November 2011
I can't even with this girl. She is too...
Me (looking through the folder sent home every day with papers from school, unfolding a drawing made in marker during her free time): You know, there weren't any dragons during World War II.
Daughter: Um, yeah Mami. (Pause) I just drew it that way. We're allowed to use our imaginations, you know.
theoceanandthesky asked: When it comes to deciding between feminist issues and POC issues, I choose POC because in my life the W- and the -OC are not mutually exclusive. <--- THIS 100%
Soy Dulce de Leche: strugglingtobeheard:... →
strugglingtobeheard:
theoceanandthesky:
can i just say… i get so sick of the whole ‘every girl is a riot grrrl’ talk in feminist circles. not every girl is a riot grrrl, stop lying. because kathleen hanna is known to be trans-misogynist, which would exclude trans* women from being riot grrrls. and we know there was a major lack of poc in the riot grrrl movement, so chances are if you ...
Eshu's Playground: The Asexual Privilege Checklist →
cinnamonwheel:
Since tumblr asexuals keep saying they’ve been accused of ‘asexual privilege’, it’s about time someone actually accused them of it. Let me make that real clear because I know this is going to get twisted: BEFORE NOW NO ONE ACCUSED YOU OF THIS. STOP MAKING IT UP. and remember…
Writing Like a White Guy: On language, race, and... →
Don’t know if I remembered to reblog this essay by Jaswinder Bolina when it came across my dashboard a few weeks ago, but I re-read the article and the following passage struck me right in the heart.
To the poet, though, the first question isn’t one of class or color. The first question is a question of language. Poetry—as Stéphane Mallarmé famously tells the painter and hapless would-be...
‘Racial Battle Fatigue’ Seems to Fuel Anxiety... →
msqueenly:
Emerging research suggests chronic exposure to racial discrimination is analogous to the constant pressure soldiers face on the battlefield.
And, just as soldiers experience debilitating stress when they return home, African-Americans face race-based battle fatigue, according to Penn State investigators… People with the disorder may have chronic worrying, intrusive thoughts and...
Feminist Disney: Feminist Disney Image Collection →
feministdisney:
This is my growing collection of re-captioned Disney scenes.
Because they all exist as separate tumblr posts, I would ask that you refrain from copy/pasting them out of here and into your own tumblr uncredited. Reblogs from the original are fine. Most of the originals should be fairly easy to…
“Alexander, a 16-year-old student who was brought here [to the South Bronx] by...”
– jonathan kozol talking to students at morris high school in the south bronx, in savage inequalities, 1991. look at all that truth-bombing going on coming from these children; and then read what comes after:
One of the counselors, who sits nearby, looks at me and then at Alexander. Later he says,...
