January 2011
11 posts
soulful-seductress:
Bilal & Dilla- Love it...
RIP Chrissie Bates, *trigger warning* for... →
dancingonembers:
This link will take you to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune’s website. Tell them their transmisogynistic headline “Man who lived as woman found slain in Minneapolis apartment” is flagrant, unacceptable disrespect to the dead and to a living community of people who wake every day to the threat of violent cissupremacy reinforced by misgendering headlines like the Star-Tribune’s.
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New Model Minority: New Post "Why You Pay for Shit... →
newmodelminority:
…For a long time I thought that the issue around food and social justice was that we just need have more locally sourced food. But the thing about this is that all cities and states are not created equal.
We don’t get our oranges from Idaho.
Because I come from Oakland, where lemons, limes, tomatoes, rosemary and avocados grow everwhere, I assumed that local was the...
Elle Magazine: Apologize for Trying to 'Whiten'... →
munachao:
Lets tell Elle Magazine to make a commitment to moving away from using white as a standard for beauty, and demand a public statement and apology.
C.Spaniels "Crooked Purple Rain" Fall 2010 Tour...
“PATRIOTISM IN EXCELSIS (10/23/10)”
I awoke before sunrise, breathless and coughing violently, due to allergies triggered by the cat sleeping soundly on the other side of the room. Unable to return to sleep, I spent the next few hours e-mailing the feuding parties involved with my upcoming Chicago show, in a frantic attempt at damage control. I then drove to the nearest branch of my...
“I am convinced that the removal of nigger from Huckleberry is specifically for...”
– Blackamazon is too much: Random Thoughts
C.Spaniels "Crooked Purple Rain" Fall 2010 Tour...
“THE KINDEST STATE IN THE UNION (10/22/10)”
People often ask me if I worry about a van as ostentatious as mine getting stolen; I half-jokingly respond that the ostentation is a theft deterrent. Who’d be bold enough to steal a van that has its owner’s face spray-painted on both sides of it? The thief would get noticed immediately and incur an overwhelming karmic debt. This thought...
