December 2012
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Note to followers
I’ve been thinking about writing some sort of statement about this blog for a little while now. Might as well do it now.
First, this is a personal blog. Not a social justice blog. Not a news and politics blog. Not an art blog. This is just my blog about things that interest me. If you go back 2-3 pages, you’ll get a pretty good idea of what I usually post. I do try to publish...
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“Not only did a Latino actor not play Tony, who clearly in real life looks like a...”
– Moctesuma Esparza on Ben Affleck’s Argo and the White-Washing of the Mexican-American. Esparza says:
The film actually goes out of its way to obscure Tony Mendez’ ethnicity. His name (Mendez) is mentioned only once and the character says he is from New York (Tony was born in Nevada from a...
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Goddamnit, Tumblr. I had an extremely important...
Thanks for nothing!
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Jindal's selective concern for the poor →
Jindal and his allies want the public to see them as entirely sincere. They’re not trying to crush teachers’ unions, and they’re not on a privatization crusade, intent on destroying public institutions. They just want to help low-income children, even spending public funds to advance their goal.
But their purported concern for the poor is literally unbelievable. When the issue...
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“There’s a big difference, however, between hating a dominant group in an...”
– Allan G. Johnson (via wretchedoftheearth)
“Too often men react to women’s anger by calling on women to take care of them, and in this way recreate the male-centered principle of the very gender order that women…are angry about.”
This is also true in other instances, just replace...
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“I don’t need a ‘What If’ movie scenario for black heroes because history shows...”
– ReBecca Theodore-Vachon, Thinking Critically Because You Refuse To (via sonofbaldwin)
nat turner, for folks who dont understand why his story is so scary.
(via deluxvivens)
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“He was a sassy youngster…[A]s to burning the epistle up or not—it never occurred...”
– Turns out Walt Whitman and Bram Stoker were pen pals. (via millionsmillions)
Never thought I’d hear the author of Dracula referred to as “sassy”.
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This is how this shit works:
lesbianese:
When a person of color says that they hate white people, they hate white people as an institution (aka white supremacy/hegemony)
When a woman says that they hate men, they hate men as an institution (aka male dominance/patriarchy)
When a queer person says that they hate straight people, they hate straight people as an institution (aka heteronormativity)
When a trans* person says...
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Do cats dream? Mine is twitching and sort of whimpering in his sleep. I hope it’s a good dream.
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Trans*phobia and Homophobia
birdsy-purplefish:
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thehawkeyeinitiative:
I have had several people messaging me about the fact that The Hawkeye Initiative in many ways comes across as being trans* and homophobic. It never occurred to me that THI might be perceived as such, and I really appreciate those of you who have taken the time to point it out to me.
Please understand I am not ignoring...
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unironic-enthusiast:
Positive alternative to “the walk of shame”:
“Got Laid Parade”
Yes.
They call it “the stride of pride” in The Sims and it’s hilarious.
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“One of the ancient ploys of the film industry is to make a film about non-white...”
– Film critic Roger Ebert on Hollywood in his review of “Flowers of War”
“Can you think of any reason the character John Miller is needed to tell his story? Was any consideration given to the possibility of a Chinese priest? Would that be asking for too much?”
(via racebending)
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