batarangst:

im pretty sure you all know what im about but just to be clear: black lives matter. i stand with the muslim and jewish communities. i am an intersectional feminist. i am pro-choice. im part of, and support, the LGBTQA+ community. i stand with immigrants. i stand with refugees. i stand with the poor and the homeless. i stand with the imprisoned and support criminal justice reform. racism is not tolerated. homophobia and transphobia are not tolerated. islamophobia and anti-semitism are not tolerated. ableism is not tolerated. sexism is not tolerated.

i am not silent and i am not complacent and i am still learning. and if you aren’t helping, if you are proudly part of the problem, you are not welcome on this blog.

giwatafiya:

lostmymojo:

doyoumisterjones:

dedalvs:

roseburger:

rifa:

feministwomenofcolor:

primadonna-grrrl:

fyi non-natives wearing moccasins isnt cultural appropriation but if you want moccasins you should definitely be buying them from natives. otherwise youre creating profit for the white people who were/are trying to exterminate us.

I was told this by a Native American guy I went to school with so now I do that. I’d rather put money back where it belongs. This resonates deeply with me as a black woman who tries to support Black and Non White individuals. - K

!!! Please this thing, don’t buy crappy moccasin rip off shoes from chains, please make sure you buy authentic ones made by us!! Also stop wearing them in the fucking rain and ruining them goddamnit

also the ones made by first nations are always way better anyway????? there’s this woman named Sunshine Tenasco-Brazeau in eastern canada that makes them for babies and they’ve been known to sell like crazy because they’re amazing. You can get them here and she employs tons of other first nations women and it’s a great little native-owned company. 

Reblogging this for the links in the last comment. It’s really cool to raise awareness, but it’s even cooler with something like this to provide links to places where you can actually buy the goods in question!

“fyi non-natives wearing moccasins isnt cultural appropriation”

Please be very careful with this because it is extremely conditional. I wouldn’t even say it’s not cultural appropriation because that gives the impression that we don’t still have ownership over it. It’s better to call it a highly controlled type of cultural sharing.

The only, and I mean only, condition that makes it not outright cultural appropriation is: a Native person makes the moccasins with the complete understanding a non-Native could wear this specific pair and is okay with that.

If you wear moccasins that are not Native-made, that is absolutely cultural appropriation. Don’t do it.

^^^heed that last comment.

Also here’s a comprehensive list of Native-owned companies: http://www.beyondbuckskin.com/p/buy-native.html

justintrudeauss:

strangerdarkerbetter:

To all of the disabled people who are afraid right now

To those who fear losing life saving medications and treatments

To those who fear a life of pain and suffering without healthcare

To all disabled people of color who fear for their safety

To all disabled trans and gender non-conforming people who are now afraid of their neighbors and coworkers and the American people

To all disabled women who have already fought so hard for care and fear losing it

It’s ok to be afraid right now

There’s a lot to be afraid of

It’s ok to cry and mourn and panic

It’s ok to feel whatever you may be feeling as a result of the election

Whether you are physically disabled or have mental illness or have a developmental disability or any other form of disability, please remember that you have a community that is here to support you

We may be afraid right now, but we must come together to support each other and fight for our rights 

We must find solidarity and support together

While it may not seem like it right now, there is still hope for us because we have a beautiful community of people who are rising up to care for one another

It’s ok to be afraid or feel whatever you are feeling in the aftermath of this election, but please remember that there are still many good people who care about and love you and want you to survive. 

Together we will find the strength to fight for our rights and our lives

#NotMyPresident

Please know that you are not alone in this either, especially to ppl w/not obvious disabilities who may be “closeted”.

ionaonie:

kaijutegu:

jezebelxx:

littlefroggies:

I try not to get political on my art blog, but I am gonna share this sentiment from my twitter.

It’s nice to hear “Fuck Trump” but piling all hate on him is misguided, Trump is not the only person who should be factored into protests, impeachment and human rights lawsuits: his team DEFENDED him and ENABLED him. There are a lot of people who either played down, ignored or supported his conduct

Fact is, if Trumps impeached, all the people who helped his campaign will flip and agree and chastise him, cuz it’ll make them look noble, which they would LOVE, they get to sweep house and senate, have Pence be president, and pretend they’re on our side. “We hate Trump too, friends! We agree, he’s a bad man, let us fix his mess for you.”  Think about it, anyone on his team right now looks really good by comparison to him. People who’re just as bigoted and heartless.

Do not forget that Vice President Pence is poised and ready to help anti-women and anti-LGBT legislation roll out and take away 50~ years of human rights progress. [source] And he just sat back and watched Trump be Trump, cuz all he cares about is getting his foot in the door – and we all just held it open for him and welcomed him inside. Slam it on his stupid foot, friends. Fact is, Pence is a hateful bigot, but he looks really good superficially next to Trump.

If we’re gonna support lawsuits for human rights violations, impeachments, etc, we can’t fixate on Trump alone. A lot of people made Trump happen via complacency and lies, with smiles on their faces.

Not My President… Not My Vice President.

Note: I genuinely don’t have time for debates or arguments on Tumblr even on my good days, so sorry if you wanted to engage me about this, even if you agree with me. I’m not ignoring people (unless, you know, insults), I just can’t give this more time. I have to get back to work and stuff.

Mike pence said literally that “cigarettes do not cause death.” He wants to fund gay conversion therapy. He is the literal embodiment of Satan.

Mike Pence caused an HIV crisis in 2015. In an age of STD tests and anti-retrovirals, Mike Pence’s attack on Planned Parenthood (meaning that in rural areas, there very often weren’t any places to get STD tests- the HIV wasn’t actually spread through sexual contact as much as it was injecting drugs- but no PP access meant no testing that could pick up on HIV) caused an actual HIV crisis. 

And his response? “I’ll pray for them.”

Later, he did authorize a needle exchange, but his first response wasn’t “I’ll take actual legislative action because holy shit, people are dying,” but “I’ll pray for them.”

Pence and Trump are two very different kinds of dangers. I want to stop the political posting and just go back to my regular blogging, but I grew up in Indiana. I’ve seen what Pence’s terrible decisions have done to my friends and family, and as bad as a Trump presidency’s going to be, a Pence presidency might actually be worse.

leupagus:

fieldbears:

bastlynn:

Re: ACLU donation reports I’m hearing. Holy shit people - over 2 million dollars raised in a *day*. So many people tried to donate that the servers actually went down for a few minutes.

Please note, I used to work at the company that did the donation code for the ACLU, they’re still using the same software. (And I’m damn proud of the work I did there, yes.) Those are *beefy* servers. Holy shit, y’all. You make me proud.

Keep donating. Sign up to the monthly subscriber if you can - ten bucks a month does a lot of good work.

Shoutout to sturdy code and scalable servers

This is the kind of thing I’ll reblog, along with a handy link! And a note that monthly contributions that you can be sure you can give for a few years - even if it’s just a few bucks - is actually more helpful to organizations because it allows them to rely on a certain amount coming in for their budgets. And if the org has a monthly minimum that you can’t swing, like $5 or $10, then you can absolutely make it a biannual or quarterly donation or something like that.

seattlish:

Hey, friendos. We know the world is scary right now (maybe it’s been scary for you for a long time. Maybe forever. Maybe the scariness is new. Either way, hi) and that you might be looking for solutions.

We want to remind you of one here in Washington: Take Charge. 

Take Charge is a program run through Planned Parenthood that offers free (YEAH REALLY) birth control and annual exams to folks who are low-income, regardless of gender. 

If you’re a single person who makes up to $2,452 monthly, you may qualify.

Go get a damn IUD. Get yourself tested. Get a check-up. Get Take Charge because it will be there for you even if the ACA gets gutted.

GO GO GO GO.