May 2013
10 posts
“We must be very careful to avoid the use of the term “tribe” to describe these...”
– Ethnicity in Nigeria
Why people should not even think of using the word “tribe”.
(via cosmicyoruba)
I’ve always hated this word.
(via zorascreation)
ya the word tribe is a no
(via l-angston)
“I am not the first person you loved.
You are not the first person I looked at...”
– Clementine von Radics, Mouthful of Forevers (via waydowntown)
Why the word “stupid” is considered ableist →
queeroctopus:
neoptolemos:
Will someone explain to me why the word “stupid” is considered ableist? Because this seriously baffles me.
“Stupid” has been used by the medical community and the community at large to describe people with developmental disorders. My boyfriend was mocked by teachers and called “stupid” because he’s dyslexic. My doctor told my mother I was “stupid” because of...
April 2013
1 post
Mixed Up!: Mixed Up! Zine Release in NYC -... →
mrqfzine:
Wednesday, April 24th @ 7PM - Free @ Bluestockings Bookstore - 172 Allen St, New York
Zine editors Lil Lefkowitz, Lee Naught & Lior and contributors to “Mixed Up!” invite you to the release of this long awaited zine about mixed race queer & feminist experience! Join us for…
March 2013
67 posts
“give your daughters difficult names. give your daughters names that command the...”
– warsan shire. (via warsanshire)
पद्मिनी: immigration. →
maza-dohta:
I gave up two things when I travelled back home, white boys and alcohol, ‘cause they’re one and the same - stealin’ years, stealin’ teeth, spitting demons down my tongue. I’ve had enough of immigration grantin’ visas with a side of slit throats.
I turned my back to years of…
“Not everyone is okay with living like an open wound. But the thing about open...”
– Warsan Shire (via laughterandhope)
Today is Mexica New Year - Ce Calli (House One) →
“The racist white person doesn’t understand that he or she is also a race, it’s...”
– Toni Morrison (via theraceproblem)
Hugo Chavez's Legacy with Afro Venezuelans →
yourhue:
The controversial leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, his staunch commitment to socialism and defiant rejection of capitalism earned him friends and foes throughout the Americas. A polarizing and complex figure portrayed as both Savior and Satan, history will regard him as both a democratically elected autocrat and revolutionary who played an instrumental role in the resurgence of...
baba: /shuffles into my room looking like a lost three year old
me: baba?
baba: i accept that you will find things that are appealing which i will find not so appealing
me: like makeup
baba: /nods/ like makeup
baba: but i know that you belong to a different group right now, half of your existence, i am responsible for
me: thanks baba
baba: but there is a man on tv who's name i cannot pronounce
baba: you know white people they work so hard to pervert my name. my name is wonderful and so is yours they are written in syllables so white people cannot break their tongues over them
baba: but they do anyway
baba: but this man. this man on my television.
me: who is it baba
baba: i want to clean my eyes god was upset when god made him
me: who is he baba
baba: when your ma boils the milks and splits it with a drop of vinegar, the clumps of milk he looks like
me:
me:
me: you mean benedict cumberbatch
baba: do you find him attractive
me: no baba i find him visually offensive
baba: /shuffles up to me and kisses me on the forehead/
baba: /walks away/
