January 2011
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Irony/sincerity OTP: URGENT MESSAGE FROM ACTIVIST... →
roxanneritchi:
[via]
“To all the people of world” Alicia Ali Marsden To all the people of world The people in Egypt are under governmental siege. Mubarak regime is banning Facebook, Twitter, and all other popular internet sites Now, the internet are completely blocked in Egypt….
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Rugrats is about feminist families
brainsquish:
theoceanandthesky | aviruswithshoes:
Mrs. Pickles is the educated breadwinner, Stu often chasing his less profitable dreams
Phil & Lil’s mom, obvs (short hair, female symbol sweatshirt, clear second waver
Charlotte, ballbusting CEO who wants Angelica to have an edge in a male-privileged world
Suzie’s family, upper-middle class black family with a really accomplished mom
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"Hearing about [misogyny in film] over and over...
charethcutestory:
You know what’s really tiresome? MISOGYNY.
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“If a movie has only white characters, it is presumed to be marked in the...”
– bell hooks, Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope
truth.
(via adailyriot)
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With that very personal connection you have with...
Miyazaki: That would be far too complicated and lengthy an answer to state here, so I'll just suffice by saying that it's because I love women very much (laughs).
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Are black women invisible? A new study says yes. →
roxanneritchi:
so-treu | manifestfreedom:
“According to some it could be because we do not fit the “stereotypical” image of womanhood. Or as the article in Psychology Today puts it, “when people discuss ‘women’s issues’ or when research is conducted on gender bias, the focus is usually on white women. And when people discuss ‘racial issues’ or when research is conducted on racial bias, the...
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“You are not entitled to your opinion; you are entitled to your informed opinion....”
– Harlan Ellison (via cloudsinmyeyes)
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BBC News - 'Gay' Ugandan Brenda Namiggade wins... →
thesixpennybook:
A Ugandan woman who says she is a lesbian has been granted an injunction temporarily preventing her deportation.
Brenda Namiggade says she fears for her life if she is returned from the UK to Uganda, where gay sex is illegal.
Her initial asylum application had been refused. The Home Office said a court had ruled she was “not homosexual” and therefore did not have a genuine...
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At least 7 dead in Egypt protests →
verbalresistance:
The week’s death toll reached seven on Thursday, after two more protesters were shot dead in North Sinai, in the third day of nationwide anti-government protests.
The nationwide protests, which are calling for democracy, the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and more employment opportunities, are some of the largest since Mubarak took power some 30 years ago.
Internet access was...
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we too could be glorious: Gone With the Wind →
franklyafi:
Considering it was in part my frustration with Gone With the Wind and inescapable defenses thereof that prompted this endeavor, it seems a fitting place to begin. Gone With the Wind is, of course, the wildly successful and lauded cinematic adaptation of the wildly successful and lauded novel of the same name. The story of the American Civil War and Reconstruction-era South, Gone With...
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