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I'm a RENT-obsessed, Star Trek loving college student living in an Empire State of Mind. And also? I'm crippled. My thoughts on life and other odds and ends.

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18th September 2012

You think I got 5 minutes to waste in the race to your picket fence, right wing, pedophile-preacher finish line? I don’t think so. Your ignorance bores me.
— Andrea Gibson, Walmart (via talkaboutourbigplans)

Tagged: andrea gibsonsocial justice

Source: talkaboutourbigplans

12th August 2012

(No SRS, racism and how intent doesn’t matter)
Racism is not in your intent. Your intent is immaterial in how racist your actions are. This isn’t about you BEING a racist. It’s about you DOING A THING that is racist. Your intent doesn’t change it. Your ignorance of its meaning doesn’t change it. It’s got nothing to do with you as a person and everything to do with the meaning of your action in the context of sociocultural history.
—

- moniquill (on red face & cultural appropriation)

I’m just going to reblog this again, since some people apparently need reminding. 

(via darkjez)

Also applies to ableism and all other -isms.

Tagged: social justiceracism

Source: nemoomnianovit

25th July 2012

Links & Resources.

thatfeministdyke:

Feminism

Racism, Race, & Culture

Sizeism & Body Positivity

GSM (Gender & Sexuality Minorities)

Ableism

Privilege

Reproductive Health

Classism

Misc/Other

Tagged: oppressionsocial justice

Source: thatfeministdyke

19th July 2012

an open letter

cinderettes:

Dear cis people, dear white people, dear ablebodied people, dear neurotypical people:

TRANS* PEOPLE MATTER

QUEER PEOPLE MATTER

POC MATTER

QPOC MATTER

TPOC MATTER

DISABLED PEOPLE MATTER

INTERSECTIONALITY MATTERS

TRANS* WOMYN MATTER 

DYKES MATTER

NONBINARY PEOPLE MATTER

FEMMES MATTER

BUTCHES MATTER

POOR PEOPLE MATTER

NON-NEUROTYPICAL PEOPLE MATTER 

our voices matter. Our experiences are crucial. Listen.

Listen.

Listen. 

Tagged: social justiceoppression

10th July 2012

I can’t believe this needs to be said again.

Having privilege does not automatically exclude you from having a shitty life.  You know what?  I’ve had shitty things happen to me in my life.  I still have white privilege. I still have cis privilege.  I still have straight privilege.  Just because you’ve had shitty things happen to you in life, doesn’t mean you don’t benefit from privilege.  The whole crux of privilege is that you benefit from it without thinking about it, because you are the majority.  You are the normal. 

Having privilege isn’t a bad thing.  Neither is not having privilege.  It just is.  And when someone says “check your privilege”, it’s not an insult.  It’s not a term used to silence people.  If you’re using that phrase to silence people, you’re doing it wrong.  When someone says “Check your privilege.”, it likely means you said/did something that was unintentionally oppressive towards a group of people.  

So when you’re invited to check your privilege, what do you do?  I encourage you to follow this simple four step process.:  Stop, Think, Reflect, Learn.

 1.  Stop

2.  Think

3.  Reflect

  • Now that you know what you said/did, reflect on it.  Why is it -ist?  Is it making certain assumptions or falling into certain stereotypes/tropes of a group of people?  Are you encouraging people to say or do something (for instance, get a job) that may be easy for you, in your place of privilege, but may not be so easy for non-privileged people?  Did you use a slur that has been used to oppress a particular group of people?  Once you know why your mistake prompted a privilege call-out, it will be easier to avoid it in the future.  Which brings us to….

4.  Learn

  • Congratulations!  You now know what you did and why it prompted someone to tell you to check your privilege.  Now it’s time to file it under “recently learned information” and avoid making that mistake again.  Consciously change your habits and attitudes.  Think out of the box next time and remember that no two people, regardless of privilege status or lack thereof, are the same, and making assumptions about anyone is a bad move.  If it’s a slur that got you into this, think about non -ist words you can use to replace it.  Some of my favorites are “asshole”, “asshat”, “absurd”, “ridiculous”, and on occassion “patently ridiculous”.  Above all, apologize politely for your mistake and thank the person who called you out on it.  Members of oppressed groups do not exist to call other people out on their privilege.  They are doing you a courtesy by letting you know that you were -ist, and giving you the opportunity to learn from the experience.  Many times people are afraid to call people out on things that are -ist, because they have internalized the attitudes of society that they, as members of oppressed groups, should shut up and listen to the dominant group, whether that group is white people, cis people, straight people, or nondisabled people.  For oppressed people to throw off the yoke of their oppressors and actually call people out on their oppressive speech/behavior is a true act of bravery. 

So now you’ve checked your privilege.  That’s not an experience that should make you feel ashamed of your privilege.  Hopefully, you feel empowered, and grateful that you were made aware of your -ist speech/behavior.  And hopefully, you won’t say or do that again.  Your newfound privilege awareness makes the world a safer and happier place for all.

Tagged: privilegeoppressionsocial justice

4th July 2012

Transcript for "All Oppression is Connected" by Staceyann Chin (TW Below) →

secretsofthedisabled:

SRS: high Yellow- rant on how if one movement loses, we all lose

tw: rant, fear, being unable to speak up, discussion of- oppression, marginalization, white publicist claiming queer & class & racial oppression aren’t connected, racism, sexism, heterosexism, things that still happen to do with racism & sexism & heterosexism (like violence, death, disease, exploitation of undocumented immigrants, imprisonment and rape), movements ignoring each others’ struggles (like right to abortion, LGBT centers ignoring high assault-risk neighborhoods, and health insurance for the poor), movements ignoring intersectionality, apathy, religious oppression, slurs (racist, heterosexist, sexist, cissexist), children in India, China and South America being forced to work

Phew. I think that covers it, but let me know if there are any more?

Tagged: oppressionsocial justice

4th June 2012

feministdisney: I love social justice bingo cards Me toooo.  Someone image describe this plz?  No spoons.

feministdisney:

I love social justice bingo cards

Me toooo.  Someone image describe this plz?  No spoons.

Tagged: social justicederailmentbingo

Source: racismschool

28th May 2012

The Safe Space Network

helloelloh:

safespacenetwork:

Links

This List will be updated as we find, receive or create new resources. If for any reason you would like to voice a complaint, or a concern over the behaviour displayed by these blogs, I direct you to our ask box:

(Now in Alphabetical Order)

Agender
Androgyny
Aromantic

Asexual

Autism Spectrum / Asperger’s

Bisexual

Body Positivity
Chronic Illness
Closeted
Demisexual
Differently abled/ Disabled
Emergency Housing Networks

Gay

Genderqueer, Genderfuck and/or Genderfluid

 Gender Variant and/or Non-Binary

Gray-A Asexual

HIV POSITIVE

Interracial Couples:
Intersex

Lesbian

LGBTQ/ Queer (General)

Mental Health
Mixed Race

Neutrois

Other

Otherkin

Pansexual

Sex Education

Trans*:

         Feminist

         AMAB, Transfeminine and/or MTF

         AFAB, Transmasculine and/or FTM

         Trans* Femme

Have any sites that we should know about?

LET US KNOW!

~Maddy

Any corrections, thoughts, feelings or comments can be directed to;

-The Safe Space Network

I love the thought of this so much, but despise the fact that they list disabled with “differently abled.”

That ain’t no safe space if it calls me that. (which it doesn’t, those blogs are great, just, you know, please change that and realize that there’s NOTHING WRONG with the world disabled, and HEAPS of things wrong with the term “differently abled” - which was made up by an able-bodied person who never asked how a disabled person would feel about it)

EDIT: In epicly awesome news, this is just an old version of the list and the new one has been changed to leave out that stupid phrase! YAYY!!!!

Boosting! ^agrees wth elo

Tagged: safe spacesoppressionsocial justice

Source: safespacenetwork

25th May 2012

You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.
— Laurie Halse Anderson (via coalescent)

Tagged: social justice

Source: coalescent

25th May 2012

The problem with sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, classist, ableist, etc., remarks and “jokes” is not that they’re offensive, but that by relying for their meaning on harmful cultural narratives about privileged and marginalized groups they reinforce those narratives, and the stronger those narratives are, the stronger the implicit biases with which people are indoctrinated are. That’s real harm, not just “offense.
—

I Don’t Care If You’re Offended by Scott Madin (via fillingthespaces)

SO RELEVANT to something I”m putting together right now….

Tagged: oppressionsocial justice

Source: finenessandaccuracy.wordpress.com