Sangre por Sangre

-Hirviö -20's- he/him -

[lostverdania-moving]

(Guy whos never been at risk from systemic violence voice) No i think all violence is bad guys. You know. The cycle of violence. I think both sides are bad!

[gorbling]

Im enjoying the longevity of tumblrs recontextualization style of humor. a seemingly innocuous post followed by like "posts that a gnome would make" or like "are you a phone"

[gorbling]

[hapalopus]

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More from the notes:

[vexwerewolf]

I love this post

[karifaevt]

The horse thinks as it scratches an itch

[frustrationinexcelsis]

[ozempicofficial]

[genderkoolaid]

reminder to the world that everyone (except people with aphallia, or those who had theirs removed!) has a phallus, whether you call it a clitoris or a penis or any other name. it came free with your fetal development!

[creepynostalgy]

Anthony Hopkins in The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)

[gondorrevealparty]

duckduckgo Are camo pants secretly leftist or ironically fascist

duckduckgo Can pants be fascist

duckduckgo Most leftist type of pants

duckduckgo Camo bell bottoms

duckduckgo Will girls make fun of me at the gun range

duckduckgo When girls make fun of you is it good or bad

duckduckgo Are bell bottoms fascist

duckduckgo Is ironic fascism secretly leftist

duckduckgo Are pants fascist

[alienaficionados]

““When I was about 20 years old, I met an old pastor’s wife who told me that when she was young and had her first child, she didn’t believe in striking children, although spanking kids with a switch pulled from a tree was standard punishment at the time. But one day, when her son was four or five, he did something that she felt warranted a spanking–the first in his life. She told him that he would have to go outside himself and find a switch for her to hit him with. The boy was gone a long time. And when he came back in, he was crying. He said to her, “Mama, I couldn’t find a switch, but here’s a rock that you can throw at me.” All of a sudden the mother understood how the situation felt from the child’s point of view: that if my mother wants to hurt me, then it makes no difference what she does it with; she might as well do it with a stone. And the mother took the boy into her lap and they both cried. Then she laid the rock on a shelf in the kitchen to remind herself forever: never violence. And that is something I think everyone should keep in mind. Because if violence begins in the nursery one can raise children into violence.””

— Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking, 1978 Peace Prize Acceptance Speech (via jillymomcraftypants)

[shamebats]

In 1978, when she received the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, Lindgren spoke against corporal punishment of children in a speech entitled Never Violence! After that, she teamed up with scientists, journalists and politicians to promote non-violent upbringing. In 1979, a law was introduced in Sweden prohibiting violence against children in response to her demands. Until then there was no such law anywhere in the world.

What a legacy. We’re so lucky to have had her.

[queeranarchism]

“1978 seems late, I wonder when that law was introduced in my country”

[2007, the Netherlands]

Jesus fucking christ.

And of fucking course it’s legal in Belgium, the UK and the US. Could have guessed.

[beltainefaerie]

Corporal punishment of children in the United States - Wikipedia

I feel very YIKES about this. These states it is still right now legal to administer corporal punishment IN SCHOOLS. WTF? Apparently spanking is legal everywhere by the parents but in these red states you don’t even have to obtain parent permission to paddle or switch a kid in school. As a teacher I am baffled that this is still the case.

In California striking students with an object is considered abuse no matter who is doing it and a teacher would be fired for striking a child. I have to regularly take trainings on how to identify and report abuse. How the heck is this still allowed?

[cinturongazo]

im not using wojaks. get on my level

[demilypyro]

it's funny how "press F to pay respects" was such a gigantic meme that it seems to have permanently affected the way we talk online. people use it completely genuinely and unironically. had a bad day? F. died in a videogame? F. I see it constantly in Discord, Twitch and ingame chats. like it's actually being used as common shorthand. when it only gained prominence because of how hilariously stupid this screenshot is

[artistformerlyknownasbutttrumpet]

i was training a young person at work, and she referred to sexual assault as "SA" out loud, and i immediately was like, "no, it's sexual assault, call it what it is," bc idgaf if the algorithm overlords have taught y'all that you should fear direct language, how tf do any of you expect to ever address real issues with any amount of seriousness if you can't even say the words? imagine an advocate looking a sexual assault survivor in the eyes and asking "did he grape you?" it's absolutely fucking absurd, but these young interns and new hires are coming into an environment where we deal with survivors of all different kinds of abuse, and they're coming with the mindset that the words are as bad as the actions, and that makes them shitty at the job and look juvenile af

i HATE self-censorship for a lot of reasons, but being in crisis work makes it even more frustrating. who are you censoring for? like i am being so fr, WHO are you censoring for? have you even thought it through? people who have been raped know that they have been raped. if someone attempts suicide or is grieving someone who did, saying "sewer slide" isn't going to protect them from any of the feelings. a murder victim's family isn't going to feel better bc you said "unalived" instead of murdered. if anything, it's just extremely invalidating and othering. it's saying "what happened to you is so bad that i won't even say the word," which is NOT trauma-informed care. you are not protecting survivors/victims when you self-censor. the ONLY things you protect when you self-censor are the puritanical ideologies that are being encouraged by rich fascists who want your money and obedience

say the fucking words, guys. just say the goddamn words before i go insane!!!

[9e978e]

via

[hope-for-the-planet]

California is investing a half-billion dollars to decarbonize homes for low-income households

California is installing zero-emission electric appliances and energy-saving upgrades at no cost to low-income households across the state u

Under the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program, California is providing no-cost, zero-emissions appliances like induction stoves and heat pumps to low-income households. The program covers single family, multifamily, and mobile homes and also include other efficiency upgrades like smart thermostats, LED lighting, and better duct sealing and insulation.

Worth noting, is that these appliances improve not only energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions, but are also cheaper to operate and significantly improve indoor air quality.

[femalegothic]

men just love to run their fucking mouth about what women do or do not want without even once considering consulting any actual women on the matter

How Women’s Sports Uniforms Became So Controversial, Long Before The Paris Olympics

Nike’s viral track kit is just one part of the story.

Faced with restrictive and uncomfortable uniforms, these women athletes fought to change their gear

(cnn) — When Olympian Tess Howard put on her new uniform for Great Britain’s women’s field hockey team in 2021, she

Women’s beach handball team fined for choosing shorts over bikini bottoms | CNN

The Norwegian women’s beach handball team has been fined after players opted to wear shorts instead of bikini bottoms during a European cham

Top female athletes speak out amid Olympics, defy convention through their uniforms

Female athletes are breaking with their sports' apparel conventions -- if not regulations -- to prioritize their comfort during competitions

Women’s Uniforms: judgement of women clutters sports front

Sports Commentary Historically, women in sports have not garnered the same respect as men, though they perform the same tasks and play the s

An Olympic medalist who refused to compete in bikini bottoms says skimpy outfits are putting women off athletics

Pole vaulter Holly Bradshaw refused to wear the customary bikini bottoms and crop tops favored by the majority of female athletes.

Underlying Injustices: Female Athlete Uniforms

According to Women in Sport, 78 percent of girls avoid participating in sports while on their period. 78 percent.  CEO of Women in Sport, St

[tall]

[furryprovocateur]

yeah okay cornball

[cock-holliday]

Non-Exhaustive Book Recs!

Here are some books that I have (annotated) physical copies of. The groupings overlap a lot, and it's not remotely the end of my recommended books, just ones I have as not-just-pdfs.

Some books belong to multiple categories but

Anarchism:

Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners by Josh Davidson (Editor); Angela Y. Davis (Foreword); Sara Falconer (Introduction); Eric King

Some really eye-opening essays by a variety of political prisons. Some are openly anarchist, others are other left flavors, and others had their actions politicized and must pick up the pieces behind bars

ABCs of Anarchism by Alexander Berkman.

A simple primer for Anarchist concepts and principles

Anarchist Voices: An Oral History of Anarchism in America compiled by Paul Averich

Huge collection of anarchist speeches, essays, and theory

Granny Made Me an Anarchist by Stuart Christie

The memoir of Stuart Christie, a Scottish anarchist who was arrested for attempting to assassinate the dictator Franco, when Christie was a teenager. Humorous, heartfelt, it gets into the deep personal aspect of antifascist work, and is jarring in how a 20-year old book about events from 50 years ago sounds like it could be written by today's anarchists.

Gender/Sexuality/Butch Identity:

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Groundbreaking semi-autobiographical story about butch life, identity, and leftist (and Jewish) politics.

GenderQueer: Voices Beyond The Sexual Binary by Riki Wilchins, Claire Howell and Joan Nestle

A collection of essays on nonbinary identities, pushing the boundaries of what is possible for gender and sexuality

Queering Anarchism, edited by CB Daring, J. Rogue, Deric Shannon, and Abby Volcano

A collection of essays on gender, sexuality, feminism, anti-racist action, relationships and more from anarchist perspectives. How dismantling hierarchies and encouraging autonomy reshapes the structures of our personal lives and identities.

Butch Is A Noun by S. Bear Bergman

A collection of essays by Bergman getting into sexuality, gender, and overall butch identity. This work is very openly written from a transmasculine perspective while also being hyper-aware of this. It not only does not forget about other types of butches, it actively challenges the reader to question your rigid ideas of identity and to get comfortable with conflicting or contradictory experiences

Jewish Identity/Anti-Zionism/Palestine:

Trans Talmud: Androgynes and Eunuchs in Rabbinic Literature by Max K. Strassfeld

An analysis of gender and sex flexibility as supported by the Talmud and other Jewish literature. Rather than create new space for trans people in ritual, roles, and ceremony, Strassfeld argues that the possibility of transness has historical precedent.

The Threshold of Dissent: A History of American Jewish Critics of Zionism by Marjorie N. Feld

What it says in the subtitle. A long and dense history of Jewish antizionism not only exists but was actively erased by people who want you to think we are a new phenomenon. As long as zionism has existed, there have been Jewish opponents in the US and elsewhere.

There Is Nothing So Whole As A Broken Heart: Mending the World as Jewish Anarchists, edited by Cindy Milstein

A wonderful collection of essays on antizionist Jewish anarchism. Through hardship, isolation, and suffering, we still find each other, find reasons to keep fighting, and through it all ground ourselves in the knowledge that we are fighting for a better world, and that one is possible.

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill

A beautifully scathing critique of how liberal and some leftist organizing under "progressive" banners carves out space to not support Palestine. Environmentalism, gay rights, feminism, equality, justice, etc--all these values that ought to account for Palestine has had groups continuously sidestep or outright fought against supporting Palestine.

Law/Decrim:

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

A great deep dive into how the history of mass incarceration has evolved in an age where racism is "over."

Kayanerenkó:wa: The Great Law of Peace by Kayanesenh Paul Williams

A comparative legal text getting into types of indigenous law and how it is similar and very dissimilar to European models. When social concepts are seen as default, and entire other systems do things differently, from relationships to land to relationships to each other, to justice and revenge and rehabilitation, what all is possible for the future?

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Stevenson, one of the biggest champions of justice programs like the Innocence Project, tells a story about the US justice system, about defending clients, and challenges the reader to reconsider what you think you know about the law. A super frustrating read, but well worth it if you are new to decriminalization and abolitionist politics.

The End of Policing by Alex Vitale

Once a spokesperson of reform and accountability programs, Vitale has come around to the idea that more cameras, more training, more funding does not fix the police, because the police are not broken--they are functioning as designed.

We Do This Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba

A refreshingly hopeful text about abolitionist concepts, and proposals about a world beyond policing and prisons. A fantastic primer to any questions you might have about what abolition means, what abolitionists want, and what is possible to achieve if we fight for it.

Misc:

Doppleganger: A Trip Into The Mirrorworld by Naomi Klein

Haven't Yet Read But Would Like To:

Here Where We Live Is Our Country by Molly Crabapple

This book is on the history the Jewish Labour Bund, and the unifying theory of Doykeyt--or hereness--that says that our home is where we make it, our community is who we live among, and our loyalties lie to our comrades, not a nation state.

Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine

This book is a deep dive into how anti(and even pro)trans arguments attempting to create a distinct binary between men and women is rooted in fabricated "science" and maintained by coercion, not nature

Caveat Honorable Mention

Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities by Emily Tamkin

I give this an honorable mention as like a bridge book. This book is not anti-zionist in nature and plays the middle ground entirely too much, but is a great primer for the intra-community policing of who is Jewish enough. It gets into historical perceptions, the shift of what's popular in and out of community, and the perhaps unifying question of "am I a bad Jew?"

[bobbole]

Otama Shimai

[notsoprettylankydetective]

Diversity Win: the SecUnit sent to destroy you is aroace and genderless!