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Trans Latina Monica Loera murdered in Texas, misgendered by police and media

To add to the tragedy, when Loera was murdered, she was misgendered by the Austin Police and local media, something that happens far too often.

On January 22, Monica Loera, a 43-year-old Latina trans woman in Austin, TX, was murdered in front of her home. 

After her death, Loera was misgendered by both the local media and the police for a week. From Mey Rude over at Autostraddle: 

When a murdered trans woman is treated like a man in death, it fuels the kinds of attitudes that cause every real life trans woman to face a higher risk of physical violence. It treats trans women like they’re “men in dresses” who are lying about who they are and maybe even deserved the horrible violence that caused their death. All of us mourn when another one of our sisters is murdered, and all of us become afraid when we see her misgendered in death.

It’s one thing when random, individual people misgender a trans woman, but it’s a different thing when those in power do it. Police and the news media have power and influence over the public. When they misuse that power and influence by doing things like misgendering murdered trans women, they’re letting people know that it’s okay to treat trans women like garbage. They’re encouraging transmisogyny. This changes the misgendering from an individual act of violence to structural oppression that effects trans women everywhere.

Even when a woman fills her social media with pictures of herself, the police and media will still dig up pictures of her presenting as a man for their reports and articles. This is what happened to Loera. The police and news reports respected her alleged murderer, JonCasey Rowell, by printing his correct name and picture, but refused to allow Loera the same thing.

Devastating, senseless, unforgivable. Rest in power, Monica. 

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Unpublished Black History - U.S.

Revealing moments in black history, with unpublished photos from The New York Times's archives.

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Can we have a moment of silence for the lost genre that was blank vhs case art?

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Hence a bitter irony between the Haitian zombie and its American counterpart. The monster once represented the real-life horrors of dehumanization; now it’s used as a way to fantasize about human beings whose every decision is exalted.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/10/how-america-erased-the-tragic-history-of-the-zombie/412264/

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It was a dream come true to be able to do creative things with some of my heroes. Definitely, some of the travel, as we got to go to Japan a couple of times, Australia, Europe many times, places where I never could have afforded to go. I’ve never been in a position where I’ve been able to do that kind of traveling. Sure, it was working while traveling. It was hard work, 8 hours driving in a van, then getting out, putting on a show, and trying to be energetic every night while sleeping on floors. It was also a great privilege, and we met great people. It allowed me to learn that there are great people in every place and when people generalize that Texas is full of assholes or Germany is full of assholes, it’s a lie. There are great people everywhere, and there are all kinds of exceptions to any generalizations, and it was a huge privilege for me to get to learn that. I’ve been writing songs since four years old. I’m a record collector. I’ve got over 2000 records. It’s so nice for me to have records that are me. That’s me on there. I did that with my best friends. As an audiophile, it’s really cool that I got to do that because it’s something that’s been a part of me for my whole life. I’m really grateful for the band, and definitely very grateful for my bandmates. Ellie and Bianca are my best friends, and they always will be, and it’s been a privilege. I feel really lucky.

http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/933-the-end-of-the-erase-errata-era/

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Dogs on treadmills :D

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THIS IS NEVER NOT FUNNY

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Sociologist: So in your opinion, what differentiates Millennials from the previous generations?

Millennials: Well, probably growing up in a post-9/11 and post-Bush Wars world, plus the Great Recession and the instability of our financial futures and the exposure of widespread police brutality and the corporate stranglehold on governments -

Baby boomers: Social media social media social media social media social media social media social media social media SOCIAL MEDIA

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Sorry seems to be the hardest word.

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another duck soldier lost in their relentless war

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“George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People”: Behind the Scenes of Kanye’s Katrina Moment

On Sept. 2, 2005, four days after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans with devastating impact, NBC gathered celebrities from TV, film, and music to raise money for the victims. “A Concert for Hurricane Relief” drew 8.5 million viewers and raised a reported $50 million dollars, but that’s not what, ten...

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Note to self: let shit go.

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