January 2012
12 posts
Montage Editing: So in preparation for The Help to... →
thegoddamazon:
stfuconfederates:
I decided to take a look over every film that’s ever won best picture at the Academy Awards, to get a little bit of context. From 1927-2010, there were 12 films in which I could remember a Black character. 12.
Examples: A Black soldier under the…
Tennessee Tea Party Demands Slavery and Other... →
dontbearuiner:
“so as not to besmirch the reputation and standing of the Founding Fathers.”
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK.
Sometimes I want to just cry.
grrspit:
Hearing about the experiences of other black people, knowing I’m not alone or “crazy” (scarequotes on purpose) or overreacting or seeing patterns that aren’t there or over-analyzing or any of the things I’m routinely accused of doing.
Thank you.
Blackamazon is too much: karnythia: Real talk,... →
karnythia:
Real talk, everything that happens in that Jane Elliot video falls into the range of acceptable shit for most POC. Definitely for POC raised in the inner city & going to public schools. Hell, some of it was kinder than what can happen in a Chicago Public School if you’re black,…
For real, I just showed “The Angry Eye” in my Construction of Race class, and while...
HD in tumblr-land....: Let me step away from my... →
harrietsdaughter:
Let me step away from my “internet people are ….ugh” fast for a few minutes. (I’ve been here, lurking on yur pages, reblogging yur insights but mostly expressing my admiration for vintage dishes, pretty kitchens and adorable children.
Scrolling through my dash a couple of minutes ago I see a…
Blackamazon is too much: How To Write About Black... →
karnythia:
First, state your credentials. It’s okay to be a woman, but not a black woman. Their lived experiences are immaterial and can be dismissed as merely anecdotal. Make it clear that you are not racist or sexist, you are merely concerned about their plight. What plight? Well, pick…
get free or die tryin'.: **Missing Teen in The... →
beautybyuche:
Attention Newark & surrounding areas- My sister( Arabia Jewell Shabazz ) her niece Amber Torres has been missing since yesterday. If anybody know’s of her whereabouts or has info please call Newark Police Dept
SHE WAS LAST WEARING A BLACK HOODY & BLACK…
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Do you remember your dreams?
Sometimes. Rarely is that a good thing, though. I either wake up shaken and scared from a nightmare or feeling bittersweet and wanting just a little more time to escape into those good dreams.
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May 2011
3 posts
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What's the nicest thing someone's ever done for...
Is it sad that I can’t answer this question? I mean, plenty of nice stuff has been done for me and I’ve been more than adequately loved and cared for, but… I can’t answer this!
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senseless
I am beyond tired… and totally resistant to the idea of going to bed.
April 2011
4 posts
“You know some people say all black people look a like
We call those people...”
– Dave Chappelle (via natural-eccentricity)
He is so brilliant.
(via -rosasparks-)
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Saw a fellow tweeter ask this question and I'm...
greater social power… definitely “unskilled & attractive”
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What is your favorite song lyric and why?
right now? “everybody dies but not everybody lives.” why? because that is the story of my life!
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August 2010
3 posts
“1492. As children we were taught to memorize this year with pride and joy as the...”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via neutresex) (via kalemason) (via tranzient) (via telegantmess) (via latinoheritagemonth)
“Usually when a black woman is attacked we find some way of making it her fault....”
– Antoine Dodson’s Sister: On Invisibility as Violence « The Crunk Feminist Collective
I hate when something is so great that I have to choose between feeling guilty about chopping it or feeling guilty about c&p’ing the entire thing. Hit the link, it’s that good.
(via tart-tart)
(via...
What's Genocide?
guerrillamamamedicine:
thingsimreading:
telegantmess:
clitorisaurusrex:
vannest:
their high school principal told me I couldn’t teach poetry with profanity so I asked my students, “Raise your hand if you’ve heard of the Holocaust.” in unison, their arms rose up like poisonous gas then straightened out like an SS infantry “Okay. Please put your hands down. Now raise your hand if you’ve...
July 2010
1 post
A Few Notes on Motherhood
hermanaresist:
jadedhippy:
sadydoyle:
Hey, kids, let’s talk. Let’s have some REAL TALK, talk that should (and probably will) be posted as a comment over at Feministe, but which I also want to lay out for you here. Here’s some stuff that’s happened, or is currently happening, to ladies!
Slavery! Women were raped by the owners of plantations so that they would give birth to children who would...
May 2010
2 posts
[my laments]: [Endorse Trans Day of Action 2010] →
brownfemipower:
this is what i do every year for PRIDE. queer/trans/gnc POCS like what!!
see: alp.org
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Endorse Trans Day of Action 2010
When: Friday, June 25, 2010 - 3:00pm Where: To Be Announced
Join the Growing List of Endorsers of Trans Day Of Action 2010
On June…
"If Only Arizona Were the Real Problem" →
The [AZ immigration] law dovetails seamlessly with the national “Take Back America” crusade that has attended the rise of Barack Obama and the accelerating demographic shift our first African-American president represents. The crowd that wants Latinos to show their papers if there’s a “reasonable suspicion” of illegality is often the same crowd still demanding that the president produce a...
April 2010
2 posts
Past Imperfect: Arizona →
so-treu:
ilykadamen:
I remember when I was in school, when post-9/11 was becoming the law of the land, and we had a long debate in class over whether it was possible to profile and not eventually—or, hell, immediately—rationalize your behavior by developing a racist worldview. Whether you could single out Muslims, or Arabs, or Arab-Americans, or people who seemed to you to fit into those...
February 2010
10 posts
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formspring.me
do you remember your dreams? if so what do you think of them?
i don’t really; i think i am scared of how disappointed i might be.
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formspring.me
what messages did you receive growing up about menstruation? who told them to you? what were your reactions? what did you learn? did you have to unlearn anything as you grew?
I learned that it was dirty and offensive. I talked about all that here: http://elleabd.blogspot.com/2008/08/oh-no-na-na.html
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formspring.me
now that i asked ya’ll about how you learned abt menstruation (if i didnt let me know); were there options over which method to use for flow/protection? Do you think there’s a stereotype that WOC don’t use tampons? why or why not?
My mother was so very opposed to my using tampons, but I thought of menstrual blood as nasty, smelly, something I wanted as little...
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formspring.me
saw this q on someone’s tumblr-ask and ganked it: If you could tell your younger self some things, what would they be?
Don’t be a fool. Don’t give all of yourself away. Don’t seek validation through others. Learn to love yourself and recognize yourself as worthy of the love/affection/time/care of others. I still struggle with the last one.
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formspring.me
how has your relationship w/your body shifted/changed/improved/[insert term here] as you’ve aged regarding menstruation? Do you look forward to it each month/weeks w/o it/menopause?
I don’t think of it as “nasty” anymore, but I still am caught up in the ideas of it as “bothersome” and have thought of going back on the pill just to reduce the...
thingsimreading:
charredcoal:
My mother told me that virginity is the MOST important thing a woman possessed, once you lose that, you are nothing. Nothing.
I wanted to ask, even after marriage? I had the suspicion that she would have said yes.
Anyway, when I finally told her about the sexual abuse in my past, she wept as if I was murdered, or rather part of me was murdered. She kept asking...
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formspring.me
if you were on any different world episode which would it be and what would your character do?
i’d be kim’s bff when kim found out about ron and freddie. kim was tooooo calm. i’d be the friend starting sh*t
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formspring.me
what songs are on your “going out”/”gettin ready” soundtrack?
get me bodied, check up on it, get low, bad bitch, bottle action, thug passion, motivation, bring ‘em out, old ugk, and lots of little wayne and queen. you mustn’t tell anyone, for i am greatly ashamed.
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formspring.me
do you own a record player? if so what album do you LOVE to hear on it? if not what album would you LOVE to hear on vinyl?
I don’t. But I used to love my parents little Motown records, particularly the Jackson Five
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January 2010
7 posts
Haiti
zuky:
It’s not just a natural disaster, it’s a disaster of the modern neo-colonial social order. Earthquakes need to happen, but this doesn’t need to happen. It’s a devastating unfolding of institutionalized racism. Not only rhetorical or interpersonal or representational aspects, but perhaps more importantly the vital economic, infrastructural, and human consequences of several centuries of the...
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formspring.me
What was the happiest moment in your life?
I haven’t really had one in my adult life. Some worry or concern or what if is always in the back of my mind.
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formspring.me
how long will you be there?
until i realize i already have what i went there for.
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formspring.me
If you could wake up as anyone tomorrow, who would it be?
Me… but academically published. **sigh**
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formspring.me
Do you like any cartoons? Old and/or new?
Not a big cartoon fan. I love political cartoons as primary sources, so I’m a fan of Herblock (Herb Lock) and Thomas Nast’s work on Boss Tweed.
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formspring.me
what was the worst film you ever saw? what made it so triflin’?
Soul Plane for being made; The Family that Preys for taking stereotypes and ableism to the next level (and that’s saying something for Tyler Perry); I’m sure I have some more; let me think…
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formspring.me
Who are your heroes?
Aside from family members, I really love Fannie Lou Hamer, Diane Nash, and Dorothy I. Height. Also, the black women historians who paved the way (Jacqueline Jones work on labor and Darlene Clark Hine’s ability to do EVERYTHING, for example, but so many more). I’ve been reading a little about Pauli Murray and wow. Alexis Pauline Gumbs who is...
August 2009
1 post
Latest Tragic Symbol of an Unhealed Congo: Male... →
wocsurvivalkit:
igather:
hman:
Horrifying stuff here…
“According to Oxfam, Human Rights Watch, United Nations officials and several Congolese aid organizations, the number of men who have been raped has risen sharply in recent months, a consequence of joint Congo-Rwanda military operations against rebels that have uncapped an appalling level of violence against civilians…
Aid workers...
June 2009
2 posts
Thanks, Noemi
y porque no?: http://is.gd/1ikzy
Demand MS Reunite Mother & Baby Daughter!
Via BfP, this Request for Action from the Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance (MIRA):
Cirila Baltazar Cruz gave birth to her baby girl in November of 2008 at Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula, MS. She speaks very little Spanish and no English, as her native language is Chatino, an Indigenous language from Oaxaca, Mexico that is spoken by some 50,000 people. The hospital provided her with an...
May 2009
5 posts
I'm a little ashamed...
I feel 5. I hear my mom in the kitchen humming and rustling pans, so I know she’s about to cook. I am excited.
