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Seriously Benjai, what the fuck?
If you couldnât tell, the video above is semi NSFW. Everything in this video is semi, really. A semi-ok song at the soca semi-finals, and⊠oh fuck it.
Watch the video and congratulate Benjai for taking one big step towards equality in sexual objectification.
BTW, he didnât make it to the finals.
Seriously Benjai, what the fuck?
If you couldn't tell, the video above is semi NSFW. Everything in this video is semi, really. A semi-ok song at the soca semi-finals, and... oh fuck it.
Watch the video and congratulate Benjai for taking one big step towards equality in sexual objectification.
BTW, he didn't make it to the finals.
"What is the best way to ease someone's pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuine empathic connection if we are brave enough to really get in touch with our own fragilities."
I know I needed to be reminded of this.
Via Blazenfluff
Great news. Racism has ended in America.
Thanks GOP. Who knew?
Great news. Racism has ended in America.
Thanks GOP. Who knew?
What kind of mirror image do you have of yourself? When a government steals from people in the way of consumption taxes and takes that money and spends it on their own high lifestyles, and unnecessary buildings, then that government not only has contempt for you, but what is most unfortunate, you have contempt for yourself, because you allow them to do it.
What kind of mirror image do you have of yourself? When a government steals from people in the way of consumption taxes and takes that money and spends it on their own high lifestyles, and unnecessary buildings, then that government not only has contempt for you, but what is most unfortunate, you have contempt for yourself, because you allow them to do it.
- Errol Barrow, 1986
Allow me a soapbox to speak of my recovery
No, I could not find another image that suited this post.
Looking back on my naivetĂ© in this post and how I laughed it off as a run-of-the-mill gym injury, I canât believe the last two weeks Iâve had and how godamn fragile and unpredictable life is.
Yes, I had multiple muscle strain and all that stuff, but it quickly progressed to a potentially deadly condition called rhabdomyolysis - a fact that was missed by two qualified emergency medicine specialists in Barbados. I didnât think there was anything worse than the apocalyptic pain I was in, but clearly I was wrong.
By the time a friend suggested that I get a blood test to determine my kidney function and muscle enzyme levels, I was well past the point at which remedial therapy to avoid acute renal failure is of any use.
Luckily, despite the failures to spot what I really was sick with, I made it through. My third doctor said it was weird to be that badly off and not have at least some kidney damage, so I should count myself lucky.
Coming back from that, and to be able to use my arms to shower/brush my teeth/put a shirt on and not writhe in unconscionable pain at every turn, so many things that seemed like big mental stressors prior to November 19 donât even matter.
Moral: Itâs amazing the power that we can give to minor bullshit to determine how we see and feel about our lives.Â
What Caricom did next....
It is especially repugnant that the ruling ignores the 2005 judgement made by the Inter-American Court on Human Rights (IACHR) that the Dominican Republic adapt its immigration laws and practices in accordance with the provisions of the American Convention on Human Rights. The ruling alsoâŠ
What Caricom did next....
I really hope you are all aware of the ongoing mess on the island of Hispaniola, and the Dominican Republicâs court ruling to strip persons of Haitian descent of Dominican citizenship.
You are then probably aware of the piecemeal attempts being made by Kamla Persad-Bissesar (Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago and Chair of CARICOM) to sanction the Dominican Republic, and the more furious agitations of Ralph Gonsalves (Prime Minister of St. Vincent & The Grenadines and incoming-Chair of CARICOM) to do the same.Â
See here this insightful commentary by tillahwillah on this sad, sad saga in the Community, with an indictment for other CARICOM member states as well.
It is especially repugnant that the ruling ignores the 2005 judgement made by the Inter-American Court on Human Rights (IACHR) that the Dominican Republic adapt its immigration laws and practices in accordance with the provisions of the American Convention on Human Rights. The ruling also...
I really hope you are all aware of the ongoing mess on the island of Hispaniola, and the Dominican Republic's court ruling to strip persons of Haitian descent of Dominican citizenship.
You are then probably aware of the piecemeal attempts being made by Kamla Persad-Bissesar (Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago and Chair of CARICOM) to sanction the Dominican Republic, and the more furious agitations of Ralph Gonsalves (Prime Minister of St. Vincent & The Grenadines and incoming-Chair of CARICOM) to do the same.Â
See here this insightful commentary by tillahwillah on this sad, sad saga in the Community, with an indictment for other CARICOM member states as well.
While you may see an ass with not even a basic understanding of Bajan physical geography, I see - an artist.
This, quite clearly, is a brilliant artistic commentary which revisits the self/nation perception narratives in Errol Barrowâs iconic âmirror image" speech. This cake forces us to step back from long-held subjective norms and points of pride to hold a mirror up to ourselves and ponder what Barbadosâ national reflection really looks like some 47 years post-Independence. The artist seems to be making a bold statement that the state of Barbados today is utterly unrecognisable from the Barbados we once knew. Nothing less than a NIFCA Gold Medal for the pastry department at Cost-U-Less.
When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. Thatâs the message he is sending.
When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. Thatâs the message he is sending.
Thich Nhat Hanh (via fictionandneuroscience)
You probably should watch this
'We Were Here' is the first film to take a deep and reflective look back at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco, and how the City's inhabitants dealt with that unprecedented calamity. Though this is a San Francisco based story, the issues it addresses extend not only beyond San Francisco but also beyond AIDS itself. 'We Were Here' speaks to our societal relationship to death and illness, our capacity as individuals to rise to the occasion, and the importance of community in addressing unimaginable crises.
__ I started watching this last week (you can watch it here), but at the time it was too hard to finish because, quite frankly, it is unnerving to see unless you know your HIV status - whether youâre gay or straight. Now that I know I can breathe a sigh of relief, Iâve watched it all and I think you should too.
If all goes according to plan, Iâll be specialising in Public Health soon with a focus on HIV/AIDS and, in particular, its prevalence and risk factors among sexual minorities. From that aspect alone this film was awesome, but whether gay or straight it will force some useful introspection that even the best of HIV/AIDS campaigns would fail to do.
You probably should watch this
'We Were Here' is the first film to take a deep and reflective look back at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco, and how the City's inhabitants dealt with that unprecedented calamity. Though this is a San Francisco based story, the issues it addresses extend not only beyond San Francisco but also beyond AIDS itself. 'We Were Here' speaks to our societal relationship to death and illness, our capacity as individuals to rise to the occasion, and the importance of community in addressing unimaginable crises.
__ I started watching this last week (you can watch it here), but at the time it was too hard to finish because, quite frankly, it is unnerving to see unless you know your HIV status - whether you're gay or straight. Now that I know I can breathe a sigh of relief, I've watched it all and I think you should too.
If all goes according to plan, I'll be specialising in Public Health soon with a focus on HIV/AIDS and, in particular, its prevalence and risk factors among sexual minorities. From that aspect alone this film was awesome, but whether gay or straight it will force some useful introspection that even the best of HIV/AIDS campaigns would fail to do.
Trayvon Martin and St Vincentâs UN Ambassador: the racist similarities
By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is a consultant and former Caribbean diplomat)
 It seems that institutional racial profiling continues to be a massive problem in the United States notwithstanding that the country has an African-American President, several African-American Congressmen and Mayors of Cities, and accomplished African-Americans in the media and in corporate America.
I have not mentioned the entertainment business â either sport or music - because for decades those are the two areas in which black people were expected to be. Â They have long been âracially profiledâ as acceptable within the confines of these two categories.
Even though there are thousands of African-Americans in the Police forces across the States of America, institutional racial profiling is particularly evident amongst the Police. Â In part, this is because the Police force is the institution that most confronts black people every day in the United States, and the reports of abuse are legion. Â As a friend, former diplomat and current commentator, Peter Simmons, puts it: âObamaâs election does not mean that the country has moved to post-racial statusâ.
In reality, although he is the President of the Unites States, Barack Obama himself continues to be a target of racial abuse. Â Some of the statements made about him by bigoted and prejudiced Americans â even within the US Congress â would never have been made about any former US President.Â
As I write this commentary, the circumstances surrounding the admitted killing of 17-year old African-American Trayvon Martin in Florida by George Zimmerman, who could at best be described as an eager neighbourhood watch vigilante, is yet to be properly determined. Â What is certain is that the Police did not do their job correctly, and Martinâs death is yet to be investigated thoroughly. Â This has caused well-thinking people in the US and across the world to speculate about how different the Police would have acted had the victim been white and the admitted-killer been black.
This same bigotry and prejudice is also reflected in the assault and arrest of a Caribbean Ambassador to the United Nations in New York by a white policeman. Â On March 28, the Ambassador of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Camillio Gonsalves, was pursued by a New York Policeman into the building that houses his Mission to the UN, assaulted, forcibly hand-cuffed and arrested. Â His crime, as he describes it, without any denial from the New York Police Department, is that he did not respond to a shouted challenge from the Policeman: âHey You! You! What the hell do you think the Goddamn barricades are there for?â as he crossed a barricade to enter his own Mission â something he and others have done for years, and which others â including representatives of Israel â had done that very day. Â Israelâs diplomatic mission to the UN is located in the same building.
The key that unlocks the offensive and aggressive nature of the Policemanâs behavior in relation to Ambassador Gonsalves is his remark to fellow officers: âI couldnât let him just walk into the building. Look at him: he could be a terrorist.âÂ
Well, how a person looks is not reasonable grounds for suspicion that he or she may be a terrorist. Â Because someone looks Arab, African or in some way different from white people is not enough reason for such an assumption. Â Unless, of course, racial profiling is the basis of judgement which, in this case as in many others, it clearly was. Â Maybe, if the Policeman had approached the Ambassador politely and inquired who he was, he may have had a civil response and a production of the identification that would have avoided the incident altogether. Â But, he seemed determined to use his position to subjugate a black man who did not surrender to what he regarded as his authority. Â In execution of that mindset, he pursued Ambassador Gonsalves into his building and despite the protestations of the security guards within the building and the objections of other diplomats on the scene, he assaulted him, handcuffed and arrested him. Â
Intervention by officials of the US State Department and senior officers of the New York Police Department caused the removal of the handcuffs and the avoidance of the Ambassador being ignominiously carted-off to a police station for formal charges.
As this commentary is being written, the New York Police Department is considering issuing the Ambassador with a summons for disorderly conduct. It would be shocking if they did so, particularly in the context of their officerâs behaviour, and it should rightly lead to the strongest objection from the entire diplomatic community at the UN.
The Caribbean diplomatic community has already voiced its outrage at the incident. The Chairman of the Caucus of Caribbean Ambassadors has written the US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, pointing out that the âobservance of privileges and immunities is a matter of great importance to the normal functioning of Ambassadorsâ and member states of the UN expect the highest standards from the individuals and entities charged with such observance.
Like the circumstances surrounding Trayvon Martinâs death, this incident involving a UN Ambassador and the Police in the US is far from being put to rest. Â In each case, there are elements of racial bigotry and prejudice and consequent poor police conduct. Â It is those very elements that the St Vincent government has now asked the US State Department to investigate.
There is clearly great need for the authorities in the US to address racism in its Police Forces. Â They may not be able to legislate against racism, but they can legislate and implement machinery to punish those whose racial prejudice and bigotry motivate their actions. Â The election of a unique African-American to the highest office of the land in the US was a great tribute to millions of Americans who saw beyond colour. It is not so for many who abuse the authority of their positions and give Americans a bad name. That is the sadness for America.
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