June 2011
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WatchSarah Jones as a one-woman global village
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8 Reasons Why Formenism Can Ruin Your Love Life «... →
“It takes a village…to be(come) a fully actualized human being. Perhaps sisters wouldn’t have to work so hard if we got rid of this patriarchal hierarchy in which female friendships come last. “
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“I was watching the news, this woman in Arizona, looking at a camera, straight faced, she says, ‘We’re just trying to bring the country back to the way it used to be.’ The way it used to be? Lady, you’re in Arizona. It used to be Mexico!”
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WatchOne of my favourite videos of all time, Samanta Bee and Americanising Al Jazeera.
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A Soliloquy of Sorts: A Brief List and Analysis of... →
iamabutchsolo:
A White Savior Film (WSF) is a movie that features a white person coming into the lives of a person or people of color (POCs) who are often low-income, troubled, and/or severely oppressed. The troubled times that the people of color are in can be a product of oppression from other white folks, or…
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For reference, a list of people who are not...
pushinghoopswithsticks:
Mark Zuckerberg
The Twitter guys
Gene Sharp
Nick Kristof
Thomas Friedman and his mustache
Any and all white men
A handy method of determining who can “take credit” for inspiring the Arab Spring is this Science-based chart:
A reminder.
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WatchMake poetry, not bombs, her words are in my head as I write a report about the experiences of Refugee women in New Zealand..
“I will not dance to your war drum. I will not lend my soul nor my bones to your war drum. I will not dance to that beating. I know that beat. It is lifeless. I know intimately that skin you are hitting. It was alive once, hunted, stolen, stretched. I will not...
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Queer Indigenous Studies: A Conversation with the... →
“Our work builds on a queer of color critique but does more than discuss the intersection of racism and homophobia. Instead, our anthology adds an analysis of colonialism, which is often missing in a queer of color critique.”
The Rotten Truth About Tomatoes: An Interview With... →
The modern tomato industry, not just the bland taste of most supermarket tomatoes but also the story of modern-day slavery, dangerous pesticides, and old-fashioned greed…
A Note To My Fellow White Males - The Rumpus.net →
Bang on! “Don’t co-opt the voice of a minority in hopes that people will take your writing more seriously, especially when you belong to the most privileged demographic group on the planet.”
False Feminism: Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman «... →
“As we know, shared biology does not mean a shared commitment to dismantling sexist oppression. And that is the crux of this whole thing. Feminism is not about “living your best life.” It’s about de-centering yourself so that we can all live our best lives. It’s about being part of a political movement that does not privilege one definition of woman. A movement that resists imperialism...
Racist? Who, me? →
I was interviewed for this article in Feb, gives a good outline of the issues in Race relations in Aotearoa/NZ
Declarations of Whiteness: The... →
Great piece on whiteness: “This paper examines six different modes for declaring whiteness used within academic writing, public culture and government policy, arguing that such declarations are non-performative: they do not do what they say”
George Ayittey: Cheetahs vs. Hippos for Africa's... →
Africa’s begging bowl is leaking…a thought provoking talk that resonated with me as Tanzanian born Goan.
Go The F*ck To Sleep: A Children's Book →
by Adam Mansbach, narrated by Samuel Fucking L. Jackson
