August 2011
4 posts
Please donate to Xavier's surgery →
A message from Xavier Danae Davis
Some of you know me as Danae, Dane, and or Xavier. I am grateful to say you know me, and that you have been among those who have poured inspiration, encouragement, laughter, and support into my life no matter how you called my name at the time. Over the past 5 years, along with my name, my mind and body have been changing as I take the steps I feel are needed...
The Case for Support of an Expanded Jim Crow...
karnythia:
Watch “The New Jim Crow Museum” Video
Online Giving Form for an Expanded Jim Crow Museum
The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia is a international leader in the fight against racism. The Museum was founded on the idea that everyday racist items can be used to teach visitors how to recognize and confront racism. Thousands of Jim Crow era artifacts that belittle ...
A timeline of events →
inothernews:
1980: Ronald Reagan runs for president, promising a balanced budget
1981 - 1989: With support from congressional Republicans, Reagan runs enormous deficits, adds $2 trillion to the debt.
1993: Bill Clinton passes economic plan that lowers deficit, gets zero votes from congressional Republicans.
1998: U.S. deficit disappears for the first time in three decades. Debt clock is...
July 2011
5 posts
The term "check your privilege:"
dionthesocialist:
That doesn’t mean, “Your argument is automatically invalid because you’re white/male/able-bodied/whatever.”
It means, “There’s an aspect to this argument you are incapable of understand because you are white/male/able-bodied/whatever, and you should accept that and review your argument with that in mind.”
You’re welcome.
THIS.
May 2011
2 posts
Bah.
Not a good night, or really a good week, for feeling comfortable (let alone respectable, LET ALONE good) in my own skin. Any ego boost, fat-acceptance-related or not, would be appreciated.
(I hate to pin so much on yoga class tomorrow night but here I go!)
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April 2011
31 posts
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WatchSick today and sittin’ on the couch. My cats know how to make me feel better: adorable bath-time right next to me!
[Video description: A white cat with black spots (Eli) is lying on his side on a tan sofa, spooning a gray cat (Margot) and licking her neck. Her eyes are shut with kitty pleasure. When the camera zooms in, they sniff it, then go back to bathing.]
What the hell is this on the Doctor Who website? →
SPOILER warning, I guess…kinda…at the link? Mostly just INTRIGUE. Moffat spoiler has no spoils, heh.
matt-smith-:
aweepingangel:
what the hell is that dskflasdkljfljsadk
Wait… what?
Just so you all know,
matt-smith-:
You can watch the new episode of Doctor Who this Saturday as it premiers on BBC1 at the following links:
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
I’ll still be doing my livestreaming of the episode, but for those of you who don’t make it in after the fifty people cut off or don’t know what I’m talking about, this will do you just fine.
My lack of access to BBC America saddens me, but this...
Llama font. Say it in llama! →
Go. Here. Now. (So far I’m rooting for K as my favorite. Yours?)
What's your royal wedding invitee title?
criptheatrequeer:
definatalie:
Someone on twitter suggested Lord/ Lady Grandparent First Pet-First Street however restricting the honorific to binary genders is problematic so choose any you please. Eg: Captain, Admiral, Chef, Doctor…
I am General Nola Sasha-Montreal, pleased to meet you!
Lord Victor Gray-Westgate* reporting!
*not the first street I ever lived on, but the first I can...
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The Random Musings & Findings of a Brooklyn Negro:... →
elonjames:
So what is #NationalOppositeDay?
Ever notice that oh so subtle way that a lot of White people alert minorities that—well, that they’re minorities? You know, crossing the street to escape a group of young Black men, being so amazed at how articulate a minority might be, assuming <insert ethnic…
What if... (on tumblr names)
My preferred online name is Laurakeet, but I chose TheLaurakeet because it was taken by another user. That person’s tumblr is now gone. Is it weird to swoop in and take it now? Thoughts?
“The US budget is like a 1st grader playing Oregon Trail. Spend all the money on...”
– Malhavoc430 // Reddit (via mattchew03)
Your fee-fees end where my body begins →
I wrote a blog post on a recent judicial decision that overturns guaranteed access to Plan B and other emergency contraception at Illinois pharmacies.
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March 2011
104 posts
And good NIGHT.
Tumbliest day of my life, to date. Day off work with no other plans and this is what I do, y’all.
To my handful of followers, including new ones, and to folks who just drop by…thank you for being around.
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This will ruin it, but...
My last post was #304!
It’s the West Virginia area code (wikipedia link). Well, it was when I grew up, but now it’s got a SECOND ONE. Blasphemy! So it’s appropriate I blog about it on post #305.
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bunnehears:
guess what. i’m NOT happy that all the professional feminists are running to get all signed up on tumblr. they have completely professionalized the blogging world such that the point of feminist blogging is to *make money* and *careers* rather than create a movement and liberation.
and yes yes yes, I *KNOW*—we all do what we can with what we have. I’m not suggesting otherwise. I...
Signal Boost: Etsy has published real names and... →
drst:
Last week, crafting marketplace Etsy.com published the real name and purchasing history of their buyers to the Web. These purchases include sex toys, gay literature, drug pipes and other presumably private transactions.
[…]
In reverse, an Etsy.com visitor can search for a sex toy shop, and follow that store’s recent purchases to a list of shoppers complete in some cases with real name,...
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