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patrickandmarcus: Women’s complaints: We don’t make enough money, we’re hypersexualized,...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:00:54 -0500

Women’s complaints: We don’t make enough money, we’re hypersexualized, polticians vote over control of our bodies, we’re blamed for our own assaults

Men’s complaints: They keep saying they hate us

fattributes: Peanut Butter-Banana French Toast with Honey...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:58:54 -0500

fattributes:

Peanut Butter-Banana French Toast with Honey Drizzle

theuppitynegras: nannajane: in 7 years its going to be the 20s again so we can bring back swing...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:31:32 -0500

theuppitynegras:

nannajane:

in 7 years its going to be the 20s again so we can bring back swing music and the aesthetics of that era but keep modern values who’s with me

MY HAIR IS ALREADY IN A BOB SO I AM ALL SET!

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Sun, 19 May 2013 16:29:12 -0500

"White feminists defending The Onion sound an awful lot like male comedians who scoff at criticism of..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:27:07 -0500

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White feminists defending The Onion sound an awful lot like male comedians who scoff at criticism of rape jokes.

The implication: these individual white feminists know what anti-black misogyny looks like better than black women do—even that black women should thank the authors of this piece, almost certainly one or more white dudes, for doing the work of our liberation. This is not so different from white male comedians who think they get to decide what is and isn’t sexist or harmful to survivors.

In a just feminism, black women wouldn’t have to deal with attacks from feminists whitesplaining how we fail to understand humor on top of challenging racist, misogynist comedy.

”

- T.F. Charlton

These 3 quotes are from her essay The Other Double Standard: On Humor and Racism in Feminism.

(I wrote about the same topic myself last week: The Predictable Cycle of White Liberal “Humor” At Black Women’s Expense)

Interesting how when one is in a position of POWER and not the butt of the “joke” or the “satire” all empathy and concern is lost. White feminists defend The Onion’s attacks on Black women in the way that White men defend their “right” to make rape jokes attacking “all” women, and since “all” usually means “White and no one else;” those are the times that White feminists stand fiercely against it. Not surprising.

(via gradientlair)

brujacore: fucktheory: Public Notice *plays taps in honor of...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:25:24 -0500

brujacore:

fucktheory:

Public Notice

*plays taps in honor of Tumblr*

"In one 1962 survey roughly 90 percent of White people believed Black children had an equally fair..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:16:02 -0500

“In one 1962 survey roughly 90 percent of White people believed Black children had an equally fair opportunity to get a quality education as White children. Wise recognizes that White Americans’ lack of awareness—and denial about the extent of racial inequality in America—is dated, calling it “borderline delusional”.”

- (Unpacking the Snowflake - Kevin M. Hemer)

In 1962— before Civil Rights legislation, when Black people were literally having their houses bombed for moving into white neighborhoods, and Black neighborhoods were being bombed in entirety for having nice houses, white people were literally releasing dogs on Black children (my parents) for walking to school, Black children and teenagers were literally leaving school to protest and then being arrested for demanding to be treated equally, police commissioners were driving through Black neighborhoods in tanks to instill fear in them for wanting to be treated equally, everything was separate with Black people getting the shittier end, they literally had lower education standards for Black schools and Black people were still getting lynched and the KKK was strong—

White people when surveyed said “there is equal opportunity“… So don’t think it’s weird that 93% or so of white people still think “there is equal opportunity” today. They’ve literally always been wrong and still are.

(via fuckyeahcracker)

This post isn’t about welfare, but it beautifully illustrates a point I’ve been making (or trying to make) since I started this blog:

Privileged people do not understand the realities of people who lack their privilege.

White people assume PoC have the same education and job opportunities.

People with permanent addresses assume homeless people can just fill out an application for McDonalds or Burger King, be hired, and immediately use their paychecks to secure housing.

People who don’t receive welfare assume people on welfare are lazy and intentionally having multiple children and not looking for jobs.

This is why I am always, always asking people if they’ve ever considered that maybe, JUST MAYBE, they don’t have the whole story about their cousin/neighbor/friend’s sister. Because people in privilege tend to ascribe their own circumstances to everyone, even when that’s the exact opposite of reality.

(via getoutofthewelfaretag)

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Sat, 18 May 2013 21:55:00 -0500

"Violence is initiated by those who oppress, who exploit, who fail to recognize others as persons —..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:27:40 -0500

“Violence is initiated by those who oppress, who exploit, who fail to recognize others as persons — not by those who are oppressed, exploited, and unrecognized. It is not the unloved who initiate disaffection, but those who cannot love because they love only themselves. It is not the helpless, subject to terror, who initiate terror, but the violent, who with their power create the concrete situation which begets the “rejects of life.””

- Paulo Freire (via wretchedoftheearth)

"When targets of microaggressions attempt to point out the offensive nature of remarks and actions..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:13:52 -0500

“When targets of microaggressions attempt to point out the offensive nature of remarks and actions from perpetrators, they are told that their perceptions are inaccurate, that they are oversensitive, or that they are paranoid. In other words, they are out of touch with reality. The experiential realities of those in power are imposed upon less powerful groups by denying their perceptions and life experiences. Interestingly, some have asserted or found that those groups who are least empowered have the most accurate assessment of reality. Such a conclusion makes common sense, as those in power do not need to understand disempowered groups to survive or do well, while those without much power must actively discern the mindset and motives of those with power in order to survive. Women in the workforce must understand the thinking of their male counterparts to do well, but the reciprocal is not true for men.”

- Derald Wing Sue (via wretchedoftheearth)

"When targets of microaggressions attempt to point out the offensive nature of remarks and actions..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:13:52 -0500

tinypawpets: “Who disturbs my slumber?”

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:24:07 -0500

tinypawpets:

“Who disturbs my slumber?”

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Sat, 18 May 2013 17:52:38 -0500

thepinkpoppy: Key Lime Cupcake I NEED ONE

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:52:09 -0500

thepinkpoppy:

Key Lime Cupcake

I NEED ONE

fuckyeahcracker: White supremacist “Safety” Commissioner Bull...

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:51:10 -0500

fuckyeahcracker:

White supremacist “Safety” Commissioner Bull Connor riding around in a literal tank through Black neighborhoods in Birmingham Alabama in the 1960s to scare them and keep them living in fear

floricanto-desnuda: pocproblems: I hope he learned a lesson...

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:49:01 -0500

floricanto-desnuda:

pocproblems:

I hope he learned a lesson from this.

i don’t care; i’m completely amused and so is she *s

gastrogirl: orange party cake with whipped orange frosting.

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:04:55 -0500

gastrogirl:

orange party cake with whipped orange frosting.

gastrogirl: orange dream dessert waffles.

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:20:29 -0500

gastrogirl:

orange dream dessert waffles.

"The thing about cultural appropriation is that the appropriator does not have to face the same..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:53:55 -0500

“The thing about cultural appropriation is that the appropriator does not have to face the same consequences that we do for practicing our culture or faith. For them, it is an accessory that can be taken on or off at will, while for us, it is a way of life. …in a society where immigrants and communities of color are marginalized at every level, we can’t pretend that power relations do not exist when we have this conversation about appropriation. Sharing and exchanging cultural and spiritual practices is great, but it gets more complicated when we’re not all on equal footing. It gets more complicated when meaningful things are taken, commodified, and exploited for a profit, with little respect shown to the community they were taken from.”

- - Turbans on the Runway: What does it mean for Sikhs? by Sonny Singh Brooklynwala (July 10th, 2012)

^^^this^^

(via thisisnotindia)

jonathanadler: Power peonies. AT

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:49:12 -0500

jonathanadler:

Power peonies. AT