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#visual impairment

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sexual harassment

#casual-isms #sexism #misognyny #feminism

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ONE THING YOU SHOULD NEVER CALL AN ATTRACTIVE WOMAN

There are many ways to kindly and respectfully compliment the way a woman looks. But one descriptor that should be left out of such comments? “Exotic.”

Cristen Conger of the How Stuff Works podcast, Stuff Mom Never Told You, takes on the topic of “exotic” beauty.

Watch the full video with Conger explaining how Lupita Nyong’o was “extocized” during the 2014 Oscar season here. 

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shitstraightwhiteguyssay:

#privilege denying dude #meme #privilege #cultural appropriation

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Emma Stone calls out Andrew Garfield’s casual sexism in the most perfect way. See the full conversation here. 

(Source: Andrew Garfield Daily)

#casual isms #casual sexism #sexism #nailed it #emma stone #andrew garfield #feminism #gender roles

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seriously? buzzfeed:

Yep, it’s Coachella season again.

#cultural appropriation #racism

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those of us who are not disabled have not earned our able bodies but that as non-disabled people, we derive unearned privilege, power, and opportunity from our able-bodied status.

Karen Whalley Hammell - Occupation, well-being, and culture: Theory and cultural humility - a paraphrase of Pease (2010)

#disability #privilege #ableism #anti-ableism #disability advocacy #power

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How Gap responded to racist vandalism of their ad and what it says about society. 

#racism #south asian #east indian #ignorance #america #Waris Ahluwahlia #gap #nyc

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November is American Indian Heritage month. Did you know that there are at least 562 federally recognized tribal nations in the U.S.? 

Matika Wilbur is attempting to photograph every one. Wilbur, of the Swinomish and Tulalip in Washington State, sold everything she owns to travel the nation taking portraits of her people. She calls the series Project 562 and aims to debunk myths about American Indian culture. “I’m not a Halloween costume. I hope to encourage a new conversation of sharing and to help us move beyond the stereotypes.”

"We are still here," she says. "We remain."

via The Daily Kos and Project 562

#aboriginal #native american #first nations #america #american indian heritage month #american indian

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fo reals? ugh

You did in fact read that right…

“The Indians brought more than just ‘corn’ to the first Thanksgiving… they brought sexy color!”

#cultural appropriation #racism #aboriginal #native american

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Uhura FTW. http://ift.tt/16H2Cak

#whoopi goldberg #inspiration #star trek #uhura #nichelle nichols #racism #representation #progress

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But in a world of deeply ingrained social niceties, even adults sometimes have trouble speaking up.

#racism #internalized racism #stereotypes #afro #african american #black #white

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Some people may disagree that it's fair for a restaurant to charge a cancellation fee when someone misses their reservation. However, there's pretty much no one who thinks that it's fair to charge ...

#ableism #discrimination

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my school has 2d brail. why

#braille #visual impairment #fail #accessibility

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Yesterday, I spent 60 dollars on groceries, took the bus home, carried both bags with two good arms back to my studio apartment and cooked myself dinner. You and I may have different definitions of a good day. This week, I paid my rent and my credit card bill, worked 60 hours between my two jobs, only saw the sun on my cigarette breaks and slept like a rock. Flossed in the morning, locked my door, and remembered to buy eggs. My mother is proud of me. It is not the kind of pride she brags about at the golf course. She doesn’t combat topics like, ”My daughter got into Yale” with, ”Oh yeah, my daughter remembered to buy eggs” But she is proud. See, she remembers what came before this. The weeks where I forgot how to use my muscles, how I would stay as silent as a thick fog for weeks. She thought each phone call from an unknown number was the notice of my suicide. These were the bad days. My life was a gift that I wanted to return. My head was a house of leaking faucets and burnt-out lightbulbs. Depression, is a good lover. So attentive; has this innate way of making everything about you. And it is easy to forget that your bedroom is not the world, That the dark shadows your pain casts is not mood-lighting. It is easier to stay in this abusive relationship than fix the problems it has created. Today, I slept in until 10, cleaned every dish I own, fought with the bank, took care of paperwork. You and I might have different definitions of adulthood. I don’t work for salary, I didn’t graduate from college, but I don’t speak for others anymore, and I don’t regret anything I can’t genuinely apologize for. And my mother is proud of me. I burned down a house of depression, I painted over murals of greyscale, and it was hard to rewrite my life into one I wanted to live But today, I want to live. I didn’t salivate over sharp knives, or envy the boy who tossed himself off the Brooklyn bridge. I just cleaned my bathroom, did the laundry, called my brother. Told him, “it was a good day.”

Kait Rokowski (A Good Day)

#depression #a good day #poem #kait rokowski #ableism #normalcy #rethink

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This was sooo tough. Covered: white privilege, immigration, genocide.. Listen.

#genocide #spoken word #poetry #white privilege #racism #sexism #anonymous #immigration #minorities #minority #alienation #equality #equity

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In case you're not familiar with this internet-shaking shit-show-in-progress, Adria Richards a developer evangelist and former employee of a company called SendGrid €”was minding her own business in the audience of a seminar at PyCon, a conference for people who work with the Python programming language. Sounds like a pretty mundane scene, at least to an outsider. But then all of the shit hit all of the fans.

#adria richards #tech #feminism #sexism #send grid #pycon #programming #donglegate