June 2012
34 posts
Reclaiming Our Lineage: Organized Queer,... →
thespiritwas:
I co-authored this piece for the New Queer Agenda with my sibling Che and the illustrious AJ Lewis. we actually wrote it a while back but because of publishing changes it was only published this May through Barnard College Center for Research on Women and I think they did a great job. the whole online e-book looks so good!
No More Prisons, No More Closets →
thespiritwas:
this is a beautiful article by Toshio Meronek, editor of Critical Resistance newspaper The Abolitionist, about the relationship between queer & trans people, the prison industrial complex and the histories of prison abolitionist organizing.
“Feminism should, by default, include trans women. I’d go so far as to say that,...”
– Why Cis Attendees of Reclaim the Night are Letting Trans Women Down (via slutgrrrlinternational)
Feeling for the Edge of your Imagination: finding... →
Dear friends, family, acquaintances and people with whom I share house party dance floors and supermarket lines,
A few weeks ago, an acquaintance of mine attended a police lineup, pointed at someone, and sent them to jail or prison. Last night, a friend’s roommate called the cops about something…
How To Be A Reverse-Racist: An Actual Step by Step... →
blackgirldangerous:
by A.D Song and Mia McKenzie
White people who are confronted with their white privilege and the white supremacist acts they perpetuate have been known to cry, “You’re being a reverse-racist!” That is completely true: people of color have the power and control to create, perpetuate,…
About Intro 475 city hall photo with Sylvia... →
thespiritwas:
thank you for the memory of Sylvia R. & Marsha J. I can tell you for sure, though, that Kady was a friend oh Marsha, and didnot vote against support for queer and trans street folk. Kady was a student & cab driver at the stonewall time, and often gave free lifts to…
‘Ain’t Is A Real Word’: The Rise Of The MelaNated... →
lumumbabandele:
By Guest Contributor On June 5, 2012 ·
Members of the MelaNated Writers Collective. Courtesy: Kristina F. Robinson
By Guest Contributor Kristina K. Robinson
In the few years preceding my acceptance into a Master of…
“If you speak in an angry way about what has happened to our people and what is...”
– Malcolm X, the ultimate truth teller (via ancestryinprogress)
WatchSome moments from a very powerful “Rally and March Against Stop & Frisk in Brownsville and East New York.” Activists, organizers, residents, and allies marched to the NYPD’s 73rd, 75th, and PSA#2 precincts and spoke out against egregious police terror.
Last year in Brownsville, almost 1/3rd of all residents were stopped and questioned by the cops, making the precinct the...
WatchA Mother’s Outrage: Mother’s Day Rally and March in the Bronx
10 Facts Everyone Should Know About New York... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
via ThinkProgress
1. In 2011, NYC officers made 685,724 stops as part of the “stop-and-frisk” policy. Of that group, 605,328 people were determined not to have engaged in any unlawful behavior. [NYCLU]
2. Only 5.37% of all stops in a recent five-year period…
Anonymous asked: what was the first?
Issa Rae's gay joke in the newest episode of ABG
sapphrikah:
was based on a lesbian coworker checking for her, HARD.
And I’m sorry but, Issa, we “lesbitches” aren’t actually checkin’ for you.
Ms. Issa Rae’s 2nd Problematic strike. She needs to cut it out!
