Life As A Social Worker

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. -John F. Kennedy

[nevaehtyler]

I wish some white people would finally see that white privilege does exist. Black people are more likely to get killed by the police/in custody, yet less likely to get a job.

[beebutts]

sext: it is a humid night in july. we undress each other in the back of your car and form one mound of sweaty flesh. sext: fireflies fall on your skin. i kiss the trail they leave to find your light. sext: we share a bath and come out dripping each other. sext: the atomic bomb is not as loud as my heartbeat when you lie next to me. sext: come over, i want to taste moonlight when it’s licked off your skin. sext: we undo each other and come back together in one hot flash of light. sext: you burn over everyone else’s touch. sext: they dust me for fingertips and find nothing but your claw marks. sext: the sound of your teeth digging into my bare skin and my moans are the most beautiful duet. sext: you are 48% water. i would be happy to drown in you. sext: you are the poem i will spend my whole life trying to write.

“sext: you” - Lora Mathis (via miiasma-sky)

[nevaehtyler]

I wish some white people would finally see that white privilege does exist. Black people are more likely to get killed by the police/in custody, yet less likely to get a job.

[lifeasasocialworker]

[just-shower-thoughts]

A lot of gender issues could be resolved if we could get rid of the notion that women aren’t allowed to have thoughts, and men aren’t allowed to have feelings.

[lifeasasocialworker]

[lifeasasocialworker]

#whiteprividge

[blackwomenconfessions]

TRIGGER WARNING: child sexual abuse, incest

[unbelonging]

I’m pretty much over being exploited for my skills by liberal nonprofits and organizations that claim to work for “social good”: chances are that they’re coming from a savior-esque mentality with a top-down approach (not led by the people), aspire towards a shallow sort...

[lifeasasocialworker]

I work for a non-profit. This truly speaks to me after spending thousands of dollars on my education to "do what I love" only to find out I'll be doing that on my own and attempting to find a job that pays the bills

[cartoonpolitics]

[blackfemmejeanvaljean]

my white protesters please remember that you’re rarely at the same risk we are when you stand up for what is right

[frumpyboyjuicebar-deactivated20]

I’m not gonna stop reblogging these reminders

[fuckyeahfeminist]

Remember: Feminism HAS to include discussions of race. And sexuality. And ability. And all sorts of other identities. Without regard to the intersections that make gendered experiences unique, the movement is worthless.

[post-scarcity]

Why do police have quotas? If a doctor went around intentionally sneezing on people to get more patients, that would be seen as a travesty to their profession. But police, can sit around and wait for someone to turn on a red light or commit other mundane ‘offenses’ because they have quotas to meet. Quotas are all the proof we need that policing is not a public service vocation; it’s a business and a subsidiary of Wall Street.

Enrique Molina (via withoutadjectives)

In case you needed more reasons to be angry at our country…

(via fuck-yeah-feminist)

[lifeasasocialworker]

The little grassroots people can change the world Wangari Maathai

[gifnews]

Emma Watson Delivers Game-Changing Speech on Feminism

[fullpraxisnow]

[fullpraxisnow]

[S]o tired of hearing hetero misogynists exclaim that they LOVE women. No, doofus… You love sex. Just because you have sex with women does not mean you love them, respect them, or care for them in any capacity.

Cammmie (via america-wakiewakie)

[fullpraxisnow]

Americans Don’t Actually Know Who They’re Bombing | YouGov

There is a great deal of confusion as to where, exactly, the US is conducting air and drone strikes, though the public does tend to support ongoing campaigns

On Tuesday this week the Pentagon revealed that it had launched air and drone strikes aimed at killing the head of the Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab, Ahmed Abdi Godane. While it is still unclear whether the operation was successful, it does not mark a major shift in US policy, which has seen the US launch attacks on al-Shabaab in Somalia before. US military action in Somalia is ongoing alongside the the US presence in Afghanistan, the continued drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan and the recent decision to begin bombing ISIS militants in Iraq. 

YouGov’s latest research shows that many Americans are confused about where, exactly, the US is bombing. Most Americans are aware of the ongoing campaign in Iraq, and people tend to be aware of the strikes in Afghanistan. Less than a quarter of the public are aware that the US has recently launched strikes in Somalia, Pakistan or Yemen. 30% also say, incorrectly, that the US has recently conducted bombings in Syria and only 32% of Americans know that the US has not in fact launched air or drone strikes in Syria. 

Most Americans support conducting air or drone strikes in Iraq (60%), Afghanistan (54%) and Syria (51%). They also tend to support the ongoing drone campaigns in Somalia (45%), Pakistan (45%) and Yemen (38%). They would also tend to approve (38%) rather than disapprove (33%) of conducting drone strikes in Iran. 29% of Americans say that they would approve of the US bombing Gaza and Ukraine. 

The most recent use of US force in Iraq saw American firepower used to assist Iraqi, Kurdish and Shia forces in their offensive against ISIS to lift the siege of Amerli, a town populated by minority Turkmen. 

Full poll results can be found here. (Photo Credit: Screenshot from Lee Camps Redacted Tonight)

[lifeasasocialworker]

Interesting that American's wouldn't get this. Be political people! Gain knowledge!

[lesbianhaircut]

reminder: ferguson and palestine are still happening and are still important even though there’s less attention being paid to them right now