April 2012
“I will give you an example of how race affects my life. I live in a place called...”
– Chris Rock
see, this is something that aforementioned idiot should listen to. if you think racial equality exists because we have the same purported opportunity to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, ask if we even started at the same point, when people of color didn’t even have the same...
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Consent
girlebony:
I believe I’ve seen a comprehensive description of consent once before. Figured I’d contribute as it’s a subject that bears repeating.
Consent is:
Non-coercive: If you’re cojoling, threatening or otherwise trying to “convince” someone to engage in a sexual act with you, you are breaking consent. If you asked 16 times and got 15 No’s and 1 Yes, you still did not adequately obtain...
alexandraerinr: Dan Savage is poison. →
alexandraerin:
pancakesforone:
It’s not even a job. I work for him extremely part time and extremely for free, but was an unbelievable honor for me when I got that position, because I’ve looked up to Dan since high school. I have never heard that he was transphobic before, but you’re right: I have read/heard him say things that are not so good and wrote them off as being part of his tone. He...
Oh, the hu-manatee!: cruelyouth: alexandraerinr:... →
oureffortwasadmirable:
cruelyouth:
alexandraerinr: Dan Savage is poison.
pancakesforone:
cruelyouth:
End of story.
Anybody, and I mean ANYBODY, who defends him is defending poison and defending the enemy. IDGAF if he’s done good things like the “It Gets Better” campaign. He clearly means it…
Dan Savage came to my college last week. I’m just so disappointed that our queer community...
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I'm noticing an ongoing trend of complete lack of...
whencylonsdream:
Like, even from people that are fucking awesome about everything else.
It never seems to cross peoples minds to be inclusive towards trans women.
It never seems to cross peoples minds to acknowledge trans women.
It never seems to cross peoples minds that without inclusive and acknowledging statements, trans women need to assume that we aren’t wanted.
We NEED to do this...
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Can we just take a moment to appreciate what...
queerbrownxx:
They have to put up with some *serious* shit. Every fucking day for some folks, especially POC. To survive that you gotta be fucking strong as shit, man. I have nothing but the utmost respect for that strength.
And if you say you’re an ally of trans women but think marriage equality is where the queer community should be placing SO MUCH of its energy your life is clearly cushy as...
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#mirrormask #multiple gifs #this movie is listed as my favorite movie on my nametag #about four people in my eight months of employment have recognized it #i haven’t seen it for a long ass time though #i wonder how many problematic issues i missed in my ignorance #i should probably find out #okay #fine #ugh
AW YES I have thoughts (spoilery and also idk if the terms are clear...
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Evolution Of A Queen: cruelyouth: Esoterica:... →
alexandraerin:
reichenbachtrip:
(Devil’s Advocate is just a term people use and means almost nothing beyond “I’m about to say something people will disagree with.” It has nothing to do with the actual word of the devil, so calm down.)
Here’s the thing: that’s not what the term is supposed to be used for.
The original devil’s advocate was the guy who, when the church was on the verge of...
Trans Feminism: There’s No Conundrum About It →
Aviva Dove-Viebahn’s recent Ms. blog post, “Transfeminism and Its Conundrums,” framed trans feminism* as a controversial and debatable submovement within feminism. I strongly disagree, as did a number of commenters, and here’s why:
Trans feminism—that is, transgender perspectives on feminism, or feminist perspectives on transgender issues—is one of many so-called “third-wave” feminisms.Its...
I need feminism because
whoneedsfeminism:
“it’s the internet” is an acceptable excuse for some of the ugliest, most dehumanizing, and backwards bullshit ever published.
This is supposed to be the medium of the future, and it’s done more to advance racism, sexism, and homophobia more than any other means of communication in history.
The criminalization of black America →
mmmajestic:
anticapitalist:
There are more African American adults under correctional control today — in prison or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began.
As of 2004, more African American men were disenfranchised (due to felon disenfranchisement laws) than in 1870, the year the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified, prohibiting laws that...
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