These are the axes:
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Bodies are inherently valid
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Remember death
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Be ugly
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Know beauty
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It is complicated
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Empathy
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Choice
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Reconstruct, reify
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Respect, negotiate
You must sign up before the age of 21; however, you will receive care under the program until 24 years of age, at which point you can switch to the adult program.
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![I encourage my followers and anyone interested to visit this blog [“The Invisible Men”]. As is already indicated in the above screenshot, it offers the perspective of the Johns/”punters” who purchase the services of women to sexually perform for them. Usually the perspective that is brought to the forefront of discussions and viewpoints on sex work and the sex industry is that of the workers with typically positive experiences. The choice of women who are privileged enough to willingly, enthusiastically and consensually engage in the industry is paraded yet rarely, it seems, do people inquire about the mindset and motivations of the men who are active with these women. What is going on in HIS HEAD, what about HIS CHOICE?
I warn you in advance, this blog contains first person accounts of rapists and (IMO, unsurprisingly) raging, remorseless misogynists. Visit if you want to broaden you understanding of the dynamics in this industry in regards to the experiencing of male Johns and female workers. Visit if you want to broaden your understanding beyond just being exposed to a veil of glamor or positivity that keeps many people ignorant to how violent/abusive and yes, degrading it can be. - G.G](http://25.media.tumblr.com/43e102f69ce0ccefdafc0e3490e15f64/tumblr_mn0asz3DKI1qeh4t2o1_500.png)
I encourage my followers and anyone interested to visit this blog [“The Invisible Men”]. As is already indicated in the above screenshot, it offers the perspective of the Johns/”punters” who purchase the services of women to sexually perform for them. Usually the perspective that is brought to the forefront of discussions and viewpoints on sex work and the sex industry is that of the workers with typically positive experiences. The choice of women who are privileged enough to willingly, enthusiastically and consensually engage in the industry is paraded yet rarely, it seems, do people inquire about the mindset and motivations of the men who are active with these women. What is going on in HIS HEAD, what about HIS CHOICE?
I warn you in advance, this blog contains first person accounts of rapists and (IMO, unsurprisingly) raging, remorseless misogynists. Visit if you want to broaden you understanding of the dynamics in this industry in regards to the experiencing of male Johns and female workers. Visit if you want to broaden your understanding beyond just being exposed to a veil of glamor or positivity that keeps many people ignorant to how violent/abusive and yes, degrading it can be. - G.G
(Source: gynocraticgrrl)
TRIGGER WARNING: At the link are examples, from Facebook, of speech and images encouraging and/or making light of violence against women. Both the images and the language are extremely graphic and disturbing.tw: graphic as fuck + talk of rape.
Be very wary if you decide to click
TW!!!
Unwed white girls who became pregnant in the postwar years were considered psychologically disturbed but treatable, whereas their black counterparts were presumed to be biologically hypersexual and deviant. Historian Rickie Solinger demonstrates that in the 1950s an unwed white girl who became pregnant could go to a maternity home before her pregnancy showed, deliver the baby and give it up for adoption, and return home to her community with no one the wiser. (White parents concocted stories of their daughters being given the opportunity to study for a semester with relatives.) She could then resume the role of the “nice” girl.
Unwed pregnant black girls, on the other hand, were barred from maternity homes; they were threatened with jail or termination of welfare; and they were accused of using their sexuality in order to be eligible for larger welfare checks. Politicians regarded unwed pregnant black girls as a societal problem, declaring—as they continue to declare today—that they did not want taxpayers to support black illegitimate babies, and sough to control black female sexuality through sterilization legislation
—Leora Tanenbaum, Slut!: Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation (via cailleachmuir)
(Source: janersm)
@ChuckWendig: Facebook will not remove rape culture photo from its site as it doesn’t qualify as “hate speech.”
via @EverydaySexism
This is fucking bullshit
WTF
well, lets toss this around facebook for a bit and see how other people react…
fuck this bullshit and anyone who thinks this is ok
Yeah Facebook is evil and most definitely encourages rape, good lord men are so fucking vile
I will learn how to code just so I can hack you facebook
The Doctor takes this moment of recovery to grab Jenny, bend her over backwards and lock lips. He gets a great big slap from a very unhappy Jenny but appears in no way remorseful and it’s the grossest point in the episode. In an episode where the Doctor kisses no less than three women during fits of emotion, Jenny is the only one who he pins in a submissive position and then kisses on the lips. It would already be creepy enough if she weren’t A) married and B) uninterested in not only the Doctor but his entire gender. But the episode just moves on from its little “haha isn’t it funny/cute/just an example of his happy exuberance when the Doctor does a nonconsensual sexual thing to somebody” joke and moves on to the Doctor quick-firing dialogue about they’ve got to find Clara and stop Mrs. Gillyflower.
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The Mary Sue recaps “The Crimson Horror” and plainly spells out something that’s been bothering many fans about the Doctor/Jenny kiss: it’s not really that they kissed, it’s that the Doctor pinned Jenny down submissively and forced a kiss on her. It was oddly reminiscent of another kiss that turned out to be assault:
(via whovianfeminism)
On the subject of crowdfunding…I have noticed that most campaigns don’t feature the intersections of race + trans womanhood.
It’s rare in fact that trans women of color (from low-income and/or rural backgrounds) ask the world for help.
My personal outlook is that most of my sisters are vulnerable enough and that vulnerability isn’t something they broadcast to the world because frankly they do it everyday by existing, and often visible vulnerability negates the notion of daily survival.
To say that I am disappointed that KOKUMO is struggling to raise money for her TGIF Rally in Chicago and Ja’briel Walthour is struggling to raise funds for her medical needs would be an understatement. (I’ve shared both on Tumblr previously: KOKUMO Post | Ja’briel Post; KOKUMO’s actually garnered nearly 900 notes, yet still hasn’t garnered $900.)
Combined, both campaigns have raised only $1200 - as of 5/31.
I see numerous indiegogo campaigns from folks - operating in the world with varying levels of privileges - who raise money quickly and even have extra to throw a party.
The irony of the fact that those most in need in our community are least likely to ask for help and when they do they are met with silence is appalling.
We must all do better.
These two sisters are taking on the brunt and responsibility of their organizing and medical costs, while thousands of other trans women of color are engaged in survival sex trade/work to meet their varying needs, making them all the more vulnerable to police profiling, incarceration, high exposure to HIV/AIDS and of course violence.
Let’s turn these campaigns + future ones around. Here’s how:
* Give
* Share these links on your FB + Twitter + Tumblr (ie: here’s a tweet from me)
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tgif-2013-rally/x/822237
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-journey-with-ja-briel-raising-funds-for-transgender-surgery/x/822237
UPDATE: Help NY-based activist Egyptt too!
* Write about these glaring disparities in our communities.
* Ask those who’ve launched successful campaigns to SHARE these campaigns.
* Visualize and help create a world of abundance where none of us would have to ask for help because everyone would have equal access to healthcare and non-profit funds, and that community would be more than a noun but a verb, tying us all together.
before and after. from bland to fab. her grammy got her these little figurines. they dont come in brown or black versions and looking over at pink bitches all day fucks with my stomach given the whole reason is THEY DONT MAKE ANY THAT LOOK LIKE *US*. so i blackwashed them.
anyway. now they look like they belong in this house. :)
Yay!!!
Tear gas stinging your eyes. Flashbangs overhead. Should you run?
Here’s the advice of a friendly internet street medic.
When not to run
- People panicking means twisted ankles, falls, trampling over people. It can be “fucking dangerous”.
- Running in panic can send you, and others around you, into a trap.
- Running empowers the police with a prey/predator mentality.
- If you’ve taken the street, and you want to keep it, then be prepared to defend it.
- If you run, you leave behind your comrades that ARE willing to stand.
When to run
- If it’s a tactical retreat, made consciously and free of panic. Develop a strategy ahead of time to fall back on. Otherwise, you’re letting the police set the terms.
- If you’re past your comfort level. This will obviously be true for most people fleeing police, but remember that your comfort level isn’t necessarily a static thing - if you want to, change it.
- If your energy is gone. Understand your limits, and leave with the peace of mind of knowing you have reached yours for the day, and have accomplished what you can.
“Not running is hard. Really fucking hard. Most of us are totally guilty of it sometimes, even if just for a few seconds before our brains click and goe ‘hey, wait just one effing minute’. But working towards being able to overcome that fear is important.
This won’t be an overnight transition. It will take time and experience, but it will be worth it. I know, because I can imagine the day when we ALL don’t run, but instead hold our ground and face down the state. Together.”
i’ll save this. might need it someday..
this is more important than most of what i’ve ever posted.. probably.
Documentary: Europe’s New Refugees to Africa and South America
Floods of immigrants have always been a source of political tension in Europe, usually characterised y young African migrants deperately trying to get to Europe. Now, the European Union is facing up to an unusual new migration worry: migrants fleeing from Europe’s faltering economies to Africa and South America.The economic boom is over is Europe and now failing European economies are all experiencing an unusual pattern of emigration.
In the Portuguese capital Lisbon, queues form outside African embassies as EU citizens try to acquire working visas. According to ex-pat Juliana Fleming, “I know many people who are trying to sell their homes in Portugal, to settle in Mozambique”. 300,000 have left Spain since the banking crisis in 2008. Chef Carlos Garcia couldn’t find work in Madrid, so instead went to look in Argentina. “You walk in the centre of Buenos Aires, and you feel like you are in Spain. I strongly recommend it to anyone who sees no future prospects”.
(Source: myweku.com)
One of the rare times I’ll actually show my face. These are so of the photos from the ropes shoot I did with Marshall Bradford :)
Nice work
1- they will get better treatment then the people who live in South America/African country they go to
2 they will drive up prices.. gentrify whole areas. get better job .. opportunities… better pay, benefits .. everything .. oh and will invite their family and friends
3 they will reinforce…
