May 2013
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What friends do
You know how sometimes you try to climb a fence and jump down from it, but instead you end up catching and ripping your pants, giving yourself a lopsided ass-less chaps kind of look? My lovely, wonderful friend’s first reaction was to try and provide cover by spreading her arms wide. My other friends assisted me in getting down since I was hooked to the fence by my pants.
Friends also help...
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Things I want to tell people, that I wish people... →
wifwolf:
You don’t have to achieve great things by the time you’re 25
You have intrinsic value above and beyond your perceived utility to other people and society at large.
You don’t have to have sex, or have sex in any way that you find uncomfortable or unpleasant, to keep anyone’s love or good opinion of you. They didn’t love you or think very well of you to start with if they demand it.
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Rookie: Rookie is hiring! We're looking for a... →
rookiemag:
The ideal person for this job has at least three years’ experience as a story editor (either in print or online) and knows the basics of copyediting and fact-checking. Rookie is a fast-growing but small operation; we work independently and remotely. Applicants should be very comfortable working…
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“We’ve been kissing for months. Three times a week our toothbrushes share a...”
– Miles Walser, “We Eat an Apple In My Bed” from What The Night Demands (via pigmenting)
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Nia King: Young, queer, brown, and want to get... →
niaking:
If you’re a writer who is young, queer, trans, mixed, POC, and/or female, here are some places you should think about pitching or submitting writing to:
As Us Journal (indigenous women and women of color, trans women included)
Mixed Reader (mixed-race folks of all kinds)
Signal boosting!
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The Hawkeye Initiative: Special Guest Edition: The... →
thehawkeyeinitiative:
05/15/2013 Update: BROSIE Goes Viral
Original Post: I recently received an email from an anonymous fan sharing how she pulled a Hawkeye Initiative themed prank on her CEO to illustrate a problem with some artwork. My personal compliments to her and her accomplice on a mission well done;…
Just go and read it. It’s hilarious and awesome and worth it.
Yay for...
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The Hawkeye Initiative →
“How to fix every Strong Female Character pose in superhero comics: replace the character with Hawkeye doing the same thing.” -Gingerhaze
Best. Ever.
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beau-friend:
queer hogwarts kids making buttons w/ preferred pronouns on them that are charmed to yell when ppl use the wrong ones
YES
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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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Fabian Romero: TOO MANY DAMN DEPORTATIONS PLEASE... →
fabianromero:
[all images below of the people named above the image who are facing deportation.]
theangy:
JULIO YUPA
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50718/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=10793
JOSE GUILLERMO ORTIZ
http://action.dreamactivist.org/northcarolina/joseg
JOSE PABLO VALENCIA HERNANDEZ
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Why I Don't Diet - An Ode to My Father →
I am my father’s daughter. I too am a giant, built of strength and flesh. And I am strong enough to carry myself and others, even when they can’t carry themselves.
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Feminist Resources →
farahjoon:
Audre Lorde’s The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House
Audre Lorde’s Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power
Aurora Levins Morales’s Radical Pleasure: Sex and the End of Victimhood
bell hooks’ Cultural Criticism & Transformation
Chandra Talpade Mohanty’s Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses
Combahee River Collective Statement
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L.S.P.: Call for Submissions: Trans Feminine... →
lumpenspaceprincess:
Being a trans lady is real hard, and part of that is especially in places like where I grew up and live there’s nobody to reflect back to you and say “no actually what you’re feeling is real and valid and ok.”
Reading Nevada by Imogen Binnie fucked with me for like a week straight because I don’t think I’ve ever read another story where a trans lady was a 3 dimensional...
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“The goal of colonialism is not just to kill colonized peoples, but to destroy...”
– Heteropatriarchy, A Building Block of Empire — Andrea Smith (via whitedenial-ontrial)
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Skills for Solidarity →
idlenomore:
Indigenous peoples are standing up across Canada to defend democracy, Indigenous rights and the…
Pretty cool project. Thanks allies and supporters!
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La Bordeña: Women of Color Sexual Health Network... →
latinosexuality:
wocsexualhealthnetwork:
The Women of Color Sexual Health Network (WOCSHN) working group and collective was established in 2009, when 18 women of Color came together to strategize ways to increase representation in the field and especially at AASECT (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists). WOCSHN has made numerous efforts to ensure women and...
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“There is little precedent for fat androgyny. Generally our androgynous icons are...”
– Fat Queer Tells All: On Fatness and Gender Flatness - By Allie Shyer (via cassket)
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Life Returned: An Open Letter to Eve Ensler →
chiefelk:
Dear Eve Ensler,
I want to start off by saying thank you. I appreciate the time you took to reach out to me, because I know you’re incredibly busy. I know there are much more important people in this world than myself, so I appreciate you engaging in dialogue with me and my colleague Kelleigh…
Definitely, definitely, definitely read this!
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#JacksonKatz in #yyj
Oh hai.
I totally forgot to say that Jackson Katz was speaking in Victoria tonight.
There was much live tweeting of the event, so if you’re interested, check out the #JacksonKatz hashtag on Twitter
April 2013
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“The fact that you’re struggling doesn’t make you a burden. It doesn’t make you...”
– Daniell Koepke (via etiquette-etc)
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