coeur-de-porcelaine:

hatecastrator:

This is the only thing boys on the internet care about at the end of the day

They give no fucks about sexism, all they want is to be assured that it’s only ”a tiny fraction of men” that is the problem, that they are not part of it, and therefore they don’t have to question anything about themselves. 

and don’t forget something happening to their “mothers, sisters, wives, daughters” because white men utterly refuse to recognize women as people who deserve to not suffer, but if you frame it in terms of indirectly affecting them or people they think of as theirs or otherwise reflecting badly on them, *that* is unconscionable

moonlitdarling:

the recent fetishization of frida kahlo not only strips her art & life of its revolutionary & political message but cheapens her into an accessory for quirky rookie mag type girls

sistahmamaqueen:

excuse me, homos? i’mma let you finish your obnoxious rant against chick-fil-a but um … multinational corporations be enacting violence against communities of color locally and worldwide for generations now. 

so maybe instead of tryna force erry corporate entity to be pro-gay you should realize how they enact violence against people that aren’t just queer … 

so-treu:

muckrakingiswomenswork:

so im hearing a lot about Gun Control
but hearing virtually nothing (irl) about Cop Control

im hearing a lot about disarming the citizenry
but almost nothing about demilitarizing the police

welp.com

bankuei:

karnythia:

What’s funny to me about all the “well you have to be willing to educate people nicely if you want equality” posts is how many educational posts I see crossing my dash from Tumblrs that exist specifically to educate people every day. And then there are the academic posts that come up from time to time from people who are “popular” that get very few reblogs versus the kitten pics or whatever. And all of that stuff is easy to find with Google or via Tumblr’s tag system. That’s before you get to the things found in libraries, on academic websites, & the ever present Wikipedia. The same people who get mad that marginalized bloggers won’t drop everything to hold their hands can’t be arsed to use any of the resources at their disposal, but bloggers are the problem? Farreal?

And that’s before we get into the things these asshats think they have a right to know. Nothing to do with stats, or who to vote for or against, no they want intimate personal details from complete strangers. They want pain porn & they want people to be happy about their questions. They want to satisfy their curiosity & maybe get a little thrill over how enlightened they are & then they’re right back to their lives still not having lifted a finger. And they think they’re not bigots, because they don’t hate anyone. They want everyone to be equal!, they just don’t want that equality to cost them anything. Not even a moment of discomfort, or actual intellectual effort. No, they want to be spoonfed & they refuse to see what’s wrong with that so somehow it’s everyone else’s responsibility to be sweet & kind no matter what rude foul shit they say. If you can’t figure out we’re humans without hand holding why on earth would we think you’re our allies?

Bang, bang, bang.

karnythia:

girljanitor:

they can turn off the computer and walk away and nothing we say or do helps THEM or changes THEIR lives.

So they think that there is of course no way that we affect each others’ lives with our help, financial and emotional support, and funding for projects and whatnot.

Because we don’t do it for THEM.

So basically their cries of “all this stuff you do doesn’t change anything or actually help anybody” really means “none of this is helping meeee, so it doesn’t matter”.

I actually feel less irked about it now.

Because I know my five bucks here and there, my info or personal stories or my “here’s a link to a clinic in your area” is doing what it needs to do.

This explains eveything.

fuckyeahcracker:

When white people are like “I don’t see how this is racist” “I don’t see how this is offensive”

EXACTLY! That’s the fucking point! You don’t see because you are an insensitive fuck! You really do not see! You don’t want to see, you don’t try to see and therefor you don’t see! No shit! You’ve been told your entire life that you don’t have to see other people’s side of things and that your own opinion and comfort  always matter the most! Saying “I don’t see how” is not some fucking revolutionary statement you’re making. You’re just like every other person who can’t see past their privilege. You’re not special for not being able to see how something that is clearly hurtful and racist is hurtful and racist! If you actually recognize that you’ve done something wrong and aren’t entitled to other people’s culture, that makes you look bad. And, of course, you don’t want that! Maybe if you looked past yourself and your feelings (which by the way, don’t matter) about the subject and actually listened to the millions of people willing to offer their perspective and an explanation about why it is offensive and racist you’d know! But you’d rather stay in your comfort zone (that you have the luxury and privilege of even having) of not seeing! No shit, you “don’t see”!

robot-heart-politics:

zuky:searchingforknowledge:cgdageek:ro-s-a-spar-ks:

The most interesting part of all of this is that the gym isn’t opening a dialogue about what Gabby is talking about, they are just outraged that she called them racist.

There’s nothing more scary to white people than being called racist.

Why? Not because racism is disgusting and horrible, they just don’t want to be THOUGHT of as racist.

Never mind that Gabby gains NOTHING from calling her old gym racist. She finally opened up as to WHY she almost quit the sport, then subsequently moved to Iowa, away from her family and friends and support network, in order to train. All which makes a helluva lot more sense than her just uprooting herself so close to the 2012 Games. 

People act like racism just doesn’t exist. Like no one, EVER, says horrible, mean, ugly, inhumane things and it is shocking that anyone would ever say anything bad, ever, to a black child trying to do her thing. SURPRISE!

Wake the fuck up.

Gabby opens herself to FURTHER scrutiny by even mentioning this and it is brave and honest and genuine to talk about it. That girl had to suffer through the Olympic Games with daily shade from the entire universe and managed to keep her head high and show everyone respect and kindness. Oh and win, too.

The sport of gymnastics is forever changed by her successes and she continues to be a true role model for anyone who loves the sport, practices and train in the sport, and is even a fan and ancillary viewer of the sport.

Gabby, we love you. 

Remember POCs: anytime you speak out about racist things people do/say to you, there will always be someone calling you a liar.

What cracked me up was when one of them was all she lied! She didnt call names and dates!!!!  And the owner is like she didnt say anything!!!!  because she would feel SO comfortable doing that as the one African American girl at the gym. Sureeeee!!! And which one of them was like: Just because she is an Olympic winner doesn’t mean she has credibility?

Ahhhh:

Excalibur Gymnastics CEO Gustavo Maure said in a statement to E! News that Gabrielle is lying. “Is Gabrielle a credible person just because she is an Olympic champion? She is not giving any names or dates, leading us to believe that the accusation is fake,” he said. “This wouldn’t be the first time that the media has made up a story. Thousands of gymnasts and families have supported our good conduct and our professionalism during the last 30 years.”

I dont think I have ever heard that said about any Olympic Champion straight out like that.

In my view, the nasty, defensive, bone-headed response from Excalibur Gym is excellent confirmation of their racism.

Not only does Excalibur CEO Gustavo Moure launch an unprecedented attack on Gabrielle Douglas’s credibility in his press statement, he also goes after her mother, Natalie Hawkins: “If Gabby was suffering from bullying, why didn’t Mrs. Hawkins ever mention it while Gabby was training here or complain after she left Excalibur?” Um, hello, she didn’t confide in you because you’re clearly a racist prickhead and the enabler of the hostile environment in the first place, and she knew that this is exactly how you would respond: with hostility, anger, and denial.

Morgan Evans, a coach at Excalibur, said: “It’s just disrespectful to our name, to all the innocent people who were nice to her, who were respectful to her, and I just feel hurt.” Imagine that, a white lady pissed off at a young Black woman for being “disrespectful” and centering her hurt feelings over the reality that racism exists in her gym. She’s basically saying Gabrielle should be grateful that anybody was ever nice to her at all.

Any person of color who has trained in competitive sports in a white-dominated environment knows exactly what Gabrielle Douglas was talking about. It would be ludicrous to imagine that racist incidents didn’t occur.

All I can say at this point is, I’m so glad that Gabrielle Douglas made the move to train with Liang Chow, a Chinese American coach whose protege Shawn Johnson won Olympic gold in 2008, and with whom Gabrielle Douglas won two Olympic gold medals in London. How many gold medals do those nasty people at Excalibur Gym have? That’s what I thought.

I just find it bizarre that people act as if it’s shocking that racism still happens and it’s absolutely ludicrous to think Gabby might have experienced it while training…but then you go to the comments section of the article, and there’s more racism than you can shake a stick at. =\

I think it’s sad that the coaches would jump to defend all the precious little white children from the accusation of racism, while accusing Gabby of being a liar without a second thought. I guess only certain kinds of people deserve protection or sympathy? 

Oh wow of fucking course. Hadn’t connected the dots over why she moved to train..

nudibrat:

autumn-and-eve:

Guys, I know Cece McDonald was almost murdered for existing as a black trans woman [and then arrested for surviving], but you have to hear this story about these three white women in Russia
They got arrested for playing music
Isn’t that so fucked up

to the folks saying “why can’t i care about both??’ and stuff:

of course you can care about both

yeah its fucked up that pussy riot was arrested 

but let’s look at the publicity the two cases got. cece’s case? i saw things in defense of her on the queer tumblrverse, and that’s it. support for pussy riot is everywhere. i mean, i see their stuff getting posted by boys i know from my town, and we’re pretty much activism deadbeats.

not to mention that pussy riot has the active support of a ton of popular public figures and musicians 

vs

guess which case has existed for about a year longer than the other

get back to me about how people who care about pussy riot care about cece when lykke li, margaret cho, the yeah yeah yeahs, and peter bjorn start making support videos for her

yawn