Riot Grrrl Berlin

this page is not about the 90s!! it's not (just) about punk rock. it's about feminism today. check out the compilation link below!! [email protected]

[charliebink]

[lacigreen]

privilege summed up in a rly cute little comic.

[aglionby]

[j-popsicles]

Go Forth and Educate Yourselves!

http://thesocietypages.org/

http://www.ensemble-rd.com/en

http://www.everyday-democracy.org/en/index.aspx

http://www.stophate.us/racism/

http://www.victimsofcrime.org/home

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism

http://www.communitychangeinc.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_privilege

http://ted.coe.wayne.edu/ele3600/mcintosh.html

http://www.whiteprivilegeconference.com/white_privilege.html

I’d also highly recommend watching the Jane Elliot Brown-eye/Blue-eye experiments, which can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeK759FF84s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pv8mCHbOrs (Part 1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neEVoFODQOE (Part 2 - Has very important points on Reverse Racism and how it doesn’t exist)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MYHBrJIIFU

[riotgrrrlberlin]

The Girls In The Band

They wiggled, they jiggled, they wore low cut gowns and short shorts, they kowtowed to the club owners and smiled at the customers…and they did it all, just to play the music they loved. In the thirties and forties, hundreds of women musicians toured the country in glamorous All-Girl Bands, while others played side by side with their male counterparts. Yet by the mid-fifties female jazz musicians had literally disappeared from the workplace; their names, their contributions to music, completely forgotten.

THE GIRLS IN THE BAND tells the poignant, untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their fascinating, groundbreaking journeys from the late 30′s to the present day.

These incredibly talented women endured sexism, racism and diminished opportunities for decades, yet continued to persevere, inspire and elevate their talents in a field that seldom welcomed them. Today, there is a new breed of gifted young women taking their rightful place in the world of jazz, which can no longer deny their talents.

thegirlsintheband.com

[twodoorcinemaclubsoda]

Why do men think women are angry just on their period?

I’m angry all the time. Get the fuck away from me

[es-ee]

[polyversity]

Author’s note:

“All of the experiences in this comic are either directly from my own life or related to me by people I know and care for.

I don’t know, I’m all mad today. In the elevator in my building a woman decided she had an opinion about something I was wearing around my neck and grabbed it so she could tell me what she thought, and got mad when I told her to fuck off. I’m on the subway and a stranger wants to touch my hair. Every time I fuck someone or love someone, 0r change my body or decide whether or not to wear make-up or talk about the people I love, I prepare for the cascade of opinions or tirades or thinly-veiled self-congratulatory tolerance and it’s easier now to just not share, to hold those precious things private. I’m tired of my body and my life being public property, of my identity and choices being used by others for leverage, at that entitled hurt or anger in their eyes when I don’t want to play along. I’m tired of seeing the people around me get manoeuvred or manhandled or held up like fucking pariahs when they just want to be left in peace. I’m bored of being someone else’s politics. I don’t want to talk – I’m just reading my book while I’m on my way home” From the comic Robot Hugs

[jinxasaurus]

hey looks it’s all the reasons that “10 Reasons to be Grateful” post is bullshit! <3

[itsmicolmota-deactivated2016072]

heartwarming:

"For the last 13 years Japanese photographer Miyoko Ihara has been taking pictures of her grandma, Misao, to commemorate her life. 9 years ago, 88-year-old Misao found a stray odd-eyed cat in her shed: she called it Fukumaru, hoping that “the god of fuku (good fortune) would come and everything will be smoothed over like maru (circle).” Miyoko has been photographing their beautiful friendship and the way they go about their daily routine ever since.”

Miyoko Ihara

via

[iwilleatyourenglish]

everyone has said and done problematic things in their lifetime. that’s a result of the society we live in, not necessarily a reflection of their character.

what is a reflection of their character is how they react to being informed of the negativity within their behavior and statements, and whether or not they choose to change their behavior.

[undocumentedny]

Black Folk Don’t: “Do Feminism”

[riotgrrrlberlin]

The Girls In The Band

They wiggled, they jiggled, they wore low cut gowns and short shorts, they kowtowed to the club owners and smiled at the customers…and they did it all, just to play the music they loved. In the thirties and forties, hundreds of women musicians toured the country in glamorous All-Girl Bands, while others played side by side with their male counterparts. Yet by the mid-fifties female jazz musicians had literally disappeared from the workplace; their names, their contributions to music, completely forgotten.

THE GIRLS IN THE BAND tells the poignant, untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their fascinating, groundbreaking journeys from the late 30′s to the present day.

These incredibly talented women endured sexism, racism and diminished opportunities for decades, yet continued to persevere, inspire and elevate their talents in a field that seldom welcomed them. Today, there is a new breed of gifted young women taking their rightful place in the world of jazz, which can no longer deny their talents.

thegirlsintheband.com

[ectinix-deactivated20140623]

(Oh hey, I made a thing about a topic that’s important to me.)

“PRIVILEGE is when you think that something is not a problem because it’s not a problem for you personally.”

I feel like nowadays many people who say/do racist things (not necessarily intentionally) will never willingly admit to their ignorance, even when faced with irrefutable logic and reasoning ("But I’m not hurting anyone, how is it wrong?!"). LEMME EDUCATE YOU. Chances are, if you are defending something that a PoC identifies as racist, IT IS RACIST AND YOU SHOULD STOP DOING IT. IDFC WHAT ETHNICITY/NATIONALITY YOU ARE; JUST STOP. IDFC IF IT DOESN’T FIT WHAT YOUR DEFINITION OF “RACIST” IS; JUST STOP. IDFC IF YOU THINK YOU’RE BEING “APPRECIATIVE” OF A CULTURE, IF IT’S NOT YOUR CULTURE, YOU DON’T HAVE ANY BUSINESS TELLING PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY ARE OF THAT CULTURE, HOW TO FEEL ABOUT IT. JUST. STOP. And don’t bring the “well my friend is PoC and isn’t offended” excuse — ONE PERSON DOES NOT SPEAK FOR AN ENTIRE RACE JFC

Racism isn’t ONLY displayed in acts of violence, believe it or not. This is what internalized racism looks like. And if you don’t find any of this offensive even in the slightest, well, it just goes to show how thoroughly ingrained it has become in our society to overlook acts of racism if they aren’t “horrific” enough. I suggest you stop relying on your white dictionary definition of what you think racism is, and open your eyes.

[deathlymaiden-deactivated201403]

All too often women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love, to endure unkindness or cruelty, to forgive and forget. In actuality the loving response to cruelty and abuse is putting ourselves out of harm’s way.

bell hooks (via deathlymaiden)

[allmymetaphors]

the truth

[thetranscabal]

The Trans Cabal is officially Launched!

Hello everyone,

It’s Sophia Banks here and I am very excited to say that as January 1st 2014 The Trans Cabal has officially launched.

I still have a lot of work to do with making the site pretty and adding some bells and whistles but I wanted to start the…

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[street-hijab-fashion-blog]

Stay classy.

[brujacore]

a list of woc and qtpoc bands would be amazing - are there any lists out there already?

Not that I know of! However, I’m gonna start one, right here, right now. I’m sure I’ll miss a few but I’m inviting everyone here to add bands they know. Below are some currently active punk/hardcore/indie/alt bands that are fronted by, or in which half the band is made up of, women of color and/or LGBTQ people of color:

Aye NakoSourpatch Try The Pie The Younger Lovers Bloomer In School 3Jane Penguin Cojoba Negation Permanent Ruin - soundcloud / tumblr The Mighty Paradocs - facebook // myspace Downtown Boys Malportado Kids Olivia Neutron-John Tin Vulva White Noise Supremacists Omega Sirius Moon The Ch’izhii’s « does anyone have any music links? Shady Hawkins Kera and the Lesbians Heliotropes Turnip King La Luz Habibi Disparate The Tuts Neonates Sparkleshit Las Otras La Misma Wallflower Midwest Moms Fatty Cakes and the Puff Pastries Las Robertas Destruye Y Huye Replica (CA) Lozen ««< ???? Half-Breed Obama Youth - facebook Rayos X - last.fm Tuberculosis - last.fm Generación Suicida Bascom (w folks from sourpatch) Crabapple «««< ??? SBSM Kurraka My Parade Ephemera «< ???? Bedrooms «< is this riiite?? Blood Horses BATTY Alyssa of See-Through Girls Laura of Heavy Bangs 1000 Lights ««??? This Or That ««???? Sarchasm Punk Funk Mob Bestfriend/Grrlfriend Ancient Wing No BoneWizard Apprentice (formerly fat transfer) (Tumblr) (Soundcloud)Oxygen Facial FKA Melting Wreck Gorgeous Vermillion Beast Nest - Soundcloud / Tumblr Sangre de Abajo Centre «< ??? Fanciulla Gentile - Soundcloud / Tumblr Placentaur No Babies Apostasis Kai from Self Defense Family (and Bloomer!) ««??? x1955x Horregias - soundcloud // tumblr Kumbia Queers The Golfas - soundcloud // youtubeJuvenilia The Breathing Light - tumblr // facebook Anus Kings New Bloods The Discotays TV Tramps - facebook Miracle Dolls Bat Vomit - Scum Bastard (Youtube) Dead Rez Reflex Blackfire Baby Shampoo «« ???? Its Morning Somewhere Helms Alee JD’s Revenge «< ?????? Kuzikia «? Genders Criaturas - bandcamp // soundcloud Big Joanie - bandcamp // soundcloud Bushoong « ?? Moor Mother Goddess - soundcloud // bandcamp Atomic Tan Lines Bike Crash Ziyoou Vachi (Queen Bee) - youtube ” KUCHISAKE ONNA / 女王蜂 - 口裂け女” Lior from Gay Panic Flagitious Idiosyncrasy in The Dilapidation - youtube video Girl in a Coma Langton Drive - facebook / bandcamp Virgin Gun Club Tragic Gadget Vulgar Fashion