January 2012
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Mithridatism →
bestofwikipedia:
Mithridatism is the practice of protecting oneself against a poison by gradually self-administering non-lethal amounts. The word derives from Mithridates VI, the King of Pontus, who so feared being poisoned that he regularly ingested small doses, aiming to develop immunity. Having been defeated by Pompey, legend has it that Mithridates tried to commit suicide using poison but...
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On Loving the Body.
The importance of the body in this equation cannot be overlooked. The body shows me decay (or growth) where I most fear it. Ultimately, my body is simply a map of where I’ve come from. Quite literally, it is the trail of my electrons coursing, racing, and whirling through space - what my eyes see is the trace of where they’ve been. I ran ten miles; I ate wheat; I skinned my knees,...
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Sistah Non-Vegans
In the spring of 2005, after attending and volunteering at my first animal-rights conference, I found myself or the first time with vegan friends and an awareness of a larger, multi-dimensional vegan community. Yet, as my enthusiasm for this new lifestyle, philosophy, and community grew, I could not help but realize that the most vocal skepticism I encountered came from my other female,...
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“When Simone de Beauvoir, the French existentialist, first tried to smoke...”
– ‘New York Diaries - 1609 to 2000’ - Review - NYTimes.com
My kind of girl! (via mslilyb)
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“Some people might question why you would want to remove race from the...”
– Mark Leibler, The Age (via monkeytypist)
Hey Mark Leibler, shut up.
What do you mean Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people are not a race (or two races, ya know)? Fuck. Seriously
“These laws should be based on need and the national interest.” Yes, Mark it is in the national interest to...
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“Militancy no longer means guns at high noon, if it ever did. It means actively...”
– Audre Lorde, “Lessons from the 60s” (via wordsandsteel)
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“Some people might question why you would want to remove race from the...”
– Mark Leibler, The Age (via monkeytypist)
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“#askafeminist So why is it called “taking down bigotry” when you do...”
– @genderbitch Twitter / Search - #askafeminist - All Tweets
Things to notice in all this " solidarity"
milkeemountainmama:
blackamazon:
leonineantiheroine:
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blackamazon:
The only folks in askafeminist are black . Thanks for the solidarity guys!
You mention amandamarcotte in a favorable way after she compares me to a fucking rapist. You get unfollowed and honest to god I hope you avoid speaking to me for the near future.
AWESOME !
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Support the Expert Panel's Historic... →
Laws that prevent people from voting, owning property or even working in certain professions on the basis of race are still permitted by our Constitution. Ours is likely the only country in the world whose Constitution still contains a ‘race power’ [section 51(xxvi)] which allows Parliament to enact racially discriminatory laws.
Today the Expert Panel appointed by the Government...
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“People are comfortable with dreamers. Why? Dreamers are safe and in a restful...”
– Wilmer Leon (via ilyagerner)
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“I don’t like this expression ‘First World problems.’ It is false and it is...”
– Nigerian author and artist Teju Cole (via xkimberlyx)
Also the implication that kids only starve or people are only homeless in Third World countries. Hello, that happens by the thousands in First World countries too, we’re not special.
(via goddessofcheese)
(I don’t like anyone saying “first...
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Erich Fromm on hope
sedprobatespiritus:
To have faith means to dare, to think the unthinkable, yet to act within the limits of the realistically possible; it is the paradoxical hope to expect the Messiah every day, yet not to lose heart when he has not come at the appointed hour. This hope is not passive and it is not patient; on the contrary, it is impatient an active, looking for every possibility of action within...
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butch-in-progress:
“And yet […] there is a queer nostalgia for difference and alterity, as epitomised by ‘old school’, pre-Stonewall campness: that is, a nostalgia for an era before the mainstreaming of gay culture. This nostalgia is a crucial component of the queer use of camp. There is, it would seem, a queer desire for a time when being gay /lesbian was still dangerous, furtive, criminal....
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Watchkatebomz:
The Nile Project is a multicultural musical platform that will bring together hip-hop and traditional musicians living in the Nile countries (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt) to play and record music, to tour down the river and its source lakes on a boat made of recycled water bottles, and to share an experience that will connect the peoples of the...
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