March 2013
2 posts
the entire focus of the media isn’t even on the actual crime, the suffering of the victim, or the violence she now faces
it’s on making the boys into sad, tragic victims of society who should be empathized with and pitied
this is a fucking problem
February 2013
1 post
November 2012
1 post
Racism 101: Are you a Racist?: “The Good Ole Days” and Other Dreams We Don’t Share →
racismschool.tumblr.com
This is also “White Privilege.” It doesn’t affect you. Therefore, it doesn’t concern you. You are able to belittle it. Make it “Not a big deal.” <- THIS
There are things that white people talk about that few PoC talk about. “The Good Ole Days” is one of them. For you, the good ole days are when politics were clean, prices were cheap, family meant something and everybody was happy. For PoC, today is the best we can hope for…
January 2012
2 posts
“We accept all girls in kindergarten through 12th grade as members. If a child identifies as a girl and the child’s family presents her as a girl, Girl Scouts of Colorado welcomes her as a Girl Scout. If a child is living as a girl, that’s good enough for us. We don’t require any proof of gender.”
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Rachelle Trujillo, vice president for communications of the Colorado Girl Scouts, responding to a story about a transgender girl who was allowed to join the Brownies.
Looks like I’ll be buying a ton of cookies this year.
(via Shakesville article on various bigoted attacks on the GSA by religious groups & the right-wing blogosphere; trigger warning on that for cissexist, misogynist bullshit)
<3
(via ethiopienne)
Find a cookie selling station near you.
(via private-revolution)
FINALLY, an excuse to gorge on Samoas and Trefoils!
(via darkjez)
A far cry from the boy scouts, who kick you out just for being an atheist.
November 2011
3 posts
Fact: Even though Tumblr is primarily used to share pictures of kittens and other hipster stuff, I am using this service to read about politics, religion and all of the other controversial topics that I would have never heard of hadn't it been for fantastic bloggers like abaldwin360, think-progress and all of the other awesome political, religion and human rights blogs on this site. Thank you for keeping me informed about important things, unlike Yahoo, who thinks the Kardashians, fashion and sports are more important than protests and social change.
This. All of it.
Third.
Shut the Fuck Up, Confederates: I need to take a moment to say this. →
stfuconfederates.tumblr.com
I have a job. A good job. I have a salary and paid vacation. Health insurance kicks in soon. It’s also a job that I love, and I didn’t have to go to college to get this job, so I have no debt.
I’ve been here a little over a year, and in this short time I’ve received two raises…
This is my exact situation.
October 2011
4 posts
Ginger Snaps Back: #louderthanwords ::: BANK TRANSFER DAY ::: 05 November · 09:00 - 17:00 | #Anonymous →
thisgingersnapsback.tumblr.com
Together we can ensure that these banking institutions will ALWAYS remember the 5th of November!! If the 99% removes our funds from the major banking institutions to non-profit credit unions on or by this date, we will send a clear message to the 1% that conscious consumers…
I would do this but I have been with a CU for about 10 years now. Do it people - you’ll never go back.
So, tell me, what was it that made you start following me?
Was it a specific post?
A recommendation on another blog?
Something else?
I think I found you via ih8religion. I can’t remember specifically since it was ages ago (which is about a month on internet time). Either way I probably thought we could be friends in real life and I like your atheist posts.
September 2011
5 posts
The cool/lame quotient →
freethoughtblogs.com
“It’s not the coolness of atheism. It’s the lameness of religion.”
Where does the racialized pro-life movement stand on Troy Davis? →
colorlines.com
They don’t give a fuck because he’s not a fetus and you can’t use his life to “punish” women for being harlots.
