April 2011
90 posts
Forgetting Slavery →
neutralangel:
jerkyourmind:
Not only do a full 48 percent of Americans say that the Civil War was “mainly about states’ rights,” but among those younger than 30, a whopping 60 percent agree with the assessment. Pew notes that seniors are the only other age group in which more say that states right caused the war, and even then, only 50 percent of seniors agree with the statement. Given the...
Blackamazon is too much: The heart of the matter →
blackamazon:
I think what is bothering most about the hell yeah they don’t like an educated black man part of the Obama response is the age old chesnut that beats around the black community
Respectability.
It says something to me about myself deeply that I am somewhat unmoved by the tears of ” I am never…
I wonder if part of this isn’t generational. I was born in the early 60s,...
lost-in-norn-iron:
michelledean:
Is it me, or are conclusions to academic papers always basically crap that is underwritten by the strong spirit of, “Thank God I’m done this motherfucker, now to bullshit for a minute and then on to vodka”?
It’s either just you, or it’s disciplinary. Most academic papers I read have conclusions that are more about “on to wine or whiskey”.
You’re both...
We Survived By The Skin Of Our Teeth: I know I'm a... →
fourloves:
nicocoer:
theskinofourteeth:
fourloves:
theskinofourteeth:
But I really, really love the “Autistic Reporter” clips from The Onion.
Ableist as hell, yes. Very similar to “Aspergers High”. And yet I love it.
What is wrong with me?
I love asperger’s high.
“was…
I’d like more NT people to see this and especially the comments. What NT’s...
jhameia:
Dear Tumblr,
This is a question of paramount importance:
Do First-World cows yodel?
Love, Jha
No. When you catch them yodeling, you’ll notice the horses are on the other side of the field looking innocent and nonchalant. That’s because the horses are ventriloquists making the cows yodel!
What to say, and not say, to an autistic adult →
DON’T SAY: “I never would have known. You must be very high functioning.” SAY: “I obviously don’t know anything about autism.”
DON’T SAY: “Are you sure?” SAY: “I obviously really don’t know anything about autism.”
DON’T SAY: “Isn’t that, you know, a kid thing?” SAY: “Damn, the media works hard to erase you. That sucks.”
DON’T SAY: “Don’t you get that from vaccines?” SAY: “I almost just...
We Survived By The Skin Of Our Teeth: Disabled,... →
theskinofourteeth:
For a very long time I used to think I was different.
I wasn’t disabled. God, no, I was super good at math and hey, I read the unabridged version of Les Miserables when I was 12! I skipped eighth grade! I would be perfectly fine if people would stop just poking me all the time.
I was just…
Everyone should read this.
This part was a stab to the heart:
Did they get...
“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other...”
– Edward W. Said.
Hello, USA.
(via mehreenkasana) this has nothing to do with the truth of this statement, but i always regret that time travel is still just a concept because i’d like to go back in time and enjoy dinner with Edward Said and feel my brain explode.
(via notforallthewealthofcaesar)
...
Does anyone know of a loving (preferably...
telegantmess:
atapestryofdisasters:
themuslim:
Does anyone know of a loving (preferably Jordanian) couple/family that would be interested in adopting 2 Jordanian Boys (ages 9 and 10) who have just lost their mom to cancer in Michigan, otherwise they will end up in foster care, Please Contact Afshan Siddiqi 248-943-5999 at afshansiddiqi@comcast.net. May God reward you, and your family,...
“The 3,000 registered healthcare lobbyists who helped write the ACA have not gone...”
– Give Americans Healthcare (via azspot)
Girl | Jamaica Kincaid [1978] →
Wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap; wash the color clothes on Tuesday and put them on the clothesline to dry; don’t walk barehead in the hot sun; cook pumpkin fritters in very hot sweet oil; soak your little cloths right after you take them off; when buying cotton to make yourself a nice blouse, be sure that it doesn’t have gum on it, because that way it won’t hold...
Canadian bureacracy ends track star with autism’s... →
lost-in-norn-iron:
Ignore the inspirational talk at the start and don’t read the comments.
Basically, they’re not letting a 19-year old compete because he has been *technically* enrolled at a high school for more than five years, even though for two of those years he wasn’t actually taking any high-school level courses.
colored queer waters: Will the tumblr Revolution... →
navigatethestream:
{note: I’ve been wanting to write this post for a long time, but i’ve been on rant hiatus}
There are days I love going on tumblr, because i get to see all the pretty pictures of people with natural hair, afro centric pride oozing from their sense of style, revolutionaries on the front lines…
“The protective bubble of the “civility” mandate also seems to extend to the...”
– Rick Perlstein (via azspot)
Decision to Reopen Blackwater Case Confuses Iraqi... →
“They can open the case, but I think in the end there will be political pressure to close it again,” Mr. Sadoon said. “We have learned our lesson from what happened before with the case.”
He doesn’t sound confused to me. I think he understands perfectly well what will come of this.
“Under a new budget proposal from State Sen. Bruce Casswell, children in the...”
– Foster children would be allowed to get clothing only from second hand stores | Michigan Messenger
and of course all the environmentalists are out with their “it is more eco friendly!” bullshit. fuck you. I don’t care if it is.
the time to worry about “eco friendly” is when you’re standing in...
“Welcome to the new food economics of 2011: Prices are climbing, but the impact...”
– The New Geopolitics of Food | Lester R. Brown, Foreign Policy (via pantslessprogressive)
Fierce...Flawless...: caraobrien: A Dad Testifies... →
caraobrien:
A Dad Testifies for His Transgender Teen Daughter
In Maine, proposed bill LD 1046 would allow the operator of a restroom or shower facility in that state to decide who can use which gender’s restroom based upon “biological sex.” One father of a transgender daughter spoke…
“During the Great Depression, the American dream, the ultimate goal of society,...”
– Stetson Kennedy (via morninggloria)
How To Drive On A Two Lane Highway*
themattsmith:
Pick a speed. Stick with it.
If you are going faster than people, move to the left lane.
If you are in the left lane and someone is going faster than you, move over.
That’s it. How do you fuck that up?
*Specifically rural highways with low traffic like, say, US 41 between Appleton and Milwaukee.
I love driving in Canada, because people actually use the passing lane…to...
“They are not always paying attention… If you ask them what the makeup of the...”
– President Obama, talking about how ordinary people don’t always understand what’s happening in Washington. “They’re busy and they’re tired and they’re working hard,” he said. (via officialssay)
Less than 1% of our budget goes to foreign aid! #themoreyouknow
(via filigree)
JACKASS, this is YOUR...
“Corporations let 50,000 people die last year because they could not pay them for...”
– Chris Hedges (via vruz)
Karen White - The Way You Love Me
The Whispers - Rock Steady
Jeffrey Osborne - Stay With Me Tonight
Nickdrake™: I have had what can only be discribed... →
nickdrake:
seriously people
my fucking Kurdish neighbour and his kids where calling my wife a bitch ect and spitting at her and my kids, she calls me at work very upset and felt threatened
I come racing home to find the police here and the guy who is trying to call my wife a racist WTF…..any how the police…
Sorry but this makes no sense. You’re saying that out of the blue the guy...
I feel like I have no concept of whether or not...
thecurvature:
Frequently, I worry that I’m being an asshole, really mean, etc., and everyone else seems to think that I’m being completely reasonable.
And then other times, I’ll think that I’m being really measured, or just a tiny bit testy but not in any way over the top, and people will get on my case for being a big mean jerkface.
Does anyone else have this problem? I’m worried that I just...
I wonder...
kiriamaya:
…if the cis people who have a problem with being called cis would be willing to stop calling me a trans woman, and just call me a woman.
Somehow I doubt it.
Yes those people do not believe you are a woman at all which is why they deny the label “cis”. There is no “trans” woman either as far as they are concerned.
But, I know that a friend, who happens to be...
