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yuri kochiyama. when i was coming up in my own consciousness as a person of color, you were a shining example of what it means to be a politically/socially/spiritually conscious asian american agent of social change & justice. power to our peoples. power to all peoples.
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Posted on May 19, 2012 via poet swagga with 45 notes
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Posted on May 15, 2012 via erosum with 924 notes
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Maharani Gayatri Devi
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This is the front cover of a monthly radical publication called The Bridge which came out of the Indian Students Association at UC Berkeley. Thank you so much Kishan for scanning these images for me. This cover is from October, 1976.
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Posted on May 12, 2012 via Insanity Incorporated. with 6 notes
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Gulabi Gang : women in saris in pursuit of justice
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I am passionate about everything in my life—first and foremost, passionate about ideas. And that’s a dangerous person to be in this society, not just because I’m a woman, but because it’s such a fundamentally anti-intellectual, anti-critical thinking society.
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And I cried… for all of the women who stretched their bodies for civilizations, only to find ruins.
Sonia Sanchez (via musingsofadrapetomaniac)(via musingsofadrapetomaniac)
Posted on May 11, 2012 via Spirit Walks... with 506 notes
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femiracism (n) : a word to describe the specific form that racism takes place in so-called “feminist” or “women’s” spaces
Examples of femiracism:
- white women prioritizing sexism over racism, or equating sexism and racism
- women of color being perceived as “angry” or “threatening”
- tokenizing intersectionality
reblog with more of your own examples
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Mother’s day is about more than flowers and pancakes
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Cornell University’s annual Slope Day may be a fun-filled end of the year celebration for its student body, but its also a day when sexual assault spikes every year. Check out these awesome “slopetips” for REAL ways to prevent violence from happening. #SafeSlopeDay
Posted on May 2, 2012 via Where's My Movement? with 3 notes
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I must be the bridge to nowhere
But my true self
And then
I will be usefulDonna Kate Rushin, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color -
Posted on May 1, 2012 via ... with 171 notes
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