February 2012
44 posts
Woman: Can I have birth control?
Government: No.
Woman: I got pregnant because I didn't have birth control and I don't want the fetus. Can I have an abortion?
Government: No.
Woman: I gave birth to my child but since I wasn't expecting it, I can't afford daycare. Can I have help paying for it?
Government: No.
Feb 26th
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Feb 21st
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“What settler colonialism does is that it sets a ceiling on what the future can...”
– Andrea Smith plenary talk at Critical Ethnic Studies and the Future of Genocide, Thursday, March 10, 2011 (via zombifuntime) Finger snaps
Feb 20th
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“We exist as women who are Black who are feminists, each stranded for the moment,...”
– Michelle Wallace, A Black Woman’s Search for Sisterhood. (via unapproachableblackchicks)
Feb 14th
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Feb 10th
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“She writes like she’s starving and reads like she’s feasting.”
– R.D. Larson   (via theriches)
Feb 10th
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“If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.”
– Lemony Snicket (via selfinspiration)
Feb 10th
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“I’m not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy trying to explain...”
– Esperanza Spalding (via beautiful-ambition)
Feb 10th
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“Don’t wish me happiness. I don’t expect to be happy all the time… It’s gotten...”
– Anne Morrow Lindbergh (via saddest-summer)
Feb 10th
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come on up to the house: Brilliance Remastered:... →
blackfeminismlives: Calling all community accountable scholars and visionary under-represented grad students! Hey there bright thunder! Do you ever feel isolated and misunderstood in your department? Do you ever feel that the passions that motivated you to get your degree are… <3 <3 So much need for this.
Feb 9th
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“You come to the United States and the United States begins immediately,...”
– Junot Diaz (via thedivanna)
Feb 5th
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“What counts as activism? Why didn’t the kind of emotional self-care me and my...”
– Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, “A Time to Hole Up And a Time to Kick Ass” in We Don’t Need Another Wave (via kru-pa) I love this. We get so much push back to “stop talking about problems, go outside & do something” as though A) What we discuss online is the whole of our lives & B) as...
Feb 1st
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People of Color Organize: A Few Words About... →
peopleofcolor: If you’re telling me solidarity means to forget my discomfort and experiences with privileged folk, or that privileged folk have a right to speak over the experiences of marginalized ones, or have just as much say in their marginalization, then I’m not interested in solidarity. If…
Feb 1st
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kateoplis: Planned Parenthood, Komen & Moving... →
So Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure today announced that they will no longer give any funding to Planned Parenthood. This funding allowed Planned Parenthood to provide breast examinations and referrals for mammography and ultrasound to patients at their health centers, patients who were able…
Feb 1st
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Feb 1st
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Ms. Blaspheming Bitch: So, for those of you who... →
ladyatheist: So, for those of you who are unaware, tomorrow marks the start of Black History Month. I am so not looking forward to this. Since this year is a leap year, I have 29 of whitewashed history and white people complaints and tears to look forward to. Hip hip hoo-fucking-ray. I fucking hate Black…
Feb 1st
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Please help me get my dad back!
long-live-starkid-potter: My dad was taken by Immigration and they could sent him back any day now! He won’t be able to come back for 10 years and he hasn’t done anything wrong. He’s been living here for 20 years, always paying taxes, and helped many families start lives in America. We need your help. Sign this petition!  ...
Feb 1st
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January 2012
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Jan 26th
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On the Shoulders of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr:...
From: http://www.dreamactivist.org/blog/2012/01/16/al-chisom/ On this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we begin, as he often liked to do, with a story: It reads like the plot of a Jason Bourne movie - In a time of military dictatorship in a fledgling nation, a journalist hones his craft, intent on publishing articles exposing the actions and hypocrisy of a corrupted government administration. His...
Jan 16th
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“I am over people not understanding that rape is not a joke and I am over being...”
– http://inourwordsblog.com/2011/11/22/first-time-the-real-problem-with-sex-on-glee/
Jan 16th
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More Books In Bed: its not long enough to be a... →
navigatethestream: To me, the whole notion of Malcolm X being a coward for not coming out when he was alive and well points to a larger problem, come out culture in general. I’m not talking about coming out as a personal process, but a larger LGBT culture which perpetuates multiple… #relevant
Jan 12th
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