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February 2011

216 posts

About Those 'African Mercenaries', An Open Letter... →

dancingonembers: This isn’t just an Arab story, its an African story and it’s a World story too. It must be told as such, with its multi-layered, complex, tragic and heartwarming narratives including the all too-often forgotten voices of poor migrants and refugees of all hues, tongues, nationalities and faiths. highly recommend reading this letter in full, and circulating it on twitter....

rhivolution asked: On US-Germany and US-Japan relations: I would argue that the colonisation situation in Japan is complex to navigate for the casual US American observer due to the economic power Japan has, but I would definitely say it's still colonisation.

Was the US-Germany relationship colonisation? I would argue that it was and is /somewhat/, but that the word might better be...

“How can a leader subject his own people to a shower of machine-guns, tanks and...”

– Iranian president Ahmadinejad, commenting on Libya. (Hell is empty and all the devils are here.)

pastagfirullah asked: Obviously I don't speak for the Japanese either, but I was a student of the language, and had a very interesting experience with the class and the teachers' representations of Japanese culture. (My first teacher is from Japan, so I assume her ideas of Japan are accurate). There were also a lot of Japanophiles in my classes, so there were some pretty interesting discussions.
I see...

pastagfirullah asked: I accidentally hit the ask button too early :/

1. >>> Also, I'm not talking about objects with any religious significance. I can see that as appropriation, and concede to your point. I'm talking about objects that are completely decorative in any culture.

2. I would disagree with your reasoning, but it's worth thinking about.

pastagfirullah asked: I'm glad to hear your last answer about appropriation, because I was thinking about this as well.
As a white girl, I am fascinated by other cultures. However, this recent issue has brought up worries about being culturally insensitive. This is something that's really important to me, because 1. I don't want to be an asshole when I'm really trying to appreciate other...

An open letter to Queer academics, artists, and... →

Some of you might be planning a visit to Israel to participate, and maybe even support, queer, cultural or academic events. Some of you might be visiting for religious or personal reasons, or perhaps simply out of curiosity. While an invitation to Israel might seem flattering and exciting, we hope that – before taking a stand and booking that flight – you read the following open letter, written...

creatrixtiara asked: Hm, your response to the question about non-white people and culture appropriation makes me :\, because pretty much *everything* I do would be cultural appropriation. I was raised in a culture different from my parents (Bangladeshi in Malaysia) and didn't really get much exposure to my culture. I don't even really feel connected to any culture in particular. And you know how...

Anonymous asked: would it be untasteful if i painted the libyan flag on my face and went out into the public to raise awareness? (i'm white.)

Calls for Submissions

Queer Ink Anthology Building on the work of other groundbreaking historical anthologies, we are seeking dynamic stories of people living in India today who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, hijra, kothi, queer, genderqueer, or other gender-non-conforming identities. Stories may be fiction or nonfiction. Writers may be of any gender identity as long as the story features a primary...

des contes aux mercure: Call for Resources. →

criptheatrequeer: Hey all, So. My university’s queer student group is aiming to put together a one-day conference for mid-March (the 18th, specifically). To this end, we are putting together a number of workshops. One of these, which my friend and I hope to co-facilitate, is on “Case Studies…

Criminal behaviour & invisible disabilities.

imissedtumblr: jhameia: “And yes, by conflating “insane” with “immoral, unjust, criminal, monstrous” you are hurting everyone who suffers from mental illness and, once in a while, come unhinged. Lots of people who would be considered insane “don’t DO that”, either.” — jhameia Serious question, from one who has plenty of mental and physical illness—how does this play out in terms of criminal...

Anonymous asked: about the "ze" - what's the point though, if you can just use "them" or a normal pronoun. like, what's even the point? it's unnecessarily confusing.

creatrixtiara asked: your maths is a bit off on the ableist slurs post - 1 in 3 is far better odds than 1 in 7.

Reblog if you are Muslim Tumblogger because I want...

Anonymous asked: what does "ze" mean?

Fuck the spoons. Hand me the forks.

You have a 1 in 1000 chance of being attacked by someone who does not have an invisible disability. You have a 1 in 20,000 chance of being physically assaulted by someone with an invisible disability. When you use psychophobic such language to refer to a neurotypical, or someone whose psychological status you are unaware of, this is ableist. You could disagree with them, they could be a horrible...

fuckingmad asked: Why do all your cultural appropriation specifically apply to white people?

Would you have the same problem if a non-white person walked down the street in a sari?

superawesomephoenix asked: Aha! You are the mysterious Thursday I have been hearing about. You are talked about more than you are reblogged... If that is your real name, you totally lucked out and it is awesome.
Also, your url is pretty cool. I'd seen it a few times, and thought to myself "That's a cool url, I wonder what they tend to blog about?" without knowing that you are Thursday.