let's talk equality

this is about equality. it's about gender. it's about race. it's about class. it's about oppression. it's about respect. it's about revolution. it's about freedom. it's about strength, independence, free speech, and refusing to accept the status quo. oh, and, you know, some of it is just shit i like. email me at letstalkequality@gmail.com


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tiredofbeingignored: itsthemusicpeople: loveandzombies: (via loveyourchaos)

tiredofbeingignored:

itsthemusicpeople:

loveandzombies:

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“ I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect. June Jordan Quotes (via sexismandthecity)
“ What would Martin Luther King, Jr. do? What would your grandmother do? Not send more poor people to kill other poor people who pose no threat to them, that’s what they’d do. Not spend billions and trillions to wage war while American children are sleeping on the streets and standing in bread lines. All of us that voted and prayed for you and cried the night of your victory have endured an Orwellian hell of eight years of crimes committed in our name: torture, rendition, suspension of the bill of rights, invading nations who had not attacked us, blowing up neighborhoods that Saddam “might” be in (but never was), slaughtering wedding parties in Afghanistan. We watched as hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians were slaughtered and tens of thousands of our brave young men and women were killed, maimed, or endured mental anguish — the full terror of which we scarcely know. When we elected you we didn’t expect miracles. We didn’t even expect much change. But we expected some. We thought you would stop the madness. Stop the killing. Stop the insane idea that men with guns can reorganize a nation that doesn’t even function as a nation and never, ever has. Michael Moore (via azspot) (via robot-heart-politics)


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“ Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify them, or vilify them. But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

— Jack Kerouac

Submitted by: Alanna

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“ We rely on gay-rights groups to battle it out alone for marriage rights in Maine. We expect feminists to secure abortion rights in health-care reform legislation. We look to the NAACP to effectively respond to racist statements about Obama. And yes, those groups will work hard for those goals. But when they fall short, they are not the only ones to blame. It’s fair to look at the entire progressive coalition and ask the hard questions about our movement: What’s the use of having a community, a coalition, if you aren’t going to fight for each other? Are we amplifying the voices of those whom we hope to empower or silencing them? Whose “greater good” are we really pursuing?

After all, “special interest” issues do not exist in separate silos. Labor rights are tied to gay rights are tied to women’s rights are tied to immigrants’ rights. If what binds us together as progressives is our vision for a more just society, it is our commitment to all of these issues that will define us. There is already some recognition of this. At the AFL-CIO convention this fall, several speakers referenced the rights of LGBT workers. NAACP Chair Julian Bond gave a keynote address at the National Equality March for gay rights. This doesn’t mean everyone must be an advocate for every single progressive issue. Each of us has a different metric for separating the political negotiables from the nonnegotiables. But I do expect the liberal coalition to understand that these issues are interconnected. I expect a modicum of recognition that some issues seem to consistently be given priority over others. I expect progressives to consider why that is — and who wins and loses as a result.

We can’t work from sweeping visions of liberalism on down. We have to work from concrete rights and opportunities on up. Think of it this way: White men are the least likely Americans to identify as progressives. The people most likely to identify with the liberal worldview — women, people of color, LGBT people, disenfranchised workers — are those who have experienced a lack of freedom and opportunity themselves. They are then motivated to broaden their scope and see how injustice also affects other Americans. It is the progressive movement’s commitment to these people — its base, its core — that will ensure its long-term survival. If we continue to compromise on the concerns of those people, or dismiss them as “special interests” working against an imaginary greater good, we will ultimately render our shared concept of liberalism totally meaningless. After all, if each group within the coalition is actually just in it alone, what’s the point of subscribing to a common ideology at all? The Company We Keep | The American Prospect (via julyshewillfly) (via robot-heart-politics)
sexismandthecity: “I Embody” (1975) Adrian Piper

sexismandthecity:

“I Embody” (1975) Adrian Piper

“

Now who gives a damn
About the ice on your hands?
If it’s not too complex
Tell me how many Africans died
For the baguettes on your Rolex?
So what you pushing a nice car
Don’t you know there’s no such thing as superstar
We leave this world alone
So who gives a fuck about the things you own?

Certainly not me
Certainly not me
‘Cause baby personally
I like to be challenged mentally
Your shit’s insignificant
And it don’t help to pay my rent
Its pure negativity
That you impose on me

It takes more (takes more)
To amuse a girl like me
So much more (much more)
To confuse a girl like me
They’ve got you (got you)
‘Cause while you braggin’ ‘bout your badness your just
Avoiding, adding
To the real shit thats happenin’ to us


MS. DYNAMITE

“It Takes More” (via sexismandthecity)
sexismandthecity: i’m not going to jennyfive: jennnay: charliedelta:(via mollysoda) worrrrrd

sexismandthecity:

i’m not going to

jennyfive:

jennnay:

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worrrrrd

“ Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. Bertrand Russell (via kari-shma) (via quote-book) (via ziatroyano)


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thepoliticalpartygirl: brooklynmutt: OMG THE FIRST LADY IS NOMMMING ON SASHA’S ARM via emokidsloveme <3  aHahahhahaha :-D

thepoliticalpartygirl:

brooklynmutt:

OMG THE FIRST LADY IS NOMMMING ON SASHA’S ARM

via emokidsloveme

<3  aHahahhahaha :-D