December 2010
73 posts
QUEER ODOR ▽ ⚧: If you could reblog this, →
stfuglennbeck:
rheon:
waitaminutewhat:
Phylicia Barnes went missing two days ago.
I don’t know all of the details because I don’t personally know her but one of my friends is really upset over it and any kind of help would be really appreciated.
She lives around the…
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Ecuador Joins Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay And... →
By Gilbert Mercier
Dec 26, 2010 at 10:05 am
On December 24, Ecuador became the fifth South American countries to formally recognize Palestine as an independent and free state. Earlier in December, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia announced their recognition of Palestine within the borders the country had before the 1967 six-day-war.
This is part of a diplomatic push by...
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Think women have achieved equality? Think again. →
We Can’t Be Equal While:
Gender Roles
Men are the default and women are the Other (and therefore lesser).
Being called “girly” or a “sissy” or “pussy” are some of the worst insults you can give a man.
When a woman shows confidence in herself, she is said to “have balls”, or conversely she is a “man-eater”, “ball-buster”, or a “bitch” because she was “too” assertive.
Men are beat up,...
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loveonthesly asked: Your blog is so great! <3
Anonymous asked: where are you from?
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Hello Members: C. American pesticide victims seeks... →
7lx2:
For several decades, U.S. pesticide companies sold chemicals that had been banned in the U.S. to undeveloped countries. Such was the case in Central America where plantation workers suffered the ill effects of using dangerous substances.
Today jury selection in
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The Daily Blog: Guandique Convicted of Murder in... →
djdkt88:
WASHINGTON (Nov. 22) — A jury convicted a Salvadoran illegal immigrant of two counts of first-degree murder today in the killing of intern Chandra Levy, a case that was based on circumstantial evidence and lacked any DNA or forensic evidence. The Superior Court jury reached the verdict for…
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QUEER ODOR ▽ ⚧: "Model minority" →
lailale:the base of ln: “model” minority
a term used to describe Asian Americans as the “ideal” kind of minority population in mostly white countries: “quiet, hardworking but never threatens positions of the white majority.” The term is dangerous to all demographics: it locks all…
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On: lesbian-to-gay trans men →
shaananigans:
Why do gay trans men come out as lesbians before coming out as trans, if they like boys?
While I feel as though this “switch” is something one must experience to fully comprehend, I have tried to explain the phenomenon in the best and least complex way possible. If it brings…
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Watchphatrix:
“No Homo (Nationalism)” from one of the most creative, fun and inspirational people i know!!!!
Check out her blog-
gaybyface:
I approve of this public service announcement. <3
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The DREAM Act and the Failure of White Gay/Lesbian... →
ryotsu:
The key structural reason why neither branch of the LGBT movements has operationalized its stated intersectional politics, is quite simple: the default definition for what “Gay” means has been set by, and remains dominated by, the ideas and experiences of those in our communities who are white and this really has not changed in more than fifty years. Issues, identities, problems that...
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blueblackbambi asked: I love you Devin!!! C=
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Israel builds anti-migrant wall →
fyeahafrica:
After the separation barrier against Palestinian territories, Israel has begun to build a new wall, this one to keep migrants from Africa out.
The new wall is coming up on the Egyptian border, and with Egyptian support. The Israeli government approved plans late last month to build a detention camp near its border with Egypt to house illegal African immigrants. Local activists...
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s k r i m ;: Biggest Prison Protest In History... →
elektricity:
On Thursday morning, December 9, 2010, thousands of Georgia prisoners refused to work, stopped all other activities and locked down in their cells in a peaceful protest for their human rights. The December 9 Strike became the biggest prisoner protest in the history of the United States. Thousands…
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12 year old threatened for staging protest →
stfuteabaggers:
jonathan-cunningham:
A schoolboy trying to save his youth club was hauled from class after his plan to protest outside David Cameron’s constituency office was spotted - by anti-terror police.
In an astonishing over-reaction, 12-year-old Nicky Wishart was warned he faced arrest.
“I couldn’t believe it,” he said. “The policeman asked me lots of questions about why we were...
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My response to a friends statement on Anarchy: If...
ME: Anarchists denounce authority without a doubt.. with the desire to attain collective/horizontal equality. Now the notion that folks who are @political as pacifists by theory is absolutely a flawed statement. It is clear that in atmosphere…’s that host powerful individuals who have no fear to exert violence over others, DO IT mercilessly. Centralized Authority in EVERY...