How Rad

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Malamute Pups 😍

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Formula 1 drivers as troubled birds

Kimi Raikkonen

Kevin Magnussen

Max Verstappen

Daniel Ricciardo

Romain Grosjean

Daniil Kvyat

Valtteri Bottas

Nico Hulkenberg

Esteban Ocon

Fernando Alonso

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There’s got to be a term to describe that like. Extremely specific era of children’s literature where all the books were novellas printed on low quality paper, pumped out on a near monthly basis, and made for series that sometimes stretched into hundreds of books

Animorphs. Goosebumps. Bailey School Kids. Babysitter’s Club. Magic Treehouse. Series that plague public libraries and second hand book stores to this day. A genre that was nearly wiped out overnight by the success of Harry Potter, and the newfound desire for kids to read long form literature

It was like pulp fiction for kids

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The Scholastic Age

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AFRICAN & BLACK PHILOSOPHY: Getting Started

Hello everyone! As many of us who study philosophy in some form are likely aware, people of color, especially black philosophers, are radically underrepresented in the field (composing only 1.32% of all philosophers in the US). In order to combat such marginalization, and in attempt to help amplify black voices within the field of philosophy, I have complied a series of links & information here for learning more about African/black philosophy, especially within the US. Please feel free to add to this post if you feel that anything is missing, esp if ur a black person!

Overview:

According to Wikipedia.org: “African philosophy is the philosophical discourse produced by indigenous Africans and their descendants, including African Americans. African philosophers may be found in the various academic fields of philosophy, such as metaphysics, epistemology, moral philosophy, and political philosophy. One particular subject that many African philosophers have written about is that on the subject of freedom and what it means to be free or to experience wholeness.”

Articles to start with: 

“What African Philosophy Can Teach You About the Good Life.”

“A truly African philosophy.”

“African Philosophy.”

“Descartes was wrong: ‘a person is a person through other persons.’” 

“Does Western Philosophy Have Egyptian Roots?” 

“What You Should Know About Contemporary African Philosophy.” 

“Philosophy in Africa - A Case of Epistemic Injustice in the Academy.” 

“The African Enlightenment.”

“The Radical Philosophy of Egypt.” 

“The first God.” 

“African Philosophy Is More Than You Think It Is.” 

And some introductory texts:

Barry Hallen, A Short History of African Philosophy. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press (2009).

Samuel Oluoch Himbo, An Introduction to African Philosophy. Lanham et al.: Rowman and Littlefield (1998). 

Dismas Masolo, African Philosophy in Search of Identity. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press (1994).

Kwasi Wiredu, A Companion to African Philosophy. Malden, Oxford, Victoria: Blackwell Publishing (2004). (PDF version linked here.)

Key essays:

“The Struggle for Reason in Africa” by Mogobe Ramose in The African Philosophy Reader eds. P.H. Coestzee & A.P.J. Roux

“Appeal,” David Walker 

“What to the Slave is the 4th of July?”, Frederick Douglass

“Ain’t I a Woman?”, Sojourner Truth 

“The Black Woman’s role in the Community of Slaves,” Angela Davis

The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois (first chapter esp.)

“A Problem of Biography in African Thought” & “What Does It Mean to Be a Problem?” by Lewis Gordon in Existentia Africana 

“Racism and Feminism,” by bell hooks in the PDF linked here

“Recognizing Racism in the Era of Neoliberalism,” Angela Davis

“Nonviolence and Racial Justice,” Martin Luther King, Jr. 

“The Ballot or the Bullet,” Malcolm X

“The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism,” Audre Lorde

“Whiteness as Property,” Cheryl Harris

Important contemporary black philosophers:

Cornel West (political philosophy, philosophy of religion, ethics, race, democracy, liberation theology)

Angela Davis (also a writer and social activist & just a general badass, really worth knowing about regardless of whether or not you have an interest in philosophy)

bell hooks (race, capitalism, sexuality & gender through a postmodern perspective)

Lewis Gordon (Africana philosophy, black existentialism, phenomenology)

Kwame Anthony Appiah (probabilistic semantics, political theory, moral theory, intellectual history, race and identity theory)

Patricia Hill Collins (sociology of knowledge, race, class, gender studies)

John H. McWhorter (linguistics) 

George Yancy (Critical philosophy of race, critical whiteness studies, African philosophy, philosophy of the body)

Kwassi Wiredu (African philosophy)

Franz Fanon (20th century Marxism, psychoanalysis, colonialism)

Online podcasts, blogs, & videos:

Podcast on Africana philosophy (the website linked here also contains several useful links and resources for further reading)

Youtube series on African Philosophy

Award-winning blog run by a Nigerian-Finnish woman which “connects feminism with critical reflections on contemporary culture from an Africa-centred perspective.”

Other links & resources:

Journal on African Philosophy

Wikipedia page, which includes a list of African philosophers

History of African Philosophy

Online bibliography on African Philosophy

25 Black Scholars You Should Know

The Collegium of Black Women Philosophers

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hello! if you’ve posted ANY video regarding the protests in Minnesota, DELETE THEM. DELETE THEM NOW. PEOPLE WILL BE FOUND AND ARRESTED OR MURDERED. THIS IS SERIOUS. THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO PEOPLE IN THE FERGUSON RIOTS, DO NOT LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN

IF YOU ARE STILL PROTESTING, GO HOME. THEY ARE SENDING THE NATIONAL GUARD THERE AND THEY HAVE APPARENTLY BEEN AUTHORIZED TO USE LETHAL FORCE. GO HOME, FIGHT ANOTHER DAY

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Religion, Lana del Rey / Here is Your Altar for Worship, Ashe Vernon / Anatomy of a Hookup, Alex Thomas at Words Dance / Old Word Gods, Ashe Vernon / Profane, Ashe Vernon / You Are Jeff, Richard Siken / Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths & Monsters, Nikita Gill

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Yall ever heard white church music? Christian rock is one of the most gratingly generic and repetitive genres of music out there by a mile. It sucks so fucking bad. I am talking about this now because someone is sitting in front of the hospital and blaring “how great? Is our god?” As loud as the speakers in his truck can handle

[henstomper]

too many people see evolution as just animals becoming better animals when the truth is that theres a species of boar that evolved to die because its tusks grow into its skull because the males with long tusks fuck the most

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"China is so f*cked up."

Did you know that in China, they have a whole festival where they drive pilot whales to the shore and kill them in the water? 𝗢𝗵 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀. 

Did you know that in China, they force feed geese until they get cirrhosis so that they can eat their livers? 𝗢𝗵 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. 

Did you know that in China, they weaken, torment and torture otherwise peaceful bulls so humans can “fight” them in crowded arenas? 𝗢𝗵 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻.

Did you know that in China, they tie up a bull’s testicles to drive him mad and then ride him to see how long they can stay on without falling? 𝗢𝗵 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮

Did you know that in China, they trap coyotes in the wild and then electrocute them and skin them alive so they can make trims for expensive jackets? 𝗢𝗵 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮.

Did you know that in China, they force dogs to take part in races with a high death rate, sometimes even giving them cocaine to enhance their performance, and then they abandon, kill, or sell for meat those who don’t perform well enough? 𝗢𝗵 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗜𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱.

Did you know that in China, they ride horses onto hazardous terrain to have their starved hounds tear up wild foxes alive? 𝗢𝗵 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱.

Did you know that in China, they blow the faces off kangaroos, boil pigs alive and smash calves heads in? 𝗢𝗵 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮.

Did you know that in China, they cram so many chickens together in big hangars that they’ve come to cut off their beaks so they won’t harm each other from the intense stress? 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 “𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻” 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱.

- Snek Nathair ———————————————————————- And you know what country you’re most likely to find people that eat cats and dogs? Switzerland. That said, just because most westerns have the idea you shouldn’t eat cat or dog, doesn’t make it any “weirder” than eating other mammals like pigs and cows. So cut the orientalist bullshit.

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Capitalism is an absurdist death cult where we ritually sacrifice human dignity and human life in order to appease The Stonks

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THE LINE WENT DOWN. DESPAIR. *we do a genocide to open a Pepsi plant in South America* THE LINE WENT UP. SALVATION.

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“I think we should organise society in such and such a way because it’s literally the only way to stave off unimaginable disaster and provide essential services, so–”

BUT WHAT OF THE STONKS I MUST CONSULT THE MARKET LEST THIS OFFEND THE BIG LINE

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if you ever call me angel, i hope you reffer to biblically accurate angels, described in the Book of Daniel as spirit beings with face like a lightning bolt, eyes like flaming torches of fire, arms and legs that gleam like polished chrome, and voice like that of thunder.

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Happy geology valentines day :) part 1