“The worst thing about that kind of prejudice… is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds your self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough.”
-Nina Simone
Yes. And, on top of that, I sometimes feel th…
karnythia:
“As a Muslim feminist woman of color, I cannot relate to Slutwalks as it caters mostly to the definition of emancipation set by white women. Slutwalks deviate in terms of delivering the message against sexual assault. It turns a blind eye…
blackamazon:
“Those who subvert social norms are, ostensibly, people who have forgotten that they can be seen, publicly, at any time. Therefore, when they transgress social norms—by expressing physical affection for a person not visibly coded as t…
zesticola:
“I call myself a patriarchal woman because I was socially programmed, as are most women and men, not to see the ways in which women are oppressed by traditional gender roles. I say that I’m recovering because I learned to recognise and …
This Entire Ensemble Rocks My Socks
Lady Gaga’s Appropriation Goes Deep
prawnmael:
Are you pleased that Lady Gaga is popularizing some of the aesthetic and conceptual concerns in your work?
Sterling: It makes me laugh when people like Gaga appropriate my ideas without understanding m…
Look at those eyes! And yes, the headwrap is lovely.
sapphrikah:
scandinavianlostinankara:
Manaka – UK – Headwraps with matching bracelets and earrings.
Want a headwrap. Badly.
Do you like books? Sure, we all do. : spastasmagoria:
You can get the vast majority of the Hugo-nominated works in e-format for just the cost of a voting membership! Yes for $50 (basically the cost of two books), you can get the novels, short stories,…
So, there’s this lawmaker out of Kansas who has lots to say about abortion. He’s currently best known for saying that women should plan ahead in case of rape and not expect their regular insurance to cover an abortion if they want one after being
For those of you interested in Tumblr posts from me that are less about angry black stuff and more about speculative fiction, squee, and other fun stuff might want to follow my new personal Tumblr, ktempest.