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[an-otaco-blog]

Attacking femaleness, deriding ‘girly stuff’ and rolling your eyes at ‘women’s issues’ declaring yourself a ‘tomboy’ who gets along better with men because women are silly or pretty or whatever, these are expressions of internalized sexism. If that’s the way you feel about your own sex you’ll be doomed to feel inferior no matter what you achieve in life.

Ariel Levy, Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture (via quoilecanard)

[cabell]

If your ancestors cut down all the trees, it’s not your fault, but you still don’t live in a forest.

Pam Oliver, a professor in the UW-Madison sociology department, explaining the historical roots of racism in the United States to her undergraduate students (mostly middle-class and White).  I try to use this when I teach race now, too, to get past the defensive “but why are you BLAMING ME” reaction. (via cabell)

[burningtulle]

Because ‘colorblind’ is just another way to say ‘We don’t care.’

Jason Chu, from “Colorblind” (via pianoter)

[think-progress]

But under the laws of our land, you got to have a jury that is a reflection of society as a whole, and on an Indian reservation, it’s going to be made up of Indians, right? So the non-Indian doesn’t get a fair trial.

A top Republican Senator said Native Americans can’t try white people fairly. (via think-progress)

Oh goodness gracious.

[knowledgeequalsblackpower]

June, 1964. Black children integrate the swimming pool of the Monson Motel. To force them out, the owner pours acid into the water.

[thequilentone]

And white folk wonder why

[mentalhealthfemme]

My mom was born in ‘64, kay? So, what that means is… THIS SHIT WASN’T THAT LONG AGO AND Y’ALL NEED TO STOP ACTING LIKE THE SHIT WE TALK ABOUT IS ARCHAIC AND OLD-HAT.

[the-original-dtwps]

my mom was still in trinidad when this happened but seriously it could’ve happened to either my aunt or uncle who were 12 and 15/16 respectively

[babyslime]

I think photos like this need to exist, not because I like the subject matter, but because it helps immortalize events that many people want to forget ever happened (and work pretty hard to make it so). It makes us face it. I’ve seen this picture before, but don’t know all the details. I hope the children in this photo were okay.

[medeaismyfavourite-deactivated2]

I’m always going to reblog photos like this. People are always like “Oh just get over it already”. Well, no.

No.

[black-creole-queen-deactivated2]

Reblogging this picture AGAIN. Because NEVER FORGET.

[stfuwhiteliberals]

Have I told you lately that I love you?

[youngbadmangone]

I am the first African American editor in comics. I’m sorry if this somehow displeases you. I’m sorry if it causes you to involuntarily groan in annoyance at my bringing it up. These are common reactions among industry pros when I mention this fact. If it’s not true, by all means, please prove me wrong: I’ll be happy to celebrate whomever was the first black guy in, but it is a reasonable and important distinction for many African American fans and pros. I’m sorry if it annoys you, but it has significance for many of us. I am also, to my knowledge, the first African-American writer in comics, though people in this biz are quick to haggle and parse that claim. I’m not sure why none of the various self- congratulatory histories of comics ever mention this. Amid all the wonderful histories that have been written, noting the pioneers of the Golden and Silver and Modern Ages, trumpeting these firsts, I am not mentioned anywhere. And, whenever I mention it myself, it is, every time, excised from the published text. I haven’t figured out if the companies think I’m arrogant in making the claim, or if they’re embarrassed to have been in business nearly fifty years before allowing a black man a seat in their front office.

Christopher Priest (via youngbadmanbrown)

[salesonfilm-deactivated20180514]

The Invisible War (Kirby Dick, 2012)

[meetingsinthedesert]

Watch this, it’s on Netflix.

[elevenacres]

Moleskine Sketches

[whatwevegotherex-blog]

I've been getting kind of frustrated recently with the world.  I think--I worry that apathy is setting in for me.  I feel like I'm talking to a wall, trying to convince it to let me see the other side.

[beanerschnitzel]

i found this inappropriately hilarious and i want one.

[lunarstatic-deactivated20171031]

LOL OH MY FUCKING GOD

[bluepurpink]

vampire fucking tea bags

[reverieofb-deactivated20130209]

true sex

[amitafeenia-deactivated20151116]

*dies*

where can i get these

[im-eternally-love]

Thin privilege (and male privilege) is your parents not understanding that you are afraid to take a taxi back home when it’s dark outside, (even though they were the ones who taught you not to get into a stranger’s car,) and when you ask why, they just eye you up and down and say “who would even rape you.”

[elegantly-tasteless]

The caricature of the artistically and intellectually impoverished street thug so often put forward by critics of so-called gangsta rap fails to account for the linguistic virtuosity and cultural literacy required to rap effectively to a beat.

from Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop by Adam Bradley (via elegantly-tasteless)

[dirtyanddarling]

Going to all of the zine-fests!

[theymerb]

I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action”; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a “more convenient season.” Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from a Birmingham Jail (via brashblacknonbeliever)

This is why you don’t quote MLK as a way to silence us, white people. He wasn’t having any of your bullshit and neither are we.

(via thewhitemankilledthetruth)

[dirtyanddarling]

Going to all of the zine-fests!

[lazinefest]

Yup. We’re only ONE MONTH AWAY! That mean’s it’s time to RSVP to our Facebook event and invite all of your friends!

Check out some of the rad workshops and discussions we’ve got scheduled for the day!: 

+ A multimedia reading and discussion featuring POC Zine Project’s Mimi Thi Nguyen, Cristy C. Road, Osa Atoe, Mariam Bastani, Suzy X, and Daniela Capristrano—their first reunion since their 14-city Race Riot Tour 2012! Get a first-hand, informed primer on people of color in zines from the 90s up to now from some experiences zinesters.  +Zineworks Collective’s speed-dating-style zinemaker meet-up! In this interactive workshop, get to know possible future collaborators, swap stories and tips, plus leave with a free zine from Zineworks!  + Mend My Dress Press’ workshop offering up some strategies to help you begin the process of anthologizing your zine, touching on everything from choosing content to suggestions for publishing. Get advice from the Press’ founders and authors in the flesh!  + a panel discussion with Allison Wolfe (of Bratmobile/Cool Moms), Alice Bag (punk musician and author of Violence Girl), Drew Denny (musician/filmmaker), and Charlyne Yi (musician/actress), moderated by K. Bradford.

All of that, plus over 100 exhibitors from around the WORLD (yup, we will totally have at least one Canadian in the house!) showing off their zines, comics and other DIY publications. You can check out the full list of exhibitors here.

Remember, RSVP to our Facebook event, share this post and invite all of your friends! See you on February 17th!