February 2012
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Kiwi Illafonte: When They Don't Show Up. →
kiwizzo:
Today was a test of my heart.
This afternoon was supposed to be the orientation for the Young Asian Men’s Program I coordinate in Downtown Oakland.
After a pretty successful session last Summer, the organization decided to keep the program going, and bring me back to run it. Of course I was…
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yesss im so glad you articulated this, Thanu...
“I’ve always been drawn to the art of M.I.A. — a Sri Lankan Tamil raised in England. When I first saw her “Galang” video back in 2005, I was awestruck: to have a visible Sri Lankan in Western popular culture seemed implausible. What struck me about M.I.A. early on is that she often positioned herself in relation to the Global South — in videos emphasizing dance (i.e., “Bird Flu,”...
the life of an Asian American man is only worth 30... →
el-tang:
In 2012, the life of an Asian American man has been deemed by the courts as only worth 30 days in jail. In 1982, at least they had deemed it was $3000. People need to know about what happened and what is happening; this is the Vincent Chin case unfurling before our eyes.
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“No te rindas, por favor no cedas, aunque el frio queme, aunque el miedo muerda,...”
– Mario Benedetti (via ariadnaleon)
“Her beauty cannot be measured with standards of a colonized mind”
– meshell ndegeocello (via restoried)
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“Rebellion is a stage in the development of revolution but it is not a...”
– -Grace Lee Boggs (1993)
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my friend is pretty much just kickass.
wish i could be at his party.
“Since Valentine Day is coming up soon i want to let all my single friends know that you are invited to my Valentine Party for single people. It will be a celebration for being SINGLE and FABULOUS and partially a healing session for all the negative drama you experienced in your past relationships. A pinata will be provide for those who would like to express...
January 2012
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miseengarde:
white girls who want my culture’s bindis and saris and henna
take my skin colour too
and my dark brown lips
take my self-hatred because i don’t fit into the euro-centric ideals of beauty
take the oppression too
take the history of colonization that has devastated my country
and the drones that currently devastate my country
take all the bad stuff too
not just the pretty,...
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Last year, I came across this video when I needed it most. “My family is strong because we never have to utter the words ‘I love you’ and yet there is not an ounce of doubt that we love each other more than anything… my parents worked long hours as recent immigrants… Society tells us a strong family is one where moms hug their children before they head to school each morning, or dads...
“If you were to press your heart close up against somebody else’s heart...”
– Andrea Gibson (via escapethesolitude)
“American Indians suffer from the most serious health problems in the U.S. On...”
– Andrea Smith, Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide
To add to this: 1 in 3 Native American Women will face sexual violence in their lifetime. This is much higher than national estimates of 1 in 4 or 1 in 6 for other groups of women. And, unlike other racial groups (which have...
soulful swagga: in thought: →
anthologyz:
there’s something so deep & emotional about the korean language. words like 정/jung, for example, that try to fill & fulfill in the roundness of their tones, the production of their sounds, a feeling, a connection, a story of what it means for people or peoples to feel kin with each other. the kind…
10 Ways to Love Others →
caitsmeissner:
thelittlesea:
Some guidelines for loving:
1. Tell them about their brilliance. They likely can’t see it and they don’t know its immensity, but you can see it, and you can illuminate it for them.
2. Be authentic, and give others the gift of the real you and a real relationship. Ask your real questions. Share your real beliefs. Go for your real dreams. Tell your truth.
3. Don’t...
“Slut” is how we vilify a woman for exercising her right to say “yes”....”
– angels-and-angles
(via bornthisbrown)
The Green Papaya: SASC Anthology Invites You –... →
thegreenpapaya:
This is an image of SASC Anthology’s first chatbook: Memories In Translation (2010)
— Hello beautiful community!
Are you interested in demonstrating your creative side? Would you like to help us explore what it means to be a Southeast Asian?
The UC Berkeley Southeast Asian Student…
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