February 2011
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People like to think of technologies and media as neutral and that only their...
– Douglas Rushkoff (via azspot)
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What Are The Warning Signs For Suicide?
mentalhealthsupportinfo:
Seek help as soon as possible by contacting a mental health professional or by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK if you or someone you know exhibits any of the following signs:
Threatening to hurt or kill oneself or talking about wanting to hurt or kill oneself
Looking for ways to kill oneself by seeking access to firearms, available...
January 2011
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Justice is what love looks like in public. Tenderness is what love feels like in...
– Dr. CORNEL WEST (via psydoctor8)
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Sensitivity in its highest form is intelligence. Without sensitivity to...
– Jiddu Krishnamurti - The Collected Works Volume XV
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Simply being lesbian does not make one a feminist, anymore than being lesbian...
– Feminism is for Everybody, bell hooks (via sarahgraham7)
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And even if we gave a fetus all the rights of a regular human it still would not...
– Rabble
(via inherhipstheresrevolutions)
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Already, sexism disguised in neuroscientific finery is changing the way children...
– Cordelia Fine, Delusions of Gender (via artsexbooksandpolitics)
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To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is...
– Mary Oliver (via creampuff) (via skysignal) (via electriflyingstars) (via elastica) (via sophiemunns) (via artpropelled) (via asktheangels)
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We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence...
– Elie Wiesel (via thechocolatebrigade)
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True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that...
– Martin Luther King (via gravyholocaust)
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With this legislation, which was introduced last week by Rep. Chris Smith...
– The House GOP’s Plan to Redefine Rape | Mother Jones
All rape is fucking forcible, you assholes. I hate you all, Republicans. Seriously. Every last one of you. I don’t think I will ever feel safe in this country as a woman, and I am terrified for my daughter’s future.
(via greaterthanlapsed)
So,...
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You know, there’s a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I...
– President Barack Obama (via mohandasgandhi)
What's Happening in Egypt Explained. (UPDATED)
promotingpeace:
The basics: Egypt is a large, mostly Arab, mostly Muslim country. At around 80 million people, it has the largest population in the Middle East and the third-largest in Africa. Most of Egypt is in North Africa, although the part of the country that borders Israel, the Sinai peninsula, is in Asia. Its other neighbors are Sudan (to the South), Libya (to the West), and Saudi Arabia...
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thegang:
Visibility Project Video: Kit Yan / Directed & shot by Mia Nakano
The Visibility Project is a photographic portraiture series focused on the Queer Asian American identified community. All the participants have identified as female at one time and the project is inclusive to: trans, ftm, mtf, genderqueer, bisexuals, lesbian, gay, intersex, andro, two-spirit, or any other gender...
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We’re the aliens you don’t deport.
– MARTIN SHORT, on being Canadian, to American host Bill Maher, on Real Time. (via inothernews)
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Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original...
– Oscar Wilde (via graceisred)
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‘Young folk, don’t ever become well-adjusted to injustice,’ he said. ‘I don’t...
– Cornel West says poor are ignored (via caraobrien)
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Pointing out that men are privileged in no way denies that bad things happen to...
– Barry Deutsch- The Male Privilege Checklist (via reelaroundthefountain)
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Borderline personality disorder is a form of madness made of mood disorders and...
– Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderline Personality by Merri Lisa Johnson (via nicole16b)
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I am a cage, in search of a bird.
– Franz Kafka (via liquidnight)
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Rape culture is telling girls and women to be careful about what you wear, how...
– This is a damn good read. (via nikkiwiley)
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readnfight:
this ain’t livin’: What Does ‘Middle Class’ Even Mean?
People who are culturally middle class but economically lower class lack power, which is something that gets erased in attacks on ‘the middle class’ as a set of ideals, as an ethic. Many ‘middle class’ ideals are things that I believe should be human rights (access to a college education, for example)....
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There is no such thing as being non-political. Just by making a decision to stay...
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Joan Kirner at the Women into Power conference, Adelaide (1994)
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Witch hunts did not eliminate the lower-class woman healer, but they branded her...
– Witches Midwives and Nurses: A History of Women Healers
Barbara Ehrenreich & Deirdre English
(via iwillnotshavemyvagina)
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I can remember speaking to a 12-year-old boy, a football player, and I asked...
– Shakesville: “My liberation as a man is tied to your liberation as a woman.” (via sarahgraham7)
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Facts from Filipina feminist history
fywomenshistory:
A few fun facts about Filipina feminist history:
Prior to Spanish colonization in the 1500s, women practiced pre-marital sex, divorce, abortion and actively participated in trade.
The first Filipina “feminist” organization was established in 1901: Asocacion Feminista Filipina.
Filipinas became the first women in Asia to obtain suffrage, in 1937.
Because of the...
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The law discriminates against rape victims in a manner which would not be...
– anon.
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The law discriminates against rape victims in a manner which would not be...
– anon.
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Naturally I will be a bit depressed and blue at times, and tired and...
– Sylvia Plath (via fluegeltuer)
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Naturally I will be a bit depressed and blue at times, and tired and...
– Sylvia Plath (via fluegeltuer)
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10 Reasons Why Repealing Health Reform Would Harm...
corruptpolitics:
While there are a wide array of opinions about health care reform and its impact, it is indisputable that our nation’s children, especially low-income children and those with special health care needs, are better off today because of the new law. Repealing health reform would be devastating for these the millions children and families who already are or soon will benefit from...
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10 Reasons Why Repealing Health Reform Would Harm...
corruptpolitics:
While there are a wide array of opinions about health care reform and its impact, it is indisputable that our nation’s children, especially low-income children and those with special health care needs, are better off today because of the new law. Repealing health reform would be devastating for these the millions children and families who already are or soon will benefit from...
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You were never greater than you are right now, nor will you ever be. Your worth...
– Michael Tamura (via commondense)
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You were never greater than you are right now, nor will you ever be. Your worth...
– Michael Tamura (via commondense)
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It is hard for immigrants to be visible when they can be deported. It is...
– Leslie Espinoza and Angela P. Harris in Embracing the Tar-Baby: LatCrit Theory and the Sticky Mess of Race
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It is hard for immigrants to be visible when they can be deported. It is...
– Leslie Espinoza and Angela P. Harris in Embracing the Tar-Baby: LatCrit Theory and the Sticky Mess of Race
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It is no accident that race is clear-cut and unknowable at the same time. Race...
– Leslie Espinoza and Angela P. Harris in Embracing the Tar-Baby: LatCrit Theory and the Sticky Mess of Race
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It is no accident that race is clear-cut and unknowable at the same time. Race...
– Leslie Espinoza and Angela P. Harris in Embracing the Tar-Baby: LatCrit Theory and the Sticky Mess of Race
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After I realized the extent to which men work from a base of unacknowledged...
– White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
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After I realized the extent to which men work from a base of unacknowledged...
– White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
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White people have power and believe that they think, feel and act like and for...
– The Matter of Whiteness by Richard Dyer