unlearn // relearn // repeat

slooowly unlearning all that fake-ass shit. occasionally NSFW/other boring public spaces. Viv is a Rio de Janeiro-born, Miami-fled, Bay Area-missing, NY-based art worker & dreamer. She identifies as a queer cis female femme, mixed-race black & brown person of color. / i post mostly from a queue to not overwhelm anyone's dash. feel free to message me when following./

[thechanelmuse]

Hazel Scott playing two pianos at the same damn time with ease

[erinbowbooks]

Hazel Scott was a musical sorcerer and a civil rights hero.   She:

 was admitted to Julliard at 8.  

was performing in top venues by 16.  

pioneered “swinging the classics” and made the equivalent of a million dollars a year doing it.  

was the first person of color to have their own national TV show.  

went to Hollywood but refused to be cast as a “singing maid.”  Demanded and got control over her casting, her wardrobe, and how footage featuring her was cut.  

refused to perform in segregated venues and led charges for integration in several northern cities, notably Spokane.  

She was brought down by the House Committee on Unamerican Activities, and has been largely forgotten.  But she was a sorcerer, and a hero.  

[domduongart]

@theladyragnell

[violent-darts]

Let’s un-forget her.

[workingitinportland-deactivated]

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[divalopment]

today's mood

[everyoneisgay]

“Just because there’s this umbrella, LGBT, we’re all grouped together. But guess what? Someone poked a hole in the umbrella and the girls are still getting wet.”

-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

All month long, in honor of Black History Month, we will be highlighting influential queer and trans black activists—and taking the opportunity to educate ourselves further in the process.

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is an iconic trans activist. For decades, she has worked to prioritize people’s safety as an essential basis for liberation. From her leadership in the Stonewall Riots to challenging the injustices of the prison industrial complex, Miss Major’s activism has always put the immediate needs of incarcerated trans women of color at the forefront. Previously expelled from multiple universities and incarcerated for her gender identity and sex work, Miss Major continues to fight for the rights of trans people to be able to exist and thrive free of violence and persecution.

Based in the Bay area, Miss Major holds the position of Executive Director Emeritus at the Transgender, Gender Variant, Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP). A mentor to many, Miss Major is consistently cited by current trans activists, such as Janet Mock and Laverne Cox, as one of people who has been forefront in laying path for today’s LGBTQ+ activism.

Check out the links below to learn more about Miss Major Griffin-Gracy and her work:

MAJOR! - The 2015 documentary centered on Miss Major Griffin-Gracy’s life

People Profile: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

6 Things You Never Knew About Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

This is What Pride Looks Like: Miss Major and the Violence, Poverty, and Incarceration of Low-Income Transgender Women

This interview with Miss Major Griffin-Gracy and Annalise Ophelian (director of MAJOR!)

Trans Oral History Project: Miss Major on Role Models

The Personal Things (a digital short for Trans Day of Remembrance/Resistance with Miss Major Griffin-Gracy)

Miss Major: The Bay Area’s Trans Formative Matriarch

Miss Major’s Monthly Giving Circle GoFundMe Campaign

[realbobdylan]

Alternatives to ‘Sioux’

As you may know, the word ‘Sioux’ is considered to be a slur amongst members of the Oceti Sakowin. It is not our word for ourselves, but rather a name given to us by another nation and perpetuated by the Europeans / Euro-Americans.

You also may have noticed that our official tribe names often contain the word ‘Sioux’ (‘Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe’ for example.) The reason for this is entirely legal. When our treaties were drafted, they were written as an agreement between the US Government and the ‘Sioux Nation.’ For this reason, we cannot fully abandon the name. However, when we’ve had opportunities, we’ve dropped the name in places we can (’Oglala Lakota County,’ for example, a name chosen by the rezidents.)

Simply put, members of the Oceti Sakowin generally don’t refer to themselves as ‘Sioux’ and, if we can’t change it legally, at least we can continue to assert our identity on our terms. So, if you choose to respect that, here’s a quick Oceti Sakowin education guide:

Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires) 

Oceti Sakowin (encompasses all language dialects) is the simplest and broadest replacement for ‘Sioux.’ You can use this term if you aren’t aware of the specific language group to which ‘Sioux’ refers. Within the Oceti Sakowin are three main groups, which are further divided into seven subgroups:

Isanti Oyate (Santee — Dakota Dialect)

Ble Wakantunwan (Mdewakanton*) - Spirit Lake

Wahpetunwan (Wahpeton) - Leaf Village

Wahpe Kute Tunwan (Wahpekute) - Leaf Archers

Sinsin Tunwan (Sisseton) - Swamp Village

Wiciyela Oyate (Yankton/Yanktonais — Dakota Dialect ; commonly mislabeled as Nakota* Dialect)

Ihanktunwan - End of Horn Village

Ihanktunwanna - Little End of Horn Village

Tinte Oyate (Tetons — Lakota Dialect)

Tinte Ta Tunwan (Tintatunwan Oceti Sakowin) - Plains Nation

Within the Tinte Ta Tunwan / Tintatunwan Oceti Sakown (#7), there are another seven subdivisions:

Tintatunwan Oceti Sakowin - Lakota

Oglala - Scatters Their Own (Pine Ridge Indian Reservation)

Sicangu - Burnt Thighs (Rosebud Reservation, Lower Brule Reservation)

Hwohwoju (Mnikiwoju/Mniconjou) - Swamp Plant  (Cheyenne River Reservation)

Itazipcola (Itazipco) - No Bow  (Cheyenne River Reservation)

Owohe Nunpa (Oohenunpa) - Two Paunch Boiler (Cheyenne River Reservation)

Sihasapa - Black Feet (Cheyenne River Reservation, Standing Rock Reservation)

Hunkpapa - End of Horn (Standing Rock Reservation)

*modern terminology *In the past, the term Nakota has been applied to the Yankton, but this is a mistake. The Yankton speak Dakota. Nakota speakers are Assiniboine / Hohe and Stoney, who broke off from the Yankton at a time so long ago their language is now nearly unrecognizable to Lakota and Dakota speakers.

[nativepeopleproblems]

This is really good to know! Question though: is there an alternative word to Siouan for when referring to the larger language class?

[realbobdylan]

As far as I know there isn’t outside of referring to the group, and my guess behind this is there was never a need for an all-encompassing language-specific term before anthropology categorizations (but if someone is aware of one, feel free to jump in.) To my knowledge, the best one can do is either refer to the Oceti Sakowin as a whole, or name the specific language dialects: Lakota and Dakota (Nakota inclusion still highly debatable.) 

I know you didn’t ask this, but I noticed this question in someone’s tag so I’m going to use this reblog to address it. The pronunciations are:

Oceti Sakowin - Oh-CHE-Di  SHA-ko-weeŋ  (the ending ‘n’ is said at the back of the throat and not fully enunciated, much like the ‘n’ in the word ‘sing.’ ‘T’ is pronounced as a halfway between a ‘d’ and ‘t’. )

Lakota - La-KȞO-da (’ȟ’ indicates a slight guttural noise, again like the ‘k’ is being said at the back of the throat but loudly. Somewhat like the ending ‘k’ in the word ‘lock,’ but more pronounced. Again, ‘T’ is pronounced as a halfway between a ‘d’ and ‘t’.)

Dakota - Da-KȞO-da (see Lakota)

Bonus: The most prominent difference between the language dialects is the switching of the ‘L,’ and ‘D.’ So the Lakota word for grandfather–’tunkasila’–would in Dakota be ‘tunkasida’

Hope that info helps you, Tumblr (or Tumbdr for the Dakota in the audience)

[sofarawayy-deactivated20210922]

Tumbdr 😂

[divalopment]

Love after Love By Derek Walcott The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other's welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was your self. Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life, whom you ignored for another, who knows you by heart. Take down the love letters from the bookshelf, the photographs, the desperate notes, peel your own image from the mirror. Sit. Feast on your life.

[evokesart]

Jean-Michel Basquiat - Evil Thoughts Revenge 

[cartnsncreal]

Protect Black Trans Women.  Stop the murders of my sisters!

#BlackTransLivesMatter

[sugarmoonaki]

Regina Brave, a survivor of Wounded Knee II in 1973, was released yesterday after being arrested for her actions standing up for treaty rights as police raided Oceti Sakowin. 

[thebigblackwolfe]

So anyway when are the organizers for the Women’s March on Washington going to give Raquel Willis a formal and EXTENSIVE apology for cutting her mic off during her speech???

Raquel Willis starts at 7:37 and they cut her mic at 10:15. Right after she said “no one can be an afterthought anymore"… they proceeded to treat her like an afterthought.

Do better.

[thebigblackwolfe]

boost this please

[whatsittoyabub]

the entire speech can be found on her website here

[the-movemnt-deactivated20170912]

Black Lives Matter shut down the entrance to the inauguration this morning. Follow all the updates at our live blog.

follow @the-movemnt

[dynastylnoire]

!!!!!!!

[divalopment]

#tfw you non-consensually donate your relationship to "the movement" #givingtuesday

[thepryncess]

There are militarized police, along with dapl personnel, who are terrorizing the water protectors at Standing Rock #NoDAPL

Source

[bellaxiao]

I don’t think one could wake up to find out worse news than this…two women killed in one day. Both Black - the group that is oppressed and disrespected the most in our country..

#SkyeMockabee   #KorrynGaines   #SayTheirNames

#BlackLivesMatter   #Amerikkka

[stuffmomnevertoldyou]

[blackflowermagician]

This is the rare nicki minaj boss ass money bitch reblog if you want to make promising moves and be a boss ass bitch

[postingwhileblack]

New video “Blk Girl Soldier” by Jamila Woods just has to go viral.

Truly powerful single honors Black women throughout history and celebrates the resilience and Black power.

#BlackGirlMagic

[spontaneousasphyxiation]

Omg omg omg

[refinery29]

Watch: In a powerful Congresional speech, Sandra Bland’s mother called people who think they’re woke “the walking dead” because of how little we still know

The speech included a rousing call to action before the newly formed Congressional Caucus On Black Women & Girls. And her words were incredibly resonant, even if you think you know the whole story.

Gifs: Josh Begley

WATCH THE VIDEO

[ihatethatchick]

fucking hell, plz share this