February 2012
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“We contend that “waste” is the political other of capitalist “value”, repeated...”
– Capitalism and Socio-Spatial Dialectics of ‘Waste’ « Discard Studies (via chaosbureau)
I’m currently re-reading the Ethics of Waste, which circles around these links between consumer capitalism’s dependence on material waste,the social categorization of ‘surplus’ people...
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“The perfect bite has become a prayer, a gesture of gratitude. It is a reminder...”
– Ms. Fist in How I Learned to Eat Greens. An incredible piece of writing, history, survival. (via queerfatfemme)
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Why capitalism needs racism →
nezua:
The capitalist social pyramid is black at the base and white at the top. In South Africa, until apartheid was formally abolished in 1994, this pyramid was legally sanctioned. Elsewhere, while slavery and segregation have been outlawed, the richest people are still the whitest and the poorest are the blackest.
Racism suits capitalism because it’s an important way of justifying economic...
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Remember HIV/AIDS? It’s Still Raging in the U.S. →
We have been told for decades that HIV/AIDS has no bias, and that much is true. The virus could care less about racial, sexual or gender identity. But sadly, American society very much has bias, and as a consequence HIV/AIDS is quite a bit more of a threat to some than it is to others. So it is that black Americans account for nearly half of all people living with the virus in the U.S. Nearly...
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“For a woman to be a lesbian in a male-supremacist, capitalist, misogynist,...”
– Excerpt from [Lesbianism: an Act of Resistance by Cheryl Clarke]
Found in the book by Cherríe Moraga, and Gloria Anzaldúa: This Bridge Called My Back: Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. Watertown, MA: Persephone, 1981.(via pambana)
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“woman must write her self: must write about women and bring women to writing,...”
– helene cixous, the laugh of the medusa, 1975 (via karaj)
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BoldFood "Tapas #4" NEAMBE LEADON-VITA
asharaekundayo:
Name: Neambe Leadon-Vita
website: https://www.facebook.com/libation.lucky
city you call home: Denver, CO
favorite local fare? RBG (Roots, Beans and Greens) Soup = Any bean with potatoes, carrots, & any leafy green, fresh basil, sage and rosemary cooked all day in a crock pot…MMMMM.
what do you do to make money? Facilitate youth workshops, teach elementary and middle...
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Pauli Murray 1910 -1985
Dr. Anna Pauline Murray, or Pauli, was a civil rights organizer, feminist, poet and priest. She did so much it was hard to decide what to include here.
Born in 1910 Murray was raised by relatives in Durham after her mother died when she was just 3. Murray credited her family with giving her social justice values and an appreciation of education, however at 15 she turned down a scholarship to...
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Watchso-treu:
one ofmy most favoritethe most bestest songs in the whole wide world.
eee joe! mine to. this & stay free/clampdown.
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January 2012
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Brown Girls And Bois: Femme invisibility from a... →
amydentata:
Expanded from a comment I wrote on an article by Megan Evans (Huffington Post):
Not all queer women are invisible because of femme presentation. The issue is more complicated among trans women. Some trans women are singled out for violence by the straight world and the cis world because of femme presentation. For some trans women, being femme is what makes them visible. There is...
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“I love your silences, they are like mine. You are the only being before whom I...”
– Anaïs Nin, Under a Glass Bell (via heymorticia)
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