A Charity Blog For Everyday Justice

[everyday-justice]

Emotions are not a debate; nor do we need them to be

Emotions are not a debate, but it is nice to be able to talk about them This is a short piece, and an obviously true point, but it's something I think more people forget. I think we've all heard "Why do you feel that way" before, and sometimes is an innocent question from a friend hoping to cheer you up but other times it's people being critical, treating joy or sorrow as something that can be debated. Sometimes we are happy and we can say "I met my best friend" or "I just got ice cream" but sometimes we feel something, and we don't know why, we are just up, or down, and that's ok too, we don't need to explain it. Next time someone challenged your feelings, as if they are wrong, just remind them that feelings aren't facts, and they need to chill and stop the constant desire to practice their debating skills, but if they still want to have an in depth conversation about if it's right to feel a certain way, or if you can discuss it, they can go pick up Socrates, he's got that bit covered so we don't have to. If they do that, then, if anything it's a discussion on thoughts not an attack on our emotions. Everyday justice is a kind of philosophy really, an emotional kind. The idea that discussing our feelings is good, and if we want to justify them, we can, but em don't have to. This doesn't stop science, or politics, or anything else in the world, it does t drain health care resources or remove people's education, it just lets us, in our spare time, say how we feel, and talk about things that worry us. It's a philosophy that doesn't allow for cruelness or fanatical debates on every topic as we seem to need in the west, but that doesn't stop debates when they are useful. I want this place to be a haven for all people who need to share when they are worried or down because it's safe, because people can't jibe or complain or question, they can just read, and decide for themselves if the story they just read is relevant to them, and if it is, great we just helped someone, of not, then it's not then perhaps it's more useful for them to post their own. I hope to see lots of support for everyday justice in the he future, and I want to see it help all of its supporters. Http://igg.me/at/everydayjustice

[everyday-justice]

I thought this was a great article about how a lot of peope feel the same way, and just need the courage to talk about it, especially children. I'd love to see a community where we could all be open about who we are and healthy because of it. See http://igg.me/at/everydayjustice

[everyday-justice]

I think this is an informative and interesting piece, sorry for my brief absence, I have had a lot of work lately, I’m now free to champion everyday justice again.

Http://igg.me/at/everydayjustice

[looneycapricorn]

I am sorry but this is bullshit, you are on a public websites in a public area and no one should be allow to have a space just on there own. See feminist complain about men just having just space for men and call it sexiest but whine and complain because men what to be in women safe space. Also I noticed that this space is only run by victim hood special snowflake who are privileged kids who think they are oppress ( and block only those who don’t share the same opinions and people call them out on their problematic behavior ) of you guys want safe space then all means make a Facebook group or go to WordPress ( but this is high school bullshit)

[everyday-justice]

I currently have a small following and fortunately the time to respond to people's comments on my posts. I am going to take the time to look at the comment http://looneycapricorn.tumblr.com/ posted when rebloging. It starts 'I am sorry but this is bullshit' Wg start with a categorical statement that this view is wrong, with neither a solid response to the articles points, nor the points laid out for everyday justices existence. Following this we see why looneycapricorn feels this way 'you are on a public websites in a public area and no one should be allow to have a space just on there own' I am building this website and asking for constructive criticism, sadly this is not constructive, or relevant. I did not recommend that tumblr impose these rules on their users, nor that every website should. Now we get a generalised example of why safe spaces for women are wrong 'See feminist complain about men just having just space for men and call it sexiest but whine and complain because men what to be in women safe space.' I suppose the easiest response to this is this website http://www.gingerbread.org.uk/content/728/Single-dads a website that is useful for single dads, and a safe space for said dads (men). There are plenty of reasons to complain when a man enters a safe space for women, a space where discussions are about womanhood, and how women feel about womanhood, it is also about sexism, and things women face. Following up we see why support groups are wrong 'Also I noticed that this space is only run by victim hood special snowflake who are privileged kids who think they are oppress ( and block only those who don’t share the same opinions and people call them out on their problematic behavior )' I'll just list some closed groups; AA, meetings with psychologists, support groups for sleep disorders, support groups for PTSD, support groups for rape and, well, any support group you can imagine. Oh hey, turns out lots of people, men, women, solidiers, mentally Ill all find these groups helpful mentally and emotionally when continuing with their lives. If these groups where about insightful debate, yes it would be bad to silence the opinions of others, but the group Everyday Justice is meant as a style of support group for people who are harassed in the he street and their day to day lives. It is not a debate about harassment, it is a website for people to post when they feel down in hopes of gaining control over that upsetting incident and realised they are not alone. Now the Coup de grâce, the bit where I cannot disagree because there is a reasonable alternative. 'of you guys want safe space then all means make a Facebook group or go to WordPress ( but this is high school bullshit)' Ok, so it turns out the reasonable alternative is the entire idea of the website, maybe it's not useful, fortunately we now know that this is high school bullshit. Everyone who is upset, because of mental illnesses, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, fatshaming or any other grouping they are put into so Herbert can be insulted, according to this view, should not have a space where they can talk to each other without worrying someone is going to, oh, I don't know, liken them to a high schooler then call them all special snowflakes without real problems? Something like that? --- In response to these points I hope I bring to light what I am trying to achieve, and how quickly people attack positions they are not reading. If I was responding to an articulate article, one that was well written and backed by any evidence, I believe I could have had more of an impact, however at least I could defend against some criticism. If anyone is interested in reading up on everyday justice check out http://igg.me/at/everydayjustice If anyone has any questions or constructive criticism please message me, I am more than happy to discuss why having this space is useful, and to adapt the website if anyone has suggestions.

[everyday-justice]

I think this is an informative and interesting piece, sorry for my brief absence, I have had a lot of work lately, I'm now free to champion everyday justice again. Http://igg.me/at/everydayjustice

[everyday-justice]

Why We Make Morbid Jokes

Some people say 'it's ok for doctors to joke about death, it helps them deal with it' and lots of people nod and agree and don't give it too much thought. But then, we see children do it, teenagers post horrible images and make crude remarks and laugh. The most recent and relatable incident has been 4chan posting. Telling cruel jokes in an attempt to hurt people is inexcusable, when they say 'did it for the lols' we say that's childish and immature and cruel. But we think no further than they are terrible people. However those people posting see death all the time, They see it in the papers, in the news, on tv, on blogs and anywhere with media. It's been done in a thoughtless insensitive way, but children are telling these jokes because death is all around us, and when we see it everyday, we need to cope. It's the same reason people joke about oppression rather than doing something about it. Change that, show people those jokes are hurtful. Change that by showing those people that they can share what they feel when they see these things happen instead of making fun of it. Change that by sharing your story. Help everyday justice become a reality, so that it can help you, and help all those lost souls out there acting out in a cruel fashion. - http://igg.me/at/everydayjustice

[tastysynapse]

[only-ronnie]

i will never not reblog this

[youmgsandwiche]

Dr. Seuss was a racist. He wouldn’t attach his words to an interracial romance. Here are seven racist cartoons he made about Japanese-Americans during WWII.

[lowercasebreezy]

He also later apologized and wrote Horton Hears a Who! to illustrate his remorse for his previous way of thinking

[boxingcleverrr]

#crazily enough people can learn and change

[badasseseatcookies-deactivated2]

HALLEJ FUCKING ULAH

[cl1nt-bart0n]

I needed to see this

[a-t-o-m-i-c]

[everyday-justice]

This is how people who are out down stay down and people maintain themselves at the top, it's why we can't allow lies or deceit to keep hurting us anymore.

[everyday-justice]

A childhood message

The Lorax: 'Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not.' Our attitude makes such an impact on the world. When we care enough not to stand for injustice we have already started to make our mark. Every time we say to ourselves we won't agree with something because 'it's the way things have always been' we are saying to ourselves 'I will make a difference' If you see something that makes you feel uneasy it's probably because it should make you feel that way. And that feeling is a good thing, it's what drives us away from the evils in the world and towards the good. But don't just walk away from all of that negativity, tell people about it, write down what happens and put into words why you feel the way you do about it. Those words, they are the words that people will listen to and that's because they are words that matter. Every story is a chance to win someone over, to make someone see how much it hurts when people ignore what's wrong with the world. If you have something to say, then re blog this with your story, maybe someone else will too. If there is something we can't have too much of, it's the truth. What's your truth? Don't want to write it here, don't want to have your name and face attributed with something, but still want that same impact? Or maybe you do want to stand out loud and proud about something, but you have friends that don't, or friends that can't, then support a cause that helps the peoples voice, support everyday justice http://igg.me/at/everydayjustice

[exgynocraticgrrl-archive-deacti]

At a lecture I was giving in a large West Coast university in the Spring of 2008, the female students talked extensively about how much they preferred to have a completely waxed pubic area as it made them feel “clean,” “hot” and “well groomed.” As they excitedly insisted that they themselves chose to have a Brazilian wax, one student let slip that her boyfriend had complained when she decided to give up on waxing. Then there was silence. I asked the student to say more about her boyfriend’s preferences and how she felt about his criticism. As she started to speak other students joined in, only now the conversation took a very different turn. The excitement in the room gave way to a subdued discussion on how some boyfriends had even refused to have sex with non-waxed girlfriends as they “looked gross.” One student told the group how her boyfriend bought her a waxing kit for Valentine’s Day, while yet another sent out an email to his friends joking about his girlfriend’s “hairy beaver.” No, she did not break up with him, she got waxed instead. Two weeks after the waxing discussion, I was at an East Coast Ivy League school where some female students became increasingly angry. They accused me of denying them free choice in their embracing of our hypersexualized porn culture, and being the next generation’s elite women, this idea was especially repugnant because they saw no limits or constraints on them as women. Literally two minutes later, one of the students made a joke about the “trick” that many of them employ as a way to avoid hookup sex. What is this trick? These women purposely don’t shave or wax as they are getting ready to go out that night so they will feel too embarrassed to participate in hookup sex. As she spoke, I watched as others nodded their heads in agreement. When I asked why they couldn’t just say no to sex, they informed me that once you have a few drinks in you, and are at a party or a bar, it is too hard to say no. I was speechless, not least because they had just been arguing that I had denied them agency in my discussion of porn culture, and yet they saw no contradiction in telling me that they didn’t have the agency to say no to sex. The next day I flew to Utah to give a lecture in a small college, which although not a religious college, had a good percentage of Mormons and Catholics. I told them about the lecture the previous night and asked them if they knew what the trick was. It turns out that trick is everywhere, including Utah. I tell this story because, on many levels, it neatly captures how the porn culture is affecting young women’s lives. The reality is that women don’t need to look at porn to be profoundly affected by it because images, representations, and messages of porn are now delivered to women via pop culture. Women today are still not major consumers of hard-core porn; they are, however, whether they know it or not, internalizing porn ideology, an ideology that often masquerades as advice on how to be hot, rebellious, and cool in order to attract (and hopefully keep) a man. An excellent example is genital waxing, which first became popular in porn (not least because it makes the women look pre-pubescent) and then filtered down into women’s media such as Cosmopolitan, a magazine that regularly features stories and tips on what “grooming” methods women should adopt to attract a man. Sex and the City, that hugely successful show with an almost cult following, also used waxing as a storyline. For instance, in the movie, Miranda is chastised by Samantha for “letting herself go” by having pubic hair.

Visible or Invisible: Growing up Female in a Porn Culture

[everyday-justice]

(via exgynocraticgrrl) Neoliberalism has ruined feminism. (via the-uncensored-she)

[everyday-justice]

Talking helps

We all know deep down that talking dose help, but we don't always want to do it. It can be hard and kind of embarrassing. Eventually, somehow, someway, the cathartic actions of taking does help. Though we have all been scared of how people will react, or people won't care, possibly that what we have to say doesn't matter. Know now this is never true, how we feel, what everyone has to say about themselves, that is important. If we live in a world where we feel our problems don't matter, or that people don't care that's just a damning indictment against the world approach to its problems. People do care, and our problems do matter. How we feel is one of the most important parts of our health. Support a cause that tells us our feeling are important, that if we feel bullied or harassed we should be able to call people out on it, or say we feel hard done by without someone else telling us that our problems don't matter because 'someone has it worse'. Talk about what's wrong, tell the world what's troubling you, and do it in a space full of people who care, who won't mock you. Do it anonymously or leave a name. You can leave a short note, or a put down a long ramble. The whole thing could be in a second language or you could use the master craft of prose and poetry. I'm what ever way you put down your feelings and your story, it's a good way. It will have an impact, and together, our stories can change the world http://igg.me/at/everydayjustice

[liberalsarecool]

[rimtiggins]

[windandsalt]

friarpark

#this is not an exaggeration okay #children do say this #children do wonder why they can’t find themselves in the media #don’t fucking tell me it doesn’t matter #it matters so much #children NEED to see themselves represented #or else they grow up feeling inferior and not worthy

[tofutits]

No I have to reblog this again cus I am crying right now look at the dads face

[senormuffintop]

His dad can’t explain to his kid why none of them are black

[kushaholic]

i’m not black, but no child should feel inequivalent 

[6-couture-deactivated20171109]

Just so you guys know, the kid is actually saying “okay” in the gif because he really wants one of the toys but he cant have one. he’s sad. But i like what the OP made it out to be. Still very relevant.

[everyday-justice]

"Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it; those who fail to learn history correctly— why they are simply doomed."

We ban books, we tell children not to read foul literature in schools, we hide from our history and then ask why people don’t know what’s wrong. You can see clearly a list terrifying because of its length. This is consists of commonly challenged literature, or more aptly a list of commonly insisted upon ignorance.

There is a list of over one hundred commonly challenged publications in America, a list of things written in history, about history. They are accurate, they aren’t nice, they aren’t friendly, but they are accurate.

We can’t hide texts from the past and tell people how racist the texts were, how sexists the texts were, how homophobic the text were, that’s not a solution. We need to show people those texts, plant their faces in those vile works. When we do this we need to say, to proclaim at the top of our lungs - look, look these are the mistakes we’ve made, do not make them again.

Never be silent, and don’t let any voice, no matter how awful be silenced, instead challenge those voices, those notions, those works. Insist people see and hear and understand how bad far to many people in the world are, people have been, and the way things stand, how the way they will continue to be.

Do not let ignorance be an answer, do not let anyone silence what you have to say because they don’t want to hear it, speak louder, speak more elegantly but most importantly speak.

Speak in every way you can, show people in every way you can, this is what was wrong, and this is what is wrong. Share your stories, your feelings, your voice and share them in every way you can. Support others who share what they have to say who do not silence injustice and try to hide it, but who speak out against it, who rally the common folk against the far to prevalent oppression, rather than try in vain to hide themselves and those around them from it. Hiding from the truth leads to apathy, to the unjust status quo, to the same sadistic playing field we are on now and have been on for far to long.

Throw your support behind every day justice and the opportunity it presents to share our common, united and far to often ignored voice. - http://igg.me/at/everydayjustice

[everyday-justice]

"Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it; those who fail to learn history correctly-- why they are simply doomed." We ban books, we tell children not to read foul literature in schools, we hide from our history and then ask why people don't know what's wrong. You can see clearly a list terrifying because of its length. This is consists of commonly challenged literature, or more aptly a list of commonly insisted upon ignorance. There is a list of over one hundred commonly challenged publications in America, a list of things written in history, about history. They are accurate, they aren't nice, they aren't friendly, but they are accurate. We can't hide texts from the past and tell people how racist the texts were, how sexists the texts were, how homophobic the text were, that's not a solution. We need to show people those texts, plant their faces in those vile works. When we do this we need to say, to proclaim at the top of our lungs - look, look these are the mistakes we've made, do not make them again. Never be silent, and don't let any voice, no matter how awful be silenced, instead challenge those voices, those notions, those works. Insist people see and hear and understand how bad far to many people in the world are, people have been, and the way things stand, how the way they will continue to be. Do not let ignorance be an answer, do not let anyone silence what you have to say because they don't want to hear it, speak louder, speak more elegantly but most importantly speak. Speak in every way you can, show people in every way you can, this is what was wrong, and this is what is wrong. Share your stories, your feelings, your voice and share them in every way you can. Support others who share what they have to say who do not silence injustice and try to hide it, but who speak out against it, who rally the common folk against the far to prevalent oppression, rather than try in vain to hide themselves and those around them from it. Hiding from the truth leads to apathy, to the unjust status quo, to the same sadistic playing field we are on now and have been on for far to long. Throw your support behind every day justice and the opportunity it presents to share our common, united and far to often ignored voice. - http://igg.me/at/everydayjustice

[memegop-deactivated20150222]

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/07/18/elizabeth-warren-puts-republicans-notice-democrats-left-fight-win.html ‪#‎MemeGOP‬ ‪#‎UniteBlue‬

[ragingprogressive]

Love her!

[everyday-justice]

The world that shuts it's eyes to bigotry

There are those who target people because they are difference, and for what? To feel big, to feel strong, to have an impact? They are weaker than us, so much weaker. We who draw joy from who we are, not from what others aren't. So bigots, they can put us down, tell us were little, we don't matter, tell us we can't do anything, but they are wrong. --- Bigots use lies and deception, cruelty and misdirection, and all they want is a negative reception. To know they've got your anger hot. You see inside they have got no joy, no hope, and the life lived by a weak little boy. And we've got ourselves and each other, a group that's banner's wave is not a wage slave but a loving mothers will to save. We have strength and power, and our feelings stand strong like a tower! Anyone who attacks that - it's because inside they quake, they shake and they cower. We can bring light, a beacon of hope to gather around and to fight. Our sword of truth can attack the dark force that drops ignorance over people's eyes, and the apathy within which it lies Our armies reason will not stand for cruelty and treason Our munitions of truth, of evidence, our solid proof, they are stronger than any assailants disguise. So I put it to you like this, the simple truth is, the fear, the horror... the cruelty set upon you, from high above, from those with false love. It is written by the blind, and our job is so hard because it's to teach them how to be kind. --- To do this, we need something bigger, something new, we need an overwhelming collection of proof, in a place where people aren't afraid to write it down. And we can achieve this, all we need is an archive, the everyday justice archive. Pledge your support in word or coin to make it a reality and the world won't be able to help but see what's wrong. No more scattered articles or spread out collection of what's going wrong, one website, one driving force one of people. The unity of all those that are good shining light how cruel words and unkind actions are not isolated incidents, they are collective attack on oppressed groups. If you have ever felt weak, or have been challenged to 'prove oppression exists' you understand that people won't look. This is a chance to make them look, a chance to bring to light every wrong doing made by every wrong doer. For more please check out and share http://igg.me/at/everydayjustice

[everyday-justice]

How rape trials should go?

Lawyer: Did he rape her?

Witness: Yes, but she was drunk and passed out.

Lawyer: That's not what I asked. Did he rape her?

Witness: Yes, but she was wearin-

Lawyer: I didn't ask what she was wearing. Did he rape her?

Witness: Yes, but-

Lawyer: I didn't ask anything else. It's just a simple yes or no answer. Did he rape her?

Witness: Yes.

Laywer: Yes, he raped her.

Rape is rape is rape, no matter the context.