swirlofenjoyment:

Some basic information about trigger warnings and some testimonials about why trigger warnings are important directly from New College students.

I just whipped this up in the last couple of hours because the FORUM is showing a serious lack of compassion for people who have survived trauma and have mental illnesses.

Pass it around, Novos.

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1:20 pm  •  17 May 2013  •  125 notes

homosexualintellectual:

Trans* rights in the United States. See a problem here?

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1:18 pm  •  17 May 2013  •  7,207 notes

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canisfamiliaris:

Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?

The answer is NO.

The “fact” that junk food is cheaper than real food has become a reflexive part of how we explain why so many Americans are overweight, particularly those with lower incomes. I frequently read confident statements like, “when a bag of chips is cheaper than a head of broccoli …” or “it’s more affordable to feed a family of four at McDonald’s than to cook a healthy meal for them at home.”

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this bullshit fills me with a very specific kind of rage. so, TIME TO DEBUNK!

1. that meal from mcdonalds takes virtually no time to acquire AND is available almost anywhere.
2. the second meal? that “salad” is lettuce … with nothing else, not even dressing unless its just olive oil or some milk i guess? gross.
3. also thats the price of each serving, not an entire loaf of bread, a bottle of olive oil, etc. that stuff adds up which means you have to have a lot of money at one time to buy it all.
4. that meal probably took an hour and a half to make, which is a long fucking time when you work multiple jobs or are caring for a lot of people or dont have help! seriously, if you are a single parent of three who works, is spending an hour and a half every night preparing a meal a likely option?
5. same with beans and rice! also, you know whats a fucking bummer? eating beans and rice every night because you are poor. ask any person who has done it and they will tell you (you can start with me).
6. there is a “nutrition” argument here that lacks a follow up: poor people are more likely to be doing physical labor and need more than 571 calories per meal.
7. you know who is less likely to know how to bake or prepare a chicken? people without access to the internet, or libraries, or who werent taught how to by their parents because their parents worked all the time. access to healthy foods is a classist issue and classism is cyclical, you fucking morons.
8. seriously, these sorts of infographics make me want to fucking flip tables. do you know why people don’t eat more fresh fruits and vegetables? because fresh fruits and vegetables are expensive, because they take a long time to prepare, because they dont live near a grocery store that has a decent produce section, because they dont have reliable transportation to get groceries to and from the grocery store, because they dont have the energy to plan all of the shit that is involved in making healthy, intentional, filling, balanced meals. basically: poor people get fucked, and then we get BLAMED for being lazy.
9. eating “healthy”, aka access to fresh fruits and vegetables, is a privilege, first, foremost, always. so fuck you new york times and your ignorant goddamn infographic.
10. there are SYSTEMATIC REASONS that we do not have equal access to fresh fruits and vegetables. they are very REAL problems. besides, you know, systematic poverty in america, the total mis-distribution of farm subsidies is a perfect place to start. read about that, then either get bent or start working on the actual problem.

Portions, motherfuckers!! You can feed all of that McDonalds to a small family and they will go to bed not feeling hungry. Does the person who made this infographic really think you can feed a family a cup of beans and rice, some green peppers and some fucking bacon and they’ll be satisfied? Get the fuck out of here and take all of the seats. P.S. Do yourself a favor and multiply that last one by four (a serving for each person in a small family). I suck at math but I can definitely tell you adds to more than McDonalds and doesn’t take an eternity to make.

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4:54 am  •  17 May 2013  •  29,444 notes

On that note, anyone want to give me feedback on a chapbook project criticizing the HRC and homonormative queer activism? It’s a dense read.

4:42 am  •  17 May 2013  •  4 notes

My creative project for Music and Social Protest is going to end up being 15 pages (single spaced) of polished poetry and 5 paintings. As opposed to a 10 page (double spaced) paper. It’s amazing what my work ethic can do when I care about something.

4:39 am  •  17 May 2013  •  2 notes

theperpetualvirgin:

I’ve always liked watching people masturbate for me.

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3:00 am  •  15 May 2013  •  43 notes

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setfabulazerstomaximumcaptain:

queerability:

Among those asked to describe the most important problem facing their lives right now:

LGBT youth identified
1. Non-accepting families (26%)
2. School/bullying problems (21%)
3. Fear of being out or open (18%)

Non-LGBT youth identified
1. Classes/exams/grades (25%)
2. College/career (14%)
3. Financial pressures related to college or job (11%)

LITERALLY WHAT I WAS *JUST* TALKING ABOUT

But no…. marriage equality…

I’d love to see this changed up for white LGBT youth versus PoC LGBT youth

cause i’m sure “being killed” and “being homeless” would rise to the top of that list real fucking quick

I’d really like to see stats on the school performance of LGBT kids vs Non-LGBT kids, and then of course white LGBT kids vs POC LGBT kids.

Cause I’m willing to bet money that all that shit on the list on the left would make every single thing on the right a thousand times worse.

PoC list naow plz

2:57 am  •  15 May 2013  •  1,771 notes

“Both heterosexuals and homosexuals view bisexuality with misunderstanding, mistrust, hostility, and alienation. These scenarios do not leave bisexuals in the situation often referred to as ‘‘having the best of both worlds,’’ because ‘both worlds are closets’.”

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from Attitudes and Self-Images of Male and Female Bisexuals by Carol D. Bronn

“both worlds are closets”

Ouch. That one hit home.

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11:51 am  •  13 May 2013  •  5,665 notes

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11:51 am  •  13 May 2013  •  170 notes

“There is no African, myself included, who does not appreciate the help of the wider world, but we do question whether aid is genuine or given in the spirit of affirming one’s cultural superiority. My mood is dampened every time I attend a benefit whose host runs through a litany of African disasters before presenting a (usually) wealthy, white person, who often proceeds to list the things he or she has done for the poor, starving Africans. Every time a well-meaning college student speaks of villagers dancing because they were so grateful for her help, I cringe. Every time a Hollywood director shoots a film about Africa that features a Western protagonist, I shake my head — because Africans, real people though we may be, are used as props in the West’s fantasy of itself. And not only do such depictions tend to ignore the West’s prominent role in creating many of the unfortunate situations on the continent, they also ignore the incredible work Africans have done and continue to do to fix those problems.”

—

Uzodinma Iweala, “Stop Trying to ‘Save’ Africa”

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11:49 am  •  13 May 2013  •  991 notes