March 2012
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“There are the occasions that men—intellectual men, clever men, engaged...”
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Melissa McEwan, of course, on the terrible bargain. My life as a woman, as a queer person, as a fat person, is not your thought experiment. (via sanitywatchers)
This really struck a chord. Even my boyfriend, feminist that he is, can have this reaction when I’m in tears after an NPR story. This...
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today i learned...
…that “when you are grateful, life gives you more. When you complain, life challenges you so you learn.”
Healing circulo. So powerful.
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“Instead of saying “I don’t have time” try saying “it’s not a priority,” and see...”
– Wall Street Journal Article on being busy (via thosehearts)
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The simple joys of baking.
Just me, the ingredients, and some utensils. What comes out of the oven is all my own.
Got some strawberry cupcakes cooling on the table, with marshmallow buttercream frosting waiting to be loaded into a piping bag.
Feelin’ some kind of peaceful.
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today i learned...
…that “multiculturalism links to a state-centered management of difference,” whereas “polyculturalism is a category that not only encourages the inherent complexity of cultures but that also states its claim to political, and delimited, claims rather than the pretense of universal, and nonembodied, values.”
Thank you, Avi and Vijay Prashad (author of Everybody Was...
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Got home at 2:30 am from doing Alternative Breaks work.
Baby-sitting for 6 hours today.
Survival mode.
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“Every time I read an article about conservatives being “pro- life” I am reminded...”
– The ‘Safe, Legal, Rare’ Illusion - NYTimes.com
YES.
(via golden-notebook)
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i can't win
Past 2 years “Omg no boyfriend you shouldn’t focus too hard on your studies. Have some fun, ok? Omg please don’t be a lesbian. I would die if you were a lesbian.”
Now “Omg you have a boyfriend and you don’t care about your family anymore. You are a completely different person now. You are a horrible person who lets other people take advantage of her. Grow some...
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Haters Gonna Hate: thoughts re: asian american... →
of-praxis:
this is mostly ranting
asians have to be the most self-loathing racialized group. they are forever clinging to whiteness and striving towards white supremacy. there are moments when they realize this shit wont work and you might be over-represented in higher education (in some...
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today i (re)learned...
…that the personal is political.
<3 Phi Nu Xi.
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“Women of Color in america have grown up within a symphony of anger, at being...”
– Audre Lorde, “The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism” (via so-treu)
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Femme Fatale Feline: 35 Hateful And Stupid Rush... →
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femmefatalekat:
Rush Limbaugh has been a poison on America for a couple decades now. Since his horrible attacks on women last week, Limbaugh has suffered the loss of over 40 sponsors and has received criticism from both Republicans and Democrats, although the Republicans haven’t condemned him nearly as much. Many advertisers and radio stations still support this man. So just in...
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“We know that girls aren’t supposed to go out and get drunk and let their makeup...”
– IN DEFENSE OF THE HOT MESS / A CALL FOR LADY ANTIHEROES
(via thehotmessiest)
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Today my newsfeed has been full of stories of friends and their friends getting into amazing graduate schools/post-undergrad programs. So incredibly proud of them, many of whom are from communities of color. Wondering if I’ll ever get the chance to post, “Carmen Ye, Harvard KSG MPP and JD candidate.”
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Reminder to self: In the time it takes you to watch a 40-minute tv episode, you could’ve run 3 miles. Remember how good you feel after a long run. The soreness means you’ve achieved something.
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I am so tired, I literally feel like I’m going to pass out.
Must. remain. awake. to see Grace Lee Boggs and Angela Davis today.
Must.
But first, one more paper.
I hate this week.
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