February 2012
“The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence...”
– bell hooks (via hamuu)
Forewarned is Forearmed: Veggies Owned by Monsanto →
mrgoatxvx:
gogovegan:
Boycott the monster who is trying to contaminate every corner of our food supply. If you are planting your own veggies, here is a list of varieties that Monsanto sells. Steer clear!
reblog for garden justice.
“Peace begins with me. Reconciliation begins with me. Healing begins with me. So...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via mrdthgrvs)
“It reminds me of the “bike to work” movement. That is also portrayed as white,...”
– comment left on the Racialious blog post “Sustainable Food & Priviledge: Why is Green always White (and Male and Upper-Class)” (via ouiominy)
“improve the image of biking” by not photographing any Black, Latin@, or Asian people.
How more blatant coud she be? :/
(via deliciouskaek)
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Socializing Colorfully Offers Services to Persons... →
This is where I work. :) If you live in Portland or around the Portland area, please spread the word.
On-the-Move Community Integration is holding monthly gatherings for its Socializing Colorfully Group, the only group of its kind that directly serves people of color with developmental disabilities.
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Currently making homemade "everything" bagels and...
Happy Sunday (which is actually my Saturday. woot woot)
Oklahoma Senate Passes Personhood Bill; Zygotes... →
mjgr1991:
yaicha:
This is ridiculous. Thirty four of these Oklahoma senators do not understand basic human biology. A pregnancy does not begin at conception (when the sperm fertilizes the egg). It take several days, sometimes up to a week, for pregnancy to take place. After the sperm fertilizes the egg (if it even does), it needs to attach to the uterine wall. If the fertilized egg does not...
“Of course, this is one of the profound ways in which oppression works—to mire us...”
– Eli Clare, “Stolen Bodies, Reclaimed Bodies” (via thenewwomensmovement)
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To those of you who have netflix
Watch Mary and Max.
It’s so good.
So, so good.
“Marketing is manipulation and deceit. It tries to turn people into something...”
– Noam Chomsky (via noam-chomsky)
Black people serve 60% longer sentences than... →
jonathan-cunningham:
leftcollection:
“A new study by M. Marit Rehavi of the University of British Columbia and Sonja B. Starr of the University of Michigan Law School shows that Black Americans receive almost 60% long prison sentences than white Americans who committed the same crime.
The study covered 58,000 federal criminal cases and found that there was a significant difference between the...
Just Came Home To Three Awesome Pieces Of Mail
Letter from Conor
Letter from my mom
Gift receipt for 2011 from Oxfam for my taxes.
“You cannot save people, you can only love them.”
– Anaïs Nin (via dirtcrumbgoddess)
Recalled to Life: things i wish i'd learned in... →
lovebelikeawhirlwind:
everything in your history books, with few exceptions, is filtered through the lens of white Eurocentric eliminationst thought. you will only learn what a board of educators, working with a biased, racist agenda, decide is fit for you to know unless you go out and…
tigersmilk:
thirdw0rld:
Men literally can do no wrong in this society. Everything a man does is justified because he’s a man. Remember boys will be boys, right? That’s why it’s a controversy for M.I.A. to lift her middle finger up during halftime, but it’s acceptable for someone who beat his girlfriend up to perform at the Grammys.
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