February 2012
124 posts
“Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect...”
– bell hooks (via thepurpleballoons)
Masked Racism: Reflections on the Prison... →
click to go to article — DEFINITELY worth a read if you aren’t familiar with the prison industrial complex, or even if you’d just like to enjoy a short read on the subject.
i love that bell hooks contributes to Shambhala... →
links to articles written by bell hooks and published in Shambhala Sun
I bought a new yoga mat, and they planted a tree!
http://www.jadeyoga.com/store/supported-causes-yoga-mats.html
I have a Jade yoga mat now, and it is perfect! My hands are slipping much less than they were before, and I feel really great practicing without worrying about slipping (especially in the hop-backs). I was a little weary at first about spending more than $20 on a mat, but I...
Because I am a Woman: Green Your Period: DivaCup... →
becauseiamawoman:
I finally did it! I used my DivaCup, and let me tell you- there is no going back. For those of you who aren’t familiar with what it is, a DivaCup is a menstrual cup that you insert when you have your period. It catches all your menstrual blood, and when it is full you simply dump it in…
love the idea of reusable menstrual supplies!
“There was never any more inception than there is now,
Nor any more youth or age...”
– Walt Whitman, Song of Myself (via nirvikalpa)
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it’s so funny that i have quit smoking (two and a half months strong!) and my kombucha habit has gone through the roof.. i think we may start brewing it at home since we got a new heater (!!!) and the temperature in the apt is pretty consistent now. how exciting!! and economically rewarding! :)
here’s to a new, homemade brew!
“I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority,...”
– Noam Chomsky (via 0versite)
“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– - Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories)
I might have reblogged this already but it’s so good I don’t care.
(via stfufauxminists)
Kyriarchy in action.
(via transstingray)
Also the study where they had women and men talking in a discussion and when women...
“He [Rick Santorum] is a staunch opponent of abortion, even in the case of rape....”
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John Oliver (via 24ribs)
Now is a good time to note that the podcast this is from, “The Bugle” recently went independent because The Times Online decided they weren’t worth it anymore. You can listen to their additional hilarity at thebuglepodcast.com and if you like it, support it so we can...
“It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.”
– Noam Chomsky (via fyeahnoamchomsky)
“Persons who are racially and sexually marked within the dominant culture—who are...”
– Jacqueline M. Martinez, “La Conciencia De La Mestiza: Intra-And Intersubjective Transformations of Racist and Homophobic Culture” in Phenomenology of Chicana Experience & Identity: Communication and Transformation in Praxis, (2000), (p. 81)
“We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love...”
– Charles Bukowski (via thenocturnals)
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others....”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via lucifelle)
european-booty-scratcher:
We live in a world where white people believe they are the victims of reverse racism and men are at the mercy of misandrists. Let’s ignores all the facts on facts on facts that proves otherwise. Next thing you know Christians will cry religious persecu- nevermind.
