February 2012
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“Intersectionality is not optional. It is not something you can take off and put...”
– Intersectionality Is Not Optional (via satifice)
Very relevant to a post I’m making later today. -Jess
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On that note…I know that this is a blog about sexism, but can we talk for one sec about how Octavia Spencer won an Academy Award on the same night that the white male...
The Nation: Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric is Anti-Latino →
thenoobyorker:
This is a little heavier than what I normally post but Victoria Soto nails an aspect of this debate,
The immigration debate got very personal for Latinos in California in 1994 when Proposition 187 passed, denying undocumented persons basic social services such as a public education. The justification for Prop 187 was to curb financial waste, not negative feelings toward Latinos....
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“I don’t think any parent in America who has a child would think it snobbery to...”
– White House Press Secretary Jay Carney
White House responds to Rick Santorum ‘snob’ comment, declines to hit back - POLITICO.com
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“It is one of life’s bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when...”
– Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto (via -bookworm)
Think Mexican: The Oscar Is Mexican: Academy Award... →
thinkmexican:
The story behind the Academy Award’s Oscar statuette is itself one fit for the movies.
It starts in the 1920’s during the Mexican Revolution. Emilio Fernández was studying in Mexico’s military college when he decided to take up arms and help support the revolutionary cause of Adolfo de la…
“I’ve tried so many times to think of a new way to say it— and it’s still I love...”
– Zelda Fitzgerald (via anditslove)
