December 2011
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Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC... →
Bold those books you’ve read in their entirety.
Italicize the ones you started but didn’t finish or read only an excerpt.
1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series – JK Rowling 5 To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee 6 The Bible 7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte 8 Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell 9 His Dark...
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Maddow Explains VA’s Republican Politics →
State Board of Virginia officially discriminates against LGBTQ people keeping them from adopting.
More info below:
http://www.gayrva.com/news-views/state-board-overlooks-same-sex-adoption/
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Colonization & Decolonization of Puerto Rico: A...
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Luis Oyola will be hosting a slide show presentation at the Wingnut Anarchist Collective on Wednesday December 28th at 5:30pm on certain highlights of the decolonization struggles in Puerto Rico, as well as expansions of repression in the island. It will by no means be,… or pretend to be, a full objective history of Puerto Rico. There are many interwoven struggles...
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Fan of the Fan: Guerilla signs added to monuments... →
That’s right RVA. You tell ‘em who we should be remembering instead.
mokarnage:
Fuck yes, real public art! More modifications please!
fanrva:
nbc12 has the details on new signs that have popped up on the monuments:
The signs, on white circular pieces of wood, show the outline of faces that have been influential in the fight for civil rights — including prominent slaves and an...
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Why Race Is More Important Than Ryan Gosling: A...
Over the past 24 hours, and no I’m not kidding, I have been trying to piece together my emotions and thoughts about an “incident” that happened in the public forum of the internet over the past 2 days on a Tumblr blog of a local Richmond feminist zine called LIPS (http://lips-richmond.tumblr.com).
According to the website LIPS is:
“…a fun and sexy alternative to popular magazines that...
unheardofsongs asked: thanks for letting me know that the TW was acceptable and appreciated for the silencing of people of color. i'm still learning how to navigate trigger warning and check myself and i appreciate you taking the time to give me feedback!
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Advice regarding ableism
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quelola:
Everything that applies to call outs when discussing race, gender, sexuality, privilege, apply alllllll of that to call outs regarding ableism as well. Are they the same? Hell no. That’s not what I’m saying. What I’m saying is all those tips and tools that we apply to ___ who want to be allies to ___ applies just the same when trying to be allies to the disabled community.
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Lips Richmond: oh hell naw! →
And expect a response from me soon:
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lips-richmond:
there is absolutely no reason my post should have been erased. i am so sorry that it was! as feminists we should know that we make history—we shouldn’t ever erase histories. we shouldn’t try to forget or ignore things that actually happened. we shouldn’t silence other’s experiences and voices. we…
i’m so sorry that Safiya...
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RIP, Victory Rug Cleaning..
oregonhill:
Yep, it’s true. Victory Rug has filed for bankruptcy and their big ol’ building on Cherry Street will be auctioned off later this month. I’ve walked by this building so many times, I never thought this business would soon be gone forever.
Looking forward, I’m curious what you folks would like to see take its place? Art spaces? A non-profit? Another small business?
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Mobile Homecoming: Experiential Archive: Trans... →
mobilehomecoming:
Pass the Mic: COLORLINES Staff Writer Akiba Solomon interviews transgender women from Washington DC to talk about their experiences living in Chocolate City:
Because violence and terror and discrimination isn’t the sum total of people’s lives, I’ve asked a range of transgender women…
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“I once knew a truck driver, a guy who drove eighteen-wheelers. He said the most...”
– Andy Couturier in “What We Don’t Need” at A Different Kind of Luxury (via fyeahderrickjensen) THIS SHIT IS SCARY
wanderblog asked: oh my godddd. I hate to do this to you. OK, I went to the west end this morning with Liz to get fabric and screenprinting stuff so the gsex graduates can make our own gsex sashes. I'm going to be doing this tonight and tomorrow, so is there any other day this week that we can do dinner/interview??? (pls don't have me forever!)
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Writing History Without a Pen: The Takeover: Top... →
What up VA.
writinghistorywithoutapen:
Contrary to popular belief, occupations are not a new thing. In fact, Black and Brown communites have been in the foreground of taking shit over since the civil war. Here are the highlights. Fort Monroe- Fort Monroe was a Union garrison located in Virgina. Led by General…
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WatchSome of my favorite people in Richmond spent some time expressing just how they feel about Occupy Richmond. <3 Y’all are bad asses. Let’s make dinner together.
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“Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house,...”
– Rumi (via nirvikalpa) So taking this to heart.
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Manifesto Queer/ Queer People of Color Statement... →
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Here is the link to the “Statement of Purpose” in the context of its source. Thanks, Challie
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“You don’t understand why preaching nonviolence is racist because you don’t...”
– taken from a piece of larger commentary by rosadefuego about the way OccupyOakland has rejected and condemned the violence (i.e. vandalism, ‘anarchistic’ tactics) of a subgroup. (via notaskingforpermission)
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Ida Hammer Interview with Bitch Magazine
“In order to understand why transphobia and cissexism persist and are continually perpetuated throughout feminist communities, particularly the vegetarian-ecofeminist community, it is important to consider the origins of anti-trans advocacy as a conscious project of prominent, elite White feminists in the 1970s. In the late sixties and early seventies, trans people were very active in the...
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Power Up to Vote it Down 12/10/11 Training for...
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