sea justice witch

call me lapis! social justice from under the sea. (this blog isn't t(w)erf/swerf-friendly) navigation she/her.

[kevdj]

Mmm to all you muthafuckas accusing Nicki of supporting her brothers actions owe her a fucking apology!!! Using that against her and everything.

http://m.nydailynews.com/news/national/nicki-minaj-brother-shows-court-face-rape-charges-article-1.2460357

[king-bvm]

Aye where’s that person that was all emotional and popping off at the mouth a Nicki ?

[theblackdream]

people love to slander but don’t know how to reverse their damage and own up to being shitty people… le fucks sake. RESEARCH AND READ MY PEOPLE!

[pussyofthelavish]

YES. I WAS SO HEART BROKEN @enterintoeuphoria @thedrugofqueens

[shadowcat]

yikes….a lot of the people being super critical at first were csa survivors themselves so this whole reply thread above me is gross I doubt y'all care about survivors at all

[trapcard]

right like….y'all are so fucking corny. we had reason to believe that she did do that and y'all really wanna be like “haha told you so xD” I hope y'all die soon.

[cannabiscomrade]

Y'all don’t give a FUCK about rape/CSA survivors. These comments are so gross and ignoring the fact that it’s not so much about Nicki being “slandered”, it’s this participation in rape culture where celebrity feelings are put above the fucking fact that a CHILD WAS RAPED. AND THERE COULD BE MORE.

All you give a shit about is clearing Nicki’s name; who, for the record is still antisemitic, and has pro-rape and transphobic lyrics regardless!!

If all y'all care about is proving survivors wrong then your priorities are skewed and I hope you stay the fuck away from survivors, children especially.

And, her mom is still a rape sympathizer but y'all don’t care about that either.

[refinery29]

Meryl Streep Perfectly Summarizes Why Sexism Is Still A Reality For Women

After discussing sexism in the refugee crisis, the Church, and financial systems, she went on to criticize her own industry for its deplorable lack of female film critics.

READ MORE

GIFS VIA.

[theslayprint]

Welp! Can y'all reblog this.

[theslayprint]

SOURCE http://bossip.com/1261091/bossip-exclusive-cops-say-nicki-minajs-brother-raped-child-vic-day-before-arrest/

[dirtysprite2-deactivated2016082]

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[hungry-hobbits]

@rootbeergoddess

[yourshipsaregross-blog]

Wait, so Nicki had nothing to do with the bail?

Oh my god, I cannot believe someone would lie just to make her look bad! 

[theblackoaksyndicate-deactivate]

The Truth About Microagression.

Microaggressions aren’t about how one tiny little comment can destroy someone. Discussing microaggressions isn’t about fragility. Microaggressions are about how tiny seemingly innocent comments add up into the perception of who their target is over the course of their lives. 

It’s not “So where are you REALLY from?” it’s about hearing “So where are you REALLY from?” five thousand times over the course of your life. It plays into the concept that because you don’t look/behave/present a specific  way that you inherently don’t belong. 

It’s about constantly hearing Privilege People taking it upon themselves to correct YOU about YOUR identity and your place in society, even in seemingly innocent ways, over and over again.  The reason why this are damaging is because the victim is constantly forced to reassert their identity to themselves and to others and that is an incredibly exhausting process. 

[micdotcom]

Watch: George Carlin spoke the truth about pro-lifers in 1996 — and it’s still being proven today.

[micdotcom]

Watch: George Takei has a vital message for those misusing and misremembering Japanese internment.

[transmasculine-spock]

I’m sorry but if you think “it’s impossible to make a joke nowadays without offending someone” then you were never funny in the first place. It’s really not that hard to be a little creative and come up with a joke that doesn’t dehumanize someone.

[fadprince]

Ok, I’m seeing a lot of Barbs on Twitter defending Nicki Minaj and her bailing her brother out… and I’m struggling trying to comprehend WHY!

If you didn’t already know Jelani Maraj, Nicki’s brother, used Nicki’s name to lure a 12 year old girl into his truck, drove her around the corner and raped her. The girl was thankfully able to get away and call the cops only for Jelani to drive away and pass a surveillance camera. She was treated at Queens General Hospital. The girl was immediately able to ID Jelani, and as well as evidence from the SUV, license plate, etc. Jelani was arrested and charged. He was also posted for 100k bail.

and heres what’s fucked up: Nicki actually payed for his bail! Nicki identifies as a feminist and has actively spoken about women’s rights and issues so I’m having trouble understanding how she can think this is okay. AND Yes, I know this doesn’t mean that the charges are gonna be dropped and he’s gonna get away with rape, but currently at the moment he isn’t in a jail cell, he isn’t in legal custody, he’s literally chillin awaiting trial. AND since we are talking about Trials, Nicki is very much so capable of providing him with the best lawyers in the country, seeing that she’s been supportive of him enough to post bail, and those lawyers could very well minimize his sentencing or by some miracle help him get away with this. But let’s for a moment think about the girl who was actually raped. She’s going to sleep tonight knowing that her rapist is free. Her parents are going to sleep tonight knowing that their daughter’s rapist is free. The 12 year old girl is probably going through severe trauma and anxiety right now. but what’s really awful is the fact that she was obviously a Nicki fan, enough of a fan to get in the car with a stranger because he was Nicki’s brother, so imagine how she feels to know that the person responsible for making her rapist free is her very own idol. So I’m fed up with people trying to defend either of the two, I’m tired of barbs trying to make her seem like she can do no wrong, because this whole thing is seriously fucked up and I’m gonna be real fucking pissed if it all gets swapped underneath the rug. 

[coluring]

what's so bad about cultural appropriation?

cultural appropriation is the adoption/recreation/theft of icons, rituals, and beliefs from one culture by another without any real understanding of why the original culture took part in these activities. 

it can be detrimental because:

it homogenises cultures with anything mainstream

it commodifies icons/accessories through monetisation of look-alike products

it romanticises cultural activities by destroying the original meaning

it eroticises certain apparel (look up disney’s pocahontas for example)

it invalidates culture (“who cares if i’m wearing a headress/braids/bindi”? it’s just a “look” i’m trying out… UM NO IT ACTUALLY HAS CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE YOU IGNORANT FOOL)

it stereotypes people belonging to a certain culture

and that’s it ladies n gents, tune in next week on why cultural appropriation is NOT cultural appreciation!!!

[cultural-hoxhaist-deactivated20]

cops are positionally incapable of self-defense. the act of existing as police is an act of aggression, and any and all violence against police is self-defense. the police can never legitimately claim self-defense while they are on duty and uniformed.

[bitchflowers2017-deactivated202]

It’s not representation if they’re being used as a joke or shock factor

[ppkey]

These are just 5 basic steps to becoming a good ally, but there’s a lot more you can do to improve and grow. I’d love to continue the conversation and hear your thoughts on being an effective ally.

1. Learn how to listen. There’s a big difference between hearing someone and listening to them. If a friend or family member is telling you something - especially something personal - you’re going to need to do more than smile and nod. Active listening involves asking questions to make sure you understand.

2. Educate yourself. When you’re an ally, education never stops. It’s your responsibility to keep learning and growing, not the sole responsibility of the community you’re working to support.

3. Accept your mistakes. Because there’s always more to learn, there’s always going to be something you don’t know. This inevitably means you are going to mess up and that’s okay, provided you learn from it.

4. Come to terms with your biases. Everyone - even leading feminist, LGBTQ, and civil rights activists- have biases. Recognizing them and working through them is necessary to activist work. Understandably, this can be a very emotional process, which is why it’s so vital to keep educating yourself and accepting your mistakes.

5. Recognize that there are spaces inside communities you do not belong in. As an ally, you are a supporter of a movement, but you do not experience the particular institutionalized discrimination that marginalized community experiences everyday. This is what is meant by privilege. Therefore, communities may want or require safe spaces and it’s your job to respect that.

More on Allies:

So You Call Yourself an Ally: 10 Things All ‘Allies’ Need to Know

5 Tips for Being an Ally from chescaleigh (this video is fantastic, please watch it)

[renewal-return-blog]

Hate doesn’t breed hate. Hate inspires anger in victims of hatred and that anger is called hatred to delegitimize it and villainize people. If you wanna help people who are victims then first you gotta stop acting like they’re just as bad their oppressors and abusers.

[homojabi]

POC not wanting to date white people because of a history of colonization and systematic powers of oppression, fear of or weariness over casual and blatant racism, and/or the lack of a shared culture is NOT that same as white people not wanting to date POC because of caricatures that they created, stereotypes that they mock and replicate, and their own racism–whether they think they’re racist or not.

In short: POC are not and cannot be racist for not wanting to date white people. Whereas white people are just plain racist for their so called “preferences.”

[kelsium]

I reject the idea that there’s any requirement to be civil to someone whose views dehumanize you.

[roseamatus]

Kylie Jenner used a wheelchair as a prop for a photoshoot and I am very, very annoyed

[cosmicmoves-deactivated20170412]

like this bitch is literally complete trash and y'all let her slide for why??? she made some basic as fuck matte lipsticks for y'all to slather on your face like she does hers??? i can’t.

[theroguefeminist]

women have more graduate degrees in neuroscience than men, but less than a third of faculty are made up of women

institutional bias against women in the sciences is SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN

so is harassment and sexual assault

encouraging young girls to join the sciences is not going to solve this problem - this is an INSTITUTIONAL and CULTURAL PROBLEM in the sciences