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Sun, 19 May 2013 21:25:16 -0300

redplebeian: Context:...

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:23:48 -0300

redplebeian:

Context: http://theredplebeian.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/wither-derrick-jensen-the-transphobia-of-deep-green-resistance/

"They ain't lose a daughter got a son"

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:33:36 -0300

satanic2chainz:

oh look, there’s jay-z dismantling patriarchal views of marriage along with taking beyonce last name but aint nobody want to talk any shit about that

depressedproblems: people don’t understand just how much...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:33:16 -0300

depressedproblems:

people don’t understand just how much depression impacts you.

it does stop you from doing homework, it’s not just us being lazy.

it makes it really hard to wake up, so yeah sometimes we need to miss school

it makes you isolate yourself, we don’t actually want to lose all our friends

it makes you really nervous about weird things, so sometimes we just don’t want to do new activities or sports or whatever

why can’t people accept that?

You are allowed to have really good days for no real reason and really bad ones for no real reason. You are allowed to feel like shit and ten minutes later, think everything in the world is perfect. You dont need a reason to feel, emotions are a great part of the human experience, don't deny them.

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:33:17 -0300

angrynerdyblogger: do you ever just “what the fuck is the point” so hard that you stop everything...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:57:14 -0300

angrynerdyblogger:

do you ever just “what the fuck is the point” so hard that you stop everything you’re doing and stare and pretty much wonder why you don’t vanish from existence because the level of done you are should pretty much deconstruct your biological makeup

ragewang: uncomfortableconfusion: The cutest kitten gifs ever...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:50:12 -0300

ragewang:

uncomfortableconfusion:

The cutest kitten gifs ever on tumblr

do not do this to my frail and mortal being

clinicallydepressedpug: It doesn’t even have to be because they...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:49:14 -0300

clinicallydepressedpug:

It doesn’t even have to be because they said something or looked at me a certain way or anything.

trashfemme: eatyourpaisley: people are so quick to assume that all fat people hate being fat. and...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:49:05 -0300

trashfemme:

eatyourpaisley:

people are so quick to assume that all fat people hate being fat. and i mean, obviously there are fat people who hate being fat. but nobody ever stops and asks if those people actually hate being fat because of the way their body looks and feels, or if they hate being fat because of how terribly people treat them solely based on the size of their body.

this 100%

porcelain-horse-horselain: porcelain-horse-horselain: Original...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:47:57 -0300

porcelain-horse-horselain:

porcelain-horse-horselain:

Original Ask: http://niggawitamacbook.tumblr.com/post/50369777340/i-know-britneys-been-in-a-medically-induced-coma-for

Receipts for zenrice.tumblr.com being a gross ableist fuck.

Please unfollow zenrice (if you’re following) for using ableist slurs and then being disrespectful when called out on it instead of apologizing and stopping. & PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST!

snowysula: what a fucked up society we live in that we shame people both for having and for not...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:46:24 -0300

snowysula:

what a fucked up society we live in that we shame people both for having and for not having sex

sanityscraps: “Untitled” by Nick Knight [x] I’d add that I...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:09:25 -0300

sanityscraps:

“Untitled” by Nick Knight [x]

I’d add that I don’t think it’s “trivial” that fashion is viewed as frivolous. It’s female-dominated, so I don’t think it’s a coincidence that one of the only female-dominated art mediums is viewed as frivolous and vain. That’s misogyny, which of course intersects with racism in instances like these.

deafmuslimpunx: its-salah: Following his release from...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:06:48 -0300

deafmuslimpunx:

its-salah:

Following his release from Guantanamo Bay, Sami Al-Hajj, a (former) Guantanamo Bay detainee, dashes towards his eight year old son Mohammad and swoops him up in his arms, hugging him and planting tender kisses on his face in their first reunion after seven years.

After being imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay for seven years, during which he was repeatedly interrogated and tortured, including being physically, sexually, and psychologically abused, Al Hajj was released without any charges held against him.

Al Hajj, a journalist for the Al Jazeera network, was arrested in Pakistan in 2001 while on his way to do camerawork for the network concerning the war that had recently broken out in Afghanistan. It has been speculated by both Al Hajj’s lawyer, Clive Stafford Smith, and Reporters Without Borders that the main reason that he was incarcerated for so long was due to the US Miliary’s desire to make him an informant against Al Jazeera, as most of Al Hajj’s interrogations consisted of American interrogators questioning him about the (Al Jazeera) network.

While in Guantanamo, Al Hajj wrote a poem titled Humiliated in Shackles to his son Mohammad:

When I heard pigeons cooing in the trees,
Hot tears covered my face.

When the lark chirped, my thoughts composed
A message for my son.

Mohammad, I am afflicted.
In my despair, I have no one but Allah for comfort.

The oppressors are playing with me,
As they move freely around the world.

They ask me to spy on my countrymen,
Claiming it would be a good deed.

They offer me money and land,
And freedom to go where I please.

Their temptations seize
My attention like lightning in the sky.

But their gift is an empty snake,
Carrying hypocrisy in its mouth like venom,

They have monuments to liberty
And freedom of opinion, which is well and good.

But I explained to them that
Architecture is not justice.

America, you ride on the backs of orphans,
And terrorize them daily.

Bush, beware.
The world recognizes an arrogant liar.

To Allah I direct my grievance and my tears.
I am homesick and oppressed.

Mohammad, do not forget me.
Support the cause of your father, a God-fearing man.

I was humiliated in the shackles.
How can I now compose verses? How can I now write?

After the shackles and the nights and the suffering and the tears,
How can I write poetry?

My soul is like a roiling sea, stirred by anguish,
Violent with passion.

I am a captive, but the crimes are my captors’.
I am overwhelmed with apprehension.

Lord, unite me with my son Mohammad.
Lord, grant success to the righteous.

And yet, there still remain many more innocent Afghan & Pakistani men imprisoned at Guantanamo.

how to not be a White Savior when in Africa

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:37:50 -0300

queerhairyvag:

Don’t assume those you intend to help even wanted your help.

You are not there to ‘help’ anyone. Help assumes you are in authority and they depend on you.

You are there to work with people.

Those people are not charity cases: they are human beings with feelings history and personal identities. Like you. Treat them as such.

That means stop thinking its so goddamn ’beautiful’ to hold a black child’s hand or ‘inspiring’ when you wear their clothes and practice their customs or ‘amazing’ when you see a person wear western clothes.

You’re exotifying people based on racist and ignorant ideas you had of them. Go back to no. 4

The people you work with don’t exist to make you/your life look better.

Don’t assume you know what’s best for them. Ask. Listen.

Listen to them more than those you view as your ‘equals’ (fellow volunteers/white ppl)

Don’t expect those you work with to be thankful to you. They didn’t ask you to work with them in the first place.

You are not there to ‘save the day’.

Treat them the way you treat your friends; be there for them when they want/need you, offer advice but don’t act butthurt if they don’t take it.

You do not have all the answers. Nobody does. So don’t act like you do. It shows.

Don’t describe those you work with as ‘underprivileged’ or other demeaning eurocentric words. What you are doing is comparing your own life to theirs and assuming everyone wants the type of life you have. Go back to no. 6 & 7

(this also goes for working with kids, women’s groups, people with disabilities etc. whether in your own country or abroad. Feel free to add more points that hasn’t been covered and reblog. End the White Saviour Complex)