October 2011
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“I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much...”
– oh my Lorde. (via fierceblackredlips)
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[LGBTQ Labor MEET & GREET] Living Wage NYC
LGBTQ/ Labor Meet & Greet Tuesday, November 1st, 6:30 – 8:30pm At the Queers for Economic Justice office 147 W 24th St, 4th Floor Join us for a night of speakers, performance, and mingling! Learn about the Living Wage NYC campaign and the campaign’s newly forming LGTBQ Caucus.
Poverty is on the rise here in New York City. Recently released poverty statistics show that the NYC poverty...
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Andrea Smith :: For All Those Who Were Indian In A... →
The New Age movement has sparked a new interest in Native American traditional spirituality among white women who claim to be feminists. Indian spirituality, with its respect for nature and the interconnectedness of all things, is often presented as the panacea for all individual and global problems. Not surprisingly, many white “feminists” see the opportunity to make a great profit from this...
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[my partner has been traveling, supporting a...
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“Traditionally, in American society, it is the members of oppressed, objectified...”
– Audre Lorde, “Age, Race and Sex: Women Redefining Difference” (via uprightcitizens)
Ahh, this is one of my favourite Audre Lorde quotes. I tried explaining this to another Asian woman in an anti-racism workshop when she said that it’s not productive to just call someone an asshole and walk away. If...
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“Thank you for starting a movement. But you have a long way to go. This enemy of...”
– Grace Lee Boggs (via wecanbenew)
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[sometimes, "allies" are a large waste of my time...
#compassion #doyourwork #thisisprocess of #reciprocity.
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[Knowing Coves: and im gonna write more about this... →
so much of this right now. i have to say, being in the financial district nearly everyday, visiting #OWS, supporting the poc/indigeneous/native communities that are attempting to make headway, i am deeply concerned. additionally, what safety protocol is there and what are the measures that choose who facilitates, leads chants, receives exposure? what lived experiences and needs are taken into...
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[Native Appropriations: Representing the Native... →
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adailyriot:
I have yet to feel connected to the Occupy Wall Street movement, or even the Occupy Boston movement happening here in my backyard. I consider myself an activist, an at-times radical, and I clearly feel passionately about advocating for voices unheard and on the margins. But, Occupy Wall Street hasn’t appealed to me. There has been a lot of coverage as to why...
