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gingerhaole:

maeril:
Hi everyone!

This is an illustrated guide I made as part of my co-admining work at The Middle Eastern Feminist on Facebook! It will be published there shortly.
The technique that is displayed here is a genuine one used in psychology - I forgot the name and couldn’t find it again so if you know about it, feel free to tell me!
Some could say: “Yes but you can use that technique for instances of harassment other than Islamophobic attacks!”, and my reply is: Sure! Please do so, it also works for other “types” of harassment of a lone person in a public space!!
However I’m focusing on protecting Muslims here, as they have been very specific targets lately, and as a French Middle Eastern woman, I wanted to try and do something to raise awareness on how to help when such things happen before our eyes - that way one cannot say they “didn’t know what to do”!
I’d like to insist on two things:
1) Do not, in any way, interact with the attacker. You must absolutely ignore them and focus entirely on the person being attacked!
2) Please make sure to always respect the wishes of the person you’re helping: whether they want you to leave quickly afterwards, or not! If you’re in a hurry escort them to a place where someone else can take over - call one of their friends, or one of yours, of if they want to, the police. It all depends on how they feel!

For my fellow French-speakers: I will translate it in French and post it on my page as soon as I can :)

Please don’t hesitate to share this guide as it could push a lot of people to overcome bystander syndrome!!

Lots of love and stay safe!

I’ve often wondered what would be the safest, most effective way to help someone being harassed like this, and this is the best answer. This is exactly what I’ll do if, god forbid, I ever witness harassment.

the-movemnt:

Fox host says Colin Kaepernick should stop protesting because he has two white parents.
On Monday, Fox host Brian Kilmeade took the criticism against Colin Kaepernick to a new, bigoted level, suggesting the quarterback should be grateful for his life in the United States because he was fortunate enough to be raised by two white parents.
Kaepernick’s parentage does not erase his experience as a biracial American — and Kaepernick himself has addressed the issue of his adopted family and racial identity before. Maybe Kilmeade should hear the story about Kaepernick being profiled while on vacation with his family.
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thegayteen:

Medicine should never have been privatized in the first place. The concept of profiting off of human desperation and the need for life-saving medicine is, philosophically, intrinsically, and morally wrong both as a fundamental concept and in practice. The fact that Martin Shkreli was ever able to buy an AIDS drug and increase its price 5000% is indicative of a problem even bigger than a truly evil, despicable, and selfish human being; it is indicative of the problem of the current system of for-profit pharmaceuticals with obviously inadequate price regulation.

swagintherain:

Well done

pokemongostories:

The red ball decorations outside my local Target are a PokeStop and apparently they did this.

sirena-anarquista:

Hyenas fucking love baths

the-movemnt:

Black women are the most educated group in the country. In case you forgot that fact, there’s #WomenWithDegrees
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Woman Told Her Shirt Was ‘Inappropriate,’ So Her Dude Friend Wore It

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Apparently v-necks (on women’s bodies) are too risqué for Six Flags.

meret118:

Another day, another man policing a woman’s clothing and body.
Three weeks ago, Bina Ramesh went to Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ to celebrate her 22nd birthday. When she tried to re-enter the park after grabbing something from her car, she was told by a male security guard that she’d need to replace her “inappropriate” shirt. The shirt in question? A grey v-neck with a blue bralette underneath (pictured above).
“I was so upset and angry,” Ramesh told Seventeen.com.
After being let in to the park earlier in the day by a female security guard, Ramesh had no reason to think that her attire was inappropriate. But when she forgot something in her car and had to be let in again, she was told she had to change.
“How could I have been let in earlier that day by a female guard?,” she said to Seventeen.“Now suddenly the rules have changed when there’s a male guard paying closer attention to my cleavage?”
Eventually, Ramesh and her male friend went back out to the parking lot and switched shirts. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they were let in by the same security guard, this time, without a problem.
Ramesh posted about the incident on Facebook, and shared a photo of her and her friend after swapping t-shirts.
Six Flags responded to the incident, telling Seventeen.com: “We apologize for any inconvenience we may have caused this guest. Similar to many public venues, we strive to maintain a family-friendly environment.”
Family-friendly for whom? As Ramesh and her friend argued with the security guard, they noticed a man entering the part in a see-through shirt with his nipples exposed.
When asked why that man could enter but Ramesh could not, the guard allegedly responded with, “It’s different. He’s a boy and doesn’t have boobs.”