Blackamazon is too much

#teamratchet

(Source: thebaddominicana, via karnythia)

resmc:

Protecting the Internet Activist

ideasandopinions:

Necessary: 

• HTTPS
• Consciousness of what information you write to the public domain.

Safe:

• A Pseudonym 
• Obfuscation
• TOR  
• Linux

Marginally Paranoid:

• VPN
• Truecrypt

Paranoid:

• Linux USB
• Email Encryption
• Remailer
• Pidgin w/ OTR

On the Run:

• Hidden operating system
• The Anarchist Yellow Pages
• Couchsurfing

Please edit and share.

blackandmissing:

Endangered missing since Nov 29th: 5 month old Ke’Mello Warfield (MI) http://bit.ly/yyQsix

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children classified a 5-month-old Saginaw baby as endangered and missing.

The baby, Ke’Mello Warfield, has been missing since Nov. 29, according to the group’s website.

Authorities say Ke’Mello may be in the company of his mother and may have travelled to Flint or out of the state.

The baby is described as a black male, about 2’ tall and weighing 15 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information on Ke’Mello’s whereabouts is asked to contact the national hotline at 1-800-843-5678.

(via karnythia)

They say “social justice,” I say “my life”

eshusplayground:

witchsistah:

dank-potion:

dumbthingswhitepplsay:

clitt-tastic:

 somerset replied to your post: isitscary replied to your post: Names I have been…

tumblr sj is an embarrassing mess of people regurgitating wholesale things they have read without any meaningful understanding of complexity or thoughts of their own

EXACTLY

lol I LITERALLY JUST WROTE A MASSIVE POST ABOUT HOW SJ HAS BECOME REGURGITATION WITHOUT COMPREHENSION USING THAT EXACT WORD

alladis .. death to sj blogs!

And how many of us aren’t doing “SJ” but simply talking about our damn lives?!  It just so happens our lives are filled with a lot of racist, sexist, homophobic, ageist, ableist, queerphobic, transphobic, classist bullshit.

Word. And a lot of us are doing what we can (like writing a play) to shed the light on the personal cost of political realities.

(via cruelyouth)

kyssthis16:

drownedindiamonds:

d0wn-w1th-the-cap1t0l:

m-e-o—w:

zer0gravitee:

turnoffyourmind-:

tylerdeathbreath:

thebiebervoice:

wiz-latifah:

breathingdisney:

dreamparticles:

sam-theman:

canadia-eh:

drowninginapoolofawesome:

foreveriwilllieawake:

yourkencankissmybarbie:

jaideinthesky:

I literally felt like I did not have a choice.

^

^

Honestly scrolled past it, then went back and reblogged it. You can’t deny robin williams. 

^ I did exactly that.

robin williams demands it.

robin williams wants me to.

Well ..what Could I do, Is Robin Williams…

I really tried just scrolling past this, I just couldn’t…

I debated for 2 minutes… I just HAVE to reblog it. Omg.

I was like “Fuck Robin Williams.” And then I saw it again as I scrolled up, and reblogged it.

Basically all of this^^  This picture has so much power.

I  had to. He’s my dads twin. 

i felt guilty when i scrolled past this tbh. 

Lol.

Patch Adams/Mrs. Doubtfire/Batty Koda/Genie/Several Serial Killer characters told me, so, thusly, I must.

(Source: heytinafey)

Jan Brewer is the exact face of what feminist/woman’s political power is headed towards

Hilary Clinton demoed it in 2008 but get very very very real y’all , it’s only going to get worse

bullying & racism #askafeminist

karnythia:

arewomenhuman:

daniellemertina:

Bullying and racism are often viewed as mutually exclusive. Which goes beyond me. Because in fact, racism (in microaggression form) is a specific type of bullying.

Take cyber bullying for example … a really big deal now since tons of teenagers have committed suicide because of it. Yet, I haven’t seen any mention of bullying along racial lines, although I know it happens. How many lives have been lost because someone was called a racial pejorative? If people die over being called ugly, then I know people have died due to being called a nigger. But that’s a statistic I may never know, because nobody cares to publicize it. (correct me if I’m wrong!)

It’s like people don’t think being called a nigger is a big deal. People don’t think, being in a classroom, and having people pull at your hair or make fun of your skin color or call you ghetto and etc., is psychological violence being enacted on that child.

People really don’t understand. Microaggressions work the same way being called ugly or stupid continually as a white person works. Except, you are ugly and stupid not because you’re Danielle specifically but because you’re black. If anything, that is way more undermining. You can’t help what race you were born as. That’s why you’ve got people, little children, wishing they have blue eyes and blonde hair.

Once, I saw an episode of Tyra (yes I watch Tyra) where a little girl… couldn’t have been more than 10, hated the fact that she was black. She thought black women were the ugliest women in the world (except she said Tyra was pretty, well, because she was light). But the children making her feel like that, won’t get in trouble. Unless it’s something “extreme” like being called a nigger, white kids never get in trouble for being racially insensitive. Because that’s just what it’s looked at as: racial insensitivity. Not psychological violence that can seriously impact the well-being of a child.

In general, white people feel justified in being racially insensitive. I’m the sensitive one because I don’t care for it. Which is why racial bullying is hardly ever addressed or cared about. That’s why a lot of people will get upset when a white woman cries when called a racist (because that’s bullying) but a black women wronged (in a racial manner) will get passed over.

This is one of the things that I’ve been thinking about with the collective white feminist shrug over Hugo’s attacks on black women and other WOC, and over white privilege and racism in feminism in general. There doesn’t seem to be a grasp of the idea that racism is abusive.

And that’s true in more than one way. It’s true in the sense that racism often manifests in the form of emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuse or violence. The things white feminists more routinely think of as abuse - particularly rape and sexual assault or harassment - are more likely to affect WOC. But when they talk about “survivors” - this awareness seems to just not be there. Survivors are implicitly white.

And it’s true in the sense that living with racism has similar potential mental health repercussions as what white feminists more routinely think of as abuse. Depression, triggers/PTSD like responses, anxiety, etc. Internalized blame and self-hatred.

It just struck me that the language of being a “survivor” carries a weight to it in feminist spaces - even when the needs of abuse survivors are being dismissed or ignored - that hasn’t carried over to talking about women of color, even though living with racism means living in an abuse culture around race, and experiencing racist abuse, and having to live with the lifelong toll of that, individually and collectively. Even when white feminists admit to being racist or being white privileged it’s often like this check box that they tick off - like, oh, yea, that wasn’t cool, my bad! - not usually a recognition that they were actively participating in a violent, abusive racial hierarchy that benefits them.

I bet this will get crickets in response, but uh where is the big name white feminist talk & statements of solidarity about the mental, emotional, & social impact of racism on WOC?

(via note-a-bear)

Admitting that a lot of feminist shit triggers the hell out of me and it doesn’t mean I have to woman up and take stuff for the team has been incredibly healing

bullying & racism

daniellemertina:

Bullying and racism are often viewed as mutually exclusive. Which goes beyond me. Because in fact, racism (in microaggression form) is a specific type of bullying.

Take cyber bullying for example … a really big deal now since tons of teenagers have committed suicide because of it. Yet, I haven’t seen any mention of bullying along racial lines, although I know it happens. How many lives have been lost because someone was called a racial pejorative? If people die over being called ugly, then I know people have died due to being called a nigger. But that’s a statistic I may never know, because nobody cares to publicize it. (correct me if I’m wrong!)

It’s like people don’t think being called a nigger is a big deal. People don’t think, being in a classroom, and having people pull at your hair or make fun of your skin color or call you ghetto and etc., is psychological violence being enacted on that child.

People really don’t understand. Microaggressions work the same way being called ugly or stupid continually as a white person works. Except, you are ugly and stupid not because you’re Danielle specifically but because you’re black. If anything, that is way more undermining. You can’t help what race you were born as. That’s why you’ve got people, little children, wishing they have blue eyes and blonde hair.

Once, I saw an episode of Tyra (yes I watch Tyra) where a little girl… couldn’t have been more than 10, hated the fact that she was black. She thought black women were the ugliest women in the world (except she said Tyra was pretty, well, because she was light). But the children making her feel like that, won’t get in trouble. Unless it’s something “extreme” like being called a nigger, white kids never get in trouble for being racially insensitive. Because that’s just what it’s looked at as: racial insensitivity. Not psychological violence that can seriously impact the well-being of a child.

In general, white people feel justified in being racially insensitive. I’m the sensitive one because I don’t care for it. Which is why racial bullying is hardly ever addressed or cared about. That’s why a lot of people will get upset when a white woman cries when called a racist (because that’s bullying) but a black women wronged (in a racial manner) will get passed over.

(via karnythia)

kyssthis16:

regazzadilupoinverno:

reelbrains:

nefariousnewt:

whims-of-a-feminist:

velocicrafter:

Meet Omari. Two days ago he returned from the hospital after being hacked in the face by a machete defending an orphanage of 35 children by himself. 

This man dedicates his life to take care of 35 orphaned children from the ages of 2-17 in Kenya. A couple of days ago a group of thugs raided the orphanage to pilage anything they could find, after beating and slashing Omari’s face for defending the children and himself from a previous attempted attack.

The only thing the children are living off of right now are things growing from their small garden, and eggs from a couple of chickens in their coup. Reddit looked to aim to raise $2,000 a couple of hours ago to help build a concrete wall around the orphanage with a 3 layered barbed-wire coil set on top. 

In 3 hours, over $11,000 has been donated - and all the extra money is going to feeding them, giving them an education, keeping these children (and many more) safe, and building a new facility. 

Please feel free to donate here: http://www.longonoteducation.org/

Remember, anything counts!! Lets see what we can do in 24 hours! :))

dysk: rolluptherim: wla91: dayofthebaphomets: 

what a fucking hero omfg <333

SIGNAL BOOST for heroism & bravery.

Omfg. SIGNAL BOOST.

This man is a bad ass. 

SIGNAL BOOST!!!!!!!!

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blackandmissing:

Missing: 13-year-old Darcie Hudson (OH) http://bit.ly/w0pFbi 

The East Cleveland Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing teen girl.

Darcie P. Hudson, 13, was last seen at Heritage Middle School on Terrace Road Thursday. Police say Darcie’s father picks her up every day from school, and that he became concerned when she did not come out of the school Thursday.

Darcie is described as being 5’2”, 115 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a brown, puffy jacket with wool sleeves, pink hoodie and her school uniform which consists of a white shirt, black pants and black boots.

According to the ECPD, the missing persons report is not being handled as a runaway case, as Darcie has no prior history of doing so. In addition, her father told police he wasn’t aware of anything that would prompt her to stay away from home.

The FBI is also investigating the case due to the duration of her disappearance.

Anyone with information on Darcie Hudson’s whereabouts is asked to call the East Cleveland Police Department at (216) 451-1234 or (216) 681-2368.

(via karnythia)

Custer Died for Your Sins: ALERT: JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT   →

adailyriot:

queerfury:

 BIA Livestock Impoundment crews are confiscating sheep, goats, horses, cattle belonging to the Dine People of Big Mountain/Black Mesa, Arizona right now. Human rights violations against traditional Dine (Navajo) taking away one of their major food sources as well as wool essential to their livelihood.

Please flood the office of Robert Carolin and tell him the elders need to eat during the winter and these confiscations are WRONG! Slow motion genocide in action. This must be stopped!
… 
Mae Tso, Bessie Begay and Pauline Whitesinger are those whose names i have been given who are being impacted. We can’t let them get away with this!

Hopi Agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs
P.O. Box 158
Keams Canyon, AZ 86034
P: 928/738-2228
F: 928/738-5522
Robert Carolin

yo! people do this seriously!

this is not a joke! please call!

Now now

(via dopegirlfresh)

muckrakingiswomenswork asked: Should we be our sister's keepers?

GReat end of night question 

NOPE 

NOT AT ALL NO!

My greatest hurts, erasures the dumbest shit regarding my life has been out of the mouths of my “sisters”

All my sister’s don’t have my back , they don’t and it’s a bad politic to expect them to cause then you get into what that means and what we expect and who gets to expect things and frankly it leads to alot

sisterhood is beautiful and wonderful

but I’m more for my sisters comrade or something

We work for a world where our ability to be who we want not based on each others subjugation is assured

and after that if we are fam we’re fam but often i think the emphasis get’s placed on likable , marketable, long … Bull over 

What do we need ?