May 2012
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“Colonialism is not satisfied merely with holding a people in its grip and...”
– Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth.
Let’s think about this for a moment in relation to the “Arab Spring” or the “Arab Awakening” and how we (they) have already begun to reconstruct and write a narrative of “pre-revolution” history, even in the way we have titled the uprisings. So in Fanon’s...
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“Hay que amar a alguien por sus detalles, por aquellas cosas que son solo suyas.”
– (via maspoesiamenospolicia)
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“I think the Montreal protests are very powerful; it is getting global attention...”
– Judith Butler @ Rabble.ca (via f-yeahcanadianpolitics)
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I'm still figuring it out: Pat Mora, "Elena" →
sharingpoetry:
My Spanish isn’t good enough I remember how I’d smile listening to my little ones understanding every word they’d say, their jokes, their songs, their plots Vamos a pedirle dulces a mama. Vamos. But that was in Mexico. Now my children go to American high schools. …
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“Everyday people wake with spines in need of mending, nights spent spooning...”
– Stevie Edwards, ‘Mending/Poem For Seth Walsh’ (via loverofstories)
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Calming Manatee →
Feeling stressed? Not to worry! The calming manatees will take all your troubles away, just click on the link. :D
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an online collection of queer love poems just... →
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bell hooks: Understanding Patriarchy (pdf) →
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American Apparel Ad Uses ‘California Farmer’ As... →
etiquette-etc:
Oh, look. AA did it again.
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DeafMuslimPunx: Announcing: "I am not Haraam" - a... →
iamnotharaam:
Salaam/Peace!
Haraam is an Arabic word used in Islam to mean “forbidden”. This project has been started as a way for LGBTQ Muslims to stand up and proclaim that we will not allow our existence as LGBTQ Muslims to be erased any longer.
We are not kafirs, we are…
Signal boostin’.
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The Book Smugglers: Cover Matters: On Whitewashing →
Just discovered this amazing blog about books and it has an awesome post about whitewashing covers. I found it through the Salon article I just posted.
It’s REALLY GOOD. Go and read it.
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Can You Identify?: Salon article talking about how... →
Interesting article. I really enjoyed reading. Towards the end, it felt like the author was endorsing whitewashing books because it got people to read them in the first place. That’s bullshit. I think industries that practice whitewashing need to have confidence in their fans and readership that they will pick up books and graphic novels to read despite not having a white character in front...
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New website for women and girls about sexuality... →
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Paid maternity leave →
other-stuff:
Afghanistan 90 days Algeria 14 weeks Angola 90 days Argentina 90 days Australia 0 weeks Austria 16 weeks Bahamas, The 8 weeks Bahrain 45 days Bangladesh 12 weeks Barbados 12 weeks Belarus 126 days Belgium 15 weeks Belize 12 weeks Benin 14 weeks Bolivia 60 days Botswana 12 weeks Brazil 120 days Bulgaria 120-180 days Burkina Faso 14 weeks Burma 12 weeks Burundi 12 weeks Cambodia 90...
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When the salon waxed my eyebrows too thin
whatshouldwecallme:
I looked in the mirror like,
Hahaha. This was me last Friday after I used a Groupon to get my eyebrows done.
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“In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.”
– Toni Morrison (via imogenefields)
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so i wait for you like a lonely house till you will see me again and live in me. till then my windows ache.
- Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets
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