February 2012
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On cultural appropriation and why, just because...
baddominicana:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
Today, I walked into your house and stole your big screen TV.
I can tell you right now? You will never get this TV back.
You can spend your money and buy a new one, if you want, but the fact is that I stole your TV.
You’re probably going to be mad. Really mad, in fact. You’re probably going to scream to the rooftops how some jackass stole your TV for...
No, white people, you don't have any control over...
note-a-bear:
cruelyouth:
But you DO have control over being oppressive.
This isn’t hard.
Feeling guilty for being white is silly and completely unproductive. But if you feel guilty for being oppressive? Then it’s up to YOU to deal with that guilt. Don’t ask PoC, whom you’ve probably hurt with oppressive actions and words, to do it for you.
And this is what happens when you whine about...
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unaguerrasinfondo:
this post will be irrelevant for most. - don’t care. its mostly just to summarize my thoughts on an experience I had in the bay area - which pertains to punk/racism/cultural exclusivity. It doesn’t reflect an entire scene or subculture… in fact and you probably shouldn’t even read it.
January 2011, SF, Mission District. At at a venue with enormous murals of Emiliano Zapata...
Seattle to Build Nation’s First Food Forest →
firesandwords:
ver2go:
Seattle’s vision of an urban food oasis is going forward. A seven-acre plot of land in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood will be planted with hundreds of different kinds of edibles: walnut and chestnut trees; blueberry and raspberry bushes; fruit trees, including apples and pears; exotics like pineapple, yuzu citrus, guava, persimmons, honeyberries, and...
“Some will rob you with a six-gun, some with a fountain pen.”
– Woody Guthrie (via whb2)
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“**TRIGGER WARNING ABUSE, SUICIDE**
Every time I read an article about...”
– The ‘Safe, Legal, Rare’ Illusion - NYTimes.com (via glitterencrustedbunghole)
Cultural Appropriation: Dreadlocks
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
curiouslycool:
racismschool:
Are Dreadlocks really cultural appropriation?
YES
Here’s why:
Dreadlocks originated first with Jamaican Rastafarians and then in Indian Sages and Yogis. Specifically it was started by holy men. These men renounced all of their worldly belongings (Including combs) and as a result their hair started (and remained) to turn into dreadlocks....
karnythia:
So when Amanda Marcotte says the exact same thing about Rihanna that WOC bloggers have been saying for months, & suddenly it’s a good idea not to judge her? Farreal, that’s when white feminists can hear that being a survivor is more complicated than doing what makes other people feel good? Mmm..okay. I see I need to spend less time giving away content & more time selling it.
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Santorum: Blames Wife For Women In The Work Force...
newwavefeminism:
liberalsarecool:
George Stephanopoulos asked Rick Santorum on Sunday “to explain a remark in his book, It Takes a Family, that accuses ‘radical feminists’ of undermining families and trying to convince women that they could find fulfillment only in the workplace”
Mr. Santorum said that his wife, Karen, had written that section of the 2005 book — though only his name...
