Queer as in Fuck You

feministizzle: Hmmm bell hooks capitalized?

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:26 -0400

Hmmm bell hooks capitalized?

hammerito: fuckyeah1990s: Socks Clinton Appreciation...

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:36 -0400

fuckyeah1990s:

Socks Clinton Appreciation Post

Socks would have been an internet star if that had been an option in the 90’s. RIP Socks.

writeswrongs: Black Man to Lose Scholarship For Refusing Racist...

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:00:41 -0400

writeswrongs:

Black Man to Lose Scholarship For Refusing Racist Assignment

Timothy McNair is a graduate student of opera at Northwestern University’s famed Bienen School of Music. McNair is at the school on a full scholarship, but the 25-year-old is standing up to his school after his professor, Donald Nally, gave him an assignment to perform a song created by a racist American poet named Walt Whitman. McNair asked his instructor if he could be assigned to perform the work of other artists but Nally denied him the opportunity and told him if he didn’t turn in all of his completed work by Friday, May 17th he’d receive a failing grade. McNair refused.

“Certainly I do not deserve to fail this class. I have a 3.7 GPA. I’m an officer on three committees of this university. So what is deserving for me? Is to be able to perform two pieces and have the third piece removed because of the insensitivity,” McNair told Chicago’s WGN news station. Although the piece McNair is instructed to perform does not contain any blatant racism, McNair believes it is still offensive that he was asked to complete the works of a devout racist. “We know (he) was historically racist. He’s called African Americans ‘baboons’ and was for oppressing voting rights,” McNair said of Whitman.

There are far too many instances when African-Americans at predominantly White institutions are expected to compromise their integrity to fit into the mold of the institution. Just last month students, community leaders, and alumni of Temple University challenged Dean Teresa Soufas for decisions she made regarding the school’s prestigious African-American studies program. Protestors believed she was attempting to diminish its profound reputation. Black Blue Dog readers called and emailed Soufas and voiced their concerns. Less than a week later, she finally made the decision to listen to the concerns of the protestors and complied. This week we must contact Richard Ashley, the chair of Bienen School of Music, and let him know about Nally’s insensitivity towards Black history. McNair should not be forced to lose his scholarship for respecting Black history.

Let Ashley know that Nally may not see the value in Black history, but we stand in solidarity with McNair in asking that he receives a replacement assignment that does not insult his integrity as an African-American man.

Tell Richard Ashley that Timothy McNair deserves another assignment. He can be reached at 847-491-5720 or

via email at r-ashley@northwestern.edu

thehomesteadsurvivalguide: Model 1930’s kitchen Am I the only...

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:37 -0400

thehomesteadsurvivalguide:

Model 1930’s kitchen

Am I the only one who thinks the sink on painted bricks is absolutely adorable? (and sturdy!)

Give me that stove any day, too!

"We do not want a feminism that looks like a social worker behind a desk with concerned eyebrows. We..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:25 -0400

“We do not want a feminism that looks like a social worker behind a desk with concerned eyebrows. We want a feminism that stays up late at the kitchen table convincing us that we deserve better. We do not want a feminism that will put us up in a rundown state shelter for a short while until we’re ‘back on our feet.’ We want a feminism that will break back into our house we were just kicked out of and tell the landlord he’ll have hell to pay from a mob of angry bitches if he attempts eviction again.”

- “Anarcha-Feminists Take to the Streets”, Dangerous Spaces (via the-red-planet)

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Tue, 21 May 2013 08:00:26 -0400

Why aren't more people freaking out about the new Venezuelan labor law?

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:00:25 -0400

monetizeyourcat:

dancepunksnotdead:

You know, the one that gives housewives/full-time mothers a pension— wages for housework?

It’s ONLY A HUGE VICTORY FOR FEMINISM, SOCIALISM, AND WOMEN OF COLOR. Not a big deal or anything. Tumblr is mysteriously silent about this.

http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/venezuelas-new-labour-law-best-mothers-day-gift

holy shit!

Baltimore Or Less: Accidental Trailblazer: An Interview With Cult Cinema Icon Mink Stole

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:00:20 -0400

Baltimore Or Less: Accidental Trailblazer: An Interview With Cult Cinema Icon Mink Stole:

baltimoreorless:

By Logan Lynn (Huffington Post, 4/24/2013)

“Each spring, Portland, Ore., plays host to QDoc: Queer Documentary Film Festival, the only festival in the U.S. devoted exclusively to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) documentaries, and one of only two festivals of…

eternallybeautifullyblack: Students are incarcerated in...

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:00:25 -0400

eternallybeautifullyblack:

Students are incarcerated in Baltimore City Jail in 1964 for protesting segregation at a local theater.

Image and commentary via Afrikan Knowledge: Beyond The Book Club.

suicideblonde: Blaze Starr in her Baltimore home, photographed...

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:00:28 -0400

suicideblonde:

Blaze Starr in her Baltimore home, photographed by Diane Arbus, 1964.

not-here-for-it: ladyknucklesinshape: blackyogis: Extended...

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:26 -0400

not-here-for-it:

ladyknucklesinshape:

blackyogis:

Extended Standing Leg Stretch Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana

One of the biggest myths about flexibilty I keep hearing is that one has to be skinny to be flexible…well…that’s NOT true.

I wish there were more larger folk pictures doing workouts.

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Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:16 -0400

motleycraft-o-rama: Urban Outfitters, Via Living in the Land of...

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:48 -0400

motleycraft-o-rama:

Urban Outfitters, Via Living in the Land of Dreams

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itsgrrrlgerm: Cats in sunglasses.

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:31 -0400

itsgrrrlgerm:

Cats in sunglasses.

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Mon, 20 May 2013 02:00:31 -0400

unkemptwench: The Militant Baker: Things No One Will Tell Fat...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:00:33 -0400

unkemptwench:

The Militant Baker: Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls… SO I WILL.

clearerly: yum

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:00:40 -0400

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Queer as in Fuck You

feministizzle: Hmmm bell hooks capitalized?

hammerito: fuckyeah1990s: Socks Clinton Appreciation...

writeswrongs: Black Man to Lose Scholarship For Refusing Racist...

Black Man to Lose Scholarship For Refusing Racist Assignment

Tell Richard Ashley that Timothy McNair deserves another assignment. He can be reached at 847-491-5720 or

via email at r-ashley@northwestern.edu

thehomesteadsurvivalguide: Model 1930’s kitchen Am I the only...

"We do not want a feminism that looks like a social worker behind a desk with concerned eyebrows. We..."

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Why aren't more people freaking out about the new Venezuelan labor law?

Baltimore Or Less: Accidental Trailblazer: An Interview With Cult Cinema Icon Mink Stole

eternallybeautifullyblack: Students are incarcerated in...

suicideblonde: Blaze Starr in her Baltimore home, photographed...

not-here-for-it: ladyknucklesinshape: blackyogis: Extended...

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motleycraft-o-rama: Urban Outfitters, Via Living in the Land of...

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itsgrrrlgerm: Cats in sunglasses.

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unkemptwench: The Militant Baker: Things No One Will Tell Fat...

clearerly: yum