May 2011
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I’m thinking about this:
However, when we – as Young UN Women Melbourne, talk about multiculturalism we talk about everyone else’s culture. And by that, as Dianne pointed out, the dominant white culture uses multiculturalism to talk about every one else’s culture as if their own is the immutable baseline.
Feminist Futures Conference - Part 1 - The Workshop
(note: I am not part of this...
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“The pirate queen known only as Cheng I Sao, or “wife of Cheng,” started out as a...”
– Brow Beat : A Short History of Lady Pirates
An excerpt from a great piece about female pirates. My favorite story is about Anne Bonny and Mary Read. I might have to buy this pirate book!
(via nicolelee)
LADY PIRATES! They are my favourites! Also Cheng I Sao is probably my favourite pirate...
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caitlinate:
I don’t think the point of an acknowledgment like that is any suggestion of let’s give a whole lot of land back. That’s clearly not in play. But I think what it is about, and one of the reasons I really struggle with the response we’ve just had from Peter Dutton is it’s about recognition. It’s one thing to say, well, I will support practical reconciliation. I will support measures...
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Daily Kos: White Privilege Diary Series #1 - White... →
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creatrixtiara:
This part is especially telling (and sadly true of some places I’ve been involved in):
The core group began by thinking it was easy to go beyond tokenism to integrate women of color into the organization. They ended, however, with the realization that genuine integration means not only attracting more women of color to events, but also...
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“The impact of photography as a tool of colonialism has affected Indigenous...”
– Veronica Passalacqua, curator of the ‘Our People, Our land, Our Images’ photo exhibition. (via adailyriot)
This is a subject I’ve written about before — I’m interested in this curator’s exhibition and how she handles these complexities.
(via zuky)
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The Absentminded Gentlewoman Is...: In the end,... →
crossedwires:
a couple of times it was a group/work thing, so peer pressure I guess. and some dishes are ‘safe’, like plain rice, fried rice and, IDK, orange chicken. and they still poke at it and make rude comments, sometimes.
PAUSING this very important conversation to say: talk to me about orange chicken. I’ve never heard of it, but lemon chicken is a very ubiquitous dish in Chinese...
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to keep ranting about my last reblog regarding...
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eggplantavenger:
Something that has been bugging me recently is a comment my mom made the other day when I called her and asked her about dinner reservations for my graduation. She said she didn’t want to eat any of that “armenian food” that i eat, which is a really random and bigoted thing to say. random because i’ve never told her i eat armenian food so i...
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In the end, it's about food politics
badparsiqueer:
So an hour or so ago, I posted a frustrated note about how I didn’t understand people who made adobo and complained about it being sour or vinegar-y, since you put close to a full cup of vinegar in the marinade/sauce. And a few people rightfully pointed out that new cooks probably wouldn’t look a recipe and have the proportions tip them off, which — totally fair. It was a note...
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“Some may blackly (angrily) accuse me of trying to blacken (defame) the English...”
– Robert B. Moore, “Racist Stereotyping in the English Language” (via supporterleschenilles)
Brilliant.
(via mehreenkasana)
that’s why, when people say, ‘words don’t matter, words aren’t racist,’ ect, they are talking a load of shit. because language perpetuates racism, classism, imperialism, and...
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“Do you know what I saw in a review of this Thor movie that’s coming out...”
– Craig Ferguson (via thelefthandedwife)
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