February 2012
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If I could just get white people to understand the...
thegoddamazon:
somewhitenonsense:
They think they’re doing so well, not lynching people or using slurs, but they keep throwing this constant barrage of little pinpricks until I am just worn OUT. And then I have to play that “should I say something or will I look petty?” game. Stop it white people.
OMG this.
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“Here’s a big one: When online dating, I am automatically skeptical of people who...”
– Reader question #54: Dating while feminist. « CaptainAwkward.com
Ha! This whole post is great.
(via notemily)
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bigbluedinosaur:
PENCIL: You know, I’m really sorry. ERASER: For what? You didn’t do anything wrong. PENCIL: I’m sorry, ‘couse you get hurt because of me. Whenever I make a mistake, you’re always there to erase it. But as you make my mistakes vanish, you lose a part of yourself. You get smaller and smaller every time. ERASER: That’s true, but i don’t...
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Basically:
PoC: experiences racism
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PoC: continues to encounter racism
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PoC: harassed via inbox
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PoC: responds to racism
Tumblr: WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU! THEY WEREN'T TRYING TO BE OFFENSIVE GOSH! WE'RE ALL HUMAN. YOU'RE THE REASON RACISM IS STILL A PROBLEM!!!1111!!!!
MEANWHILE...
White person: does something racist
Tumblr: *crickets*
PoC: calls that person racist
Tumblr: HDU THIS IS REVERSE RACISM U ARE EVIL
White person: yeah you're evil you monkey ass bitch!
Tumblr: YEAH CALL THAT NEGRO A MONKEY! AHAHA THAT'LL SHOW THAT COON! GO GET LYNCHED!
PoC: responds in kind
Other white people who just come in: HOW DARE YOU THIS IS MY FRIEND THEY ARE A GOOD WHITE PERSON I AM COMPLETELY IGNORING THE FACT THAT THEY CALLED YOU A MONKEY AND TO GO GET LYNCHED BECAUSE WHAT YOU DID WAS REALLY MEAN
PoC who are white-identifying: YEAH!!! THIS IS WHY PEOPLE THINK WE'RE SO BAD!
PoC: :|
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Transethnic FTW
nijireiki:
brandx:
Oh, for fuck’s sake.
Apparently a clutch of privileged, delusional bigots have hijacked the term “transethnic,” ensuring that us Class Bastard adoptees and foster kids encounter even MORE dismissal and confusion in public discourse.
“Transethnic,” for those who don’t know, occurs in the context of adoption. For example, a white Jewish child is adopted by non Jews. Or a...
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Since I keep begging, I might as well offer some...
moniquill:
Here’s an excerpt from my story “At The Crossroads”, published in the Circlet Press anthology Like Heaven and Hell.
My mind went gloriously blank, the intensity as hot wet velvet invaded my mouth. No one ever kissed me. I went limp under the assault, my mind racing, my heart thundering in my own ears. Nobody kissed me. I was a slave of the Circles, less than a whore, and a demon...
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Since I keep begging, I might as well offer some...
Here’s an excerpt from my story “At The Crossroads”, published in the Circlet Press anthology Like Heaven and Hell.
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My mind went gloriously blank, the intensity as hot wet velvet invaded my mouth. No one ever kissed me. I went limp under the assault, my mind racing, my heart thundering in my own...
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Please, followers...
Take a second to vote for me in the Best of Circlet’s Digital Library Poll? The story I’ve got in the running is “At The Crossroads” by Monique Poirier. As of this afternoon I’d fallen off the top three. ;____;
It’s kind of disheartening that I have 450+ followers but only 40 votes.
Please reblog this to keep spreading the word.
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macfoto:
5 Reasons You Should Never Agree to a Police Search (Even if You Have Nothing to Hide)
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...
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edoro:
“In American today, anti-evolutionism matters because it has become the vanguard of a genuine anti-science movement. To be sure, opposition to evolution isn’t new. State laws against the teaching of evolution actually go back nearly a century, and the famous Scopes trial took place 87 years ago. However, if you thought such things were behind us, guess again. Laws designed to encourage the...
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Too late to coin "transdead?"
talldarkbishoujo:
onspacehardware:
It’s when you appear to be totally breathing, but in reality, you’re very, very dead.
This is insulting to me as a goth, please stop appropriating my undead subculture.
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Shameless self promotion time...
moniquill:
Who wants to vote for me in the Best of Circlet’s Digital Library Poll? The story I’ve got in the running is “At The Crossroads” by Monique Poirier.
Sorry if this is obnoxious, but I’m probably going to keep posting intermittently as long as the poll it open.
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maddlington:
fuck yeah sex education: Consent
lets-blog-about-sex-baby:
Consent is one of the single most important aspect of any relationship, especially one that is sexual or might become sexual. The biggest thing to remember about consent is that it is not ongoing, meaning that a partner may give consent at one point, and then remove that consent at another. Consent is not given...
[discussion of self-harm, suicide, and shame and...
sour-idealist:
Here is a point I will never tire of making:
if someone is willing to hurt themselves “for attention,”
PAY. THE FUCK. ATTENTION.
When you say someone slicing up their wrists is “just looking for attention,” when you say someone saying they’re contemplating suicide “just wants attention,” hell, beyond that, when someone is consistently getting themselves in huge trouble and...
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