December 2010
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Why I stopped saying Retarded →
I remember the first time I really thought about my usage of the word “retarded.” I was told about a good friend’s father who hated the word. His brother had Down’s syndrome, and he would always get so angry when other students called his brother “retarded” or taunted him. It immediately made me think about how commonly I have used the term “retarded” in the past, and I was ashamed. I’ve heard...
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Women’s Movement Building and Creating Community... →
readnfight:
One of the stories least reported has been the one about Haitians organising for themselves, particularly stories presented within a framework of feminist organising and movement building. This is one woman’s story of how she, her family and the people in the various communities in which she works, came together collectively to care for each other’s needs and how that...
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Texas School Outs Lesbian Student to Her Parents →
pansexualpride:
We have read so many stories about LGBT bullying in 2010. Too many. And as the year rolls to a close, the stories are not getting any nicer or any less frequent.
This story, however, is a bit different, because it is not about a student being bullied by another student. We are heading into adult-on-youth bullying, which is an even more disturbing trend. These are the people that...
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asthesaprisesinthetrees asked: I think that you and I have a similar sense of humor ; )
I once posted 'sell the vatican, feed the world' on my facebook, and lost a few acquaintances that had added me in the past. Tr00 storee. I thought it was really funny.
Anyways, been a follower for awhile and I enjoy your blog.
I once posted 'sell the vatican, feed the world' on my facebook, and lost a few acquaintances that had added me in the past. Tr00 storee. I thought it was really funny.
Anyways, been a follower for awhile and I enjoy your blog.
“Orwell warned of a world where books were banned. Huxley warned of a world where...”
– Chris Hedges
vruz: who, for the importance of this brief piece, should be awarded the Pulitzer again, if the said prize wasn’t an already co-opted institution of the mainstream media.
(via vruz)
“Smart people talk about ideas. Common people talk about things. Mediocre people...”
– Jules Romains (via kari-shma)
“A person of good intelligence and of sensitivity cannot exist in this society...”
– George Carlin (via rebeccam)
Slut-Shaming →
malefeminist:
crystalsavestheday:
Slut-shaming, also known as slut-bashing, is the idea of shaming and/or attacking a woman or a girl for being sexual, having one or more sexual partners, acknowledging sexual feelings, and/or acting on sexual feelings. Furthermore, it’s “about the implication that if a woman has sex that traditional society disapproves of, she should feel guilty and inferior”...
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“Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate”
– -Sarah Palin
During the past year, the ex-Alaska governor often took to Twitter to express her influential political opinions. But when she inadvertently coined the word “refudiate” — a combination of “refute” and “repudiate” — in a July tweet about moving the so-called “Ground Zero mosque,”...
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“Do not be concerned with the faults of other persons. Do not see others’ faults...”
– Dōgen (via supprosetry)
“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions....”
– Upanishads (via helloincredible)
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400,000 year old human remains found in Israel →
mohandasgandhi:
greenstate:
afghanibanani:
Israeli archaeologists say they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man.
A Tel Aviv University team excavating a cave in central Israel said Monday they found teeth about 400,000 years old. The earliest Homo sapiens remains found until now are half that old.
Archaeologist Avi Gopher said Monday further research is...
radical possibilities, babe: Sex Trafficking... →
thefeministhub:
Submitted by corruptpolitics
Police walk into a shady club full of women “dancers,” including at least one minor, being paid next to nothing, forced to make up selling quotas with sex acts, without proper immigration documentation. They arrest the 81 women and aim most…
“The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we...”
– G.K. Chesterton (via fuckyeahhappy)
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“In my mailbag I received an excellent example of the sort of reporting I’m...”
– News Desk: The Moral Hazards of Humanitarian Aid: What Is to Be Done? : The New Yorker (via guerrillamamamedicine)
“Girls get a lot of mixed messages—they are told, ‘Girl Power!’ and what does...”
– Tina Fey (via blanche-dubois)
“We have a tendency to confuse servitude with servility, and associate...”
– Bahiyyih Nakhjavani Response
I looove her writing style; I was reading the book aloud earlier today, letting the words roll off my tongue (there’s nothing quite as delicious as beautifully constructed sentences), as I grappled with the implications of the text.