March 2011
60 posts
Gender Outlaws: The next generation →
[scuse the amazon link, but there’s a pretty good preview]
check out how awesome this book looks! lookit the amazing chapters!
oh i want it so bad.
also it’s edited by two of my favourite authors ever Kate Bornstein (who writes very amusingly and sweetly) and S. Bear Bergman (way hot talented tale spinner)
spanx / tight undies can give you nerve problems? →
they talk about a syndrome called meralgia parasthetica, which i have. they call it ‘tight pants syndrome’ ahhahahahahaha. perhaps i’ll start calling it that, although removing tight pants doesn’t cure it.
Aussie soldiers in Afghanistan posting racist... →
najalater:
I have some pretty hardcore anti-military views, but honestly, what the fuck did anybody expect?
You put a gun in someone’s hand, of course they’re going to do whatever they can to dehumanise what’s at the business end of it.
Anybody acting like this is a surprise (‘I struggle to understand, with all the training that we do and with the quality of soldiers that we have, that that...
Gaga's "Born this way" censored here in... →
…”It was reported last week that radio stations in Muslim-majority Malaysia are playing edited versions of Born This Way that use garble to replace the lyrics: “No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, I’m on the right track, baby.”…
cause apparently being queer in Malaysia is so offensive Lady Gaga can’t even have one tiny...
JAPAN MULTICULTURAL RELIEF FUND
caitlinate:
JAPAN MULTICULTURAL RELIEF FUND
miswritten:
eclipse rising, the bay area zainichi korean community-based organization), has launched the JAPAN MULTICULTURAL RELIEF FUND in conjunction with the japan pacific resource network. the purpose of this relief fund is to help ensure that disaster aid reaches minority populations in japan who might face difficulty in accessing state...
Kansas Republican: "Let's shoot illegal immigrants...
stfuconservatives:
I wish I could say I was making this up. From TPM: Kansas State Rep. Virgil Peck (R) suggested Monday that the best way to deal with the illegal immigration problem may be the same way the state might deal with the problem of “feral hogs” — by shooting them from a helicopter.
The state’s House Appropriations Committee was debating financing for controlling the feral swine...
veganism, whiteness, privilege
ourcatastrophe:
“I don’t think veganism offers white folks anything that it doesn’t offer people of color. I think it’s more of, middle-class white people (especially the straight menfolk) have far more experience attempting to be allies in the struggles of others. Veganism, with the implied anti-speciesism that comes with it, is the one of only two movements (the other being environmentalism)...
Today I think about people who died young. One...
ourcatastrophe:
squaresome:
“We are suffering from a feudal sense of values in which women are considered adjuncts of the home—for the children, for the kitchen and for the bed…We are not trying to put down these traditional roles, we just want more active involvement from the Filipino women” - Ma. Lorena Barros
Poet-activist Maria...
my teacher told me
leonineclaire:
navigatethestream:
janedoe225:
spandexanarchist:
“if you don’t like white education, you and your family should go back where you came from”
kick them the neck.
TAKE EM ROUND BACK!!!
lol at the responses. hahahahahahah.
what the fuck is white education anyway?
arab and persian poc invented certain branches of maths,
indigenous australian art is the most significant...
najalater asked: Hello there! I didn't know you had a tumblr, I saw you following and was like 'ooh, who is this person?' then realised it was you. What a beautiful blog! I miss you - how's KL? It sounds so beautiful (:
Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
ourcatastrophe:
Martha’s Vineyard Sign Language (MVSL) is a sign language once widely used on the island of Martha’s Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts, U.S., from the early 18th century to the year 1952. It was remarkable for its use by both deaf and hearing people in the community; consequently, deafness did not become a barrier to participation in public life. Martha’s Vineyard Sign...
BBC In Graphics: Muslim Veils
hijab:
Potent symbol
The word hijab comes from the Arabic for veil and is used to describe the headscarves worn by Muslim women.
These scarves, regarded by many Muslims as a symbol of both religion and womanhood, come in a myriad of styles and colours.
The type most commonly worn in the West is a square scarf that covers the head and neck but leaves the face clear.
Conservative choice
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