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The three winners (‘Argo,’ ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ and ‘Homeland’) have all been sold as complex, nuanced productions that don’t shy away from hard truths about US foreign policy. And liberal audiences can’t get enough of them. Perhaps it’s because, alongside the odd bit of self-criticism, they are all so reassuringly insistent that, in an increasingly complicated world, America just keeps on doing the right thing. And even when it does the wrong thing – such as, I don’t know, torture and drone strikes and deadly invasions – it is to combat far greater evil, and therefore OK.

And the winner at the Golden Globes is Islamophobia. (via lowestentropy)

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#art #pretty much me for the last half year or so #i dont think ive ever been this unhappy before

clovertail-blog

In Japanese, you don’t say sorry. You say “gomen”. Go men. Go is Japanese for five, so if you mixed the two languages together you could say “Five men”. Kinda like that American restaurant, Five Guys Burgers and Fries.

I find that beautiful. I’m sorry. Five Guys.

theworldwelivein

Varmahlid, Iceland (by danielpivnick)

#nature #my cousin used to live in varmahlíð #heimalandið etc

smellslikegirlriot

You may not agree with a woman, but to criticize her appearance — as opposed to her ideas or actions — isn’t doing anyone any favors, least of all you. Insulting a woman’s looks when they have nothing to do with the issue at hand implies a lack of comprehension on your part, an inability to engage in high-level thinking. You may think she’s ugly, but everyone else thinks you’re an idiot.

Hillary Clinton (via ennu-i)

By kansaikate

#nature #the outside world rn

this-is-not-native

Free .pdf books by native authors!

So while combing through the interwebs for .pdf books on unrelated subjects, I happened upon zinelibrary.info- an anarchist collective dedicated to the free distribution of radical literature. They have a lot of titles by authors mentioned in this post, as well as many others covering relevant topics. Here are a few that I think may be of interest:

Custer Died for Your Sins- An Indian Manifesto by Vine Deloria, Jr.

God Is Red: A Native View of Religion by Vine Deloria, Jr.

Acts of Rebellion: The Ward Churchill Reader

From a Native Son: Selected Essays on Indigenism 1985-1995 by Ward Churchill

Since Predator Came: Notes from the Struggle for American Indian Liberation by Ward Churchill

Struggle for the Land: Native North American Resistance to Genocide, Ecocide and Colonization by Ward Churchill

Perversions of Justice: Indigenous Peoples and Angloamerican Law by Ward Churchill

The Bloody Wake of Alcatraz- Political Repression of the American Indian Movement During the 1970’s by Ward Chruchill

The Case of Leonard Peltier by Arthur J. Miller and Pio Celestino (zine)

500 Years of Indigenous Resistance (zine)

Cultural Appropriation or Cultural Appreciation? (zine)

Not an Indian Tradition: The Sexual Colonization of Native Peoples by Andrea Smith (article)

Headdress (a small zine on native appropriation)

Colonization and Decolonization: A Manual for Indigenous Liberation in the 21st Century (zine)

Of course, there’s an entire “indigenous” section of the site (not limited to North America!) as well as a section on race. Happy reading! Time to check some books off my reading list!

-Kirby

#to read