August 2011
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my culture is not a trend.: TW for Cultural... →
garconniere:
fatpeopleofcolor:
The other day I was on tumblr and came across PORK’s newest photos from a Wild West editorial. I must say I was quite disheartened and was not alone in this feeling, since, as I looked at the commentary it was apparent that many other people of color were…
July 2011
perseidbadger replied to your video: Trailer - 30 Minutes Or Less So let me get this…
It looks very funny and I do love the trailer, but I don’t know how I feel about the fact that this is based on a true story - and that the person in question (Brian Wells) was killed by the bomb.
Yeah, I’m also trying to process that! It could be good. But it could also be horrible. Even without...
Reblog if you want your followers to ask you...
ohgrrrl:
Someone should do this idk just ask me questions
I want to write things
Please :(
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Call for Submissions: Gears and Levers (steampunk... →
I met the editor at GearCon and she made it a point to tell me that she’s specifically looking for non-Victoriana steampunk.
Which can go either the way of Fail in which we have a ton of writers exoticizing non-white settings for Orientalist entertainment (I don’t care that they don’t mean to; you know it’s gonna happen and if we have to fall back on the intent excuse I...
The Escapist » Expert Says Blaming Videogames for... →
wildunicornherd:
“I know it’s a little controversial to say but there’s a certain type of racism in place with these killings,” [psychology professor Christopher Ferguson] told Forbes. “When shootings happen in an inner city in minority-populated schools, videogames are never brought up. But when these things happen in white majority schools and in the suburbs, people start to freak out and...
Fascinating Women: Cornelia Sorabji @ Edwardian... →
Though Indian (Parsi) and a woman, Cornelia Sorabji accomplished the unimaginable in becoming the first woman to practice law in India and Britain. Sorabji was born into a large family of nine children, her father, Reverend Sorabji Karsedji, a Parsi Christian, and her mother, Francina Ford, an Indian who had been adopted and raised by a British couple. Sorabji’s mother was devoted to the cause...
Offense is a funny thing.
chaoticwhim:
I’m sorry you’re offended. Your attitude practically screams “I’m not actually sorry and I either think you’re over-sensitive or not justified in being offended.
I’m sorry I offended you. A bit better. At least you admit something you said had direct effect on me.
But…
What does it really mean? To be “offended”? All I can think of is the phrase “offended my sensibilities”. A...
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Twitter, the fuck is up with that hash tag?
victree-kel:
cobracunt:
I mean, really.
goddamn, people are fucking horrible.
^ x2
Zine explaining Cultural Appropriation →
Modern Female Anarchist Writers →
gravewisdom:
A collection of writings by women anarchists who were or are members of the Workers Solidarity Movement
The School By Lavie Tidhar →
wildunicornherd:
holyshitmyporncollection:
I don’t know if you’ve read this, but it struck me as something people here might be interested in.
It is indeed. I didn’t blog about it at the time because, to be honest, I thought the idea was good but the story was poorly done. YMMV.
(While we’re on the topic, John Kessel’s “Creating the Innocent Killer” is a must-read for anyone interested in...
“Don’t be deceived when they tell you things are better now. Even if there’s no...”
– Jean-Paul Marat (via troy098)
SF Signal » [GUEST POST] Galen Dara's Appreciation... →
wildunicornherd:
“Diverse” mangled to mean “an individual who isn’t white and/or male” needs to die in a fire, but otherwise these are lovely profiles of two very cool artists.
I was a little sad to read that
Jo mostly sticks to cover art for these mainstream comics because the internal art involves so many artists (pencillers, inkers, colorists etc) and she doesn’t like other people working...
Why slut-shaming is wrong and how it hurts women... →
youarenotyou:
feministdykeslut:
mariahjune:
feministdykeslut:
Women are not allowed to express themselves sexually without being scrutinized by other men AND women.
Slut-shaming contributes to rape culture, where it is okay to rape a woman because she was ‘asking for it’.
It promotes grrrl hate, which is completely detrimental to the feminist movement and only creates more internal...
Portland GearCon viewed through Silver Goggles →
culthistorian:
Great writeup by @jhameia, an insightful and challenging scholar as well as all-around good human being, who gave generously of her time and perspective while we were in Portland last weekend.
If you care about what Steampunk has to say about our world—what it has been and might yet become—you’d do well to check out her Silver Goggles blog, as well as that of her ally in...
Do GIFs trigger or distract you? Here are some...
misophoniasupport:
To pause GIFs
In Firefox or Explorer, pressing ESC pauses an animated GIF. In Chrome this feature doesn’t exist, but there’s a userscript that fixes that. There is a problem with it though - press ESC and the GIF goes totally blank. Click here for a direct download link. Another solution:
Have another tab open in your browser while you’re surfing, (if you don’t already).
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jiggit asked: Most of the SE Asians I run into tend to be Indonesian, and they all hang out in the same crowd, which is not really my crowd, haha. My uni was a small, private school with a fairly small international population. Most of my Asian friends tend to be USAmerican of Chinese and Korean descent.
Once, though, the International Students' Office put me in touch with a Malaysian woman...
Once, though, the International Students' Office put me in touch with a Malaysian woman...
jiggit asked: I'm so sorry to spam your ask! But I find all of this really interesting.
I was in Vancouver with friends recently, and the guy at the hotel reception, who was literally the first Chinese guy we met there, took a look at my passport and told me that his wife was Malaysian, then jokingly offered to direct us to a Malaysian restaurant. but family support is why my dad wanted me...
I was in Vancouver with friends recently, and the guy at the hotel reception, who was literally the first Chinese guy we met there, took a look at my passport and told me that his wife was Malaysian, then jokingly offered to direct us to a Malaysian restaurant. but family support is why my dad wanted me...
jiggit asked: My sister's going to England in October, but she was looking at Canada in addition to UK schools, and my dad strongly discouraged her. Australia is pretty much rife with Malaysians and Singaporeans, from what I hear/see on facebook, which, since I'm thinking about possibly finding a job there, I'm hoping that might work out in my favour if it goes anywhere. But I hadn't heard...
jiggit asked: Ooh, that would have been around end-2006/2007? I ended up attending my dad's alma mater in the US; I'm a Singapore PR, so that might have helped? My cousin (who grew up in Ipoh) got a scholarship to the US about two years before I left, though.
kairia:
jhameia:
rhivolution:
kairia:
mybloodhowls:
WATCHING THE SERIES PREMIERE OF THE THUNDERCATS REBOOT.
UPDATES TO FOLLOW.
What, they rebooted Thundercats? MY CHILDHOOD HAS BEEN REBOOTED? ;_;
It’s actually pretty awesome, truth be told.
I was worried because I’m not crazy about the art style (and still am not crazy about how they re-did Cheetara, I mean, come on. This is gonna...
jiggit asked: The Malaysian side of my family (+my dad, who's Indonesian) pushed the US and UK at my cousins and me for further studies, with the distinct implication that Canada and Australia weren't up to par, so I find that really interesting. My aunt once told me that Australia was for people who cannot make it, which I thought was bullshit, but what do I know.
rhivolution:
kairia:
mybloodhowls:
WATCHING THE SERIES PREMIERE OF THE THUNDERCATS REBOOT.
UPDATES TO FOLLOW.
What, they rebooted Thundercats? MY CHILDHOOD HAS BEEN REBOOTED? ;_;
It’s actually pretty awesome, truth be told.
I was worried because I’m not crazy about the art style (and still am not crazy about how they re-did Cheetara, I mean, come on. This is gonna be a sticking...
Activists and Anarchists of Modern Japan - Kotoku...
appropriatedisorder:
A short biography of journalist Kotoku Shusui, who helped introduce anarchism to Japan and was executed for treason.
Kotoku Shusui Born 4 November or 23 September 1871 - Japan, died 24 January 1911 - Japan
Kotoku Shusui was a socialist and anarchist who played a leading role in introducing anarchism to Japan in the early 20th century, particularly by translating the...
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“Breaking with a 1996 landmark decision, a sharply divided Michigan Supreme Court...”
– Wayne County, sheriff’s office can’t be sued over jail rape, court rules | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
What. The. Fuuuuuuuuck. the jailor was acting outside is official duties WHEN HE RAPED HER so they can’t be sued?????
just…I can’t any more. THROWS MOTHAFUCKING MIC AT THE WORLD.
(via...
[Drunk post] Oh my god.
wildunicornherd:
I may have tried to choke the life out of an old friend of mine who had the GALL to question me when I said that with conservatives at all three levels of government it is a bad time to be a person of colour in Toronto. Who wanted evidence of how it affected policy. I started to explain that a large proportion of Toronto’s poor are people of colour and he was like “so it’s bad...
