July 2011
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Libya war exposes U.S./NATO crimes against... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
For almost five months, the combined military forces of the United States and NATO have pounded Libyan cities, towns, villages and ports in an effort to overthrow the government of Moammar Gadhafi.
These bombing operations, now numbering more than 16,000 sorties and 6,100 strikes, have been combined with a naval blockade that includes 17 warships. NATO warships in the...
“Greed and competition are not the result of immutable human temperament. Greed...”
– Economist Bernard Lietaer (via zeitgeistmovement)
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sea-bear-joan-deactivated201207 asked: Pretty much. With better education comes greater dissent, which disrupts the (im)balance of power. The best way to keep the people down is to make them think that everything is okay as it is, that they have power (when they really don't), and that, like you said, things will never change.
Had to put this here because I ran out of space (thirty-nine characters!).
Had to put this here because I ran out of space (thirty-nine characters!).
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sea-bear replied to your post: sea-bear replied to your post: I bought a…
Yes, unfortunately the public school system seems to have made it its goal to dissuade us from wanting to learn more than what is necessary for up to mid-level corporate jobs.
Without the urge to explore and question the world, kids become loyal subjects to oppressive social structures. It sounds a...
“If there were no debts in our money system, there wouldn’t be any money.”
– Marriner Eccies (via zeitgeistmovement)
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Deschooling Yourself – How to Recover from... →
That last reply reminded me of this, linked to me by a friend.
Perhaps your school years taught you how to read, how to solve mathematical equations, and how to come up with good excuses when you forget an assignment. You probably don’t remember many of the facts you learned – I know I don’t. In one upper-division course, I spent three tortured weeks memorizing twenty minutes of Chaucer’s...
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sea-bear replied to your post: I bought a ‘briefer’ history of time
It’s okay, everyone’s got to start somewhere :D
I think this is the part where I undo the hatred of Maths and Physics brought on by my ridiculously dull and regimented school education :)
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I bought a 'briefer' history of time
I know, I suck at Physics
The term "check your privilege:"
therecipe:
dionthesocialist:
That doesn’t mean, “Your argument is automatically invalid because you’re white/male/able-bodied/whatever.”
It means, “There’s an aspect to this argument you are incapable of understand because you are white/male/able-bodied/whatever, and you should accept that and review your argument with that in mind.”
You’re welcome.
Apparently some people don’t believe in...
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autopsygarland:
The Book of Right-On | Joanna...
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goawaybitchxx-deactivated201305 asked: Well, both TMNT & Street Sharks live in the sewer and people seem to like them okay.
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goawaybitchxx-deactivated201305 asked: Sorry I'm so sassy. I forgive you. ;D
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**Trigger Warning for Trans* Erasure** [Picture on... →
There are a lot of t-shirts and infographics with this kind of message circulating. The following clarification is necessary:
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS:
GENDER ROLES, STEREOTYPES, ESSENTIALISM, BINARISM
NOT A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT: GENDER ITSELF
The picture shows a person clearly proud of their gender presentation, yet wearing a t-shirt that claims gender itself to be a damaging social construct.
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“Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to...”
– Buddha
(via meekothemammoth)
To quote Yahoo Answers: “[The source is] unknown, I think, but it’s no older than the 1990s. A few books attribute it to Malachy McCourt, because he said it [in 1998]… But Google Books finds an earlier citation in 1993, when it turns up attributed to...
19-cilmaengwyn:
science:
This is the sound of...
“Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man made, and it can...”
– Nelson Mandela (via squashed)
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Ancient Annoying People:
feministnoise:
closetospring:
thenewhotness:
“Ugh, is that a book? How can you even stand to carry that around, with its pages, and its cover? God, I don’t know what I would do without the feel of a scroll in my hand so that I could read decrees the way they were meant to be read. You can’t just roll a book out and see it for what it is… really see it and appreciate it. Plus, there is...
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onmostsurfaces replied to your post:
”cultural male-shaming” where, if I might ask? Recognizing your privileges does not mean you hate yourself. Asking people not to contribute to oppression isn’t shaming.
Indeed, it’s a total fantasy. Patriarchy abounds in men’s media, which actively denounce feminism, while women’s media focuses on pleasing men.
I really don’t know...
Case in Point
What that Anon doesn’t realise is that because of my privileges I do not deserve to be the centre of the discussion. Yet they think reminding me of my privilege is the biggest hardship, when compared to actual oppression that causes violence, mental illness and death for those I oppress.
This shows the ways privilege always centres me, therefore showing privilege exists.
SRSLY, a...
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Anonymous asked: You are such a bloody pile of self-hate. Fucking product of cultural male-shaming. Trying to over-compensate for white male former dominance by crawling about with your head hung down, your hair matted with jargon so dense like "cisgender", that it's hard to think of a human under there, somewhere beneath the bowels of a lice-metropolis of self-loathing. And don't run for the...
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[TRIGGER WARNING: Ableist Harassment]
numol:
In Britain, disabled people are being subjected to increasing levels of abuse on public transport by angry commuters, research shows
“I think it is increasing because of the pressures on people: the overcrowding on trains and the general economic climate. “If I reminded myself about everything that has been said, I would shut myself inside.” A Scope survey revealed that 47 per cent of...
“From her oddly dainty presence that voice, a voice that seemed not to come from...”
– ~Russell Brand
The rest of his tribute is lovely, but this? No.
Mr. Brand, it is alarmingly common to celebrate white singers while ignoring or pushing aside black artists who are bringing it elsewhere. Amy Winehouse was a talented woman. You don’t need to play the, “SHE WAS THE BEST EVER QUEEN OF...
“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure...”
– William Gibson
(via criminalprofiler)
“I don’t have low self esteem, I have low esteem for everyone else” - Daria
(via cydne-the-trekupine)
I’m not sure if I completely like this. People who are surrounded by assholes can be depressed or have low self-esteem.
(via tal9000)
Fuck this erasive...
“But the poor person does not exist as an inescapable fact of destiny. His or her...”
– Gustavo Gutierrez (via thirdw0rld)
“Hence the poverty of the poor is not a call to generous relief action, but a demand that we go and build a different social order.” I get this.
(via courageuse)
I don’t have anything relevant to add—just that it’s 2:30 a. m. and I am worried for my...
tal9000:
4fr:
adailyriot:
TEN THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT RACE
10. Colorblindness will not end racism. Pretending race doesn’t exist is not the same as creating equality. Race is more than stereotypes and individual prejudice. To combat racism, we need to identify and remedy social policies and institutional practices that advantage some groups at the expense of others.
Using...
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SMBC Comic →
mattgorman:
SMBC
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**Trigger Warning for statutory rape, sexual... →
It seems that if the victim is under-age, even The Daily Mail will speak out about victim-blaming. Draw your own conclusions about the article itself, but at least there isn’t the victim-blaming of The New York Times [Trigger warning on link for sexual violence, victim-blaming, and rape apology].
The Daily Mail gives an in-depth interview with the victim, almost laughing off the...
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