December 2011
Some places where you can buy indigenous art and...
selchieproductions:
The Rainbow Serpent - Aboriginal Australia
Survival International Shop
Batwa Baskets - In Support of the Batwa Pygmies
Neeta Inari Duoddji - Saami Jewellery
Global Sister Goods - Supporting Indigenous Women Around the World
Indigenous Designs - Clothes made by indigenous South Americans and sold to help them fight poverty among many other things
Home and Away Native...
“It is the height of irony that women are valued for our looks, encouraged to...”
– Greta Christina (via fleurdelalune)
“The Rude Pundit doesn’t mourn the end of the encampments in the same way he...”
– “The End of the Occupy Camps Is the Start of the Next Phase,” http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/ (via otherwise-occupied)
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Daily Murf: [Trigger warning for rape] To all... →
eccentricwanderlust:
bailey-says:
I get it—you’re a decent guy. I can even believe it. You’ve never raped anybody. You would NEVER rape anybody. You’re upset that all these feminists are trying to accuse you of doing something, or connect you to doing something, that, as far as…
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“Magical Intent is the principle by which someone who has said or done something...”
– Melissa McEwan, Shakesville. Harmful Communication, Part One: Intent Is Magic (via iamthecrime)
“Pain caused unintentionally is still authentic pain.”
(via damekatharsis)
A woman in NY has been charged with self-abortion →
unknowablewoman:
stfuconservatives:
The police said Thursday that they had charged Yaribely Almonte, 20, who had lived in the building, with self-abortion in the first degree, a misdemeanor charge that has been used only a few times in New York State. Although it was unclear how old the fetus was, the charge applies when the abortion occurs after 24 weeks of pregnancy, when it is legal only...
LOS ANGELES POISED TO BE THE FIRST MAJOR U.S. CITY... →
LOS ANGELES, CA – Next week the Los Angeles City Council will vote on a resolution that calls on Congress to amend the Constitution to clearly establish that only living persons — not corporations — are endowed with constitutional rights and that money is not the same as free speech. If this resolution is passed, Los Angeles will be the first major city in the U.S. to call for an end to all...
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Attention Tumblr Folk
erikuhbell:
I’m sure you are all aware of the disgusting behavior demonstrated by the Philadelphia Police Department on Tuesday night. The Philadelphia Police Department, especially officers on the “Strike Force”, are an absolute disgrace. I, along with several other women, had a bicycle shoved in between my legs, while screaming you’re hurting me. Several of us we’re thrown onto the ground...
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“If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in...”
– George Monbiot
(via thenonviolentcommunist)
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come on up to the house: "Indian Wannabes" →
mycultureisnotatrend:
whitepeopleinheaddresses:
From bluecorncomics:
In Z Magazine, December 1990, Janet McCloud (Tulalip) explained the basic problem with wannabes:
First they came to take our land and water, then our fish and game….Now they want our religions as well. All of a sudden, we have a lot of unscrupulous idiots running around saying they’re medicine people. And they’ll sell you...
: mylifeasafeminista: It is a privilege to be able... →
mylifeasafeminista:
It is a privilege to be able to eat any of these types of food:
Vegan
Organic
Fair trade
Local
GMO-Free
Bought at a restaurant
Prepared from scratch
Home grown
Having transportation to/from a grocery store that sells these types of things, money to purchase…
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“You know, in Western cultures, we give a lot of lip service to motherhood. We...”
– Lauren Bruce, founder of Feministe, in an interview about teen motherhood. (via jessicavalenti
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