February 2012
“Peace begins with me. Reconciliation begins with me. Healing begins with me. So...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via nezua)
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Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United... →
“Intersectionality is not optional. It is not something you can take off and put...”
– Intersectionality Is Not Optional (via satifice
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“Femme is defiance. Femme ignores the male gaze & tells patriarchy to fuck...”
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“America is a big fan of photoshopping history.”
– Elon James White (via crystalsavestheday)
“shame is not a catalyst for change; it is a paralytic. Anyone who has ever...”
– http://www.xojane.com/issues/whats-wrong-fat-shaming (via thechocolatebrigade)
Angela Davis on violence
when she was in the California State Prison - 1972
Interviewer: a year ago the black panthers were much more active. We heard much more about that type of struggle. Is the time of the black panthers past?
Angela davis: the black panthers still exist, and the black panthers are still extremely active in the Oakland community and communities all over the country. I’m not sure whether or not you are aware of what is now happening in the black panther party and the kinds of things that the members of that party are doing now.
Interviewer: no but tell me.
Angela davis: first of all, if you’re gonna talk about a revolutionary situation, you have to have people who are physically able to wage revolution, who are physically able to organize and physically able to do all that is done.
Interviewer: but the question is more, how do you get there? Do you get there by confrontation, violence?
Angela davis: oh, is that the question you were asking? yeah see, that’s another thing. When you talk about a revolution, most people think violence, without realizing that the real content of any revolutionary thrust lies in the principles and the goals that you’re striving for, not in the way you reach them. On the other hand, because of the way this society’s organized, because of the violence that exists on the surface everywhere, you have to expect that there are going to be such explosions. You have to expect things like that as reactions. If you are a black person and live in the black community all your life and walk out on the street everyday seeing white policemen surrounding you… when I was living in Los Angeles, for instance, long before the situation in L.A ever occurred, I was constantly stopped. No, the police didn’t know who I was. But I was a black women and I had a natural and they, I suppose thought I might be “militant.” And when you live under a situation like that constantly, and then you ask me, you know, whether I approve of violence. I mean, that just doesn’t make any sense at all. Whether I approve of guns. I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. Some very, very good friends of mine were killed by bombs, bombs that were planted by racists. I remember, form the time I was very small, I remember the sounds of bombs exploding across the street. Our house shaking. I remember my father having to have guns at his disposal at all times, because of the fact that, at any moment, we might expect to be attacked. The man who was, at that time, in complete control of the city government, his name was Bull Connor, would often get on the radio and make statements like, “niggers have moved into a white neighborhood. We better expect some bloodshed tonight.” And sure enough, there would be bloodshed. After the four young girls who lived, one of them lived next door to me…I was very good friends with the sister of another one. My sister was very good friends with all three of them. My mother taught one of them in her class. My mother—in fact, when the bombing occurred, one of the mothers of one of the young girls called my mother and said, “can you take me down to the church to pick up Carol? We heard about the bombing and I don’t have my car.” And they went down and what did they find? They found limbs and heads strewn all over the place. And then, after that, in my neighborhood, all the men organized themselves into an armed patrol. They had to take their guns and patrol our community every night because they did not want that to happen again. That’s why, when someone asks me about violence, I just, I just find it incredible. Because what it means is that the person who’s asking that question has absolutely no idea what black people have gone through, what black people have experienced in this country since the time the first black person was kidnapped from the shores of Africa.
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“America… just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the...”
– Hunter S. Thompson (via socialistexan)
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corrinda:
Woman: Can I have birth control? Government: No. Woman: I got pregnant because I didn’t have birth control and I don’t want the fetus. Can I have an abortion? Government: No. Woman: I gave birth to my child but since I wasn’t expecting it, I can’t afford daycare. Can I have help paying for it? Government: No.
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“But then, the truth was never really the point. Thin women don’t tell their fat...”
– Kate Harding (via rhiannon-random)
another example of thin privilege, your body type doesn’t carry these negative synonyms
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I very strongly dislike the “you’re not fat” phenomenon.
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5 Reasons You Should Never Agree to a Police... →
yesysabella:
1. It’s your constitutional right.
The 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects us against unreasonable searches and seizures. Unless police have strong evidence (probable cause) to believe you’re involved in criminal activity, they need your permission to perform a search of you or your property.
You have the right to refuse random police searches anywhere and anytime, so...
“When you meet someone whose spirit is not aligned with yours, send them love and...”
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“It doesn’t interest me if there is one God or many
gods.
I want to know if...”
– David Whyte, “Self Portrait” (via waveofwords)
“The Porto Ricans (sic) are the dirtiest, laziest, most degenerate and thievish...”
– Dr. Cornelius P. Rhoads
This is an actual quote from a personal letter.
Dr. Rhodes deliberately injected cancer cells into unknowing patients, which resulted in the deaths of at least 13 people. For his achievements Dr. Rhoads was featured on the cover of Time Magazine June 27, 1949.
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“The Bible’s the greatest game of ‘Telephone’ in history. Jesus said ‘Love your...”
– @JohnFugelsang (via apoplecticskeptic)
“It’s Not My Birthday, & I Don’t Want Cake”:On... →
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“When the newspapers were full of alarms about Iran possibly developing a nuclear...”
– Howard Zinn on Kurt Vonnegut (via axelgonz08)
“Ramarley Graham, 18, was shot and killed by a NYPD officer in the Bronx on...”
– NYPD Officers Shoot and Kill Three Black Men in One Week
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“Thousands of children are deprived of birth in this state every year because of...”
– Democratic women in GA seek a state ban on vasectomies.
This is an actual bill they are proposing to point out the wrongness of the constant stream of abortion restrictions and bans being proposed. Mostly it highlights the hypocrisy of forcing restrictions on women “for the babeez” but not doing...
“[TRIGGER WARNING: Rape culture] He (Rick Santorum) is a staunch opponent of...”
– John Oliver (via 24ribs)
“she held me like a handcuff”
– Anis Mojgani, ‘Sock Hop’ (via loverofstories)
TW: Sexual Harassment - (Attractive) Women... →
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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Women passengers complain that TSA agents are targeting them for extra screening.
The Transportation Security Administration has a policy to randomly select people for extra screening, but some female passengers are complaining. They believe there is nothing “random” about the way they were picked.
A Dallas woman says TSA...
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“Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To...”
– Arundhati Roy (via baddominicana)
how is corporate control of media connected to...
“If I’m left without contraception, how can I plan my pregnancies? If I can’t...”
– The (Not) New War on Birth Control - we’re talking about it today. (via myplannedparenthood)
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“We are still conditioning people in this country and, indeed, all over the globe...”
– Jane Elliott (via borninflames82
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Emotional justice is about working with this... →
ancestryinprogress:
Amazing article on emotional justice and activist organizations, written by Yolo Aikili