December 2010
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Ex-Wikileaks Spokesman Writing Tell-All Book →
Schmitt met Assange in 2007. He left WikiLeaks three months ago over personal, ethical and political differences with Assange and announced plans to launch a platform on his own, Openleaks.org, to start early next year.
could be interesting
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“Unsolicited advice from loved ones can be especially threatening, because of our...”
– Unsolicited Advice: I Hate It, You Hate It, and so Do Your Kids | Psychology Today (via notemily)
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Faith in the State
onetinycorner:
It occurs to me, and this is a result of radically hotoff’s post yesterday so is probably well obvious. It occurs to me that lurking behind the liberal feminist response to Assange (and this is not a crack at Sady, who I like a lot, and whose definitely being deluged with really nasty shit atm from all quarters) is a still lingering faith in the State at some level.
Even from...
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“Just a couple of years ago, we’ve seen a case come out of the tribunal...”
– jenni millbank on queer applicants for asylum
I would like us to be able to talk about the ways in which a camp presentation is privileged as well as the ways in which it’s a source of oppression. moving beyond the binarist rhetoric of a privileged “straight-acting” queer...
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pet peeve #463
acronyms like LGBTQQUA, QUILTBAGPIPE, etc
it seems to me that this largely arises out of a feeling that existing umbrella terms like queer or LGBT or whatever do not sit well with all those they purport to describe
which is a frustration I share
but if your project is to accommodate and represent the spectrum of non-normative sexuality and gender identities…well, they are infinite (or at...
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dyslexic.com/fonts →
faketrain:
Some food for thought that’s been going around attached to a pretty annoying typography lecture on “please don’t use comic sans” (ugh), this link is a list of ‘rules’ or directions for using fonts in word processing and web design for easy manageability for those with dyslexia. you may like to have a look at the list of fonts it suggests when you next write a typed...
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: zine dealing with... →
sheresists:
**PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY**
Call for submissions: Online and printed zine about dealing with body/hair/size/fat phobia for and by Indigenous peoples and people of colour.
Title: To be decided/announced.
Deadline: February 28th 2011
For far too long, I’ve have been made to always question my body.Always made to feel like if I waxed my sideburns/shaved my legs/signed up for...
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#talkabout it Tumblr: We're Telling →
jhameia:
Please share! A new Tumblr to #talkaboutit and share anonymous stories. You can also follow their Twitter feed @weretelling
We’re Telling.
We’re Telling is a new blog whereby anyone can anonymously share their own accounts of attempted or completed sexual assault or rape.
Too often rape and sexual assault accusations go unbelieved, or the victims are blamed for their own assault....
“WHILE JULIAN Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, celebrated his release on bail...”
– The Irish Times: Alleged Wikileaks source suffers out of spotlight (via bingoparaphernalia)
Um yeah, maybe we should try and keep things in perspective?
(via jenniferanne)
@#%TYTJdkvnxc!!
“From the beginning of his detention, Manning has been held in intensive solitary...”
– The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning’s detention - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
Where the fuck are all the celebrity WikiLeaks supporters while the kid who actually put his ass on the line to make the leaks is held in these conditions?
(via champagnecandy)
Kyriarchy at work. Most folks would...
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“The attempt to analyze the hipster provokes such universal anxiety because it...”
– The Sociology of the Hipster - Essay - NYTimes.com (NYTimes is behind a subscription wall, so, if you do not have a login and prefer not to register, there is always BugMeNot for disposable logins and passwords).
The article analyzes the hipster phenomenon from the perspective of class theory in...
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why i support "talk about it"
radicallyhottoff:
because i know that to make meaningful transformative change, we will need not thousands, but millions of people. a grassroots movement operating from a base of power. building relationships now with people who *ask to have a relationship with me/us* may lead to long term relationships that will make up that base of power.
I support participating in little every day actions...
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talk about it/prataomdet →
swedish project on opening up discussion about sexual violence.
via flip flopping joy.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19) →
Talib Kweli (31)
Rihanna (3)
Morris B (2)
Rise (2)
The Coup (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Watchcaitlinate:
ATTENTION OURCATASTROPHE & FAKETRAIN. I MADE YOU A THING. YES I DID.
Unfortunately it is not about bike helmets. But we can all pretend it is.
TAKE THAT, MAX
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I did the dishes while you read out loud: wrote... →
itsthefirstday:
TRIGGER WARNING: some explanation on tactics of police violence.
I believe in animal liberation¹. I believe that the systems of hierarchy currently in place maintain a stranglehold on the autonomy of not only all of the oppressed humans of our societies, but also the animals: the animals that…
super interesting and practical article on the use of animals (horses, dogs)...
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self-care
readnfight:miswritten:
m & i were talking about self-care last night, about how hard it feels to step back sometimes because of all the responsibilities we hold. and how hard it is sometimes, to feel like others have our backs or that we actually can step back without things going awry.
i know that a lot of that is about pride and mistrust— and just as much of it is about love and care. ...
“Of all the knowledge that can be conferred on a people, this is the most...”
– James Roebuck, in an 1833 speech, describes the specific political gains that he expected to flow from public education. Quoted in Thomas C Holt’s ‘The Problem of Freedom’, 1992. (via dontbcruel)
well then.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12) →
The Smiths (3)
Men (2)
Ciara (2)
Pacific! (1)
Nina Sky (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Note-a-bear: Thank You →
note-a-bear:
Thanks for followers and followers of followers for helping to start spread the word on the GA Prisons’ Strike.
For those who do not know, today is the second day of a strike in the GA Prisons at Macon, Hays, Baldwin, Smith, Telfair, and Valdosta.
The prisoners are demanding the following…
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“And that’s not to say that we let the man off scott free–but rather instead to...”
– flip flopping joy » Blog Archive » thinking through “infowar” (via radicallyhottoff)
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MuggleNet: Calgary's Salvation Army won't accept... →
mugglenet:
A decision by the local Salvation Army to refuse Harry Potter and Twilight toys donated for its Christmas campaign has angered some Calgarians.
Capt. Pam Goodyear, a Salvation Army spokeswoman, said the Christian aid organization doesn’t support witchcraft, witchery and black magic.
Jonathan…
well then.
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Government confirms plans to curb international... →
ahipstory:
Does this seem familiar ?
“The package means that the home secretary will close the door on up to 120,000 international students from outside the EU who come to Britain to take below-degree-level courses – about 40% of the annual total.
The Home Office consultation paper published today forms a key part of the Conservatives’ drive to reduce overall net...
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Heavier and healthier: end the obesity panic -... →
summary: the number of people considered to be overweight or obese in australia has remained stable over the past decade. in the meantime, life expectancy has increased.
compare this article about the dramatic rise in eating disorder rates in australia and this article about australian women with eating disorders not being taken seriously by doctors if they are not emaciated (which most people...
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“1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader his [or her] book.
3. Every book...”
– S.R. Ranganathan’s five laws of library science 