So Much Things To Say

the-sun-snarer: trying to flesh out a valid argument on why American Individualism caused massive...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:34:09 -0500

trying to flesh out a valid argument on why American Individualism caused massive amounts of damage to the feminist movement (as well as any other Civil Rights movement). Will report back.

remember how I used to actually use this blog? maybe I should start again (but I probably won’t because I forget about it all the time)

salesonfilm: God Bless America (Bobcat Goldthwait, 2011)

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:45:47 -0400

salesonfilm:

God Bless America (Bobcat Goldthwait, 2011)

"As a Muslim, I’m sick of people asking me how I feel about 9/11. What do you want me to say,..."

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:47:39 -0400

“

As a Muslim, I’m sick of people asking me how I feel about 9/11. What do you want me to say, seriously?

Do you want me to say, “It was a great plan, mwahahaha!” before I fly off on a magic carpet?

I was born and raised in this country and was just as shocked as everyone else to learn there were people on this earth so vile as to commit such a horrific attack - or to even think about doing it.

But I didn’t do it. Neither did 99.999999999 percent of the roughly 1.5 billion people in the world who also call themselves Muslims. So why should I or any other Muslim apologize for what happened?

Nickleback is planning on releasing another album. Should I ask white people to apologize for that?

”

- Aman Ali (via faineemae)

probably.

(via raisha)

To often particulars are turned into generalizations.
(via walruswords)

"De-industrialization’s been going on for 50 years, the decline of organized labor’s been going on..."

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:44:50 -0400

“

De-industrialization’s been going on for 50 years, the decline of organized labor’s been going on for 40 years, globalization: 20-25 years, and you’re gonna sit there and argue over this month’s employment report? The fact that we can’t have an adult electoral process is rooted in this kind of frenzy of who can we blame, and how fast.

[…]

That business of four years being the metric for anything? We have a political culture that everyone plants annuals, they plant pretty flowers that come up the next spring. What we need is a political culture where somebody plants a fuckin’ olive tree, which doesn’t even give you an olive for seven years. That’s how you fix an economy…When that olive tree becomes an orchard.

”

- David Simon, creator of the television series The Wire,on why the question “Are you better of than you were four years ago?” is the most corrosive question in Politics today (via milonga-of-the-dead-man)

milonga-of-the-dead-man: Heems - Womyn “I just want to burn a...

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:42:34 -0400

milonga-of-the-dead-man:

Heems - Womyn

“I just want to burn a spliff and eat Thai, man (THAI!)
When I holler at them they say it’s bad timing (NOT RIGHT NOW!)
They smell great, I think about em real late
They’re better than steak, or high stakes
Poker, Yo women? They’re loca (LOCA!)
They’re sometimes Spanish (YA TU SABES!)
When it’s real late at the club they vanish
With dudes after I warm em up with great jokes (GREAT JOKES HAHA!)
They’re the great hope, they’re very dope
Sometimes they like to smoke
Sometimes they drink drinks with the little umbrellas in em
(I SEE YOU WITH EM!)
Sometimes women are venom
But sometimes women is like the best flower (BEST FLOWER!)
Yo women? Yo they got the power (THEY GOT THE POWER!)
Yo women? They like to take showers
And when they let you take em with them it’s really awesome (SHAMPOO!)
Women used to watch Dawson’s, Creek (JAMES VAN DER BEEK!)
And they used to watch 90210, they like to watch shows
Some of them don’t, they like to read prose (BOOKS!)
Some of them like to date pros, that’s professionals (WHAT?)
Other’s don’t (OH)
They like to date maybe artists (AIGHT!)
Some women are bad and some are harmless (WHAT?)
Women, you see they got the harness (WHAT?)
And they can harness all this power that they garnish (WHAT?)
Women like to watch You’ve Got Mail with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks
(YO ME TOO DOG!)
Women you’re great, on behalf of men “Thanks” (THANK YOU WOMEN!)
I’m glad to be a part of your ranks
If you accept me, women”

lookslikescience: My name is Erin Pettit, I am a glaciologist...

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:41:17 -0400

lookslikescience:

My name is Erin Pettit, I am a glaciologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. I study glaciers and ice sheets and their role in our changing climate - in Antarctica, Greenland, Alaska, Canada, and more. I also explore the mountains with a team of teenage girls each summer through my program called Girls on Ice.

"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy..."

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:40:40 -0400

“Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.”

- Rev. Pat Robertson (via grrrlstudies)

This this this.

(via pepperminteyecandy)

Pat Robertson says this like it’s a bad thing

egotripland: Himanshu Suri of Das Racist reacts to the...

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:52:37 -0400

egotripland:

Himanshu Suri of Das Racist reacts to the Wisconsin Sikh temple tragedy on Twitter:

“My parents go to a gurdwara like the one in Wisconsin every day. Can’t imagine someone bringing such hatred to such a calm place.”

Read more of his thoughts here: http://bit.ly/RahjKj

Frank Ocean: 'My first love was a man'

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:23:13 -0400

Frank Ocean: 'My first love was a man':

milonga-of-the-dead-man:

Shout out to Frank Ocean on this one. Homophobia in the hip hop world is nuts, and for one of the most famous artists in the last couple years to come out like this is very impressive.

reblogging on this blog. I’m back guys!

Former NFL player Wade Davis on coming out in sports

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:37:09 -0400

Wade Davis: I believe that it's okay to be gay and play sports or be a rapper or an actor. I just think we're moving in that direction. I can't say it's in the next five or ten years, but I definitely think it's on the horizon.

Amy K. Nelson: Does it have to be the quarterback [who comes out]? Can it be the reserved player at first?

Wade Davis: I'll be flat-out honest with you. It probably shouldn't if he wants to keep his job. If he wants to keep his job, if he's the 53rd man on the roster, if he's a free agent who's fighting for a job, maybe he shouldn't. I would hope that he would, I would hope that he feels that he can, but if you want me to be flat-foot honest with you, it probably shouldn't be, just because I don't want to tell someone to give up their lifelong dream of playing in the NFL to ... you know what, yes, it should be. You know, screw it. It should be. I don't want to be in the business of telling anyone they can't live their life authentically. I don't want to do that anymore. It's just not what I'm about anymore. So I want anyone, whether you're the first man or the 25th man or the last man or even someone on the practice squad, to come out and say, "You know what? I'm gay, I'm still a great athlete, and I'm an even better human being."

"It’s not too much to ask men and boys to “look, but don’t touch.” A young woman who wants to be..."

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:45:38 -0400

“It’s not too much to ask men and boys to “look, but don’t touch.” A young woman who wants to be noticed, even desired, without being assaulted isn’t making an unreasonable request. She’s not defying the facts of biology. She’s asking to be watched, appreciated, and left unharmed. Saying that she’s asking to be raped is like saying that a talented actor who portrays an unsympathetic villain particularly well on screen is asking to be attacked by an outraged member of the movie-going public. There’s a difference between a performance and an invitation, and it’s not that hard—really, it’s not—to distinguish the two.”

- Sexy Halloween Costumes for Girls Don’t Cause Rape — The Good Men Project (via sexisnottheenemy)

Awesome quote. Too bad it’s from the [Nice Guys Who Think They’re] Good Men Project, written by everyone’s favorite rapey fauxminist dudebro.

(via jadelyn)

wait…rapey? Fauxminist?

I’m all for skepticism, but I just went to this website and read 3 different articles by Hugo Schwyzer, who I was previously unfamiliar with, and I didn’t see anything rapey in his writings, or faux feminist for that matter.

can someone direct me to some evidence for this description? Because so far I haven’t found any, and if he really is some sort of bad dude I’d like to know

hey everybody

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:37:32 -0400

Mike Brown got his laptop back!

let’s get social justice-y!

Adam Yauch's Work in Tibet More Important Than Ever

Sat, 12 May 2012 12:08:51 -0400

Adam Yauch's Work in Tibet More Important Than Ever :

politicalsocialworker:

Like many of my generation, the first I ever heard about Tibet was from the Free Tibet concerts.

Quick thought on President Obama supporting gay marriage

Sat, 12 May 2012 11:45:56 -0400

yes, of course it’s a good thing for him to have said that, but he didn’t say “I’m going to legalize gay marriage”

and he didn’t ever say he was going to take the right to ban gay marriage away from the individual states

just some food for thought

Photo

Sat, 12 May 2012 11:35:13 -0400

barackobama: “Same-sex couples should be able to get married.”—President Obama This is great and...

Wed, 09 May 2012 15:38:57 -0400

barackobama:

“Same-sex couples should be able to get married.”—President Obama

This is great and all, but I feel like I just keep thinking that this should have been said a while ago

"However fierce our band was in the past, imagine me, six foot two, in heels, fucking screaming in..."

Wed, 09 May 2012 15:37:58 -0400

“However fierce our band was in the past, imagine me, six foot two, in heels, fucking screaming in someone’s face”

- Laura Grace (Gabel) in the rolling stone magazine (via sinktothebottom)

MCA’s Feminist Legacy | The Nation

Wed, 09 May 2012 09:38:00 -0400

MCA’s Feminist Legacy | The Nation:

…that’s what was so remarkable and emotional about the Beastie Boys’ feminist turnaround. Maybe your father says sexism doesn’t exist and your boyfriend disrespects you. Maybe you have to deal with assholes on the subway who rub up against you every day and laugh when you yell at them. But listening to this band that you love so much say that your pain is real, that the world is fucked up and that they are not going to participate in actions that hurt you anymore because they care about you—it was the overwhelming feeling of being made visible. They were sending a clear message to their female fans: this isn’t okay, we have your back, we’re sorry.

I want to say a little something that’s long overdue / The disrespect to women has to got to be through / To all the mothers and sisters and the wives and friends / I want to offer my love and respect till the end

Excellent article. The Beastie Boys change of heart when it comes to women in their lyrics and lifestyles is a model that more hip hop artists should take note of

pearinbloom: Toni Morrison.

Wed, 09 May 2012 02:30:43 -0400

pearinbloom:

Toni Morrison.

Dear Professor Curtin,

Wed, 09 May 2012 02:10:45 -0400

don’t blame me for how many block quotes are in this essay, I swear it’s not on purpose