June 2012
lubovisnovsky:
Can’t Help Falling In Love With...
Nappy Edges: in response to @megsbuddafingas →
nappyedges:
“I have one issue with the comment “Apparently that makes us so diverse as a college.” It is problematic to call into question the college’s alleged high rates of diversity in such a manner because this defines diversity as purely racial and ethnic. I have realized that diversity does not come solely from the color of your skin, the thickness of your accent, or your country of...
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On the show Girls and Oberlin
nappyedges:
I have never watched the show Girls. I can’t bring myself to waste my time on it. I’ve read numerous articles about it. And I have to say this:
As an Oberlin student and woman of color I completely understand how Dunham came up with this show. I also understand how in Dunham’s New York there are less than 10 people of color. This is not sarcasm. Read on. At Oberlin students of...
“Go out and do something. It isn’t your room that’s a prison, it’s yourself.”
– Sylvia Plath (via leahonomonopia)
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Make me the happiest and check out the Center for... →
Supreme Court decisions on Arizona immigration... →
think-progress:
think-progress:
Invalidates most of the radical Arizona immigration law, tentatively upholds a key provision on ”show me your papers.”
Doubles down on Citizens United, 5-4, striking Montana’s ban on corporate money in elections.
Finds life in prison without parole for juveniles unconstitutional
We’ll have more details on the way.
More on Arizona from our Justice Editor...
“I don’t understand why when we destroy something created by man we call it...”
– Ed Begley Jr (via visualcollectives)
“When women’s lives are not historically and locally situated, they are robbed of...”
– Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism, Chandra Tapalde Mohanty (via eastafrodite)
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oberlinactivisthistory:
Some excos offered in 1977:
Exploitation of Women in the Capitalist System
Anarchism
Asian American Communities
Flunking Out
Practicum in Student Activism
Sexuality Counselor Training (now SexCo)
Pregnancy Counseling
Jitterbug
Soooo oberlin
The New Women's Movement: Instead of asking me,... →
wretchedoftheearth:
When someone tells you that you have privilege…
It does not mean that:
you are a bad person
you are hateful or bigoted
you cannot suffer or experience pain
you cannot also be a member of an marginalized group
you willingly exert power over an marginalized group
It…
“Bizarre travel plans are dancing lessons from God.”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via idea-obscura)
