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Reflections, recalibrations, and resources to help us temper our anger, and find space for a constructive, healing civic life.

This spoke to my conditiion. Also, “Mean Quaker” T-shirts gets a thumbs up from Dapper Amelia.

#social justice #angryquakers #quaker #reallywantthattshirt

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A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that Quaker schools are not required to provide services to students with learning disabilities, a decision that could have far-ranging implications for

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Um, you should actually comment on this story. Are you okay with this discrimination? Come on, QuakerQuaker.

A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that Quaker schools are not required to provide services to students with learning disabilities, a decision that could have far-ranging implications for religious schools.

Honestly, Quakers, get it the fuck together.

Plain dress, 2016: all black, all from the thrift store.

#quakers #plain dress

“Cheap clothes are the Donald Trump of fashion” - <3, D. Joy

The Journey North - an Interactive Timeline

Friends, you’ve got to take a look at this. Oxford University has developed an interactive timeline about the Underground Railroad and the abolition movement. It’s an amazing collection of photos and stories - and Quakers are a pretty big part of it. This resource, however, is open about the limitations of Quaker work against slavery. If you, like me, were raised with vague praise for Quakers being "the first people against slavery” (like Black folks weren’t against it first, right?), this will fill in the gaps and present a more realistic picture. Hope you enjoy it. - Dapper Joy

A history of a sometimes-forgotten Quaker witness. Related

I have a lot to say about this article and about war tax resistance. I was a tax resister for several years until it became untenable to continue. But we Dapper Quakers are super busy right now, so it will have to wait. More later! - Dapper Joy

#violence

I think I'd gotten it into my head that disability is always, on some level, supposed to feel bad. Like if I fought myself all the time, I was somehow doing it right. I worried that if gave up the femininity I'd worked so hard for, I'd just be giving in. As someone who has a lot of privilege, I thought it was my job to be the right kind of woman, even if I didn't enjoy it.

Love this article! - Dapper Joy

#personal essay

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New report on how corporations profit from private prisons

http://www.inthepublicinterest.org/how-private-prisons-take-tax-dollars-away-from-fixing-our-criminal-justice-system/

Zeena Mubarak on the promise she made to herself to start wearing hijab, and the ramifications of that decision amidst widespread bigotry and fear.

Two paragraphs in this fantastic essay stuck out to me...

“ I shoved a piece of cinnamon roll into my mouth and chewed, concerning myself with the creamy icing, the soft pastry, the sticky cinnamonness. ‘Okay,’ I said at last, when I could no longer justify my silence. ‘You’re right.’ I felt she deserved something for being brave enough to veer off-script, so I tried to come up with the words to explain it: ‘It’s like how I put on my gym clothes to trick myself into going to the gym. Because then you feel stupid if you don’t end up going. Well, hijab is my spiritual gym outfit.’ ”

“ I’ll keep believing in tomorrow. I’ll learn to take up space without apology and, one day, I’ll be able to wait for a train without contemplating my possible murder; and maybe those two vows aren’t related, but it feels like they’re entwined together in the creases of my veil. It’s going to take some work to create the tomorrow I hope for, but I know I am already striving for it: My hijab is an action, a choice I make every day, an affirmation of some essential truth about myself. I’m damn proud of it. And that’s a solid first step.”

Query: What items/practices in your life is your spiritual gym outfit? Is there an action that you think of as a choice you make everyday, an affirmation of some essential truth about yourself?

-Dapper Amelia

#islam

A new generation of designers gains visibility in an industry that’s misappropriated its culture for decades.

“Where is the line drawn? Is there ever an appropriate way for non-Native people to draw inspiration from Native culture? Native American designers and academics agree it's important to make sure the Native community is benefiting in some real, tangible manner whenever its culture is invoked.

Kim TallBear, an associate professor of Native studies at the University of Alberta, says, at minimum, "something must be returned to the Native community. If you want to use a Native resource or design, you better be giving back to them in some way or another because you are taking what is not yours.’”

So, in the past couple years, my thinking about cultural appropriation has shifted from me asking the question “am I ‘allowed’ to wear this” to asking the question “Is my wearing this causing someone in this community to suffer? And am I giving something tangible back to community to which these designs/symbols/items belong?” I’ve found that starting with the latter question pushes me to be more proactive and accountable and to center the community, rather than my own sense of purity or lack thereof. And sometimes, being proactive leads to awesome discoveries! For example, I found out that the American Indian Center of Chicago runs a holiday craft fair, selling work by Native artists to benefit them and the Center’s activities. I had no idea and now I’m really excited to support indigenous artists in Chicago. If you’re in the Chicagoland area, here is the link to the American Indian Center and information about their annual craft fair. -Dapper Amelia

http://aic-chicago.org/

We are affected everyday when our safety is based upon someone else's beauty ideal.

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6IpVwEoQHE)

My grandpa’s tie.

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