Sad & Angry Little Pitty

I am a non-binary Dominican/Czech poc who passes as white, comes from the lower middle class, and has the privilege of being a citizen. Anarchacommunist, Highly Critical of Us Foreign Policy

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hello

i havent been pn this blog in forever

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reblog this if you want a short/long anonymous message saying what they think of you

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Engineers at GE Aviation’s Additive Development Center used an advanced 3-D printing technique called direct metal laser melting to create this model of a GEnx jet engine.

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Three Indigenous Women Represent at New York Couture Fashion Week

While Native American themes have become popular in the fashion world, Native American designers have often been left out of the spotlight. In an effort to change this sad state of fashion affairs, three Native designers will be in the spotlight this Friday: internationally acclaimed Sho Sho Esquiro, Lyn Kay Peters of Ringing Bell Robes, and Linda Lavallee of Cree Nisga’a Clothing.

The show will take place this Friday at the New Yorker hotel in Manhattan. According to its Facebook page, the event will celebrate “self-taught First Nation fashion designers who are sure to bring global awareness of this highly neglected and untapped resource of rich traditional talent.”

Esquiro talked about her 2013 collection with the Native American fashion blog Beyond Buckskin earlier this year and noted that in addition to drawing from indigenous cultures, she was also inspired by Frida Kahlo.

Here’s a video that features some of her designs on the runway back in 2012.

[phillynessa]

I never get tired of this photo.

Ella Fitzgerald was not allowed to play at Mocambo because of her race. Then, one of Ella’s biggest fans made a telephone call that quite possibly changed the path of her career for good. Here, Ella tells the story of how Marilyn Monroe changed her life:

“I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt… she personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him – and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status – that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman – a little ahead of her times. And she didn’t know it.”

[owning-my-truth-deactivated2022]

This is how you use your white privilege.

[llmndy-deactivated20180123]

Reading an article by a Trans*-exclusionary feminist and feeling pretty sick to my stomach.

A brief synopsis would be:

"Me, me, me, me, I am the most oppressed. You are not as oppressed as me. Listen to me. My struggles are worse than yours. Me. You have benefited from...

[nonbinaryandsad]

When new people follow me...

Im always like, oh thats odd... howdy new tumblepersons. Be warned I tolerate very little bullshit. Anything based on sexism, racism, heterosexism, ableism, will get you banished.

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Shadow Sculptures by Tim Noble and Sue Webster

[thegreenwolf]

That’s…kind of incredible.

[andalusiapunk]

So let me see if I’ve got this straight, WTNV fandom.

Fandoms don’t exist in vacuums. People in fandoms usually participate in or are aware of multiple fandoms. What happens in one or more fandoms can and does affect what happens in other fandoms.

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This hurts because it’s true….

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this is the best description of anxiety I’ve ever seen.

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Gratuitous picture of my life

[jaleesabartley]

1993

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As critical race theorist Kimberle Crenshaw has noted, it is not enough to be sensitive to difference; we must ask what difference the difference makes. Instead of saying, how can we include women of color, women with disabilities, etc., we must ask what our analysis and organizing practice would look like if we centered them in it. By following a politics of re-centering rather than inclusion, we often find that we see the issue differently, not just for the group in question, but everyone.

Andrea Smith, Without Bureaucracy, Beyond Inclusion: Re-centering Feminism (via ramona)

[ifeelthecosmiaus]

i’m glad i’m not the only one wondering why the gq/andro community on tumblr is so transparently obsessed with images of hella thin, light-skinned people :S i know i shouldn’t be surprised cuz it’s not like the community lives in a vacuum separate from mainstream culture,...

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[iridessence]

or white people

[browngirl773-deactivated2014050]

Exactly. “I hate white people” translates into I hate white supremacy.

[thetasteofasweetthingneverends]

The problem with the use of the word ‘exotic’ is that it can mean “foreign” or “not native” and many mixed race people find that they are perceived as “foreign” or “not native” everywhere. They therefore find themselves in a situation where they are globally othered and this can lead many of us to feel as though we do not fit in or belong anywhere. The problem with the word ‘exotic’ is that it is not only an adjective; it is also a noun. So while it may be a descriptor for some people under some circumstances, for the mixed race person it can become a permanent state of being; a permanent position.

- Danielle Patel, Expanding upon The Exotic Fallacy - Mixed Race Subjects vs. Mixed Race Objects  (via thetasteofasweetthingneverends)