December 2010
88 posts
new year's resolution
I want to write more and write more honestly. I would also like to read more.
“Sometimes a breakdown can be the beginning of a kind of breakthrough, a way of...”
– Cherrie Moraga (via fuckyeahchicanawriters)
relevant to my year.
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relevant to my life…
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Migrant farm workers: Fields of tears →
At a time of high unemployment, many Americans are convinced that these aliens take American jobs. As a test, this summer the United Farm Workers (UFW), the main agricultural union, launched a campaign called “Take Our Jobs”, inviting willing Americans to work in the fields. In the following three months 3m people visited takeourjobs.com, but 40% of the responses were hate mail, says Maria...
I’m so glad http://microaggressions.tumblr.com/ exists. I’m pretty tempted to post all the awkward questions and conversations I’ve had to suffer through regarding my race and background ever since I moved to Canada. I’ve had complete utter strangers whose sense of entitlement was so fucking big that they had the fucking audacity to press on and have asked to know which of...
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“Isn’t AIDS just like a black and gay problem?”
– Member of my Master’s program (via microaggressions)
“I think that black people should have their civil rights taken away if gay...”
– From white male, gay ‘friend’ about Prop 8. I’ve known him for over 20 years. I’m black. Made me feel angry, hurt. (via microaggressions)
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what the fuck? how can you even justify this line of thought?
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no, really, my jaw dropped. i don’t even…
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Harry Potter and the Girls Who Weren’t Chosen Ones →
girl-germs:
Phew. I went into this thinking it would be some sort of scathing criticism. I was like, whatchu gonna say? But it’s totally not.
I don’t know. I’ve had issues with Hermione, as well as Ron and Harry. While I think Hermione is super, (I understand the article isn’t about that) she’s done some terrible things. What she did to Cho Chang’s best friend was...
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“Get fruity! A mashed banana or peaches inserted in your vagina is a delightful...”
– Cosmopolitan Ultimate Sex Guide. (via ahhellobeautiful-)
That’s fucking gross, Cosmo
(via ivyyy)
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha OH COSMO! This is so hot, I’ll totally be doing it tonight~
(via disgustinghuman)
i just gagged.
(via sexisbeautiful)
the phrase “delightful invitation for him to whoosh...
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The Feminist Hub: Sex Trafficking Victims Arrested... →
itsjustsex:
thefeministhub:
Submitted by corruptpolitics
Police walk into a shady club full of women “dancers,” including at least one minor, being paid next to nothing, forced to make up selling quotas with sex acts, without proper immigration documentation. They arrest the 81 women and aim most toward deportation proceedings, while the club is free to hire replacement dancers and continue...
awkwardly watching misfits for the first time in...
and this scene happens
and my boyfriend is too busy buying lumber and...
my attitude is ok because i am sick and lonely and haven’t seen or talked to anyone outside of my immediate family since thursday night. i am angsty. i didn’t even get a christmas dinner. i didn’t even get the semblance of a christmas! i am bitter.
boyfriend, if you are reading this, you should call more often. i’m turning into a crazy text monster :(
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'The Room' in 3-D: Tommy Wiseau talks exclusively... →
The famously mysterious filmmaker has no plans to alter the film for the 3-D version which means the ever-growing army of Roomdevotees can look forward to the sight of Wiseau’s derriere in three dimensions during the film’s lengthy sex scenes. “My bottom will have to be in 3-D because I’m not changing anything,” he explained. “So you’ll be veryclose.”
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“I didn’t think of Iraqis as humans.”
– Steven Green, a former 101st Airborne soldier, in his first interview since the 2006 killings. Green is serving five life terms for raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing her parents and sister. (via thenoobyorker) (via susurrus)
That awkward moment when someone tries to insult...
healingsakina:
becausesumayyahsaidso:
healingsakina:
LOL… this reminds me of the time when my son said “what, are you into women or something?” and then paused and said “oh… yeah… uh, sorry. i guess i knew that from your tattoo”. it was the first time we actually talked about it.
That would be the moment to wipe away imaginary sweat from your brow and say, “Oh, thank God! You already...
“Lisa Kahn, an economist at Yale’s School of Management, tracked the wages of...”
– Young, Educated, and Unemployed: A New Generation of Kids Search for Work in their 20s - Education - GOOD (via robot-heart-politics)
tmi
i smell like sweat and medicine. sorry.
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aw
It’s always adorable to see teenagers on tumblr call themselves ‘nerds’ simply because they like Harry Potter. Very cute. I am so happy I’ve grown pass that stage. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha…
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So I know what to make for breakfast
I am starving right now. Had nothing but congee for past two days.
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sheresists:
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: zine dealing with body/hair/size/fat phobia for and by Indigenous peoples and people of colour.
**PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY**
Call for submissions: Online and printed zine about dealing with body/hair/size/fat phobia for and by Indigenous peoples and people of colour.
Title: To be decided/announced.
Deadline: February 28th 2011
For far too long, I’ve have...
“Never love anybody who treats you like you’re ordinary.”
– Oscar Wilde (via stevenmatthewbrogas)
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this is different...
I’m sweating out this cold.
Did not buy or wrap any presents, neither did anyone else in my family.
Had congee for dinner (it was delicious).
Everyone is sleeping right now (and I just woke up from a sweaty nap about 30 mins about)
Haven’t bathed since Thursday morning.
Definitely not how I imagined spending Christmas Eve.
Happy Holidays everyone!
best christmas eve day ever
mom and i are decked out in our pajamas, sniffling and coughing, and watching Love Actually.
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I thought hot chocolate and crepes would make me feel better, but alas…no. I don’t get sick often but when I do I’m such a baby. (I almost typed dick instead of sick.)
TEN THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT RACE
lieuien:
TEN THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT RACE
adailyriot:
Our eyes tell us that people look different. No one has trouble distinguishing a Czech from a Chinese. But what do those differences mean? Are they biological? Has race always been with us? How does race affect people today?
There’s less - and more - to race than meets the eye:
1. Race is a modern idea. Ancient societies,...
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freezing cold in my office
This is ridiculous. I’m wearing my hat, scarf and jacket while sitting at my desk because it’s so cold. If I could, I would also be wearing gloves, but I only have my mittens on me. My office mate always has the temperature on high, because she’s apparently always too warm. Combined with being sick and deciding to wear a skirt and leggings instead of pants (curse you, vanity!),...
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Petition telling Etsy to remove the rape greeting...
healingsakina:
Petition telling Etsy to remove the rape greeting card
femmefeminist:
There’s a petition on change.org now telling Etsy to remove the rape congratulation greeting cards. Only 352 people have signed it (up from 296 when i signed last night). Please go sign it and pass this link along!!
I reported the card on Etsy right after i posted the link and so far i have gotten no...
African Farmers Losing Land to Investors →
abbyjean:
The half-dozen strangers who descended on this remote West African village brought its hand-to-mouth farmers alarming news: their humble fields, tilled from one generation to the next, were now controlled by Libya’s leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, and the farmers would all have to leave. “They told us this would be the last rainy season for us to cultivate our fields; after that, they...
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i promised my mother a christmas breakfast
any suggestions on what to make?
