May 2012
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“When I want to know what misogyny is, I don’t ask a man. When I want to know...”
– Son of Baldwin
(via deadlycamille)
Check your privilege: learn from someone who knows first hand, because unless you’re part of the oppressed group, you can’t know or empathize.
(via bitchesandtheirprivilege)
And it’s not the oppressed’s job to educate the oppressor, either,...
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The Trans Women's Anti-Violence Project:... →
transfeminism:
It was just announced that CeCe McDonald, who was being charged with two counts of second-degree murder in an incident of self-defense, has just taken a plea-deal—second degree manslaughter with a recommended 41 month sentence. CeCe McDonald’s sentencing hearing will be in a month.
But Ms….
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“You guys know about vampires? … You know, vampires have no reflections in a...”
– Junot Díaz (via vulturechow)
(via youarenotyou)
April 2012
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“The literalism governing American thought complements the liberal belief that we...”
– Coco Fusco, The Other History of Intercultural Performance
March 2012
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“Trayvon’s blackness wasn’t something he could hide, so it wouldn’t have mattered...”
– Angela Marie Davis (via blvckviolet)
December 2011
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Live performance has an urgency that no text has ever had for me.
August 2011
2 posts
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“When a theory is transformed into an ideology, it begins to destroy the self and...”
– Susan Griffin, “The Way of All Ideology”
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“Black male sexism has undermined struggles to eradicate racism just as white...”
– bell hooks (Gloria Watkins)
July 2011
4 posts
I have dark hair.
(Just practicing no longer having an outdated physical image of myself.)
My band's name:
Mansak Nova and the Time Dongs
I’m just a fucking ball of nostalgia all the time and I always have been, even when I was extremely young and I had significantly less experience to be nostalgic about.
It's okay to write shitty songs.
It’s okay to write shitty songs it’s okay to write shitty songs it’s okay to write shitty songs it’s okay to write shitty songs because sometimes a song can be a conversation that you couldn’t have with a real person and even if it’s shitty in song form it’s okay because you’re doing something and it’s pretty possible that doing something is...
May 2011
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Suppressing an obvious Virginia Woolf pun here.
Part of me thinks this is really selfish, but right now I’m really wishing I had a real work space to myself. This means a place to do work:
With a desk large enough to fit my computer and books
With a chair
With enough light
With no internet access or phone service
That is not a bed with a reading pillow
With no yelling or crying children or adults in audible proximity
With no one...
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Maybe caffeine isn’t so bad at the right time of day with the right amount of food already in one’s system. Maybe it’s okay to use it to help get things done during finals time. Maybe I have a really great best friend. Nah, that last maybe’s a definite fact.
Anxiety sucks and I’m scared of everything, but existence is pretty effin’ cool!
Attempted reactive autonomy. →
(A post on my longer-form blog.)
April 2011
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A Review of Tina Fey's Book! (Bossypants) →
I’m not sure exactly how I feel about this review and certainly not about the book itself since I have not yet read it, but it’s probably a good thing!
March 2011
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How Disney Invaded American Childhood to Shill... →
The sub-headline says something about Disney being a “major source of potentially harmful gender and race myths.”
“Potentially”?!! I think we can omit that word. They just are harmful.
Duh!
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Started a WordPress blog
so I can post longer and more serious and personal things without feeling as silly as I would posting longer and more serious and personal things on tumblr. Obviously I still feel silly, but I’m trying to get over it. If millions of other people’s voices are being heard via blog, why shouldn’t mine be, right? Eh, I’m still not convinced.
Oh well! Here it is...
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Let's face it;
the best part about eating Fun Dip is chowing down on the “Lik-a-stix” after all the powdered sugar is gone.
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The Daily || Colleges' Rape Secret by Jessica... →
suzyxisntreal:
LISTEN UP FOLKS, this shit has got to go.
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"Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory" (The... →
Don’t worry about remembering the factory; remember the badass women who worked there! Most of them were responsible for the first successful female worker uprising in America (The Uprising of the Twenty Thousand in 1909)!
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Brought to you by the border of Hicksville,...
It has just occurred to me that I haven’t ever seen a bottle of Jones Soda (not that I’ve been completely active in seeking one) in Manhattan or Queens, and yet the little, independent beverage store a block away from my high school in a random town on Long Island consistently sold it (even the more obscure flavors). Shouldn’t it be the other way around?
Speaking of things one...
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Starting March 28th,
Major haircut
Job and income
Guitar, composing
More smiles
More feminist activism, more gender/queer theory
More hugs and gifts for friends, family, and Ronester
Choreography, creation
More philosophy of mind, more ethics, more political theory
Sleep
Better meals while still as inexpensive
More letters (handwritten, of course) and better correspondence
Road trips
Community gardening
akdon asked: They are SO interesting... I'm taking an Intro to Gender and Sexuality course (for my minor in Women's Studies/Gender & Sexuality)... If you're interested I could forward you a list of our readings. Everything we've read so far has been really rewarding/eye opening if you're into this subject!
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Watchfuckyeahgreghyatt:
Jon Stewart slams Fox News for supporting Wall Street and calling teachers undeserving of a pay raise and healthcare benefits.
teaforstephanie asked: Your blog is absolutely amazing, and we share very similar beliefs (feminism, no drinking, no drugs, vegan (I'm vegetarian now and trying to be vegan)). How did you come to so awesome? :D
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February 2011
6 posts
Dirtarcolate.
Am I the only one who thinks chocolate cake tastes like dirt? And maybe a little like tar? Somewhere between dirt and tar.
Oh and my grandpa literally used to eat tar as a child.
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Sick
of being sick
of dirty, smelly, polluted air
of cement and metal and buildings
of deadlines and authority
of shitty, over-processed food
of automated voices
of wasting time I will never get back
of no grass or ability to see the stars/sky
of how this list could go on for a long time
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Feministing || House committee proposes completely... →
rhiannonloveisnotarobot:
suzyxisntreal:
“Making it harder for women to avoid unintended pregnancies? Check. Making it harder for women to end pregnancies when they need to? Check. Making it harder for women to raise children when they choose to? Check. Gosh, it’s almost as if they’re just playing political football–at the expense of women’s lives, their families’ well-being, and the greater...
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“Second-wave feminism grew out of a lot of things. Yeah, there was...”
– Guest post: Why the left needs feminism « The Standard (via alisdee)
2011 and we’re STILL dealing with this shit! (via suzyxisntreal)
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Though I am not well-versed in measuring the truth in stereotypes about New School students, I will add my own and say that they are the proudest bunch of cigarette smokers in existence. Their facial expressions radiate perceived accomplishment, and they even physically hold the cigarettes embarassingly high in the air. “I did it, guys! I ingested virtually pointless toxins and chemicals...
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January 2011
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I always thought it impossible to have sex with the ocean non-stop for two hours until I saw Iron & Wine live last night.
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First, next, then.
First: I enrolled in what I thought would be an awesome philosophy course, but upon attending the class twice, I discovered it was pretty anti-awesome, mostly due to the students’ collective inability to communicate effectively with one another.
Next: I registered for a back-up philosophy course (a three-hour Friday course) in the hopes that this one would be better than the aforementioned...
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Keywords: "tenth floor"
My heart is pounding in my gut and my throat and my palms are considerably soaked because I’m pretty sure I have a class tomorrow on the tenth floor of a building in which I’ve never had class.
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Do yourself a rather large favor
and listen to No Doubt’s Tragic Kingdom (the 1995 album) in its entirety during a solo car ride and belt your ass off to it without the fear of slicing anyone’s eardrums. (You can skip over “Don’t Speak,” though, if you need to; I understand.)
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I get really anxious when cops are near me,
because I can see their guns, just resting there on their hips. I always imagine that they’ll go crazy and pull their guns out and shoot everyone. They could, y’know?
narhwaal asked: dear darling,
i've seen your recent post regarding 30 rock. and i know i know i like loathed it vehemently when i first saw a few episodes. i was like what the twat is this it is not comedy?!! but trust me. give liz lemon and the girly show a chance. i did and THE SHOW IS SO SO SO SO GOOD. and they're all on netflix.
to further encourage you, i end with a...
i've seen your recent post regarding 30 rock. and i know i know i like loathed it vehemently when i first saw a few episodes. i was like what the twat is this it is not comedy?!! but trust me. give liz lemon and the girly show a chance. i did and THE SHOW IS SO SO SO SO GOOD. and they're all on netflix.
to further encourage you, i end with a...
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QuORUM Forum 2011: A week and a half of FREE... →
suzyxisntreal:
Mission statement: QuORUM (Queers Organizing for Radical Unity and Mobilization) is a network of radical queers and queer collectives in New York City. We believe in community building, resource sharing, economic justice, and collective liberation. Our projects are free, collaborative, consensus based, and fun!
(TUMBLR FRIENDS WHO ARE SYMPATHETIC TO QUEER POLITICS: If you’re...
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Feminine nutrition on a Saturday morning.
Munchin’ on a LUNA bar and reading Woolf’s, Wollstonecraft’s, Walker’s, McIntosh’s, and Lorde’s feminisms. Appropriate.