March 2012
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Whenever something crappy happens in my life, I...
“Well, at least I will have something new to talk to my therapist about.”
Because the past three meetings have been kind of monotonous.
In fact, maybe I will go in tomorrow. Really shake things up.
Fuck Yeah FTMs of Color: Queer writers of Color... →
fuckyeahftmsofcolor:
Come one come all to check out your fierce queer nigerian gender non conforming artist in chicago. i will be presenting a piece on Queering African Cinema in Chicago on March 1st. spread the word even if u can’t make it. see ya there fam. Peace Seyi
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Thursday, March 1, 2012 7pm-10pm …
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Newly-elected Minnesota State Representative Susan Allen knows what it is like to be the first. She is the first Indigenous woman elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives - ever. She is also the first “out, lesbian, American Indian” to serve in elected office - at any level, anywhere in our country. The daughter of the Rev. Philip Allen, Rep. Allen describes how her experiences as...
Also my brother is visiting this weekend to hold my hand so we can go visit another dog shelter to see about fostering because the last time I did this I had a small case of freaking out. I’m eligible to foster Bobo and Brady, a pair of medium hounds. They will jog with me and they like to snuggle and play!
He’s kind of a tool but he’s a good baby brother, really. And he’s...
I had a really weird dream last night that took place in my grandparents’ house and the valley kind of in general (downtown Northampton was right next to the Pelham library/fire/police combo arena) wherein the faculty in my department were all sleeping over for some kind of conference at UMass and one of them could talk to my grandfathers’ cat.
I need to graduate. Like, yesterday.
“Teenagers read millions of books every year. They read for entertainment and for...”
– Sherman Alexie (via booksandnerds)
This is a partial quotation from his full essay:
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/06/09/why-the-best-kids-books-are-written-in-blood/
(via liminalbeauty)
Supreme Court to decide if corporations can be... →
note-a-bear:
sarahlee310:
The Supreme Court will weigh next week whether corporations can be sued in the United States for suspected complicity in human rights abuses abroad, in a case being closely watched by businesses concerned about long and costly litigation.
The high court on Tuesday will consider the reach of a 1789 U.S. law that had been largely dormant until 1980, when human...
I am really, really, really ready for May 1st.
Anyone else? Anyone?
“Intersectionality is not optional. It is not something you can take off and put...”
– Intersectionality Is Not Optional (via satifice)
If you never hear from me again
it’s because today’s wind actually picked me up off of Grafton Hill and dropped me into the lake.
IT IS BLUSTERY OUT TODAY.
The things I do for science.
9 Little Known Facts About Notable Women in Black... →
thechanelmuse:
From the article:
Nina Simone - Her involvement in civil rights was spurred by an incident at her first classical piano recital at age 12. During the recital, her parents sat in seats in the front of the building to see her play, but were told to move to the back to make way for white guests. She wasn’t having that though. The young girl refused to perform until her parents were...
I’ve really got to go grocery shopping
and do laundry
but I just want to look at adoptable dogs at local shelters and peruse pet insurance policies and pretend I’m going to adopt one to snuggle on the sofa and watch Sherlock with me :(
There’s a lab mix in Salem who’s six months old and needs a human family that knows enough ASL to communicate with him. It could be...
Making stuff out of pallets is the new "put a bird...
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What did you expect? Birds and pallets are EVERYWHERE.
Note-a-bear: Hey LGBT Activists, →
ethiopienne:
fetchingwretch:
ethiopienne:
You do know that it’s possible to fight for LGBT rights without appropriating the Civil Rights movement, right? And that the Civil Rights movement is not yours to appropriate? And that dismantling homophobia can be done without…
QUEER ODOR ▽*: daniellemertina: stfuconfederates:... →
daniellemertina:
stfuconfederates:
Oh for fuck’s sake, if people don’t stop using the word ‘Caucasian’ when referring to white people I’m going to rename my blog Caucasiandoesnotfuckingmeanwhite.
‘Caucasian’ is a (racist) term incorrectly applied to white people when white people…
Tonight when I came home crying after a really long and difficult day my mom hugged me for a really long time and then took me to our fav sushi place and we drank sake and ate.
I don’t really know what the point of this post is other than to say I really love my mom.
“Now because the majority of abortions are performed in the first trimester, if...”
– JON STEWART, on Virginia’s inhumane, inhuman and shameful “personhood” law that requires women wanting to get an abortion to, in essence, be subject to rape, on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
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QUEER ODOR ▽*: Do you know Yuri Kochiyama? →
of-praxis:
jhameia:
dreams-from-my-father:
ancestryinprogress:
I’m giving this woman flowers every single day that she is alive to let her know that cradling Malcolm X in her arms as he lay dying is the most powerful thing she could have done for him in that moment, in that historical moment in our lives.
You see because she was still is an ardent social rights/social justice...
Google proves to provide a better search for finding something on my own blog than tags do.
TUMBLR, PLEASE FIX THIS.
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lesbian outlaw: Massachusetts youth non-profit in... →
boogerbrains:
Hi everyone
I work for a family-driven mental health non-profit in Massachusetts called the Parent/Professional Advocacy League (www.ppal.net). We work with families of children, youth and young adults who live with behavioral, emotional or mental health needs. One component of my job here is working with teens and young adult interns who typically work for us on stipends or...
Women Passengers Targeted For Extra Body Scanning... →
rubyvroom:
beatyourselfup:
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Women passengers complain that TSA agents are targeting them for extra screening.
The Transportation Security Administration has a policy to randomly select people for extra screening, but some female passengers are complaining. They believe there is nothing “random” about the way they were picked.
A Dallas woman says TSA agents repeatedly...
QUEER ODOR ▽*: [Trigger warning for abuse] Please... →
kiriamaya:
jhameia:
cassie-cooties:
mollypockette:
Hello everyone,
I’m writing this because I need help. I’m trying to help my mother out of an abusive marriage. She’s been married for 8 years. In those 8 years, she has been physically, mentally, and emotionally abused by…
