May 2013
Ill probably have some thoughts about graduating today in a day or two
But for right now I’m processing a lot
And at the very least I’m grateful it’s happened and I’ve made it
National Black Disability Coalition Black... →
strugglingtobeheard:
tgstonebutch:
strugglingtobeheard:
tgstonebutch:
National Black Disability Coalition Black Disability Studies Forum
Friday, June 7, 2013
10am - 3:00pm
Shiloh Baptist Church
340 Rev. S. Howard Woodson Jr. Way
Trenton, New Jersey
The National Black Disability Coalition is sponsoring a forum for Black scholars, clergy, advocates and allies on Friday, June 7, 2013, 10am –...
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Filth: QOULEUR 2013: 2QTPOC-Montreal CALL FOR... →
filth-thezine:
https://www.facebook.com/events/469226476491030/
++English will follow++ QOULEUR 2013: 2QTPOC-Montreal APPEL DE DOSSIERS POUR EXPOSITION Location: RATS9 Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Dates de l’expo: 16-23 août, 2013 Date de tombée: 7 juin, 2013 Co-commissaires:…
A Unicorn of Color Mourns the Day After the Boston... →
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Click here to support The B.Steady Project by... →
homoarigato:
Our idea to create The B.Steady Project started the way most great ideas come about: with good food, good music, and best friends. We (Chey, Clara, Jai, and Lane) were hanging out one day and listening to one of our favorite queer brown musicians, B.Steady, who is a Washington D.C. based artist and YouTube sensation. Often sharing space together as brown queer artists ourselves, our...
The Black Girl Project Shop - Skreened T-shirts,... →
A collection based on some of my favorite women, both real and imagined. The proceeds from the items in this shop go to The Black Girl Project, an organization dedicated to the empowerment of young women and girls.
hindustani hobbit: thisisnotindia: I just came... →
thisisnotindia:
I just came across this: www.decolonizingyoga.com/
At first I thought from the name that it would be Indian people trying to decolonise yoga from the almost complete appropriation it has undergone… But it’s actually some horrible disgusting appropriative shit - it’s…
Tomorrow is the big day
I graduate from Hampshire
*deep breaths, bites burrito*
Everything will be okay!
I smell The END
fuckyeahnymphets:
Yahoo reportedly nearing $1.1 billion deal to acquire Tumblr
i read the comments
why oh why did i read the comments?!
So I ran out of soap, asked my parents to take me to whole foods to get more. My step dad keeps asking me ‘why can’t you get it from here?’ with each mega big box store we pass. I don’t have the energy to explain that beyond using vegan products I stopped using products you can find at big box stores because of their chemical composition and how it affected the health of my...
Make noise people! We need $4,000 by the end of... →
Afrolatinos: The Untaught Story is a film documenting the history, life, and issues surrounding Afrolatinos. This is a story that must be told!
tw: anti LGBT bigotry
chosen queer family has been a saving grace today
yesterday my mom, step dad and i are driving around campus. my parents wanted to scout where the graduation is going to be so they can figure out where to park
my step dad sees a guy wearing heels and starts saying loudly “is he a queer? is he one of the queers? do you know that queer?”
my mom is trying to...
Chile Bye: I value the efforts of the handful of... →
I value the efforts of the handful of white historians who have made the attempt to include material concerning people of color in their work. Jonathan Ned Katz’s groundbreaking documentary collections, Gay American History, first published in 1976, and the Gay/Lesbian Almanac, published in…
Mi Cuerpo Recuerda: A Youth Wellness and Self Care... →
versosdeliberacion:
My name is Berenice Dimas and I am a high school teacher in east oakland. This summer, I will be teaching a 3 week class titled: “Mi Cuerpo Recuerda: A Youth Wellness and Self Care Class.” The class will help high school aged youth in East Oakland understand the sustainability of their body through indigenous knowledges about health. At the core of the class is a hands on...
Deep Green Transphobia →
megachiropteran:
A statement from the Earth First! Journal Collective On several occasions the Earth First! Journal editorial collective has run pieces both online and in print either written by or about the Deep G…
Reasons why I no longer associate myself with any activism that allows Derrick Jensen or Lierre Keith to be part of that activism… I used to like Jensen’s books, but him and his...
How Derrick Jensen’s Deep Green Resistance... →
genderbitch:
guerrillamamamedicine:
gruzmifiance:
by Be Scofield Trigger Warning: Contains Transphobic Content Below In case you didn’t already
fuck you derrick jensen
when you had a skype talk at my law school last year and called out enviro dudes for being sexist. maybe you should have extended that calling out to include discrimination against all women
fucking shitbag enviros like...
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How Derrick Jensen’s Deep Green Resistance... →
gruzmifiance:
by Be Scofield Trigger Warning: Contains Transphobic Content Below In case you didn’t already
fuck you derrick jensen
when you had a skype talk at my law school last year and called out enviro dudes for being sexist. maybe you should have extended that calling out to include discrimination against all women
fucking shitbag enviros like this one are the reason i’d rather do LGBT...
Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Hails Genocide... →
Days after Guatemalaâs former U.S.-backed dictator, EfraÃn RÃos Montt, was convicted of genocide, weâre joined by a woman largely responsible for making sure he was brought to justice. Rigoberta Menchú began the process over a decade ago with legal cases filed against Guatemalan generals for atrocities committed in the Mayan region. Her lawsuits helped culminate last week in RÃos...
Miigaazo: If you see a post that says “hey, don’t... →
feministwerewolf:
If you see a post that says “hey, don’t appropriate our culture because your people committed cultural genocide against us” That isn’t an invitation to pour your white guilt tears over the post. I don’t care that “not all white people are x” (guess what? I already know that, you stupid shits. but if you make that argument you sure as hell fall under x, because all of the...
Watching this bobs burger episode with the soft serve makes me realize why I could never own a restaurant
Ask me about low fat anything? Ice cream especially?
I’ll tell you to suck air and chew on a napkin
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I’m not usually one to let people dote on me
But I kinda wish my lady was over massaging my back and purring on my ear
I think the interesting this is I usually don’t let her dote on me
She took me to get book boxes, wanted to carry them and I looked at her like ‘but why?’
I’m still not used to having someone want to take care of me in any capacity or do nice...
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i think i need to talk to my doctor about getting back on pain killers for my back again
my back has been on fire lately
i’ve been sucking down aspirin and sleeping on heating pads
and the last time i took 600-800 mgs of aspirin in one sitting they put me on prescribed pain medication for fear of me “damaging my liver”
the only thing i hate about going to the doctor for...
just made a strawberry, mango, pineapple, banana, and mango soy milk smoothie
giving me ALL the life right now
in-spite of my back being on fire
"Black Radical Imagination" Film Festival @ Black... →
therichestbear:
Black Radical Imagination stemmed from a series of discussions around the boundaries and limitations that are historically given to people of color. Specifically, in the film industry these restrictions are often digested and kept to propel a vicious cycle of negative identification. Black Radical Imagination invokes a futurist aesthetic where artists identify themselves and...
The People's Record: Pakistani court declares US... →
thepeoplesrecord:
May 13, 2013
A Pakistani court has declared that US drone strikes in the country’s tribal belt are illegal and has directed the government to move a resolution against the attacks in the United Nations.
In what activists said was an historic decision, the Peshawar High Court issued the…
I can’t with my step dad sometimes
He came with my mom and me to go visit a UMass professor who I’m really close with
Took up all the space talking about capitalism
All of it!
And I’m trying so hard not to loose it because my mom can’t and won’t deal with drama between the two of us
But I just wanna scream and cry
That outing was supposed to be taking about me...
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Back to the AfroFuture: Help Kourtnie Fund Her... →
wacklikethat:
I have received the great opportunity to intern with the AfroFuturist Affair in Philadelphia. I am in need of support in order to actualize this opportunity.
Short Summary
My CampaignI have been granted the amazing opportunity to intern with the AfroFuturist Affair this up-coming summer. This grassroots organization utilizes an AfroFuturist framework of liberation as a mechanism...
Melbourne taxi drivers clash with scabs, security... →
anarcho-queer:
Following a dispute over working practices – hundreds of taxi drivers are boycotting Melbourne airport and have blockaded roads that lead in and out of the complex.
Divers believe that the airport authorities are exploiting underpaid drivers by its decision to stop short-fare queues. A spokesperson for the drivers said that “We work for two hours and get an $8 fare, it’s not...
First Nations plan Day of Action to reclaim... →
idlenomore:
First Nations plan Day of Action to reclaim original name of Mount Douglas: PKOLS
Victoria, BC and Coast Salish Territory, BC — WEC’KINEM (Eric Pelkey), a hereditary chief of the Tsawout First Nation, with support from the Songhees and local WSÁNEĆ nations, are calling on all peoples in the Victoria area to participate in a day of action to Reclaim PKOLS, the original name of Mount...
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Can we fucking stop and talk about the lyrics to...
jcoleknowsbest:
setfabulazerstomaximumcaptain:
Homeboy is shitting on whiteness and Gay Inc. left and right GOOD.GOD.
Yassssss…
maiqilai replied to your post: i went to bed around 10 woke up an hour ago to…
are you stopping home before heading out west? it’d be great to see you!
yup!
i come home Sunday and my goal is to have a place by late july
so i wont be leaving until probably last days in july/august 1st
the—bear—necessities replied to your post: i went to bed around 10 woke up an hour ago to…
I’m moving into my own place next month and it’s daunting but im also counting the blessings. good luck to you! and congratulations :)
i know those feels
i have never lived by myself, and to do it now in a strange city is going to be weird. but i need it to happen.
good luck to you too...
i went to bed around 10
woke up an hour ago to the sound of fire works hungry and smelling a little too ripe for my taste
so i just took the best shower to soothe my muscles after moving books into boxes most of the day
tomorrow i’m going to my teachers hour and then probably to convince my parents to buy me some last minute groceries so i can stop eating take out
the packing and...
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Asian Pacific American LGBTQ Survey →
fortunatelight:
Hey, how about helping out some grad students? If you are at least 18 years old, identify as APIA LGBTQ, and reside in the United States, please consider participating in the “The QAPI Study.”
