April 2011
68 posts
2 tags
Why I cannot watch Royal Weddings
redlightpolitics:
Every diamond worn by a Royal; every shred of cloth; every bite of overpriced gourmet food they eat; every blessing from a church member and horse powered carriage remind me of the wealth accumulated on the back of slavery. Every bit of European Royal related events reminds me of colonialism, death and the most inhumane living conditions inflicted on entire groups of people...
4 tags
3 tags
3 tags
jhameia:
moniquill:
sandyfrink:
Llullaillaco Maiden — A 15 year old girl sacrificed during the Inca Empire for both purposes of religious rite and social control. She was chosen a year prior to her death, fed a ritualistic diet for an approximate twelve months to make her gain weight, then was drugged and left on the shrine at Volcano Llullaillaco, where she was left to die of exposure. For...
2 tags
2 tags
4 tags
2 tags
Books to read
jhameia:
yiduiqie:
RELATEDLY, books I bought at Swancon for reading (some of these were secondhand):
Nightsiders, Sue Isle
Love and Romanpunk, Tansy Rayner Roberts
Eona, Alison Goodman
Cold Magic, Kate Elliot
Sprawl, ed Alisa Krasnostein
and a super old school illustrated copy of The Dream of the Red Chamber
That’s funny though, I could have sworn I bought more
I am intrigued by...
3 tags
1 tag
1 tag
3 tags
crossedwires:
microaggressions:
Blond child to her mother while watching brown skinned & black haired me fly a kite at the beach: “Mommy, she looks like one of the bad guys.” Over and over again, getting louder and more insistent despite mother’s shushing.
August 2010, Ocracoke Island (North Carolina). This made me feel brown.
but it’s only fiction, right. That’s why it’s not a problem...
3 tags
3 tags
3 tags
2 tags
3 tags
1 tag
1 tag
2 tags
4 tags
Books to read
jhameia:
In no particular order, books that are NOT for my MRP:
The Broken Kingdoms, NK Jemisin (currently on it)
The Sheikh’s Batmobile, Richard Poplak
Heart of Iron, Ekaterina Sedia
Android Karenina, Ben Winters (he disappointed with Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters but oh well)
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, Seth Grahame-Smith
Against the Day, Thomas Pynchon
Anubis Gates, Tim...
3 tags
creatrixtiara:
New Straits Times: Sexing up badminton? You betcha!
SKIRTS will rule again in women’s badminton. And this will definitely provide a leg-up for the sport to pull in the mega-sponsorships and attract the lush advertising dollar — just as in tennis.
According to news reports, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) has introduced a new dress code whereby all female...
2 tags
2 tags
1 tag
2 tags
caitlinate:
Last Friday was the twentieth anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody.
The most recent statistics show that:
During 2007, 74 people died in all forms of custody in Australia, an increase of 19 deaths from 2006. Of this total 12% or 9 people were Indigenous.
These statistic are frequently used to show that imprisoned Indigenous people don’t die at...
2 tags
3 tags
2 tags
1 tag
1 tag
man in jail 10 years without conviction
at the west
An intellectually disabled man has been languishing in jail for almost 10 years without being convicted or having evidence against him tested in court.
Marlon Noble was 19 when he was arrested in December 2001 for allegedly sexually assaulting two minors in Carnarvon.
He denied the charges.
Psychiatrists assessed him as being mentally unfit to stand trial and he was detained by...
1 tag
wildunicornherd:
zuky:
The Ranting Dragon » Dragon in Chains (Moshui #1) by Daniel Fox
wildunicornherd:
zuky:
mamitamala:
Inspired by the culture and myths of feudal China, Dragon in Chains is the first book in Daniel Fox’s Moshui, the Books of Stone and Water trilogy. Four main characters’ stories are bolstered by a large supporting cast, and the action ranges from a slave boy’s...
1 tag
The seminar I went to today seemed to be designed...
selchieproductions:
My notes from the seminar.
Prof. C. M. Hutton: the University of Hong Kong
Trained as a Germanist and a linguist.
Wrote a Cantonese slang dictionary.
Linguistics, ideologies and the Third Reich.
Gender identities and linguistics
In legal cases including transgender people, the law is, as of yet, rather discriminatory. Depending on countries, a person is classified as...
2 tags
2 tags
4 tags
Not gonna link
jhameia:
wildunicornherd:
but I saw a photo of a mixed-race model tagged, among more conventional terms, “halfling”.
halfling
halfling
halfling
I’m sure I should be offended or something but I can only lol.
WAT
EXCUSE ME
3 tags
3 tags
1 tag
I saw someone who I'm pretty sure was you at the...
I did go to the RBT gig yesterday! Wasn’t it an amazing gig? And Sam doing her solo set was pretty great too. You can totally feel free to say hi. Only I don’t know which medium to post this to!
Ask me anything
3 tags
2 tags
2 tags
2 tags
I also used these images for the business cards
tinyfist:
akitron:
that;s cute right?
Not sloppy or whatever?
i’m too lazy to find the 4th one
I love how cheerful and FIERCE they are! I want to read the stories of them allllllllllllllllll. ♥______♥
who is she and why is she so adorrrrable?!
2 tags
2 tags
1 tag
1 tag
5 tags
2 tags
I have so much love for this comment. →
feministilicious:
trastorn:
akrep a réagi à votre billet : How does it feel to be so multicultural? Eating Indian food, listening to tropicalia, speaking in beautiful HINDI, being British. It’s so unique and exotic.
i hate it when people think people who have grown up with different cultures are ~exotic~ no, actually this is just how i live, thanks.
real talk.
“omg karma thats so cool...
3 tags
