burn out is numbing me and making my back hurt.
June 2012
“Don’t allow your wounds to transform you into someone you’re not.”
—Paulo Coelho (via youngfolksociety)
Here is the translation of the song description, Mel. xxx G. "This song is a song of faith, hope, reason and love. We are musicians and pursue our dreams, but also pursue the happiness of a country that needs to be handled with love. For a better Mexico, a Mexico that is worth it, for a Mexico that can shine so bright like the sun. We have the power to create those changes that will make us breathe better air and fill us with relief, light and love. We all are the movement."
Thanks Gab! Reading this reminds me that we’re all a part of something great right now xo
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Black Girl Dangerous: How To Be A Reverse-Racist: An Actual Step by Step List For Oppressing White People →
blackgirldangerous.tumblr.com
by A.D Song and Mia McKenzie
White people who are confronted with their white privilege and the white supremacist acts they perpetuate have been known to cry, “You’re being a reverse-racist!” That is completely true: people of color have the power and control to create, perpetuate,…
Wage gap also exists for trans* individuals. →
americanprogress.org
[Note: article also includes information on pay gap affecting cos gay people as well]
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the pay disparity between cis men and women (and the even larger gap for PoC), however this discussion usually excludes how the pay gap affects trans* individuals.
The numbers are actually pretty shocking:
Transgender individuals also face significant wage disparities on the job. This is especially true for transgender women. One study found that the earnings of female transgender workers fell by nearly one-third [33%] following their gender transitions. Interestingly, that same study found that the earnings of male transgender workers slightly increased following their transition. As such, transgender men may actually experience a wage advantage rather than a wage penalty. This research strongly indicates that in addition to facing significant workplace discrimination in hiring and firing based on their gender identity, transgender women experience significant gaps in pay largely attributable to their gender.
This is actually comparable to cis men and women as well, as cis women make nearly 25% less than their cis male counterparts. However, trans women earn even less, and trans men do not make as much as their cis brethren. It also probably goes without saying (as the study ignored race data), that trans PoC most likely make even less than white trans people.
Ohhh, I’m so glad there is data on this!
“The axe forgets; the tree remembers”
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African Proverb (via ishallbeinfinite)
Wooo. That is powerful.
(via nezua)
Katy Perry Wants to Skin Japanese People and ‘Wear Them Like Versace’ →
colorlines.com
obsession might mean gory orientalism/fetishization in this situation.
“Awareness is central to the process of love as the practice of freedom.”
—bell hooks, Love as the Practice of Freedom (pdf)
“Pain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it.”
—Audre Lorde (via thechocolatebrigade)
