There have been various tabs accumulating for... awhile now, that I've been intending to post. So here we go, with a miscellaneous collection of things I found interesting.

AMUSING
A picture wherein a toddler and a monkey regard each other with the exact same wary, unimpressed expression.

A LOLCat that well-describes how I feel about my time ( Read more... )

In a post by Resist Racism (if you don't read her, you should - resist_racism) I came across this section, which I wanted to repost because it's just so damn clear and on point.

Ironically, white people have long accused people of color of making mountains out of molehills. Of exaggerating the harm that racism causes. Of seeing racism and persecution where ( Read more... )

The Doggie Gaga Project: dogs dressed up like Lady Gaga.

How to make boypants from stretchy fabric. Includes free downloadable pattern, and instructions for other types of underthings too.

An Overview of Abortion in the United States: slides about who has them, why, when, and how. Great resource.

Let's talk about rape culture, specificially rape ( Read more... )

It warmed my heart to see that Dickipedia has a surprisingly accurate entry about Christopher Columbus. I especially liked this paragraph: Christopher Columbus’s greatest achievement in dickery, however, is his legacy. Despite leading a life of racism, slavery, and barbaric acts against natives so heinous that he was arrested and jailed, the only ( Read more... )

I bought a package of Jos Louis recently, which are kind of a Canadian version of the Hostess Cupcake. Upon opening the box, some stickers fell out, and then I also noticed a cartoon character on the box: a black puppet throwing a gang sign. It's this puppet, except the hands are in a gang signal position and he doesn't look as happy:


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Some links, all of which relate to privilege, and the latter two relate to racism:

Spot the Persecution! Many Christians are complaining about being persecuted for their religious beliefs. Are you? Take this handy quiz to find out. For each of the following, select the answer that is NOT an example of religious persecution ( Read more... )

The Critical Fashion Lover's Guide to (basic) Cultural Appropriation:
my favourite aspect of cultural appropriation is that it can help us begin to deconstruct our sartorial choices and acknowledges the power of clothing as a means of shaping (racial, national, sexual, gender) identity. the exact same piece of clothing can mean very different ( Read more... )

Saw Henry Rollin's spoken word show tonight. This is the second time I've done so; the first time was two and a half years ago. Back then I was pregnant with Connor, and got Henry to autograph my belly. I said maybe we'd name the kid after him and he quipped that I shouldn't do that, because then he [Rollins] will fuck up somehow and the kid will ( Read more... )

Goddamn it, Amanda Palmer, why must you be douchey? A fucking Klan reference? What the fuck? And does it have to be only a month after you fucked up with the ableismI really, really wanted to like her, but I just can't now. Her privileged cluelessness (and her obstinant refusal to get a clue, despite many people trying to cluestick her) is really ( Read more... )

So, the blog Cake Wrecks made a racially insensitive post, and got called out by Stuff White People Do. At that point, part of the Cake Wrecks team (it's a husband and wife team, and this was the husband, John) came over to SWPD to post a long sanctimonious response about how he comes from a small town that "didn't have racism", and how his mama ( Read more... )