August 2011
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The MLK memorial dedication could get postponed.... →
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The National Association of Social Workers' Code...
kthanson:
1. Social workers’ primary goal is to help people in need and to address social problems
2. Social workers challenge social inustice
3. Social workers respect the inherent dignity and worth of the person
4. Social workers recognize the central importance of human relationships
5. Social workers behave in a trustworthy manner
6. Social workers practice within their areas of...
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“We proudly told the ICE agents we are undocumented and we are no longer afraid...”
– Stephanie Hernandez, undocumented and unafraid. (via queerdesi)
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U.S. Teachers’ Hours Among World’s Longest →
1,097: Average number of hours U.S. teachers spend per year on instruction.
Students across the U.S. are enjoying or getting ready for summer vacation, but teachers may be looking forward to the break even more. American teachers are the most productive among major developed countries, according to Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development data from 2008 — the most recent...
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98% of Florida Welfare Applicants Pass Drug Test,... →
by Jorge Rivas Thursday, August 25 2011, 1:55 PM EST
Florida’s new drug-tests-for-welfare-applicants program just yielded its first batch of results: 98 percent passed. It’ll only cost the state $178 million.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who rode his own fortune and the tea party’s adoration to office last year, has stated publicly several times that people on...
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“These questions lead us to examine how middle class politics have dominated...”
– Queer Liberation is Class Struggle. (via miswritten)
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“Accepting who you are is an act of defiance. Being educated is an act of...”
– ~ Otep Shamaya (via terradoll)
I love Otep so much. She is such an intelligent woman. You can read her entire interview here http://act.mtv.com/posts/interview-otep-shamaya-rihanna-gaga-fists-fall/
(via fuckyeahsexeducation)
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“Power can be defined as the ability to define phenomena, and then in turn, make...”
– -Huey Newton (via revolvingevolution)
OOOO that is so interesting! I will be thinking about that, thinking about the media, education, and what gets defined as history. Anyone know what essay/speech/whatever this quote came from? I’d like to read it in context.
(via readnfight)
Colleges with Gender Neutral Housing list now has... →
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
In 29 states + DC too.
Keep ‘em coming.
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“1. Describing a piece of art as being about “the failure of the American dream”...”
– small fish to fry: annoying things i will no longer stand for
so are you following dailysardines yet or what’s your problem
(via isabelthespy)
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Resources for Male Survivors
feministhope:
redqueenxlt:
letstalkaboutrape:
I posted last week asking people if they knew of some good resources for male victims of sexual assault. Here is the list people came up with:
www.malesurvivor.org
www.violenceunsilenced.com
www.rainn.org
www.pandys.org
www.1in6.org
www.soulspeakout.org
http://finallyfeminism101.wordpress.com/
Thanks everyone!
reblog for signal boost
Here are...
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Yet Another Kiri Bloggish Thing: How to Be a... →
sansrevolution:
kiriamaya:
This goes out to all the cis people who, it’s quite obvious, want to help and befriend trans people, but who keep alienating and angering us instead. I’ve seen the befuddled looks on your faces when this happens, and I thought I’d try to clear a few things up for you. Let’s look at some common scenarios in which well-meaning cis people screw up with the whole...
Stop Coddling the Super-Rich →
While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich continue to get our extraordinary tax breaks. Some of us are investment managers who earn billions from our daily labors but are allowed to classify our income as “carried interest,” thereby getting a bargain 15 percent tax rate. Others own stock index futures for 10...
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“To wit, 44 percent of Social Security recipients, 41 percent of military...”
– Too many Americans ignorant about their use of government programs - Caveat Lector (via robot-heart-politics)
Classism and the chance of class mobility are blindingly strong.
(via readnfight)
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“I don’t define health as the absence of disease, but as a learning to live with...”
– Anzaldúa, Gloria. from an interview with Lara. 2001. published in “Working toward wholeness: Gloria Anzaldúa’s struggles to live with diabetes and Chronic Illness” (via healthtothepeople)
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“…the average federal income tax rate for millionaires in America is around 22% -...”
– Thom Hartmann (via azspot)
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“Not only is it not fair if all of this is done on the backs of middle-class...”
– President Obama, in speech to the National Council of La Raza
07/25/2011
(via fuckyeahfeminists)
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“Though the national unemployment rate is 9.1 percent, among African Americans...”
– Arianna Huffington (via huffingtonpost)
“I must remind you that starving a child is violence. Suppressing a culture is...”
– Coretta Scott King (via zeitgeistmovement)
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“I’ve said this many times before, and I’ll say it again: Hollywood can make a...”
– From a post at Angry Asian Man on a movie about a white guy becoming a yakuza. (via pseudo-tsuga)
“I think we can all recognize that the “it’s a joke excuse” is the most...”
– Loose Talk: You can take your “just joking” and shove it. (via petitefeministe)
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Abortion Funds by State →
fuckyeahsexeducation:
Alaska
Pauline’s Abortion Loan Fund
Arizona
It’s Your Choice: The Abortion Fund
California
Reproductive Rights Network of Santa Cruz County
ACCESS Women’s Health Justice
Women’s Reproductive Rights Assistance Project (WRRAP)
Make a Difference Fund
Colorado
Reproductive Equality Fund of the Boulder Valley Women’s Health Center
Freedom Fund...
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The Neuroscience of Changing Toxic Thinking... →
psychotherapy:
A very helpful overview of the interplay between our conscious and unconscious minds, and the role our own thoughts play in determining how we act and feel.
Excerpt:
Whether you understand its messages or not, your subconscious continually communicates with you through emotion-based action-signals to let you know where you are in relation to where you want to be. You’re not...
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"Indian women alter SlutWalk to better match...
friendlyangryfeminist:
“Indian women alter SlutWalk to better match country’s conservatism”
The walk, designed as a protest against a Canadian police officer who advised women to “avoid dressing like sluts” if they want to be safe from sexual assault, has elsewhere involved women dressing as provocatively as they please. But in India, the SlutWalk set for this coming Sunday is getting a...
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“We are not so mysterious. If you want to get to know someone infinitely better,...”
– Drew Zandonella-Stannard (via throwherinthewater)
“There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
—Carl Jung
“Not even discussed is that the deficit would be eliminated if, as economist Dean...”
– ZCommunications | America in Decline by Noam Chomsky | ZNet Article (via radicallyhottoff)
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Man denied Medicaid coverage for breast cancer...
iheartchaos:
At 26 years old, Charleston, SC native Raymond Johnson was diagnosed with cancer. He’s working, but he has no insurance. So he and his doctor applied for Medicaid to cover the costs of his treatment, but he was denied. Denied because he has breast cancer and Medicaid only covers breast cancer treatment for women.
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“There is this funny paradox: people tend to think that their own lives are...”
– Bradley Wright (via azspot) 