March 2012
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Aria's Code of Ethics
Everything in bold are ones that I feel are most important to me.
I will first and foremost abide by the Platinum Rule, which states, “Do unto others as they would have you do unto them.” This rule guides my ethics.
ROMANTIC/SEXUAL ETHICS:
I will be upfront and honest about how I feel about my romantic partner and our relationship when it is pertinent to the discussion with her.
I...
February 2012
84 posts
“LGBT oppression, like women’s oppression, is tied to the centrality of the...”
– Sherry Wolf - Sexuality and Socialism: History, Politics, and Theory of LGBT Liberation
I really love this quote.
(via domesticterrorism)
Watchcollegehumor:
Gender Role Reversal Dating
“Does this mustache make me look fat?”
Play on stereotypical gender roles.
Woman: Can I have birth control?
Government: No.
Woman: I got pregnant because I didn't have birth control and I don't want the fetus. Can I have an abortion?
Government: No.
Woman: I gave birth to my child but since I wasn't expecting it, I can't afford daycare. Can I have help paying for it?
Government: No.
One part of 'Big River' that REALLY bothered me
snatchflaps:
This weekend I saw my school’s production of “Big River”, a musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s classic “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”.
Towards the end, Jim sings “Free at Last”, in which he expresses his desire to be free from his enslavement. The black ensemble emerges and sits to listen. It’s a very powerful moment in the show.
But then, the white ensemble files in. Each...
Being racist is not being crazy, people. →
instinctbluestoo:
a-bayani:
littlemissmutant:
iamabutchsolo:
In class today we were talking about all of these cases of race-infused violence in the south during the Civil Rights Movement, and Emmett Till came up. And of course we talked about how brutal his murder was - he was beaten, shot in the…
Why we’re the white people in the room ‘guilty’ in the first place? They had nothing to...
Anonymous asked: I'm surprised no otherkin has flamed you for your response about them.
“As all advocates of feminist politics know most people do not understand sexism...”
– bell hooks (via thevirtualpostit)
thebluedream asked: I loved your post about attributing racism to craziness! I'm disabled and white--aside from what you've mentioned, stigmatizing illness and disability in this way doesn't make me any safer either.
Anonymous asked: Hey! I'm really interested in your view on Otherkin. It's been showing up a lot in my dash today
Anonymous asked: Are you gay?
“Contemporary feminism cut itself off from history and bankrupted itself when it...”
– Camille Paglia (via stay-delicious)
This woman is a teacher at my school, heh…
“And if I’m lonely, doesn’t matter, I think there’s worse than...”
– Emmie, Caroline, Or Change
Miss Piggy On Beauty
lizziegoneastray:
homeisaheartbeat:
What are your top beauty tips?
Start out perfect and don’t change a thing. Always accentuate your best features by pointing at them. And conceal your flaws by sucker punching anyone who has the audacity to mention them.
Perfect quote is perfect.
Black people serve 60% longer sentences than... →
tahlalaliaaa:
leftcollection:
“A new study by M. Marit Rehavi of the University of British Columbia and Sonja B. Starr of the University of Michigan Law School shows that Black Americans receive almost 60% long prison sentences than white Americans who committed the same crime.
The study covered 58,000 federal criminal cases and found that there was a significant difference between the...
alisonofagun said: Adventures in Babysitting is racist? I actually remember nothing about it other than watching it over and over again.
Because all the black people in the movie were car thieves, gang members, or jive-talking, loud jazz fanatics really that made the white kids...
You ever have moments when you look back at...
And then you discover that it was actually pretty racist and you suddenly feel bad for enjoying them?
Peter Pan (movie and musical version, blegh)
Adventures in Babysitting
Aristocats
North
Like, any Indiana Jones movie
“Women like Ella Baker, Diane Nash, Daisy Bates and Fannie Lou Hamer are dimly...”
– How Barack Obama is like Martin Luther King, Jr. | The Nation (via bowfolk)
Woah, how did I gain forty followers in one night?
You all are too kind.
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Being racist is not being crazy, people.
In class today we were talking about all of these cases of race-infused violence in the south during the Civil Rights Movement, and Emmett Till came up. And of course we talked about how brutal his murder was - he was beaten, shot in the head, drowned, one of his eyes was gouged out. There was a quiet in the room as we all took in the sheer amount of superfluous physical violence put upon him and...
Alright, trying to get an internship
DC theaters, please be kind to me and accept me as a literary/dramaturgy intern!
clatterandclank asked: You are pretty awesome for critically evaluating your own words and checking your privilege. <3
“[O]ne of the more dramatic consistencies I’ve noticed in the history of debt:...”
– Dr. David Graeber, Anthropologist/ anarchist/ scholar-activist (via rethinkcapitalism
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of-praxis:
what strikes me about the white supremacy of some asians, and poc in general, is that they refuse to acknowledge that the establishment will throw them under the bus if it needs, the first chance it gets
and it will need to.
susnom asked: Goddamn, Aria--I love how you can hear a sound argument and change your opinion based on that. Mega respect, everyone should be like that.
Anonymous asked: you are a douchey cissexist jerk.
Stop the War on Women. Sign the Petition. Help... →
yoctavias:
Yesterday, conservatives in the House of Delegates passed HB 1, “personhood” legislation that would grant legal rights to fertilized eggs. This bill seeks to ban safe, legal abortion in all circumstances and threatens women’s access to birth control. Unfortunately, they didn’t stop there. Anti-women legislators also passed legislation requiring many women seeking an abortion to...
Viagra is covered by health insurance with no...
“Average Tumblr Person: I’m a social outcast who is queer, and depressed, and has...”
– weian-fu (via zorascreation)
I’m fucking dying. Oh, shit.
(via douglass-forgot-the-chitterlings)
terrorists just want people to check their privilege too!!!
(via of-praxis)
