March 2012
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Culture matters
sunisup:
Sometimes I hear people say that racism/sexism/etc in culture isn’t important or worth criticizing. ”Oh it’s just a book,” they say. ”It’s just a crappy TV show.” ”It’s just a commercial.”
This argument always baffles me. It’s like if you put poison into a fish-tank and then say “Oh well I didn’t poison the fish, I just poisoned the water.” The fish lives in the water, dumbass;...
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“I did tell them to take her cuffs off, and once they were in my ambulance I made...”
– Tales from a medical professional in Phoenix, Arizona. Just so you know the human rights abuses in our own country. (via designislaw)
Holy shit. Does anyone know the source of this? This is fucking insane.
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“[W]e use the term ‘Indian peoples’ or ‘American Indian’ peoples rather than...”
– Paula D. McClain and Joseph Stewart Jr., Can We All Get Along?: Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics
I admit to being guilty of using the term “Native American” because I thought it was the preferred nomenclature of American Indians, while being partially unaware of its white...
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Archie Comics vs Million Moms on the Topic of Gay...
teamvalkyrieftw:
… otherwise known as “marriage.”
So I think we all know by now that in 2010, Archie Comics introduced Kevin Keller, an openly gay man living in Riverdale. His introduction was so popular that the comic sold out, and it was the first time they ever had to do a reprint. Recently, Kevin Keller got married, and it’s possible they’ll have to do another reprint, because that one...
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“Young women of color who read this book rejoiced at finally finding a book with...”
– Michigan high school student Eva Hattie L. Schueler on The Hunger Games film adaptation was published by the Huffington Post. ‘Hunger Games’ Casting: Why Jennifer Lawrence Shouldn’t Play Katniss (via racebending)
oh i guess i did hear right after all
(via fluxcapacitoppar)
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Asking for it
ellielamothe:
notafraidofruins:
You’re walking down the street and you’re wearing a UFC shirt. I want to fight you. I don’t know why you’re wearing it. Maybe you’re a fan but you don’t actually fight yourself, maybe you just really like the way that shirt looks or feels on you, or maybe you even LOVE to fight, but you don’t necessarily want to fight right now, and you don’t necessarily want to...
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“shame is not a catalyst for change; it is a paralytic. Anyone who has ever...”
– What’s wrong with fat-shaming?
(via thechocolatebrigade)
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Lakota Indians cancel treaties with US gov’t →
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anonymissexpress:
In a bold and unprecedented move, representatives of the Lakota Freedom Delegation recently declared the Lakota Nation is formally and unilaterally withdrawing from all agreements and treaties with the government of the United States.
“We are no longer citizens of the United States,” said longtime indigenous rights activist Russell Means at a press...
