May 2012
38 posts
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Standing Up to Tumblr Teachers: Defending...
howtodropoutofschool:
Tumblr is roaring over my new blog “How to Drop out of Highschool”. The education sect is furious- teachers, professional educators and tumblr editors are screaming over my objective.
This post will focus on the three main objections I’ve watched dance on my dash.
1. The Potential Risk Of Dropping Out 2. The Need of Unschooling in Highschool 3. The Blog’s Title
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Critiquing the Radical Unschooling Critique: Real... →
Newest post on my unschooling/freedom-based education blog!
“The ideal environment for raising children turns out to be not that of the...”
– ~Carol Gilligan, Joining the Resistance, p. 53
Not that secure relationships are limited to parents, but my first thought reading this passage was, “So poly families are what we should all be aiming for!”
(via feministlibrarian)
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“Rulers have always taken care to control the education of the people. They know...”
– Francisco Ferrer, Anarchist proponent of the “Free School Movement” (via liberationfrequency)
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Purple: 10 facts about my room.
Blue: 9 facts about my family.
Green: 8 facts about my body.
Yellow: 7 facts about my childhood.
Orange: 6 facts about my home town.
Red: 5 facts about my best friend.
Pink: 4 facts about my parents.
White: 3 facts about my personality.
Grey: 2 facts about my favorite things.
Black: 1 fact about the person I like.
Committing a crime does not remove... →
suzy-x:
mcgoats:
lavender-labia:
thegreenwolf:
Committing a crime does not remove someone’s humanity. I would rather live in a society where rapists and murderers are still treated as human beings, even in a prison, because preserving their right to be human is as important as protecting my right to be…
Wow ok I’m not gonna treat or think of rapists with compassion literally ever thx...
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The Top 6 Reasons Why You Should Hate Dan Savage: ...
forgetpolitics:
1. Dan Savage hates trans people and uses transphobic slurs.
“Children have a right to some stability and constancy from the adults in their lives. Perhaps I’m a transphobic bigot, but I honestly think waiting a measly 36 months to cut your dick is a sacrifice any father should be willing to make for his 15-year-old son. Call me old-fashioned.
Unfortunately, your ex wasn’t...
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“Those who subvert social norms are, ostensibly, people who have forgotten that...”
– So Michel Foucault and Jeremy Bentham walk into an elementary school cafeteria* via the Two Whole Cakes blog by Lesley Kinzel (via transformfeminism)
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“But what matters isn’t “enthusiastic consent” but simply “real consent”—consent...”
– Cliff Pervocracy, “Real consent.” (via fuckyeahsexpositivity)
“I asked a young White woman why she was studying social anthropology. She...”
– African feminist Ifi Amadiume
(via newwavefeminism)
explainingwatertothefish replied to your post: Looking forward to the Montreal anarchist bookfair this weekend!
Oh wow! How lucky I am in Montreal this weekend!
Really? Cool!! You’re gonna love it, it’s really huge with lots of great stuff going on. Hope we run into each other and get to hang out some! :)
Looking forward to the Montreal anarchist bookfair...
Also super excited that one of my best friends who I haven’t seen in a few months is going to be arriving here tomorrow and staying for the weekend. :)
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The Co-op Bookstore Was Robbed - a Plea to the... →
missvoltairine:
headspacemontreal:
Hello Internet World: I’m writing to you on behalf of the Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore, an independent, not-for-profit cooperative bookstore located in Montreal. This wonderful “little store that could” was robbed this past Sunday night (May 13th 2012) - someone or a group of someones, smashed a window in, and stole our computer. From what...
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“Being a feminist doesn’t mean suddenly no longer liking problematic things. If...”
– sabrina_il (via tumblinfeminist)
YES! I still watch TV shows and read magazines and enjoy things that have problematic aspects, but that doesn’t make me any worse of a feminist. Feminism doesn’t require you to become an ascetic about all media. It just means acknowledging that things are wrong and...
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I kind of want to write about how hard it is to not have an easy label for your sexuality, and my struggles feeling like I’m not queer enough to claim that label, or maybe I am but fear doing so since I’ve seen so much policing of identity in the queer community, but my family’s wonderful old puppy passed away yesterday, and I’m too depressed to actually finish a nything I...
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Alternative University Project →
shakeitupbebe:
If you’re in Montreal for the summer and are interested in participating in some sweet alternative learnins with some damn cool folks, check out the AltU’s summer course selections. Not thrilled with the offerings? Put together your own course!
Currently trying to choose between Positive Liberty in Theory and Practice, Post-Capitalist Futures, and Non-Western Critical Thought. ...
Adoption as Cultural Annihilation - ICTMN.com →
adailyriot:
If you’ve heard the term 60s scoop and thought it had something to do with ice-cream in ye olden days, I’m here to enlighten you. I prefer the term stolen generations, because the scooping I’m about to discuss didn’t end in the ’60s, and arguably still goes on today.
I am referring to the wholesale removal of aboriginal children from their families.
In the mid ’60s, the federal and...
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Way to show that girls really can do anything,...
tinydragongina:
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laura-raptor:
My store got two books in today. Both survival guides. Both feature strong images on the front. Promising survival techniques for ‘boys only’ and ‘girls only’. Let’s look at the boys, shall we?
How to Survive Anything: Boys Only!
Featuring articles such as “How to Survive a Shark Attack”, “How to Survive if You’re in a Plane Crash”, “How to...
dandelionchild:
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socialuprooting:
Reality Check: Yes, President Obama Is a Hawk
It’s terrifying that isn’t clear to everyone, because it suggests the neoconservative desire for even more foreign wars is skewing the way that Americans conceive of hawkishness and dovishness. It suggests we’re defining “warmonger” down. Here are the facts:
Obama escalated the...
My dad just emailed me this huge list of puns oh...
I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now.
When chemists die, they barium.
Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.
I know a guy who's addicted to brake fluid. He says he can stop any time.
I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me.
This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore.
I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.
I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words.
They told me I had type-A blood, but it was a Type-O.
We’re going on a class trip to the Coca-Cola factory. I hope there's no pop quiz.
Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils?
Broken pencils are pointless.
I tried to catch some fog, but I mist.
What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.
I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest.
All the toilets in New York’s police stations have been stolen. The police have nothing to go on.
I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough.
Haunted French pancakes give me the crêpes.
A cartoonist was found dead in his home. Details are sketchy.
The earthquake in Washington obviously was the Government's fault.
Be kind to your dentist. He has fillings, too.
Queer Lorax: White anti-racists. →
inter-locution:
jerrymuffinbutt:
Listen. I know that racism is shit. I know that as white people, we need to try and not be douchebags, and trying our best to be anti-racist is great. But we have to accept that no matter how much we oppose racism, we still have white privilege. We still benefit from a system that elevates us above POC. And we can still be racist. Combating racism and supporting...
“What we need to let ourselves do is acknowledge that sex is a big deal for some...”
– Libidos, Assumptions, and Miscommunication | No, Seriously, What About Teh Menz? (via dandelionchild)
Lying with statistics to appropriate the struggles...
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
These numbers are made up to prove a point.
If, based on an article that trans people as a whole are murdered about “one a month”, 40 trans people died in the last 40 months.
33 of them are trans women of color. 4 of them are trans men of color. 2 are white trans women. 1 is a white trans man.
How fair is it to say that “trans people die at a rate of one per month”?
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“Many men who harass women say their intent is to compliment them, but why do...”
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Stop Street Harassment: Holly Kearl (via completelymoribund)
The thing that so many men need to understand is that women do not consider it a compliment when they are being harassed on the street. Women usually feel either embarrassed or terrified or a combination of the two. So stop fucking...
CeCe McDonald just took a plea deal
kiriamaya:
spaceykate:
thespiritwas:
from Dean Spade:
CeCe just took a plea deal—2nd degree manslaughter with a recommended 41 month sentence (actual sentencing hearing will be in a month). Horrifying to watch her forced to recount the events of her attack on the stand, to watch the judge speak to her condescendingly about how pulling scissors out of her purse as her attacker chased her...
infinityongay:
real women identify as women
that’s it
that is the only standard for being a woman
it is, in fact, that simple
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“So if you – the oppressed – hurt someone’s feelings, you’re just like the...”
– » The Revolution Will Not Be Polite: The Issue of Nice versus Good Social Justice League (via mmmajestic)
April 2012
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Why Guys Really Hate Being Called "Creepy" →
kathleenthearsonist:
“At the heart of the ‘anti-creep shaming campaign’ is a concerted effort to discourage women from relying on their instincts to protect themselves from harm. Laying aside its likely etymology, calling a dude an ‘asshole’ is a way of labeling him a jerk. Plenty of people can be jerks without being predatory. On the other hand, calling a dude ‘creepy’ labels him as a potential...
mr-owls replied to your post: mr-owls replied to your photo: Aww, anyone know…
Ahh, that is so ridiculously cute!! I wants a basket sheep. :-P
mr-owls replied to your photo: Aww, anyone know what breed this is? Sooo…
Scottish blackface i believe
Or it might be a valais blacknose /farm animal nerd
Thank you!! One of my best friends raised sheep most of her life, so I’ve learned a little about sheep in general from her, but I really don’t recognize breeds at all yet. Haha, being a farm animal nerd is cool! As I move...
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“Look how your children grow up. Taught from their earliest infancy to curb their...”
– Voltairine de Cleyre (via petitefeministe)
The best part of this essay is when she advocates for children to be brought up with no gender-role stereotyping, and gets in some not-so-subtle digs at heterocentricism and heterosexism in the process.
Did I mention this was written over a hundred years...
stfuantiblackpoc:
pengaling:
I seriously have no fucking time for people who are upset because they have been told they are not Trayvon Martin.
You are doing solidarity wrong. Let me repeat:
YOU ARE DOING SOLIDARITY WRONG.
You are not Trayvon martin. You do not experience the blood curdling fear that POC when they are approached by racists. This does not mean you cannot protest in...
“As a society, we encourage girls and women to be emotionally accessible, and in...”
– Tori Amos (via dr-clear-heels)
So accurate.
(via devawning)
“Nearly a million prisoners are now making office furniture, working in call...”
– Sweatshop labor is back with a vengeance. (via motherjones)
Labor exploitation.
(via stfuconservatives)