, we’d really like to include trans women of color’s views on the matter. The pamphlet is going to phrased as theory and an explanation of transmisogyny...
“Sincerity is probably the most daring form of bravery”
– W. Somerset Maugham (via katiekashmir)
Emotional justice is about working with this... →
ancestryinprogress:
Amazing article on emotional justice and activist organizations, written by Yolo Aikili
what do factory assembly lines have to do with...
fromonesurvivortoanother:
Michel Foucalt, Discipline and Punish
an entire book on that, with comparisons to the military and prison industrial complex. it’s pretty scary, actually.
“Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good. Anybody who...”
– Amy Poehler (via bornthisbrown)
“It’s Not My Birthday, & I Don’t Want Cake”:On... →
This touches upon a lot of ideas and issues I have been thinking a lot about, especially thinking about transformative justice which changes the system we operate in which allows for all parties to transform and heal while still condemning the violent acts perpetrated.
Immigrant Stories: How did you come to US?: Books:... →
immigrantstories:
Juarez: The Laboratory of Our Time challenges the propaganda and the realities of the current relationship between the United States and Mexico, focusing on the more intimate connection between the border towns of El Paso and Juarez. Charles Bowden, who first brought attention to the…
“A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home”
– Rumi (via dreamhampton1)
Slut-Bitch Sisterhood: Things You Shouldn’t Say... →
journeytoanewcreation:
People suffering from depression:
“Stop being so negative!” “You choose to be sad” “You don’t even have anything to be sad about” “There are millions worse off than you, just get a grip!”
People struggling with self-harm:
“You’re just doing it for attention!” …
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Thinking about ways to challenge and discuss latina stereotypical roles of virgin, mother, whore and incorporate the feminist memes using Ryan Gosling, Gael Garcia Bernal and Rihanna. Let's see how it goes. Any other suggestions for images or challenging these tropes?
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“Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect...”
– bell hooks (via thepurpleballoons)
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“When conflict arises within us or between us and other individuals when we walk...”
– bell hooks, all about love: new visions (via thehighlovesthejunkie)
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“I have wanted them to have an answer to the question ‘what is feminism?’ that is...”
– bell hooks (via wanderlustandtethers)
A Message To Women From A Man: You Are Not "Crazy" →
batmanvoice:
You’re so sensitive. You’re so emotional. You’re defensive. You’re overreacting. Calm down. Relax. Stop freaking out! You’re crazy! I was just joking, don’t you have a sense of humor? You’re so dramatic. Just get over it already!
Sound familiar?
If you’re a woman, it probably does.
Do you ever hear any of these comments from your spouse, partner, boss, friends, colleagues, or...
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Yosimar Reyes: Frustrations, Queerness and... →
yosimar:
Sometimes I wonder what I am doing in this country. Why somehow no matter how much I tell myself that I should not be afraid there is still this fear of deportation? No one can possibly understand the life of undocumented immigrants in this country unless you are one. No matter if you are an…
Watchhellabreezys:
I can’t wait for this film to be out, Mosquita y Mari… the homegirl Aurora Guerrero wrote and directed it, we need more women of color doing their thing in the film industry, she’s representing for sure!!!
