March 2012
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omfgjo:
slutrockerbitch:
Sometimes I feel pretty self concious of how femme I am.
Like I’m not genderqueer enough or something.
That’s silly though. Blah.
I’m sorry that you feel that way. I know the whole genderqueer community has a very predominant “look”, if you will (we don’t all look like that though and I wish everyone wasn’t so fucking underrepresented). But it does not define what...
Just in case you missed my #384436 confession →
I love Jo forever
crystalclear24 asked: eeeeeeeyyy! how was yellow snow tourr?! :D
closetoghost:
TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS - 54-46 WAS...
How to Dress for Less Fibromyalgia Pain →
Sometimes I feel pretty self concious of how femme I am.
Like I’m not genderqueer enough or something.
That’s silly though. Blah.
February 2012
MMRP Director's Notes
Director’s Notes~* TRIGGER WARNING: for discussion of sexual assault, domestic violence, racism, cisexism, child abuse, ableism, classism, date rape, gang rape, war, child abduction, self-mutilation. Too often, I am asked, “Don’t you think it’s sexist to be involved in a campaign centered around violence against women? What about the men who are affected by domestic...
I’m so tired of being sick.
“I am an anarchist not because I believe anarchism is the final goal, but because...”
– Rudolph Rocker
Angela Davis on violence
when she was in the California State Prison - 1972
Interviewer: A year ago the black panthers were much more active. We heard much more about that type of struggle. Is the time of the black panthers past?
Angela Davis: The black panthers still exist, and the black panthers are still extremely active in the Oakland community and communities all over the country. I’m not sure whether or not you are aware of what is now happening in the black panther party and the kinds of things that the members of that party are doing now.
Interviewer: No but tell me.
Angela Davis: First of all, if you’re gonna talk about a revolutionary situation, you have to have people who are physically able to wage revolution, who are physically able to organize and physically able to do all that is done.
Interviewer: But the question is more, how do you get there? Do you get there by confrontation, violence?
Angela Davis: Oh, is that the question you were asking? Yeah see, that’s another thing. When you talk about a revolution, most people think violence, without realizing that the real content of any revolutionary thrust lies in the principles and the goals that you’re striving for, not in the way you reach them. On the other hand, because of the way this society’s organized, because of the violence that exists on the surface everywhere, you have to expect that there are going to be such explosions. You have to expect things like that as reactions. If you are a black person and live in the black community all your life and walk out on the street everyday seeing white policemen surrounding you… When I was living in Los Angeles, for instance, long before the situation in L.A ever occurred, I was constantly stopped. No, the police didn’t know who I was. But I was a black women and I had a natural and they, I suppose thought I might be “militant.” And when you live under a situation like that constantly, and then you ask me, you know, whether I approve of violence. I mean, that just doesn’t make any sense at all. Whether I approve of guns. I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. Some very, very good friends of mine were killed by bombs, bombs that were planted by racists. I remember, from the time I was very small, I remember the sounds of bombs exploding across the street. Our house shaking. I remember my father having to have guns at his disposal at all times, because of the fact that, at any moment, we might expect to be attacked. The man who was, at that time, in complete control of the city government, his name was Bull Connor, would often get on the radio and make statements like, “niggers have moved into a white neighborhood. We better expect some bloodshed tonight.” And sure enough, there would be bloodshed. After the four young girls who lived, one of them lived next door to me…I was very good friends with the sister of another one. My sister was very good friends with all three of them. My mother taught one of them in her class. My mother—in fact, when the bombing occurred, one of the mothers of one of the young girls called my mother and said, “Can you take me down to the church to pick up Carol? We heard about the bombing and I don’t have my car.” And they went down and what did they find? They found limbs and heads strewn all over the place. And then, after that, in my neighborhood, all the men organized themselves into an armed patrol. They had to take their guns and patrol our community every night because they did not want that to happen again. That’s why, when someone asks me about violence, I just, I just find it incredible. Because what it means is that the person who’s asking that question has absolutely no idea what black people have gone through, what black people have experienced in this country since the time the first black person was kidnapped from the shores of Africa.
phatbottomedqurl asked: Oh! What kinda music are you into? :)
cynicalcircle asked: "Not that into ska?" Perhaps you're not listening to the right ska bands. :)
phatbottomedqurl asked: What did you think of the opening band? :D Yeah, it does suck! They got a lot of rad bands to come out. :(
Keenonblogs: yeah, its decent. I like the city, especially the area I live in. All universities are pretty bullshit, and its fucked up that they cut women’s studies.
What are you planning on taking?
phatbottomedqurl asked: Hey, not to sound creepy but were you at the 515 on Sunday? I could of sworn I seen you.
keenonblogs asked: do you go to UofG?
Anonymous asked: What's "cisman" mean?
sara-sunflower asked: You have the same bday as Marilyn Manson :D
Anonymous asked: When is your birthday?
Anonymous asked: I was going through some of your blog and I noticed you mentioning having a partner, and some trans sex post. Does your partner happen to be trans?
Anonymous asked: Do you go to many shows? Favorite one you've been to so far?
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