December 2010
18 posts
come on up to the house: pet peeve #463 →
readnfight:
champagneproblems:
ourcatastrophe:
acronyms like LGBTQQUA, QUILTBAGPIPE, etc
it seems to me that this largely arises out of a feeling that existing umbrella terms like queer or LGBT or whatever do not sit well with all those they purport to describe
which is a…
you need to read the whole thing!
“The problem with the nonviolence bandwagon is that it is grossly...”
– Who Decides How the Oppressed Should Fight Oppression?
(via afghanipoppy)
Our collective history of the South African struggle against apartheid, including Mandela himself and the armed wing of the ANC which he led, has been completely sanitized of all its violent elements as well. No one seems to...
“When the abuse and oppression of an entire group of people is justified as...”
– “Michael Vick, Racial History, and Animal Rights,” Melissa Harris-Perry
"Liberal Militarism's Camera Obscura" →
“It has been a banner year for Los Angeles-based photographer Jeff Sheng. Sheng’s series of photographs of lesbian and gay military servicemembers with their faces obscured by creative poses and effects has propelled him to national notoriety as an artist-activist at the forefront of the movement now celebrating the congressional repeal of the policy known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t...
Sick'ov it: Styles →
-rosasparks-:
So that whole NYTimes wedding story about couple who married after having fallen in love after meeting in the kndergarden class of their kids or whatever? The ones who, at the time, were married, so had a big, messy mess?
I actually appreciate it. I mean, it seems…
Ha, I read this article last Sunday and thought the same thing.
Terrorist by Association: Justice Department... →
redguard:
The phrase “material support for terrorism” brings to mind money and weapons, or other goods and services that directly support a terrorist organization’s violent objectives or actions. But in June, the Supreme Court in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project upheld a much broader definition of material support—one that criminalizes speech advocating peace and human rights if it is...
Grant Asylum to Mark Farrales- ipetition →
Last week, UCSD grad student and Harvard alum Mark Farrales was detained by ICE and is now facing imminent deportation back to the Philippines. Please sign the petition to Congress to extend his stay in the US. We need to act quickly- please sign and forward if you can!
lowendtheory:
When I preface what I’m about to say by disclosing that I am a survivor of rape, or child sexual abuse—I am not sure what to call it—I am anxious about the effects of that disclosure. I want to take it back. It’s not just that I don’t know if you will believe me, or that I don’t know what you will do with that information. It’s also that I cannot help but feel that I am trying...
Book + Bolo: Sison →
bookandbolo:
THE GUERRILLA IS LIKE A POET
By Jose Maria Sison
1968
The guerrilla is like a poet Keen to the rustle of leaves The break of twigs The ripples of the river The smell of fire And the ashes of departure.
The guerrilla is like a poet. He has merged with the trees The bushes and the…
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curate: Corn, tomatoes, atsuete, avocado,... →
curate:
Corn, tomatoes, atsuete, avocado, potatoes, chayote…These ingredients are inked onto the pages of Filipino cookbooks older than my grandmother, and are as common to my family’s diet as wheat and rice.Yet these ingredients arrived on Philippine shores from the Americas, through a bitter history of…
Factory Farm Map- US →
Incredibly informative- and scary- interactive map of factory farms in the United States.