May 2013
8 posts
Why I stepped out of my One Billion Rising South... →
By Gillian Schutte
For those who have asked why I have stepped out of the role of coordinator for One Billion Rising South Africa. Here is my response to both personal issues and the wider issues.
I have ideological differences with the international office, which are in the body outlined below. While I support the ethos of dance and protest I cannot work within the organisational expectations...
Who's Afraid?: Help Support Egyptt! Please Signal... →
tranqualizer:
thespiritwas:
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Dear Friends & Community, We are writing to let you know of a community member who needs support after going through a major health crisis. Many of you know Egyptt, a long time activist and advocate for low income, trans communities of color. Egyptt was formerly co-coordinator of Trans Justice at the Audre Lorde Project. Prior to her...
The Largest LGBT Donors Are Drone Manufacturers →
navigatethestream:
by Hannah Kapp-Klote
In the 1960s and 1970s, queer liberation (what we now call “LGBT equality”) was seen by its advocates as an all-inclusive movement intrinsically bound to other social justice movements: there could be no justice for queer people without justice for people of color, women, workers, those in other nations, etc. Accordingly, queer activistsworked hard to...
White Girl Privilege And The Problem With Blaming... →
An Open Letter to Eve Ensler
chiefelk:
Dear Eve Ensler,
I want to start off by saying thank you. I appreciate the time you took to reach out to me, because I know you’re incredibly busy. I know there are much more important people in this world than myself, so I appreciate you engaging in dialogue with me and my colleague Kelleigh Driscoll.
This all started because on Twitter, I addressed some issues that I had with...
How Public Policy Built The Racial Wealth Divide -... →
Ta-Nehisi Coates writes on a foul 1950’s housing market practice that ropped black wealth and helped set the conditions for the current racial wealth gap.
April 2013
24 posts
1 tag
A Quick Post on Tracking/Banning IPs on Tumblr
These are just a couple of things that I know of for stuff like this. If you have any other useful tools, please send them in and I’ll add them to this post. This post will just cover Statcounter and an IP redirector.
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So, first things first:
Statcounter
Statcounter is a website that lets you track visitors on your website for free. All you have to do is register your account...
iflybikes:
When men talk of women and girls in terms of legal/not legal, what they’re really saying is “I already sexually objectify this child and would attempt to fuck her if there were no laws in the way.”
You can’t deny that is fucking scary.
A message:
“I think a post on how to install a statcounter/IP tracking/IP blocking would be EXTREMELY useful (in the resources tag). Just this week, myself and several other bloggers had to install one. Or a general post on how to “augment” our safety, since our safety often comes under fire.”
Does anyone have a tutorial/resource for IP blocking? I use statcounter myself, but...
We now have an F.A.Q. and a tags page!
(I only got it done so quickly because there was so little.)
-Félix
a reply:
A resources tag would work well. IDR if there is one currently.
I was thinking of a resources tag since we’ve posted a few lists and such. If anyone else thinks of something, send a message. I’ll start working on the resources tag now (lucky we only have a couple hundred posts).
-Félix
I’ve gone through and added tags to all the messages we’ve gotten on this blog so far. You can find them under /tagged/ask.
My question is, would you all like a tagging system to be implemented somehow? Would that be helpful in any way? I only tagged asks because it seems that we’ve gotten a couple of questions that have already been answered, but people might not wanna go...
Here's a relevant post Neeah made awhile back. →
1 tag
Anonymous asked: Hey, so I'm a cis, queer, white, able-bodied woman and I'm a feminist and I love this blog, it's important and it's brilliant. The thing is though, the last few posts have made me feel like I shouldn't be here, like I should just keep my mouth shut and stop campaigning. I know, I know, poor little white girl, but it is upsetting when I really want this to be a world where...
bonesofbirch:
you are allowed to terminate toxic relationships
you are allowed to walk away from people who hurt you
you are allowed to be angry and selfish and unforgiving
you don’t owe anyone an explanation for taking care of yourself
“If we actually started calling bullying what it is and address it as racism,...”
– Amanda Levitt at Fat Body Politics (October 5th, 2012)
mehreenkasana:
A woman of color’s self-love is political and radical, and it is unsettling for the status quo because she is choosing bravely to dismantle the narratives of racist aesthetics against her. So when people bully a girl of color for being content and satisfied with her appearance - a reality that is subjected to racist, sexist slurs in cosmetic industries - and when they tell her to...
“On Tuesday, the day before the White House plans to send its budget to Congress,...”
– Student Loan Rate Set to Rise, Despite Lack of Support - NYTimes.com
princesspisspaws:
No Wave Feminists: dick-squaaaad: i know tumblr is a great place for self-righteousness…
dick-squaaaad:
i know tumblr is a great place for self-righteousness and to check other people’s privileges and call people out when oppressed people spend most of their time staying silent. but i’d also encourage ya’ll to look at how tumblr drama is increasingly used by mentally...
“As feminist voice theorists have stressed, when women do not tell their own...”
– The Rush to Motherhood: Pronatalist Discourse and Women’s Autonomy: Diana Tietjens Meyers (via dick-squaaaad)
dick-squaaaad:
i know tumblr is a great place for self-righteousness and to check other people’s privileges and call people out when oppressed people spend most of their time staying silent. but i’d also encourage ya’ll to look at how tumblr drama is increasingly used by mentally ill and other people with emotional/psych/social problems to be dysfunctional. like people are using this shit as an...
“Believers should be willing to place atheist critique of religion in a broader...”
– Sikivu Hutchinson
BOOM! She’s a Black woman who is an atheist and radical humanist and she’s speaking a complex truth that truly challenges atheist intersectional feminist perspectives. This alludes to my feelings and thoughts when I wrote Race, Gender and Connecting With Other Atheists. Black...
Meet the Podcaster: An Interview with Nia King →
niaking:
Zinester, drummer, cartoonist, filmmaker, and now podcaster? Meet Nia King, the woman behind We Want the Airwaves: QPOC Artists on the Rise, as well as Angry Black-White Girl, The Craigslist Chronicles, and QTPOC Comics. In this episode, Nia’s boyfriend - the talented musician Myles Luber - helps her overcome her fear of microphones to find out:
what it’s like growing up mixed-race in...
“The other issue with tumblr is that because content is often posted without...”
– Compact Fuku: Talking Tumblr Negativity Blues
or aka lol maybe its time to leave tumblr
(via plastickitten)
March 2013
16 posts
“A couple of days ago, I went to a booksigning for Charlotte Pierce-Baker, a...”
– Compact Fuku: Dissolving Shame
Or, how I’m getting over the shame of getting kicked out of college.
(via plastickitten)
Trans girl in need of help and advice
mmattie:
Sorry to ask for help like this, but I’m really worried, and not sure what to do. Read More
Please help me help the love of my life!
pussyharvest:
I have never written a post like this before, and I feel so fucking terrible about this—but I have SEEN Tumblr work magic before, and I’m at my wits’ end.
Tumblr, I am in love with the most amazing, wonderful, hard-working, genuinely decent man. He is smart, extremely patient, and has honestly taught me so much about myself in this short time. I want to be with him for a very long...
“Hello, white feminist (I forgot that you don’t like to be reminded of your race,...”
– Compact Fuku: A Love Letter to White Feminists, or Tips for Doing Intersectionality Right! (via theuntitledmag)
“We are aware that squeezing water droplets to allow the thirsty below to drink...”
– Compact Fuku: Why Your Feminist Praxis is Shit: Liberalism and Contemporary Feminism (via plastickitten)
hashtag chubby
premierboner:
Tangentially related to that previous post, I wanted to write a little about something but felt too shy or unable to articulate exactly how I felt. Or rather, I don’t know how I feel.
I was asked why I “hashtag chubby” my photo posts. It was sort of connected to a conversation where I was being (lovingly) ribbed for taking so many photos of myself. The answer I gave at the time...
“In the psychic moving stream of Tumblr, teen girls build and perform their...”
– The Teen-Girl Tumblr Aesthetic by Alicia Eler and Kate Durbin (March 1, 2013)
TRIGGER WARNING article discussions of death, violence against women, online harrasment, aaaand quotes lena dunham for no particular reason.
I found this article equal parts baffling, super important and way too intense....
February 2013
11 posts
blackfemdomdotcom:
Last post on this but bey has never called chinese people backward for eating dog (actually wasnt it less than human?) Moz is all about mopey individualism and bey has used her fame to help children, advance the careers of women, and bring gender equality to the forefront of popular conciousness in a meaningful and accessible way
I’m sorry I’m not sorry I get so emotional...
Saskatoon women recognized for Idle No More... →
