April 2012
“People of color, women, and gays — who now have greater access to the centers of influence that ever before — are under pressure to be well-behaved when talking about their struggles. There is an expectation that we can talk about sins but no one must be identified as a sinner: newspapers love to describe words or deeds as “racially charged” even in those cases when it would be more honest to say “racist”; we agree that there is rampant misogyny, but misogynists are nowhere to be found; homophobia is a problem but no one is homophobic. One cumulative effect of this policed language is that when someone dares to point out something as obvious as white privilege, it is seen as unduly provocative. Marginalized voices in America have fewer and fewer avenues to speak plainly about what they suffer; the effect of this enforced civility is that those voices are falsified or blocked entirely from the discourse.”
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Boom.
(via mehreenkasana)
What ingredients does it take to make you? →
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Gemma is made of poison, tea, and ocean. With a dash of the North
Kelly is made of honey, instrumental, and mistrusting. With a dash of Fanfiction.
Enya is made of ice, rice, and sunlight. With a dash of DANGER ZONE.
Erin is made of fire, pens, and starlight. With a dash of radiation.
These have been less than satisfactory lately so I tried a bunch:
sara is made of pepper, acid, and desperation. With a dash of Photoshop.
Sara is made of coffee, unicorns, and neon. With a dash of Wikipedia.
tawnyport is made of shows, cookies, and determination. With a dash of Apocalypse.
Tawnyport is made of tacos, Rap, and rivalry. With a dash of Holmes.
Can I cherry pick pepper, coffee, determination and Apocalypse? Probably not, huh :P
It is, however, 100% accurate for my cat: Simon is made of poison, family, and rainbows. With a dash of GAME OVER.
You Are NOT Too Small To Defend Yourself!
Since the last Boggle post, I’ve gotten a couple messages from girls saying that they’re just too petite to learn martial arts. I am not any kind of martial arts expert, but I can tell you that is NOT TRUE. There are whole schools of martial arts that revolve around using your opponent’s strength and size against them! One of the best is aikido, but it can take a long time to master. If you’re willing to be more aggressive, and you want to be able to actively defend yourself sooner rather than later, maybe try jiu jitsu!
If your school or neighborhood doesn’t offer aikido or jiu jitsu, call your local karate studio and ask if they teach the Okinawan style of karate, or even wing chun, which was developed by a small woman, for women. Kung fu and krav maga are also extremely effective forms of self-defense for petite women, although they are VERY aggressive.
Basically, look into your local options, because you have plenty. DON’T listen when you tell yourself that you “can’t” learn self-defense. It’s okay if you don’t want to; it’s okay if you don’t think that’s the right fit for you. But when you tell yourself you CAN’T, all you are doing is repeating the lies you’ve been told to make you feel small and helpless. You are NOT helpless. You CAN defend yourself. And ANYBODY who tells you differently, even you, is just trying to make you feel weak.
