February 2012
36 posts
“Femme is intentionality. When you compliment my outfit, you are appreciating my...”
– -“What is femme anyway” at bossyfemme.com
With thanks to Clairebearstare, Persistence Anthology, Rae Spoon, Un Object, Florence Ravelle,
(via bossyfemme)
IRIS GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS
(via clairebearstare)
I have been rereading this twice a day for almost a week now. geeze.
(via doublefancy)
That...
“Deep thought of the week: balance is never static. Even in ideal conditions of a...”
– Truth from my friend Kendra.
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the...”
– Reiner Marie Rilke
“The thing is, it’s patriarchy that says men are stupid and monolithic and...”
– On claiming to be a stupid man who doesn’t know anything « Zero at the Bone (via grrlyboy)
Paraphrase of Walt Whitman by Louis Alemayehu
I have heard what the talkers were talking, The talk of the beginning and the end. But I do not talk of the beginning or the end. There was never anymore beginning than there are now, Nor any more youth or age than there is now, And never be any more perfection than there is now, Nor any more heaven or hell than there is now. Clear and sweet is my soul, And clear and sweet is all...
re-becca, again.: 10 Ways to Love Others →
ohapoeticsoul:
Some guidelines for loving:
1. Tell them about their brilliance. They likely can’t see it and they don’t know its immensity, but you can see it, and you can illuminate it for them.
2. Be authentic, and give others the gift of the real you and a real relationship. Ask your real…
“[HAPPENING TODAY]
When: Tuesday, February 7, ALL DAY
Where: From home, work,...”
– 2/7: Call/email/fax Freeman and Senechal ALL DAY TUESDAY!! | Support Cece McDonald (link)
[WARNING FOR FIRST LINK IN POST: detailed talk of violence (by the attackers & by the “justice” system) against a black trans woman — assault/cissexism/racism/misogyny/racist, cissexist ...
A Daily Riot.: List of Books Banned in AZ →
adailyriot:
Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years (1998) by B. Bigelow and B. Peterson The Latino Condition: A Critical Reader (1998) by R. Delgado and J. Stefancic Critical Race Theo…ry: An Introduction (2001) by R. Delgado and J. Stefancic Pedagogy of the Oppressed (2000) by P. Freire United…
“Just as young people need scientifically accurate sex education to keep them...”
– Jessica Mack (Women can be independent and intimate | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk (via sexisnottheenemy)
“I’m not fascinated by people who smile all the time. What I find interesting is...”
– Unknown (via bruisedclit)
“I who did not die, who am still living, still lying in the backseat behind all...”
– Naomi Shihab Nye, from “Making a Fist” (adapted from sharingpoetry)