An even bigger issue is that if people think social justice is about niceness, it means they have fundamentally misunderstood privilege. Privilege does not mean you live in a world where people are nice to you and never insult you. It means you live in a world in which you, and people like you, are given systematic advantages over other people. Being marginalised does not mean people are always nasty to you, it means you live in a world in which many aspects of the cultural, social and economic systems are stacked against people like you. Some very privileged people have had awful experiences in life, but it does not erase their privilege.

The food movement has been slow to recognise the fact that worker rights and working conditions should be a key part of any discussion about the ethics of food. Reforms to the food system need to incorporate workers and their welfare, not just better farming practices, more humane treatment of animals, and other measures focusing on food as an end product. Food is also a process, and the people involved in that process have a right to fair treatment, something they don’t have currently. The continued marginalisation of farmworkers and the focus on other issues in the food movement speaks poorly of the movement overall, and reveals some telling attitudes about labour, race, and entitlement.

lolzpicx:

Adventure Time 

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femfreq:

bombsfall:

A quick editorial cartoon about the intersection of self-pity, entitlement, rape, territoriality, misogyny and fear of women. You see it all over the place online in the form of Men’s Rights Activists (of whom there are a few reasonable non-misogynists), Men Going Their Own Way, Pick Up Artists, and dudes touting the “Red Pill”, because The Matrix is a good movie. Look any of these up if you have the stomach for it. These are extreme examples, but watered-down forms of these ideas are everywhere.

In lurking their blogs and youtube channels for a while, I’ve noticed that beyond the standard patriarchal chauvinism there is this deep fear of women - what they will do to me, how they will reject me, how they will use me, how they are changing society in a way that does not favor me, how they are making men into something I don’t like, how they are making themselves into something I don’t like, that they won’t give me what I want, and that they won’t give me what I think is rightfully mine. This goes beyond fear of feminism- this is fear of women at its purest. And that, to quote a puppet, leads to anger and hate. It’s sad.

I am a feminist. I think there’s enough ice cream to go around, but it does mean those of us with 3 scoops might have to give one or two up. Also, The Matrix is a fun movie but probably not anything you should be basing a philosophy on.

Check out this amazing and hilarious short animation about ice cream and male entitlement called “But I’m a Nice Guy” by Scott Benson. Also be sure to check out his other beautiful work in his demo reel.

3 percent of the decision-making in media comes from women. That means 97 percent of how women are portrayed is decided on by men.

blastedheath:

Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833-1914), Alphonse Legros, 1861. Etching. National Portrait Gallery, London.

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theworldhereinmymind:

Samurai Jack Backgrounds

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indigenousdialogues:

Iraqi artist, Ayad Alkadhi
Pieta II
From the series, Widow Nation
Mixed media on canvas
2010

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psych0barbie:

moon-dreams:

onebigmeshi:

Alien head dumplings at Tokyo Disney Sea. They are mochi filled with ice cream. Each one is a different flavor!

Aggressive tears

going to japan bye

CWL: Bill Nye the Science Guy ›

Blogs for People of Color

queerability:

Young people ages 13 - 24 represent 26% of all new HIV infections each year.

From Fenway Health

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sinidentidades:

An old promotionioal poster for the revolutionary, Latin@, Raza Unida Party of Texas. 

“One hand does not wash itself” was a phrase that was meant to reference the power of community, specifically the Latin@ community to come together and overcome all that stands in the way of our liberation. 

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selchieproductions:

“My name is Nixiwaka Yawanawá and I am a Yawanawá Indian from Brazil.  

I will soon be climbing a mountain in Scotland with some other supporters of Survival International, to raise awareness of the plight of the Awá tribe from Brazil. The Awá are the Earth’s most threatened tribe. Illegal loggers, ranchers and settlers are destroying their forest and chasing away their animals. They are finding it more and more difficult to hunt for food. 

The situation is particularly difficult for uncontacted Awá. They depend on the forest for their survival and are vulnerable to diseases brought in by outsiders – a common cold could kill them. Uncontacted Indians near my community in western Brazil are also facing serious threats from illegal loggers. 

I’m very excited about climbing the mountain - as I am the first Amazon Indian to climb Ben Nevis! I think it will be a great way for me to highlight the problems that my brothers the Awá are facing. 

Please help me to fundraise for Survival, a charity that is working to help my people.”

Donate here

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