December 2011
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On the whole interracial discussion. →
notforyoutobreak:
ataraxonraxia:
notforyoutobreak:
I was just saying that if certain people want things to change they have to do something about it.
And PoC living their own lives lives and surviving a racist world IS doing something about it.
And you’re still talking like white people should have no responsibility in the matter and it’s all up to PoC. You’re just saying the same...
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“Each time a girl opens a book and reads a womanless history,
she learns she is...”
– Myra Pollack Sadker (via jesteractivist)
Please apply this to: histories of various ethnic/racial groups, queer history, ect ect ect.
(via flirtingwithparadox)
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Don't be an idiot tonight.
tyleroakley:
There is no excuse for drunk driving. It’s just selfish. If you need to get home, call 800-222-4357, AAA will haul you and your car for free. Have a safe New Year!
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saigoto asked: I got into Avatar after the second season finished because I was skeptical of it, but I was glad I checked it out and it's become one of my favorite animated series. How do you like Avatar so far?
“Paul really is a federalist in the extreme sense, and he would give states and...”
– Andrew Sullivan, “Why Aren’t The Gays Attacking Paul? Ctd,” The Dish, December 30, 2011
“Sorry to break the news, but he’s a libertarian.”
So what.
This silly idea that adherence to libertarianism excuses support for oppression because libertarians are “ardent” “defenders” of “freedom” needs to...
“Employee rights are said to be valid when employers pressure employees into...”
– Ron Paul, Freedom Under Siege: The U.S. Constitution After 200-Plus Years (1987), pg. 16
Are you getting sexually harassed at work? That’s your problem. Quit.
Is Ron Paul done yet?
(via mohandasgandhi)
Add this to the list of reasons why Ron Paul deserves no one’s support.
(via ladyatheist)
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sea-bear-joan asked: Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender. IT'S SO GOOOOOD. I didn't pay attention to it when it was first showed on TV, I thought it looked too childish and I was immature when it came to American attempts to making anime, but then I started watching it shortly after the show finished and daaaaaaaaamn. It's really good.
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Read this now: "More gay-friendly senior housing... →
gaywrites:
What happens when LGBT baby boomers get older and consider senior living facilities, even though they risk dealing with homophobic staff or insensitive medical care? We’re not sure.
This piece from the Wall Street Journal discusses why it’s important to develop more senior living facilities designed for elderly LGBT people. So far there’s only one “affordable housing complex” for...
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Midori's day: 12/30/2011
So far, I’m feeling slightly woozy. Must be lunch time right now, because I had cereal several hours ago. It was around 7 or 8 am when I ate, lol.
Let’s see, gotta go get my check, continue looking for a job, etc. Kou has a friend in town, so he’s gonna be busy throughout the weekend. And I’m near broke, so not a whole lot to do about that. Most likely, I will spend...
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come on up to the house: North Carolina!! AN ELDER... →
blackamazon:
She needs “a bedroom for me and my stuff and my cat, some pain meds, and a line on a job.” She’s getting kicked out of her place by the first of the month, but she’s a real established organizer, a genius trans woman of color former graphic designer and in need of community…
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Not Broken: Tell me racism is dead when... →
strugglingtobeheard:
deliciouskaek:
cleavagepriestess:
deliciouskaek:
And here we go.
Hey girl. Remember when I told y’all that not only do you have to specify who you’re talking to, you also have to specify who you’re not talking to? It’s because people like this…
Reblogging and co-signing all this.
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“You want to show solidarity with women? Acknowledge their right to be sexual...”
– Unknown. (via rosenplantzandguildenfern)
LOVE THIS!
(via feministhistorian)
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Rather than waste money trying to ban abortion,...
femmewave:
Adopt a child.
Fund contraception.
Support free healthcare.
Donate to charities that work to eradicate childhood diseases.
Donate to Amnesty International, so they can get innocent people off Death Row.
Donate your time to working with the hungry / homeless.
Knit blankets for *wanted* preemie babies.
Support people who miscarry. They might actually need it.
Fight domestic...
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My new favorite Meme, College Conservative →
mia-the-wonder-slut:
goforthandagitate:
UGHH, I hate these kids. I always get 1 or 2 in every history or politics class, and they just think they can shout their opinions and expect an A in their class, and when they don’t get it, they blame the professor for being liberal. Such shit. And it’s like, they don’t realize that everyone just wants them to shut up, but they think that they’re...
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Don't ever hesitate. Reblog this. This should be...
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Midori plays: Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Kou got me a Zelda edition of the Nintendo 3DS for Christmas.
I didn’t expect a gift at all, to be honest. When I first saw what the Zelda edition looked like, I was like - Dang, classy! It was black and gold with elegant designs on the outside. Anyways, I really appreciate it since it’s been a few years since I had a handheld of my own. I’m gonna make sure I get Kou a...
“Unfortunately, too much of our history writing tends to take sides in this gross...”
– Gordon S. Wood.
It pisses me off to no fucking end when people shove their morals on the people they study, shove their politics on them, etc. If the people in the past do not believe exactly as they do, they are vilified. It pisses me off when people refuse to realize the people of the past lived...
The liberty of local bullies →
I have often remarked in the past how libertarianism - at least, its modern American manifestation - is not really about increasing liberty or freedom as an average person would define those terms. An ideal libertarian society would leave the vast majority of people feeling profoundly constrained in many ways. This is because the freedom of the individual can be curtailed not only by the...