one of my best friends is a bisexual woman who used to identify as a lesbian, and when she realized that she’s actually bisexual she was really scared about telling people because she feared backlash and rejection. but for her, the bisexual label is really important and she took the most amount of comfort in it. she initially identified as a lesbian because she couldn’t conceive of being attracted to men and women simultaneously, and she needed a way to articulate that she likes women. similarly, lesbians who have once identified as bisexual probably needed a way to state that they like women but didn’t know that it was possible for them to like women and /only/ women. we have to ensure that questioning wlw who are moving between labels and figuring out who they actually are for the first time feel safe and comfortable in doing so.
Tag: important
I know I was taking a little break to avoid all the stress of the Charlottesville rally being talked about on tumblr, but I also wanted to make sure all of my Jewish mutuals know how loved they are. I know this is scary and sometimes it feels like the only people looking out for us is ourselves, but know that you are not alone and have never been alone. We are one mishpacha, one family, and we will look after each other and keep each other safe like we always have. I love each and every one of you. Remember, the whole world is a very narrow bridge and the main thing is to have no fear at all.
Goyim, please reblog this instead of all the performative “punch a nazi” nonsense. Make your Jewish followers feel safe.
“We Acted from Our Hearts”: Activists in Iowa Admit to Repeatedly Sabotaging Dakota Access Pipeline
Jessica Reznicek and Ruby Montoya said that on Election Day last
year, the two set fire to five pieces of heavy machinery being used to
construct the pipeline.The two then taught themselves how to destroy empty pipeline valves,
and moved up and down the pipeline’s length, destroying the valves and
delaying construction for weeks.The two say they are claiming responsibility for the sabotage in
order to inspire more to take action. This is Catholic Worker Jessica
Reznicek…Jessica Reznicek:
“We are speaking publicly to empower
others to act boldly, with purity of heart, to dismantle the
infrastructures which deny us our rights to water, land and liberty. We,
as civilians, have seen the repeated failures of the government, and it
is our duty to act with responsibility and integrity, risking our own
liberty for the sovereignty of us all.”Ruby Montoya:
“Some may view these actions as violent,
but be not mistaken. We acted from our hearts and never threatened human
life nor personal property. What we did do was fight a private
corporation that has run rampantly across our country seizing land and
polluting our nation’s water supply.”Fucking. METAL.
I love the smile in the woman on the right’s mugshot.
“We Acted from Our Hearts”: Activists in Iowa Admit to Repeatedly Sabotaging Dakota Access Pipeline
bitch ass nazis
Condemn the issue or be the issue. Full stop.
Don’t pretend you don’t know why this is happening. Don’t try to make excuses for them. If you are not vocally and unequivocally against it then you are part of the problem.
Not all hockey fans are racist. In fact, most of us probably aren’t. But of all the team logos that could appear at a white supremacists demonstration, no one is really surprised that it’s from hockey. There’s a group of fans calling themselves the “Detroit Right Wings” marching through Charlottesville, VA with torches and shields bearing the Detroit Red Wings logo. The team has made a statement against it and is pursuing legal action but this isn’t going to change people’s minds. We’ve been dancing around this issue for decades: some NHL fans are racist and it’s time for it to stop.
Hockey is still thought of as one of the whitest sports. If you ask any average joe on the street to name a black football, baseball, or basketball player they’d have no problem. But hockey? Only about 50 active NHL players are of black, Asian, Latino, Arab/Middle Eastern, or Native American/First Nation (including 2017 first round draft picks). Willie O’Ree was the first black player to be called up the NHL by the Boston Bruins in 1958 – eleven years after Jackie Robison made headlines as the first African American MLB player. It wasn’t until 1982 that Val Jones became the first African American player in the NHL. Grant Fuhr was the first black player to win the Stanley Cup in 1984 with the Edmonton Oilers. He was also the first black player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003. The Hockey Hall of Fame was established in 1943 and it took sixty years for a black player to be inducted.
The league is taking steps to try to promote diversity with programs like Hockey is for Everyone but it isn’t enough. It is our responsibility as hockey fans to make the sport welcoming and safe for everyone. It doesn’t start with the league, it starts with us. It starts by saying that what is happening in Virginia and in other communities across North America is not okay and we will not accept it.
Hockey can and will be a sport where players and fans of any race, religion, gender, or orientation can feel safe and accepted and have fun. It can be because we will make it so. Hockey is not just for rich white boys. Love the sport. Grow the game. Know your history. Take no bullshit from anyone. Be part of the solution.
janitors: *protect society from the dangers of disease and dilapidation*
sanitation workers: *keep communities clean and organized, keeps pests and outbreaks at bay, society literally falls apart without them*
janitors and sanitation workers: *make sure millions of people dont die by continuing to do their jobs, realizing that if they disappeared it’s highly noticeable, everything would be at a standstill no one would know what to do with themselves, the streets would pile up with garbage, children and the elderly would get sick and die, homes and buildings would start to fall apart*
some neoliberal fuck talking to their child, works in an office and does nothing truly useful for society, if they were to disappear no one would notice: now go to school, or you’ll end up like these disgusting “people”
For the support of Asian women
#resist (at Tacoma, Washington)
*parts a bead curtain as i enter the room, carrying a glass of lemonade*
hey….
nothing you ever read, watch, or participate in will be ideologically pure and without its problems. your quest to consume the most unproblematic material will be, in the end, fruitless. your enjoyment of anything will be sapped away, leaving you a husk starved for media.
it is okay to enjoy things that have problems to them, so long as you do it critically and with an open mind, and take care to consider others.
*leaves the way i came*
This is possibly the healthiest post I’ve seen on this site
Steel Phoenix Studios 