what is going on
i realized that i have been enjoying my cognitive psychology course.
(first psych class i’ve liked so far)
(i am a psych major)
June 2011
52 posts
coming out as...
so my (first ever) family reunion is coming up and I’m trying to prepare myself for all of the possible questions from relatives that I haven’t seen in 3+ years. I’ve since changed in appearance, practice and belief as I’m sure everyone else attending has in some way too. I secure knowing that I have the support of my dad/his wife in being as honest as I want about my partner/my identity (even though I think others’ understanding of my identity and relationship is very limited at this point, even correct terminology is still absent most of the time). I’m also anxious because I don’t want to come out as [insert any term here] right now. I’m caught between wanting to be inclusive & needing to feel comfortable with what I call myself and feeling obligated to have a single word to give people as an answer when they ask.
“hey family. so I’ve been wanting to tell you that I’m… Ari. Hope you still love me!”
but srsly. I’m sure it’ll be fine. I have pamphlets to hand out.
Please Don't Put Me Down
Madeline
Please Don’t Put Me Down, Madeline
“Like most guys, I had bought into the stereotype that all feminists were white, lesbian, unattractive male bashers who hated all men. But after reading the work of these black feminists, I realized that this was far from the truth. After digging into their work, I came to really respect the intelligence, courage and honesty of these women. Feminists did not hate men. In fact, they loved men. But just as my father had silenced my mother during their arguments to avoid hearing her gripes, men silenced feminists by belittling them in order to dodge hearing the truth about who we are.”
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Why I Am a Black Male Feminist
this article is wonderful.
(via sexxxisbeautiful)
More than 100 University of Michigan Law School graduates walk out of Ohio Senator Rob Portman's commencement speech
tasteful
superdreaming: amaevis: cunthorse: How to Talk to Little Girls kittencoaster:... →
superdreaming.tumblr.com
I went to a dinner party at a friend’s home last weekend, and met her five-year-old daughter for the first time.
Little Maya was all curly brown hair, doe-like dark eyes, and adorable in her shiny pink nightgown. I wanted to squeal, “Maya, you’re so cute! Look at you! Turn around and model that pretty ruffled gown, you gorgeous thing!”
But I didn’t. I squelched myself. As I always bite my tongue when I meet little girls, restraining myself from my first impulse, which is to tell them how darn cute/ pretty/ beautiful/ well-dressed/ well-manicured/ well-coiffed they are.
What’s wrong with that? It’s our culture’s standard talking-to-little-girls icebreaker, isn’t it? And why not give them a sincere complement to boost their self-esteem? Because they are so darling I just want to burst when I meet them, honestly.
Read more.Aw, read this!
Yes! Revolution in the home!
oh my gosh, i like this more than anything else.
starting this at my store immediately
i like this. how to talk to kids
tinyhiddenstickynotes
"A Call for Change":An Open Letter to Tyler the Creator from Sara Quinn →
teganandsara.com
Didn’t know this existed. Honestly, I haven’t listened too much to OFWGKTA but I’ve kinda stayed away from it since I don’t really want more reasons to have Feelings.
NC Woman Sterilized by State After Being Deemed "Promiscuous" →
alternet.org
Rage. Pure rage right now.
Evidently North Carolina is considering passing a law to award $20,000 to victims of sterilizations, but it’s likely not to get passed. Meanwhile, over 60,000 women were sterilized in over half the states in the US “to keep down welfare costs.”
This “half the states” business makes the US eugenics program sound like a limited states’ rights issue instead of a Supreme Court sanctioned, multi-national abomination. The forced sterilizations of Native American and Puerto Rican women were not state-level decisions. The US also provided support for similar programs in other countries. And another thing! This article doesn’t make claims about the time frame of forced sterilizations, but I have read time and time again that it was a pre-WWII phenomenon. DON’T BUY IT, not for one second. These programs are not 80 years old; as North Carolina shows, they’re not even past tense.
Horrifying, and as the previous commenter pointed out, not out of the norm. That an article would even purport that this was a pre-WWII phenomenon when Mississippi Appendectomies were so systematic, wide-spread and clearly raced is a pretty accurate reflection of what America’s memory and present awareness is of its treatment of women (especially women of color).
What the actual fuck
The Lynchburg Colony was running from approx 1937-1972; that means waiting for someone try and make up for what they did 40 years ago.
Paying now would force them to admit they did something wrong and they can’t really admit to that when this sort of thing still happens under the radar and unbeknownst to patients all the time.
