December 2011
40 posts
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS "A LITTLE BIT RACIST"
velocicrafter:
it’s a [Y] or [N] question, kids
I disagree. For example, there is a massive difference between asking an offensive question based on ignorance and privilege, and organizing a lynching.
There are various degrees of racism and yes, they are ALL WRONG.
But we’re making a mistake when we treat all racism as the same. A lot of people have a little bit of internalized...
A list of evidence of @BuckAngel putting down...
iragray:
Here he put someone down for being poor and insinuated it was some form of punishment since the OP doesn’t like that Buck is transmisogynistic or classist.
Here he posted a video of queer people of color as a token of his anti-racism?
[TW: CISSEXISM AND BODY SHAMING] Here is a screencap of a tweet he posted in response to someone who pointed out that his using someone’s personal...
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It's not worth getting upset if you're not truly...
While it’s annoying that some people think that all gay men are inherently weak and feminine, the real problem that feeds homophobia is the idea that there is something wrong with being weak and feminine.
When something isn’t inherently bad, don’t waste time fighting the stereotype. You’re likely to end up reinforcing the idea that being feminine is a bad thing. Taking...
The girl and the slut: a new sexist myth.
A lot of men these days have faced up to the fact that women have a sexuality and get horny. But often, that hasn’t made them any less reliant on the virgin/whore complex. Instead of changing their views, now a days a lot of guys talk about the moment in bed when ‘the girl becomes the slut’, as if the girl during the day is sexless and the girl in bed is a different person.
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The history of white oppression and what we do...
One of the more difficult ways of criticizing racism is by pointing out what white people did in the past. It is dangerous because we often end up using history to demand ‘white guilt’. This is not helping us fight racism.
Very few white people will feel guilty or abligated as a result of this past because they believe, quite logically, that they are not to blame for their...
“As a disabled person I have found myself often believing that allies do not...”
– If I can’t dance to it is it still my revolution? - Being an Ally
If you're a bad ally to others, you're a bad ally...
Remember that statement/poem “First they came?”
First they came for the communists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for me and there was...
How to Make Love to a Trans Person →
HOW TO MAKE LOVE TO A TRANS PERSON
By Gabe Moses
Forget the images you’ve learned to attach To words like cock and clit, Chest and breasts. Break those words open Like a paramedic cracking ribs To pump blood through a failing heart. Push your hands inside. Get them messy. Scratch new definitions on the bones. Get rid of the old words altogether. Make up new words. Call it a click or a ditto....
“Physical access means nothing to someone with an intellectual disability, who is...”
– If I can’t dance to it is it still my revolution? - Radical Access
Sacred Women.
One of the biggest slut shaming ploys is the idea that your body is sacred. This sounds like a pretty neat compliment but it’s a dangerous one because sacred things are things that are generally hidden away and kept out of the sun. They’re not things you can have a lot of fun with. Usually, the words ‘your body is sacred’ are followed by a lot of slut shaming. You’re...
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“Politics isn’t party broadcasts and general elections, it’s yer kid...”
– Tom Robinson in New Musical Express, 1977
“What do you mean who is a ‘woman’? I have no time for such questions! A woman is...”
– My supervisor this morning, as we were drafting our new manifesto for the women’s health collective. Sometimes, we do get things right. (via jaded16india)
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CHUBB!
fuckyeahtransfats:
A performance group called CHUBB- Mainly butch/ftm/genderqueer identified fat people who like to get on stage and DANCE. Check out CHUBB performing here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qd-xLfeZ68
Call me crazy,
But I actually don’t judge people’s opinions on whether they speak from a position of privilege or not.
I judge their opinions on what they say.
And I judge their characters on how they act.
And when they act ignorant or say insulting things because they are blinded by their privilege, I will give them a piece of my mind. And when they act rude and say insulting things because...
queerandpresentdanger:
anotherlgbttumblr:
queerandpresentdanger:
“This is really simple: If you don’t like the anger and distrust directed at cis people? Get angry at the cis people who created that anger and eroded that trust in the first place. The default position of any human being is love and trust. Any trans person who hates cis people? Who cannot trust cis people no matter how hard...
queerandpresentdanger:
“This is really simple: If you don’t like the anger and distrust directed at cis people? Get angry at the cis people who created that anger and eroded that trust in the first place. The default position of any human being is love and trust. Any trans person who hates cis people? Who cannot trust cis people no matter how hard they try? Has had that natural ability to love...
“If I hear one more complaint about trans women not being activists I am going to throw a fit. When people wonder why trans women still lip sync, or chase men, or worry about their makeup, instead of presenting papers or posting in newsgroups and holding meetings dedicated to busting up the binary, they commit the same misogynist crimes against women that men have been guilty of since the...
“It’s no wonder eating disorders are rampant among women. Women are conditioned...”
– Kyle Lukoff in Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation (via excetra)
Real South African Beauty by Jodi Bieber →
37thstate:
Photographer Jodie Bieber’s photography series “Real Beauty” was inspired by a few events as well as taking inspiration from the Dove campaign which showed ordinary women in their underwear advocating and speaking for real beauty. This series…
Beautiful indeed.
But the term ‘real beauty’ still bugs me because no matter what the context, you’re always...
“I’m tired of you my fellow feminists because of your Islamophobia. Your bigotry...”
– An Exotic Veiled Woman (via kawlture)