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fuckyeahlatinamericanhistory:

It’s Tumblr Tuesday already! Recommend Fuck Yeah Latin American History for inclusion in the Historical directory! You know, if you want…

And thanks for following!

the link is not working for me but i’ll reblog.

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fuckyeahnigeria:

Tumblr Tuesday :)

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thekeenone:

i need shit to listen to

youtube links only plz, will make a playlist

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it-takes-a-muscle:

homotronic a répondu : I’m telling everyone to read The Hunger Games trilogy. It’s excellent social commentary and very entertaining!

It seems like something nice and light, and it’s been a while since I’ve read some good sci-fi. Thank you!

theveinsofhistory a répondu : Persepolis is a REALLY good graphic novel on the Iranian revolution told through the eyes of a child.

I’ve been meaning to check out Persepolis for ages. Will do that very soon. Thank you!

vesivett a répondu : ahdaf soueif.

The Map of Love is on my list now. Thank you!

maced a répondu : re: britpop, ‘The Last Party’ by John Harris is entertaining. also, blur’s ‘3862 days’ - Stuart MacOnie is their official history & its great

3862 Days is my Bible! Well, not really but it perpetually sits on my nighttable. I will check out the other. Thank you!

sendmelies a répondu : bit.ly/gQoZAJ

Tenho Perto do Coração Selvagem mas o  estilo fluxo de consciência é um pouco difícil para mim entrar. Qual é o título em português deste livro? E obrigado. :)

selucha a répondu : Read “Revolutionary Suicide” by Huey P. Newton as a good introduction to the history of the Black Panther Party.

YES. I need to know more Black History. This is perfect. Thank you!

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delisub:

Can anyone reccomend some genderfucking (fat)shion blogs?

After years of being ignored and invisiblized as a femme-presenting genderqueer, I “came out” as a genderqueer transguy and demanded male pronouns. Resisting years of feeling invisible as a boy and as a genderqueer, I…

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ja-sei-namorar:

dearestandqueerest:

Every Waking Notion: tumblr lgbtq tag / feed

crustyriotqueer:

queerinsurrection:

I seriously hate how the lgbtq tumblr feed or whatever consists of:

cheesy love poems

cheesy gay love gifs (LOVE IZ LOVE)

and marriage shit.

Is this all the lgbtq tumblr community has to offer?  Such a shame.  Where are the things that matter to the broader lgbtq community?  Queer people of color issues?  Healthcare and healthy education for our community?  Mentors and leaders?  Direct action activists?  Fights against gender tyranny and sexual repression?  AIDS and healthcare activism?  Helping queers in poverty, undocumented queers, queers in the sex industry?

I’m not disappointed solely because there aren’t more diverse topics discussed on tumblr.  I’m scared that those on the fringe of the community see that this is all we have to offer.  Where are the political queers?  Where are the homages to those queers who have died to make our lifestyles possible?

I don’t claim to be an expert on all the things you have asked for.  I address some of these things in my tumblr, but this isn’t a self-promotion attempt.  I think you need to follow a few of these fine people.  

These people are the brilliant, constantly challenging, shifting, thinking, excellent minds that keep my grey cells fresh and trying to keep up.  There are many more.  I took 2 minutes and glanced though the folks I follow.  This is who I strongly suggest you (yes YOU!) follow.  

These people are bold.  They are struggling.  They have questions.  They have answers.  None of them exist in a vaccuum.  They all help create the world around them.  Do they only post about lgbtq topics and issues?  No.  Not all of them.  But all of them are constantly aware of what is going on, what a queering lens does to the topics of the world.  Read their words and breath it all in.  This is dynamite stuff here.  

Or, follow any of these tumblrs are that collaborative efforts (questions, submissions, etc)

So if you, OP, want something other than cheesy love poems, cheesy gay love gifs (LOVE IZ LOVE), and marriage shit, well, look no further.  Its all been put together right here.  

i suddenly feel all pressured to write some profound, badass queer shit

um…seconded. hahaha.

Holy crap. I am so flattered to be on this list…

genderbitch (http://genderbitch.tumblr.com) posts a lot about some of the broader issues mentioned here.  and she’s generally pretty awesome.

also fyi: inherhipstheresrevolutions is not someone i know a whole lot about, but i do know they did some horrible culture appropriation shit (OP and commentary @ link) a while ago.

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{ Teen with Autism not allowed to live in Canada. }

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numol:

friendshipcircle:

O Canada… What?!?!

A family from England which includes a teen with Autism applied to become permanent residents of Canada, but are barred due to their son’s disability. 

Full Story at ottawacitizen.com

Photo Courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/satguru

[image above: sign reading “No Entry”.]

A great book on how fucked up immigration laws are (granted it focuses on the US, but, unfortunately a lot of the laws are applicable to most Western nations) is Queer Migrations. It talks a lot, in the essays, about how disability fits into immigration law and politics. Basically, there’s a lot of antiquated bullshit that has not been significantly, or realistically rewritten in immigration law in ages.

re-reblogging for book recommendation (thanks note-a-bear!).

wildunicornherd:

karnythia:

So, I’m watching Lord of The Rings & I’m thinking about all the epic journey fiction that I’ve ever read (Dennis McKiernan, Tamora, GRRM, etc) & I’m wondering if there are any series where the brown people are A. the protagonists, B. their deity is the righteous deity, and C. saving the world and getting credit for it? Because I don’t think I’ve read one & I’d kind of like to right about now. Am I missing a series?

ETA: I read the Parable duo & they don’t really fit what I had in mind. In the other series I’m referring to the plots are based heavily on imperialistic thinking complete with the brown people being seen as less civilized than the white protagonists. Tamora Pierce tries the hardest to move away from that trope with her Bashir people, but in the end she falls prey to “All They Needed Was A White Man/Woman” in her Alanna series.

I’m curious too.

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theycallmezorawalker:

…and understanding why this is a lynching and why saying that is not hyperbole, hit your Google Books dougie:
Alexander, Michelle. The new Jim Crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. The New Press, 2010. [Amazon will let you read the first chapter of this via their online Kindle application for free.  Start here if you go nowhere else]

Butler, Anne, and C. Murray Henderson. Angola: Louisiana State Penitentiary, a half-century of rage and reform. Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1990.

Curtin, Mary Ellen. Black prisoners and their world, Alabama, 1865-1900. University of Virginia Press, 2000.

Davis, Angela Yvonne. Angela Davis—an autobiography. Random House, 1974. ———. Are prisons obsolete? Seven Stories Press, 2003.

Jackson, George. Blood in my eye. Black Classic Press, 1990. ———. Soledad brother: the prison letters of George Jackson. Bantam Books, 1972.

James, Joy. Resisting state violence: radicalism, gender, and race in U.S. culture. U of Minnesota Press, 1996.

Lichtenstein, Alex. Twice the work of free labor: the political economy of convict labor in the New South. Verso, 1996.

Oshinsky, David M. Worse Than Slavery. Simon and Schuster, 1997.

Shakur, Assata. Assata: an autobiography. Zed Books, 1987.


Are there other texts that need to be added to this list?  #IAMTROYDAVIS

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theycallmezorawalker:

…and understanding why this is a lynching and why saying that is not hyperbole, hit your Google Books dougie:
Alexander, Michelle. The new Jim Crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. The New Press, 2010. [Amazon will let you read the first chapter of this via their online Kindle…

i would add Southern Horrors by Ida B. Wells.

[#TroyDavis]  YES.  And Ida B. Wells is available right now, right here.  Which means it is probably also a free Google ebook/pdf and a free Kindle book.  #READS Reblogged for the add.

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