February 2012
50 posts
“I don’t think it’s a virtue or an accomplishment to hide or deny your pain so...”
– #186: The lie of “strength.” « CaptainAwkward.com (via notemily)
Which is why “strong black woman” has never been a goddamn compliment. It is code for “Thank you for being a mule.”
(via crankyskirt)
Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis.
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Buy locally?
saucy-sarah:
I just came home from a local family owned grocery store. I want to make an epic breakfast (its payday and I’m feeling fancy). I got everything I needed for my breakfast… About $12-$15 more than a grocery store chain.
Um, no sir.
I’m down for the cause and everything and I do go to the farmers market once a month; but 12 bucks to a broke college student is EVERYTHING. That’s lunch...
“I have a love for the sister, but she is a liar, and I hate lying … she’s become...”
– In a recent interview with Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine, [Cornel] West said of [Melissa Harris-] Perry.
The audacity of this dude to say some slick shit about MHP. Y’all keep fucking with homie. I’ve been done since he started his damn ‘Poverty Tour’ and decided to ride for Tavis...
Tumblr Emergency Center: PLEASE READ! VERY MUCH... →
kitten-rage:
fivepips:
Hey everyone, Gemma here (fivepips), and I’m an admin here at theEmergency Blog. I’m going to explain what this is all about.
So basically, this is a blog for emergency information on tumblr. Now when I say emergency I don’t mean if you’re desperate for a livestream link. I mean that if you know someone on tumblr is going to attempt suicide, or has been kicked out of...
help a sista out.
dopegirlfresh:
(i hate doing this)
i’m still looking for work, heckling temp agencies, and freelancing whenever possible. i do what i can, but i’m kinda tight this week.
i’m still stacking $ so i can buy a computer.
i’m still recovering from paypal’s fuck shit of a few weeks ago.
i’m still selling crocheted wears on etsy. (and now bigcartel!)
buy something or make a donation on paypal...
I'm Calling Out so-treu...
Yes, I am.
I’m calling so-treu to a face-to-face brunch ‘cause she fills my dashboard with the bestest of everything. (And I just think she’s a cool-ass person.)
That is all.
Dear White People Who Insist On Acting Brand New
karnythia:
You are not fooling anyone when you claim to have no idea that POC existed before slavery. No one. Not in a world where the internet & libraries exist & are accessible to most if not all of you. This is especially true for white people who are regular users of social media. If you can access Tumblr, you can access Google and looks hit up before you claim that POC were nowhere...
Reblog if you're West Indian, Black or Hispanic.
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Is the White Working Class Coming Apart? →
newmodelminority:
To understand what Murray does in Coming Apart, imagine this analogy:
A social scientist visits a Gulf Coast town. He notices that the houses near the water have all been smashed and shattered. The former occupants now live in tents and FEMA trailers. The social scientist writes a report:
The evidence strongly shows that living in houses is better for children and families...
BREAKING: Karen Handel, the VP of policy at Komen...
racismschool:
fuckyeahfeminists:
Karen Handel, the former GOP candidate for governor, just announced her resignation as a senior vice president for public of Susan G. Komen for the Cure – one week after the breast cancer charity reversed itself on a decision to sever financial ties with Planned Parenthood. Here’s the letter:
February 7, 2012
The Honorable Nancy Brinker
CEO, Susan G....
Look at the Short Fuse on This One
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
racismschool:
This is a situation that is hard to step back from. It’s hard to see “The big picture.”
Outside of the early years of Elementary school, I am willing to bet that as a white person, every single racially based conversation you’ve ever had with a PoC has been your first time having the conversation but it hasn’t been theirs.
I don’t know you. I don’t know...
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so-treu:
[Trigger Warning: Murder of Black Trans Woman] UPDATE: Trans woman stabbed in D.C. dies. She was 22.
amydentata:
izythequeergirl:
The transgender woman who was stabbed at a Washington, D.C., bus stop Thursday night has died, and activists have identified her as Deoni Jones, 22. She was stabbed in the head about 8:15 p.m. at a bus stop at East Capitol Street N.E. and Sycamore Road...
“In this here place, we flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs; flesh that dances on...”
– Quote by Toni Morrison: “In this here place, we flesh; flesh that weeps, la…”
and when you have clarity, there is then room in your life for this.
(via milkeemountainmama)
Yes, y’all. So much yes!
“Enter (I hope) the long sentence: the collection of clauses that is so...”
– Pico Iyer | The point of the long and winding sentence
[And with that, I have an alibi.]
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I support this message.
“We have anti-choice women in for abortions all the time. Many of them are just...”
– A physician at an abortion clinic (via fuckititsfriday)
This is from The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion. If you haven’t read it already, READ IT RIGHT NOW.
-Jess
(via stfuconservatives)
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katelinbrooke:
White people will practically burst through the walls of your house like the Kool Aid man in order to give you their opinion on stuff.
IT’S SO TRUEEEEEEEEEE
It’s like black people sitting around in they house havin’ a conversation and then ALL OF A SUDDEN
OH...
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“At the center of this debacle are, of course, the poor, often rural women who rely on the free or low-cost clinical breast exams, referrals and followup provided by Planned Parenthood. By Komen’s own account, socioeconomic factors (translation: being po’) are likely contributors to the high breast cancer mortality rates of black and Latina women. Here’s more of the race story, from a very...
karnythia:
“Alarmed and Saddened” by Komen Foundation Succumbing to Political Pressure, Planned Parenthood Launches Fund for Breast Cancer Services
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
My sister-in-law died of breast cancer at the age of 33. In the last years of her life, as she bravely fought the disease, she came in contact with multiple groups claiming to be about saving the lives of breast...