persnickety poet type

May 08

I finished my law school exams and packing my living room in one day.

Apr 21

baddominicana:

and the thing about these people who say they have no idea what im talking about when i keep pointing out the abuse culture i see around me is….

that they use abuser logic. the first thing they do is say you asked for it.

in other words, this shit is ALL around them but in their heads its normal and how you go about life.

and when you point out that kinda shit theyre all flabbergasted and angry anyone would question their abuser logic. so its best to deny the pain of millions of people so as to not make the people being abusive uncomfy. so as to not have to face that you contribute to it.

abuser logic!

im sure people all around you are in pain all the time. and even you are too. and you just chalk it up to “life”. rather than see abuse for what it is, which is fucking wrong. and dangerous.

you cant be trusted to be able to gauge how happy others are when you clearly shut down anything that defies your “all is well” bullshit.

This is so fucking true I just cried. YES.

(Source: bad-dominicana)

Chicago mourns the murder of Paige Clay, 23 -

fuckyeahfeminists:

April 20th, 2012 - Chicago native and local ballroom community star Paige Clay was found murdered on Monday, April 16th. Ms. Clay’s body was found in West Garfield Park of Chicago. She died of a single gunshot wound to the head. No arrests have been made at this time. This case is currently being investigated by Area North Detectives.

Paige Clay was noted as a quickly rising star in the local ballroom community scene and had won many competitions in her lifetime. Though young, Ms. Clay was noted to have great creativity and ingenuity in her work.

Continue reading on Examiner.com Chicago mourns the murder of Paige Clay, 23 - Chicago Feminism

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alexandraerin:

How does somebody make their mind up to say that they speak out against transgender folk because they’re against gender on principle? Last I checked, there are waaaaaaaaay more cis people with a gender identity than trans* folk. If you’re singling out trans* people to make a statement about gender, there’s no principle involved. You’re going after the most acceptable target.

I mean, if there are three ducks in a park full of swans, and you seek out the ducks to kill them while ignoring the swans, saying, “Well, I’m against waterfowl on general principle.” wouldn’t cut it, would it? You went out of your way there to get to the ducks.

karnythia:

fuck your cissexism: goddamnit and everytime i hear about another murdered trans woc i…

dumbthingswhitepplsay:

ellierantsforever:

thealiensmadethisblog:

goddamnit and everytime i hear about another murdered trans woc i agree more and more with defensive action being appropriate as fuck

because like hell the murders are gonna stop if we just “educate” people about racism and trans 101 and misogyny

murders and oppression dont happen because of…

Nonviolence only works on people that think you’re worthy of compassion and that have a conscience.

Also, let’s not use “WoC” like all WoC have the same stats for dying, please.

Dead BLACK trans woman.

Not another dead EAST ASIAN trans woman.

Dead and BLACK. Or in the cases where the person is dead and LATINA, that should be mentioned, because those two groups specifically amongst TWoC are going to be fastest into the grave and there needs to be respect for that.

Please go lend support to Julia Serano's article for Ms magazine as the radscum are descending -

(Source: sugaredvenom, via emilytheslayer)

[video]

You don’t have to justify your body.

stophatingyourbody:

If you’re thin, you don’t have to say ‘but I eat all the time!’/’I have a fast metabolism!’

If you’re fat, you don’t have to say ‘it’s genetic!’/’I’m trying to lose weight!’

You don’t need to explain to anybody why your body is the way it is. Your body is YOUR body, and that’s all the justification you need.

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turnofftherain:

Ontario: Person with penis can legally be a woman

In a 95-page decision issued April 11, Sheri Price, a vice-chair with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, gave the Ontario government 180 days to “revise the criteria for changing sex designation on a birth registration.” Unless provincial authorities mount an appeal, Ontario will become the first Canadian jurisdiction to toss out genital surgery as a pre-requisite for a legal sex change

Mercedes Allen, a writer on trans issues based in the Calgary area, said the decision is bound to spark some division within the trans community, particularly among those who have already undergone reassignment surgery.

“They have trouble sometimes understanding how a person could transition and not require (surgery),” she said. There is a sense of “why would you even want to be in that situation?”

She added: “Personally, I don’t think the ability to correct documents should be the reason to have surgery.”

(Source: fuckyeahgenderstudies)

This is what just landed in my inbox

searchingforknowledge:

Dear MoveOn member,

On December 23, 2011, my goddaughter, Jasmine Thar, a 16-year-old African American, was shot and killed while in my mother’s front yard in Chadbourn, North Carolina.

When the shot rang out, Jasmine was preparing for a routine shopping trip and doing what most teens do—texting. Two others, my niece and myself, were also injured in the shooting.

The 23-year-old Caucasian male who fired the fatal shot from the house across the street was taken in for questioning,but he has not been charged with a crime of any kind.

Because he claims it was an accident, the police let him go—despite the fact that he admits he fired the shot and police found a Confederate flag and Nazi literature in his home.

The message being sent is that you can shoot and kill someone like Jasmine and get away with it by simply claiming it was an accident. That can’t be the world we live in.

That’s why we created a petition on SignOn.org to District Attorney Jon David, Attorney General Roy Cooper, and Assistant District Attorney Chris Gentry. The petition says:

We demand justice for Jasmine Thar, who was shot and killed. Three months after the shooting we still have no answers. We urge you to sign this petition to demand a lawful, thorough, and unprejudiced investigation from the SBI and sound judicial decisions from Columbus County District Attorney Jon David and ADA Chris Gentry.

Will you sign the petition? Click here to add your name, and then pass it along to your friends:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=274217&id=39852-9173195-bfuEy%3Dx&t=3

Thank you.

–Treka McMillian

An accident. AN ACCIDENT. Does manslaughter not apply to fucking white people? And Nazi lit and confederate flags mean nothing in this post racial era?! SHE WAS 16, IN HER OWN FRONT YARD, AND WAS TEXTING!!!!!! Let a motherfucker whine to me about reverse racism.

(via karnythia)