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just went and unfollowed soooooo many white guys on twitter
and it felt so good.
they're so oversensitive and need copious mothering and i feel i already give them too much of my attention
edit: thank you tumblr. it is an immense relief to know that everyone else finds white guys insufferable too.
things people actually believe
* something that is liberatory for white women can't possibly oppress anyone else
so my city's mayor was removed from office over a rather small conflict of interest escalated by his stubborn refusal to heed the integrity commissioner or read the fucking city council handbook, days after he skipped a court date (for a separate libel suit) to coach high school football
up next: - he'll be back in court because his campaign finances are being audited - we're either having a by-election, which he may or may not be able to run in, we have no idea - or a councillor appointed to serve as interim mayor; could very well be the guy who is literally grampa simpson do you see why I get distracted from science fiction
MEANWHILE, IN CANADA
Someone is mailing body parts to the Conservative Party of Canada.
It's been a really weird news day.
That awkward moment when
you find out the Catholics invented planking.
I haven't been on Reddit in a while but I still tend to think in ragetoons.
Happy International Women's Day, everyone! Here's my piece on, well, why I'm not a feminist.
Some further reading:
meloukhia - Why I'm Leaving Feminism
Latoya Peterson - On Being Feminism's "Ms. Nigga"
Anna's earlier post If your revolution requires me to dance
Aaminah's 2007 essay "My Anti-Feminist Manifesto" -- an early influence on me
ETA (June 8, 2011): Wow. People keep reblogging this, so I may as well add some more links of interest to anyone who liked the above.
On Tumblr: jaded16india, bfp (radicallyhottoff), blackamazon, the Crunk Feminist Collective, kiriamaya, Mia and Stacey, blackfeminismlives (Alexis Pauline Gumbs)…
Blagosphere: Problem Chylde, Questioning Transphobia, Taking Steps (little light), Vivir Latino…
Books/IRL/academia: Jessica Yee of the Native Youth Sexual Health Network and Feminism For Real (interview, profile); Andrea Smith, Conquest, "Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy" (PDF); INCITE!'s The Revolution Will Not Be Funded; Audre Lorde's Sister, Outsider…
