The Adventures of Ro

titshmi: “Plenty of fish in the sea”

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:38:09 -0700

titshmi:

“Plenty of fish in the sea”

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Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:27:30 -0700

theweirdingway: nee-qi: foreverqueird: queenannika: 69shadeso...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:22:56 -0700

theweirdingway:

nee-qi:

foreverqueird:

queenannika:

69shadesofgayy:

Is that a girl or a boy? And you smile because today maybe you might just pass. But then you see their eyes register no facial hair, no knot in your throat, no bulge in your pants. They say it again, louder, tauntingly.

Is that a girl or a boy. This time they know the answer and they just want to see you squirm.

And you do.

And they snicker.

“IT” performed by Kavindu “Kavi” Ade.

There are no words for the emotions that this video causes.

this is why i go to poetry slams all the time words can be so powerful

I reblog Kavi whenever he crosses my dash. Powerful as fuck.

Woah..

holy shit chills and tears

hi... I really need your help. I'm a queeer person of color who just filed for asylum but was referred to immigration because I filed after more than one year. I'm curious about how you were able to get over or explain your one year delay. I'm also really scared about the immigration court process and I'm looking for a lawyer. Do you have any tips or iddeas that could help me prepare for my court date?

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:12:45 -0700

lawyer up, I’m being so serious. I didn’t do mine alone, I had a lawyer that was able to coach me and help me on how to say things.. winning political asylum is incredibly hard, especially if you’ve been here longer than a year.

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Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:50:45 -0700

colinresponse: spring training en arizona.

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:15:57 -0700

colinresponse:

spring training en arizona.

stfuconservatives: This kickass lady (and Kansas state...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:45:54 -0700

stfuconservatives:

This kickass lady (and Kansas state representative) really said that.

beardymcflannelpants: And then you realize that Forrest knows...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:14:24 -0700

beardymcflannelpants:

And then you realize that Forrest knows about his condition all along and your heart breaks a little.

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Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:40:04 -0700

boom. hate having conversations with wealthy business owners who...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:09:19 -0700

boom. hate having conversations with wealthy business owners who are always telling me about their ‘risk’.

oxfamgb: Today is #WorldWaterDay, a day to recognise the 1...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:42:08 -0700

oxfamgb:

Today is #WorldWaterDay, a day to recognise the 1 billion people who don’t have access to clean water.
Credit: David Levene/Oxfam

moniquill: immortal-sunlight-chaos-heart: A loving family. No...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:37:36 -0700

moniquill:

immortal-sunlight-chaos-heart:

A loving family.

No guys, I need to stop and talk about something in this movie and how fucking revolutionary it was; something that I haven’t seen in a movie before or since.

This is a movie about a kid who leaves her birth family.

Not a kid who find that they have a secret lineage or something that allows them to find their ‘true family’ - this is a movie about a kid whose true birth family is made up of bad people. So she gets out. And that is played as the right thing to do. She isn’t punished for it or made to feel bad about ‘abandoning her family’. There isn’t an underlying ‘but they’re your family and you have to love them’ or ‘they’re your family and they love you even if they don’t show it well or do hurtful things’ message of the kind that I see OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER in media. Matilda gets out and lives happily ever after because of it.

We need a million more movies like this to counter the metric shit ton of movies that directly counter this message.

Mathilda also made me realize I was a lezbo cause I had some pretty dirty thoughts about Ms Honey.

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Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:50:52 -0700

Fabian Romero: update: i am currently in an unapologetic state of racerage meaning...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:20:49 -0700

Fabian Romero: update: i am currently in an unapologetic state of racerage meaning...:

fabianromero:

update: i am currently in an unapologetic state of racerage meaning that my compassion towards white people exercising white privilege is at 0.

nothing in my blog will change, still not interested in educating white people but you might notice my tone is different. this is part of me regaining…

thank you.

She wants the D(estruction of patriarchy)

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:07:34 -0700

whitesugargingersugar: cumaeansibyl: collectivehistory: A...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:09:11 -0700

whitesugargingersugar:

cumaeansibyl:

collectivehistory:

A woman hitting a skinhead with her handbag, Sweden, 1985 by Hans Runesson. The woman was reportedly a concentration camp survivor.

I hope it was full of bricks

queen

It's a Beyonce kind of day

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:37:15 -0700

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Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:17:58 -0700

itslaban: One of 400 Expelled Palestinians with his daughter...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:24:28 -0700

itslaban:

One of 400 Expelled Palestinians with his daughter after His Return Home, Deir El-Balah Camp, Gaza, Palestine, 1995.

<3

This makes my heart smile.

thisiswhitehistory: Day 8 of White History Month: The...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:18:53 -0700

thisiswhitehistory:

Day 8 of White History Month: The Construction of Whiteness

White supremacy does not exist or persist because whites foolishly fear people with a different skin color. it survives and thrives because whiteness delivers unfair gains and unjust enrichments to people who participate in and profit from the existence of a racial cartel that skews opportunities and life chances for their own benefit. it externalizes the worst social conditions onto communities of color and provides whites with a floor below which they cannot fall. - George Lipsitz, The Posessive Investment in Whiteness

You are likely aware that race is socially constructed. Whiteness, too, is a social construction. Whiteness is not an accident, nor an innocuous creation. It was initially created and still exists today to justify a racial order in which those considered white are at the top, and people of color are at the bottom. Whiteness is normalized, thus it generally goes unnoticed.

Whiteness is not just about skin color (those considered white are not literally white, just as those considered Black are not literally black), but also about investment, interests, and attitudes - it is a form of social capital rather than a static concept. Investing in whiteness meant the construction of white supremacy and as an extension, privilege simply for being white. The construction of whiteness prevented white Americans from fighting for more and seeking out solidarity with people of color along other lines, such as class. Today, whiteness still obscures many white people’s best interests.

Indentured servants were differentiated from Black slaves through the construction of whiteness. While indentured servants were never treated as poorly as Black slaves, white indentured servants and Black slaves initially worked alongside each other, lived in similar conditions, and had sexual relations with one another. Black slaves were eventually considered to be lifelong slaves, while white indentured servants were only temporarily servants. Black people were considered natural slaves, bound to slavery by their Blackness, while white indentured servants had whiteness extended to them.

For centuries, slave holding and land owning white men benefited the most from slavery, theft of land, and the general oppression of Black and Native Americans. Despite this, whiteness gave poor whites a reason to trust and buy into the system of whiteness. Buying into whiteness meant a guarantee that someone else was always below you. Buying into whiteness also meant patriarchal protection for white women.

Whiteness was mandatory for citizenship in the United States. Non-European immigrants went to court to try to have the racial group they belong to considered white. Immigrants quickly learned upon arrival in the United States that whiteness was also necessary for success (which is another post in itself). These immigrants had to work towards being considered white.

There were tangible benefits to be found in whiteness. Jim Crow laws and intimidation largely restricted the rights and movement of people of color. Segregation meant that those considered white had access to all public spaces, and particularly the best spaces available. This meant widespread access to public facilities, better schools, universities, and more. The GI Bill and Social Security Act initially excluded many Black Americans, yet they greatly benefited the white working and middle class. Restrictive covenants excluded people of color, yet they included even later European immigrants and granted them access to the best neighborhoods.

Political Scientist Andrew Hacker asked his students how much money it would take to go from being white to being Black. Most students put a dollar amount of $50 million (or $1 million per year of their life). Whiteness is an enormous enough investment that a cash value can be ascribed to it.

Benefits conferred by whiteness have affected what resources people of color have had access to and have resulted in widespread wealth disaccumulation (and subsequent accumulation of wealth for white Americans). Even today, due to a centuries-old construction, these privileges exist (see: white privilege).

Here’s to everyone who thinks I’m a racist because I don’t agree with whiteness.