Thank you, scientist.

oxane: mr. div (Matthew DiVito)

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:40:06 -0400

oxane:

mr. div (Matthew DiVito)

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Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:20:17 -0400

lordashbury: Soho, New York. http://lordashbury.com Goddamn

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:05:13 -0400

lordashbury:

Soho, New York.
http://lordashbury.com

Goddamn

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Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:04:27 -0400

carmidoll: Brett Moen

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:03:10 -0400

carmidoll:

Brett Moen

ifyoucarryonthisway: do you ever wonder what you would look like at your full potential like...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:30 -0400

ifyoucarryonthisway:

do you ever wonder what you would look like at your full potential like perfect hair and clear skin and a perfect body like damn

Your full potential is you everyday that you wake up and breathe
with the lips you speak with
the eyes you see with
the skin you feel with
the mind you think with
the heart you live with
and every bit that has made you you since the day you were concieved,
moving and pulling and changing and weaving the story of
altogether becoming
this very moment
You

How mysterious, and beautiful is your history and current state when you understand that everything is everything and these parts that worry you so much, are one specific compilation of particles and sub-particles like NO OTHER LIVING OR NON-LIVING CREATURE KNOWN TO EARTH. And chances are even if there are extra-terrestrial beings , you are going to be different from them, too. This very moment, the moment of your whole life in the center two or more eternities stretching on either side of a universal or multi-universal timeline, has never happened and you are this very creature experiencing yourself. How beautiful you are.

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Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:10:00 -0500

leishaelaine: Happy 34th Baby Girl

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:44:06 -0500

leishaelaine:

Happy 34th Baby Girl

"When Stuyvesant says that women’s dress and bodies are distraction in a learning environment, for..."

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:34:13 -0500

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When Stuyvesant says that women’s dress and bodies are distraction in a learning environment, for example, what they’re really saying is that they’re distracting to male students. The default student we are concerned about - the student whose learning we want to ensure is protected - is male. Never mind how “distracting” it is to be pulled from class, humiliated, and made to change outfits - publicly degrading young women is small price to pay to make sure that a boy doesn’t have to suffer through the momentary distraction of glancing at a girl’s legs. When this dentist in Iowa can fire his assistant for turning him on - even though she’s done absolutely nothing wrong - the message again is that it’s men’s ability to work that’s important.

And when rape victims are blamed for the crime committed against them, the message is the same: This is something that happened to the perpetrator, who was driven to assault by a skirt, or a date, or the oh-so-sexy invitation of being passed out drunk. Women have infringed on their right to exist without being turned on. (Ta-Nehisi Coates describes this centering of male sexual vulnerability quite well.) Our very presence is a disruption of the male status quo.

”

- From my latest at The Nation, “Asking For It” (via ceedling)

harikondabolu: Just saw a CNN report where they interviewed...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:17:41 -0500

harikondabolu:

Just saw a CNN report where they interviewed people in India about sexism and thought it was best to play SITAR MUSIC in the background. It reminded me of the plethora of bad introductions I’ve gotten in stand-up comedy, including the one I describe in this video clip from Seattle in 2006.

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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:13:22 -0500

esobvio: IMG_0992+ by waone_interesni kazki on Flickr.

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:51:35 -0500

esobvio:

IMG_0992+ by waone_interesni kazki on Flickr.

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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:50:24 -0500

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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:49:40 -0500

Amazing work by make up artist Violette

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:37:57 -0500

Amazing work by make up artist Violette

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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:36:54 -0500

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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:35:47 -0500

flimsyy: roseaposey: “Judgments”I took this last year, but in...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:35:29 -0500

flimsyy:

roseaposey:

“Judgments”

I took this last year, but in retrospect, I think it’s my strongest piece from high school.

Working on this project really made me examine my own opinions, preconceptions and prejudices about “slutty” women and women who choose to cover all of their skin alike. I used to assume that all women who wore Hijabs were being oppressed, slut-shame, and look down on and judge any woman who didn’t express her sexuality in a way that I found appropriate.

I’d like to think I’m more open now.

Woah, I love this.

ornamentedbeing: A new theme for a new year: All that glitters...

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:33:09 -0500

ornamentedbeing:

A new theme for a new year:

All that glitters …

racismfreeontario: Anna Mae Aquash was a Mi’kmaq activist, born...

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:42:22 -0500

racismfreeontario:

Anna Mae Aquash was a Mi’kmaq activist, born in 1945, who became a member of the American Indian Mouvement in the early 1970′s. She was murdered in 1975, and the case of her murder is still going on today. The murder of Anna Mae Aquash will never be fully resolved, but she will always be remebered as a powerful woman who fought for the rights of her people. An active American Indian Movement (AIM) member, as well as mother, wife, social worker, and day care teacher, her image is powerful as much for her untimely death as for her life’s work. Found murdered on the Pine Ridge Reservation during a time of tremendous social and political upheaval, she has become a symbol of the movement for Indian rights.

Anna Mae Aquash Quotes:

- “I’m Indian all the way, and always will be. I’m not going to stop fighting until I die, and I hope I’m a good example of a human being and of my tribe.”

- “These white people think this country belongs to them. They don’t realize that they are only in charge right now because there’s more of them than there are of us. The whole country changed with only a handful of raggedy-ass pilgrims that came over here in the 1500s. And it can take a handful of raggedy-ass Indians to do the same, and I intend to be one of those raggedy-ass Indians.”

Day 100! of Racism Free Ontario’s 100 People of Colour Spotlight. .(more info at Anna Mae Aquash)