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January 16 2018 - For more than one year, residents of Mexicali have been organizing against the construction of a brewery and aqueduct by the U.S. company Constellation Brands. If completed, the facility would produce beer for export to the U.S. and consume seven to thirty million cubic meters of water annually. (A city of one million uses around 20 million cubic meters.) Earlier this month, members of Mexicali Resiste began blockading aqueduct construction. On January 16, state and local police forces attacked the blockade and an hours-long confrontation ensued. While the blockade was successfully defended, at least five were arrested and ten injured. [video]

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Have you ever wanted to try using a Menstrual Cup, but didn’t want to pay for an experiment???

Well here you go! Mostly free menstrual cups!!

Rebel Kate is offering menstrual cups for only the price of shipping! Head over now to grab one & try it out for yourself!

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Just want some head in a comfortable bed it could all be so simple

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people keep saying “go big or go home” as if going home doesn’t sound like the best idea ever?? hell yeah i wanna go home, and i’m gonna take a nap when i get there

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sharing music as a form of intimacy

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Aphrodite/Venus

Small devotional acts. (Of self and platonic love)

Wear cozy/comfy clothes

Listen to music that makes you feel empowered

Sing along to your favorite songs

Give little gifts to your friends

Go for an evening walk

Sleep in when you can

Bring more gentle colors into your life

Clean your room and let some fresh air in

Drink tea with honey

Visit the ocean or find some ways to be connected to it (sea salt, seashells, etc.)

Write a letter to your future self or one to her

Glitter!

Go to a store and try on some new clothing styles

Leave positive notes in random places

Change your look every once and a while

Treat a friend to some drinks/dinner

Don’t limit yourself and your style because of stereotypes

Support small businesses

Take a day off and do whatever you want

Watch some cute animal videos

Visit a garden

Go on a picnic

Stand up for those who need it

Buy yourself some flowers

Be there for your friends

Eat those extra sweets

Wear more makeup/jewelry if it makes you feel nice

Compliment people more

Try out some new face masks

Take more selfies and pictures (by yourself and with friends)

Enjoy floral scented things

Go to a movie by yourself

PRACTICE LOVING YOURSELF

Many, many, many other things not said here

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This beautiful piece is by @taraobrienillustration.

I love the idea of taking up space, ESPECIALLY if you’re a woman, a femme, fat, disabled, queer, Black, Indigenous, or at some other intersection of identity that the world tries to control and make small (or render completely invisible). Taking up space, for me, is complicated. It’s obvious to me that people are uncomfortable sitting beside me on planes or public transportation. It’s obvious to me that theatre seats and clothing and outdoor gear never EVER had my body in mind. I used to feel like that meant I was the wrong one or the broken one. Now I’m starting to feel into a space where perhaps it’s not my body that is wrong, but instead the fact that people who create things and make things refuse to acknowledge the benign and very natural thing that is body diversity - we come in so many shapes and sizes and everyone KNOWS that. So to design something without making different options available is to make a choice that some people don’t matter, that some people don’t belong in this space. Take up that space. Spread out. It might be scary. It might be terrifying - especially if you have to ask for a different seat or an extender. But the problem is not you. It is not you or your body. When we expand instead of contract, we start opening to the possibilities that are our bodies and our minds and our talents. Expand. Open. Let us see you. The world needs that. It needs you. Join more of this conversation at exploremoresummit.com. There are 14 amazing speakers talking about this very thing - for free and entirely online - starting Monday, December 4th. You deserve to be seen.

Are there any fat femmes who could give me tips on how to get paid to talk dirty or send photos and do low contact/interweb/photo based sex work stuff?

#fat femme #sex work

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Three years into the water crisis

And nobody gives a sh*t

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i only heard about this 2 months ago. its been 3 years????

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Remember this started because Snyder switched Flint from a freshwater mountain lake to the polluted Flint River simply to allow his wife’s company to use the lake for bottling instead. This is a manufactured crisis of corruption and capitalism.

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Also remember that the pipes corroded because they refused to pay for the chemical used to make the water less acidic.

Remember that when the first E. coli outbreak from the water popped up, the city hall was given water coolers by the state, free of charge, all while denying that the water could be unsafe to drink.

Remember that, despite having a huge budget surplus and a “rainy day fund,” set aside that could easily cover the cost of relocating the residents by buying their houses/paying their debt, or could cover a large chunk of the cost of replacing the pipes, the state has decided to continue to only put in the minimal amount of effort.

Remember that flint is majority POC, majority impoverished, and is still being faced with crippling water bills from the Detroit water supply company, where they are often charged $50 a month just to use the service, on top of the cost of their water bill.

Remember that there will now be an entire generation of children who will now be damaged by lead poisoning and damage from the multitude of neurotoxins.

Remember that this is what privatized natural resources looks like. Remember that these people are being punished for having the audacity to dare to be poor in an economy that won’t let them be anything but.

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At every level, this has not been a mistake.

The State and City are most upset that people know its happening and are resisting nation-wide.

But if we lose focus they lose even the small amount of aid they’ve managed to get.

This is how they do it. It’s a siege on the public empathy. Eventually we become numb to the problem and despair. Or something bigger happens.

Then its business as usual again.

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Don’t forget Flint

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Some reminders about Dr. King before tomorrow:

The United States Government was convicted in court of his murder.

He spoke out against police brutality, capitalism, and war.

He believed that white moderates were and are the greatest threat to civil rights, moreso than any hate group.

He was arrested over 10 times.

He was considered a dangerous radical by the majority of white Americans.

He refused to condemn rioters, because “a riot is the language of the unheard.”

Any white person who voted for Trump who tries to use MLK or his words as a rhtetorical tactic to justify their bigotry and complain about people protesting can personally come to my apartment in the next 24 hours for an ass-kicking.