February 2012
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“Americans today probably belong to the first generation on earth that looks at a...”
– Lauren Slater, Welcome to My Country (via psychotherapy)
Black Model Little More Than a Prop in Scottish... →
“One of the many privileges that Peggy McIntosh identifies in her famous essay on“White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” is that, as she writes, “I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the paper and see people of my race widely represented.” This statement resounded when I saw the images below from a 2011 Scottish Woolovers catalogue....
love is a journey, i'm hoping i return from.:... →
buriedamor:
I’m thinking about making this the focus of my independent study. At first I was going to explore femme invisibility, which I can still talk about. I’m now thinking about how femmes and masculine-of-center women see femininity. Do butch women see femininity as a weakness? Do…
one of the more interesting things I’ve seen today…
Productivity fail.
If your friend cannot handle you doing well in something, then they were never a friend.
If you are that ‘friend’, please check yourself and/or cease to exist.
WTF is up with this week? No mercy at all.
It’s been said many times, but I find that I always need to be reminded that it is impossible to satisfy everybody.
So, do you and do your best. The rest will take care of itself.
Cheers.
“That’s the way cultural change works in America: the rest of us discard a...”
– Why Mitt Romney’s Mormonism Doesn’t Matter (via azspot)
.redeye: So a friend lost her Graduate... →
mylittlehyena:
The friend is Tewa, has worked extensively across the country with many different Native Museums, Nations and Artists. She was the one who curated the education exhibit at the Heard Museum, has personal ties to different communities including Hopi, and considers multiple artists (like Rebecca…
RΔW ΔDDICT: Soft: New vs. Old. →
faaacee:
Here’s the comparison between the old generation of “soft” rappers versus the new generation of “soft” rappers. Whenever you head a song from Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, The Roots and etc. it was a given that they weren’t “gangsta” rappers. One other thing that you did know though…
January 2012
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I’m lacking the presence of honest-to-God musicians.
Just watching the Will Sessions vids proved that to me.
I miss being around that.
I need it in-person. People who love music - people who love to actually listen to it and create it.
I need that.
Enough people need to not exist.
South Africa racism row breaks out on Twitter →
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People of Color Organize: Derail of the Day: “It... →
peopleofcolor:
When someone uses a slur and a person from the marginalized group that the slur disparages calls that shit out, there are is a common reaction that piss me the fuck off and is downright abusive in how it twists why the call out is happening and how it should go down.
“Well, it’s up…
“We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so. We never seem to...”
– Prey by Michael Crichton (via pushthemovement)
finding samples on vinyl >
right now.
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Tatyana Ali.
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Someone just asked me: “what do black girls use to relax their hair?”
The worst thing you can do to yourself is to think...
Here today, gone tomorrow.
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People of Color Organize: 'Shit White Girls... →
peopleofcolor:
As I went through my habitual morning routine of checking all of my social media hubs for today’s links in social commentary, I came upon the latest response video to the hugely popular “Shit Girls Say,” Franchesca Ramsey’s ( a.k.a. Chescaleigh’) “Shit White Girls Say…to Black…
A 5 Year Old Dials 911 To Save His Mothers Life,... →
liquornspice:
note-a-bear:
Detroit— The Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments next week from two city emergency dispatchers seeking dismissal of lawsuits against them for treating as a prank a 5-year-old’s call about his mother’s collapse from a fatal heart attack.
Robert Turner dialed 911 twice Feb. 20, 2006, and both calls were logged by dispatchers as pranks.
A patrol officer...
heading out this afternoon for some inspiration. nothing in me right now.
Whether this is real or not, the fact that it... →
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Okayyy…I think I just experienced the most epic record I’ve ever heard.
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope...”
– ― Neil Gaiman (via flummoxedbird)
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Going through my vinyl collection.
I went wild and bought a couple thousand (…maybe a bit more…) and never organized them. I have started.
Anyone want some Billy Joel? I’m pretty sure I’ve counted at least 5 copies of ‘The Stranger’ LP. -__-‘
December 2011
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Researching cameras, and someone had said “[…]don’t ask where the vintage button is.”
I probably laughed harder than I should have.