Good Philosophers Don’t Have Anxiety Attacks: on mental health, race, and belonging in the classroom
The People of Walmart Thing
I saw yet another person on FaceBook post a picture of a fat woman, likely taken without her consent, and used soley to make fun of her with the note: “I know it’s wrong but I had to post it.” And, when called out, the further justification of “I know it makes me a bad, terrible, awful human being” but no move to delete the post. Fuck a bunch of that. Even if someone was holding a gun to this person’s head they still didn’t “have to” post it. There is nothing wrong with the people in these pictures – there are very serious issues with the choice to post them, and trying to justify it is far worse. This is bullying and it’s not ok. So I’m reposting this piece about it:
You know the pictures. People in Walmart, or wherever, very often fat people (EDIT: I missed an…
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Proving male privilege: @suey_park @BlackGirlDanger @thewayoftheid @cheuya striking back #CancelColbert Part 3
The facts on PHS scandal & following reactions of critics, boards and Jenny Kwan
The Consolidated List of Stuff That Isn’t Feminist
As Charlotte Raven helpfully pointed out in the Feminist Times this morning, wearing high heels is not feminist. Nor, apparenty, is staying in an abusive relationship. After reading her piece, I hope that both shoe aficionados and domestic violence victims see how badly they’ve been fucking up and either shape up or ship out, because the feminist movement isn’t interested in the likes of them. I would also like to thank Ms. Raven for being brave enough to say what no one else was women to say – namely, that women who like fancy footwear and who just sit there and let their partners abuse them are failing all women everywhere and just need to find another way to get their kicks other than Louboutins and men who make them fear for their lives.
If I have one criticism of Raven’s piece, it’s just she didn’t go far enough. Sure…
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Tired of Talking To Men
I am tired of talking about feminism to men.
I know that I’m not supposed to say this. I know that as a good little third-wave feminist I’m supposed to sweetly explain to you how much I love and value men. I’m supposed to trot out my husband of nearly five years, my son, all of my male friends and relatives and display them as a sort of badge of honour, proof that I am not a man-hater. I’m supposed to hold out my own open palms, prove to you how harmless I am, how nice I am. Above all, I’m supposed to butter you up, you men, stroke your egos, tell you how very important you are in the fight for equality. This is the right way to go about it, or so I’ve been told. As my mother would say, you catch more flies with honey.
But still…
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Tyendinaga Mohawks begin actions for Missing/Murdered Women
By Luke Hendry, The Intelligencer, February 28, 2014 (via Red Power Media)
First Nations protesters on Friday vowed further demonstrations in the week ahead as they called for a federal inquiry into the issue of missing and murdered aboriginal women.
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Anishinaabe artist’s works are searing
This is Fringe, one of the most powerful images created by Rebecca Belmore, an Anishinaabe multimedia artist named as a winner of this year’s Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. Belmore’s use of sculpture, performance, photography and video to explore the treatment of Canada’s First Nations people has made her one of the country’s foremost contemporary artists. (Click image for larger view)
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