The cost of our empire of illusion is not being paid by the corporate titans. It is being paid on the streets of our inner cities, in former manufacturing towns, and in depressed rural enclaves. This cost transcends declining numbers and statistics and speaks the language of human misery and pain. Human beings are not commodities. They are not goods. They grieve and suffer and feel despair. They raise children and struggle to maintain communities. The growing class divide is not understood, despite the glibness of many in the media, by complicated sets of statistics, lines on a graph that chart stocks, or the absurd, utopian faith in unregulated globalization and complicated trade deals. It is understood in the eyes of a man or woman who is no longer making enough money to live with dignity and hope.
Chris Hedges, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
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Senegalese musician Sallilou on the Cas Cas, also known as Kashaka, which is an instrument made by connecting two small, bean-filled gourds with a string. [x]
A culture that does not grasp the vital interplay between morality and power, which mistakes management techniques for wisdom, which fails to understand that the measure of a civilization is its compassion, not its speed or ability to consume, condemns itself to death.
Chris Hedges, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
(via reading-blog)
Nerdy Fact #1434: Wonder Woman was originally based on two women: the wife of creator William Marston and one of his former students that both he and his wife had sexual encounters with.Â
Elizabeth Holloway Marston and Olive Byrne were among a number of women who contributed to the original Wonder Woman, and theyâre fascinating people in their own right.
Elizabeth Holloway Marston was a brilliant woman. She earned three university degrees in psychology and law at a time when few women received any tertiary education. She was a successful career woman who assisted her husband with his work and was frequently the breadwinner of the family.
The main reason she was able to continue working after having children? Olive Byrne, who was not simply a casual âsexual encounterâ, but the Marstonsâ lover and life partner. To enable Elizabeth to work, Olive stayed at home and raised both her and Elizabethâs children. She also wrote for Family Circle and contributed to Marstonâs research.
Elizabeth is credited with pushing her husband to create a female superhero, and after his death she worked hard to preserve his vision for the character, urging DC to employ her as the comicâs editor (she was ignored).
Wonder Womanâs braceletâs are Oliveâs bracelets: Olive was known for wearing a pair of wide silver bracelets, and Marston had these in mind when he envisioned Dianaâs bullet-deflecting accessories.
Marston died in 1947, but Elizabeth and Olive continued to live together until the end of their lives.
Yep! They were in a poly relationship and had four children together, two by Elizabeth and two by Olive.
(And for those whoâve asked about sources, the Marstonsâ story is covered in detail in The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore and Wonder Woman: The Complete History by Les Daniels)
Wonder Woman was inspired and shaped by not only a man who was incredibly progressive and awesome by todays standards let alone the standards of the day he lived in but also by a fierce, intelligent and awesome bisexual woman
This is one of the many reasons why the ways DC has ruined Wonder Woman in their pursuit of making the book as backwards and heteronormative as possible pisses me offâŠ
I have reblogged this before and will continue to do it until the day I die. The origin story of WW comics is as fucking great as the character herself.
Fun fact: Oliveâs bracelets were a gift from William and Elizabeth, and were basically an alternative to a wedding ring, since she couldnât legally marry them. Dianaâs bracelets, 70+ years later, are a symbol of that relationship.
Another fun fact: Thereâs a movie coming out about their relationship, starring Luke Evans and Rebecca Hall and Bella Heathcote that was written AND directed by a woman (Angela Robinson)
As much as Iâm annoyed by white hipsters|| I know in this movement, we could use some white allies
Some advice from your cousin
Original written Poem: http://fongtranpoetry.tumblr.com/âŠ/158322987âŠ/white-hipsters
Published on June 8, 2017
Poem Title: White Hipsters
Original Poem Written by Fong Tran
Editors: Tracy Hellafly Nguyen, Irene Phuong Van, Chaz Ashley Cruz and much more community
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Fresh Air Remembers Artist William Christenberry, Chronicler Of The Rural South
Christenberry, who died on Monday, drew on his childhood experiences in Alabama. One of his pieces was inspired by an encounter he had with a Klansman. Originally broadcast in 1997.
The lawsuit against Poulos also revealed he was responsible for a similar death in 2013. 28-year-old Rickey Rozelle was unarmed when he was shot and killed by Poulos during a chase. In that instance, Poulos said he thought the victim was armed. Records show at least nine past complaints against Poulos. (x)
Last night, as the temperature in Standing Rock plunged below 30 degrees, hundreds were blasted with water cannons.
As a Native woman who has been to Standing Rock three times, and whose health now prevents me from making a fourth trip, I have my own asks. Call every  number put in front of you. Jam every phone line. Look at the target list of financial institutions supporting this pipeline. Pick a bank. Shut it down, just like we did in Chicago on Saturday and people did in Philadelphia this morning. The Trump administration hasnât even taken hold yet, and I watched over a livestream last night as my friends and people were battered with water streams that can tear skin from flesh and eyes from sockets. I watched my people hold space and scramble to save one another as drops of water froze to razor wire.
I know marginalized people around the county are organizing for their own survival right now, and sitting around tables discussing the difficult days ahead. But a strategy of protection, defense and obstruction cannot wait for the inauguration of an autocrat. It must be applied here and now.
Please show us that you see us. Please do all you can to stop this.
If you cannot travel to Standing Rock, or support or organize an action where you live, consider contacting one of these Sheriffs and police departments that have loaned out the officers who are abusing Native peoples in Standing Rock. Jam their phone lines and tell them to bring their people home. If your community is on this list, actively organize to recall the deployment.
Michigan City Police Department
Michigan City, IN
(219) 874-3221
North Dakota Highway Patrol
Offices across North Dakota
(701) 328-2455
Hammond Police Department
Hammond, IN
219-852-2900
Munster Police Department
Munster, IN
(219) 836-6600
Griffith Police Department
Griffith, IN
(219) 924-7503
Anoka County Sheriffâs Office
Andover, MN
(763) 323-5000
Washington County Sheriffâs Office
Stillwater, MN
651-430-6000
Marathon County Sheriffâs Department
Wausau, WI
(715) 261-1200
La Porte County Sheriffâs Office
La Porte, IN
(219) 326-7700
Newton County Sheriffâs Office
Kentland, IN
219-474-3331
South Dakota Highway Patrol
Pierre, SD
605-773-3105
Jasper County Sheriff
Rensselaer, Indiana
219-866-7344
Lake County Sheriff Sheriffâs Department
Crown Point, IN
219-755-3333
Laramie County Sheriffâs Department
Cheyenne, WY
307-633-4700
Wyoming Highway Patrol
Cheyenne, WY
307-777-4301
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Columbus, Ohio
614-466-2660
Nebraska Emergency Management Agency
Lincoln, NE
(402) 471-7421
Supply note: With at least two hundred injured last night, Standing Rock medics are in critical need of the following items:
Milk of Magnesia
Wool socks
Wool blankets
Space blankets
Hand warmers
Trauma kits (portable)
Suturing kits
Straw bales
Supplies can be shipped to:
Standing Rock Medic and Healer Council
PO Box 1251, Bismark ND, 58502
or if you are shipping via UPS or Fed Ex, please use the address:
220 E. Rosser Ave. 1251, Bismark, ND, 58502
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