The beauty industry can kill you. I'm not just saying that as a radical feminist or a person who has read The Story of Stuff and is now acutely aware that everything we do and buy will kill a)us b)the planet. No, I'm saying this because the industry pushes us to see our dark skin or our aging skin as wrong. It pushes us to see the first issue to think about when there's some dissatisfaction in our lives as beauty. Instead of am I kind to others? Is the work I doing satisfying? It pushes us to see the issue as our thighs, our hair that reaches towards the sky instead of blowing in the wind, So the first thing we reach for isn't the stillness inside ourselves, but a product. Not only is that bad for our souls, the fact that to make a bigger profit they slack on safety, so that mercury is in these creams, is killing us as well.


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On Whiteness and Sustainable agriculture.

I agree with the commentators that when brown bodies bike, it's seen as a symbol of poverty, and when white bodies bike, it's a movement. When brown bodies have a backyard garden and chickens in the ghetto, it's quaint, or rustic, when white bodies do that, it's a revolution. When brown bodies go to the Indian market and eat fresh, it's unseen, when white bodies do it, it's a trend.

My family has been 'green' for a long time. My granddad had nearly a farm in his backyard, and I'm sure when white folks discover that a whole crew of cousins can fit in the same two prom dresses, it'll be on the front cover of the New York Times.

Nezua is moderating your hateful screeds.

This triggering post needs to be read. If only those scumbags had the decency to get help- to think of something besides whatever misguided and evil thoughts were swirling in their brains...that woman would be alive today, and her child would have a mother.

Help POC bloggers with your cash! We can't depend on the hope of a book deal or parties where the professionally unemployed have their admission comped, so we need to support each other!

I think the vanity thing seems a bit blaming of those trapped within the prison of beauty.

Feminism, performance, and doubt.

Instead of being any help on the immigration tip, I am merely enjoying the quality of the writing about it.The bile returning to one's liver, the teabaggers bootstrapping themselves to their own private destinies! Good writing! Let no one say that us POC don't have amazing writers, and that's why we have David Brooks and George Will, with their limp, hateful sentences in our national magazines and newspapers.

Sick professor tries to hide the fact that he is a child abusing sex touristing asshole. It doesn't work.

On condoms as 'evidence' of sex work.

I've decided after reading the defense lawyer's statement that law abiding means 'white'. Also, wtf on the secret native folk remedy mess he made up. Really, why don't you just say your clients are guilty as sin if you gotta dig all the way to the 1800s and shit with your mythology?

They say contraceptives would save the lives of many people, as pediatric AIDs is spread from mother to child. Antiretroviral drugs also can save the lives of many.

Strip club workers offer sex to officers. Our strip clubs seem to be a bit out of control, maybe.

Men arrested for sex trafficking. I don't get the comments on the story- why are some Mexican immigrants hanging around Autozone more worthy of comment than the horror of rape and the immorality of buying young girls for sex? I say racism.

I think the idea that a father solves everything that Monchel mocks here is based on the whole every family for itself paradigm. Under this view, a good coach, a uncle that always looked out for you, or even a friendly principal can't undo the 'damage' that not having a daddy 'causes' because the family is seen as a unit unto itself- separate from the community and society. But the thing that people who say this forget is that sometimes folks are better off alone. If he's putting his hands on you or getting drunk and not holding a job- later for him. I think it's more damaging to hold on to a bad man just to have one, than to say bye bye. I think kids need many different adults in their lives. Mama, and even Daddy, can't do it alone. That's too much pressure for anyone. Our whole communities need to be raising children, even us childfree people need to be raising them.

Mortgage companies: Let's discriminate against people of color, and then blame them for the subprime crisis.

You know, if Italians ain't white enough for ya, why don't you not live in New York? Live in Idaho. It's not all potatoes and white supremacists you know.

Don't call folks he-shes. It's offensive and wrong

Didn't violate his civil rights? what?

Goons react to the cake incident.

So do random people at Pandagon. I don't get people who need to make up outrageous reasons why the guard might have broken a child's wrist. Bad judgment or poor training is not as rare as some believe it to be. I think it's even more important to learn how to use good judgment if you're a security guard, not less. Now a regular guy in the street breaking someone's wrist and calling them racial terms may just get an assault charge, but this guy will probably lose his job because of his lack of judgment. That's heavy stuff, and something folks should think about the next time they are tempted to use physical force with minors.

Another issue is that I think that security guards need to know more about the developmental issues of children. A young girl who does not comply with orders is not in fact the same as a hardened adult criminal seeking to do you bodily harm. Understanding the difference between different situations is a must!

Even a few freepers aren't impressed with this guard.

Dad wastes all of his time wanking to porn and having fun. Mom is called entitle bitch. I have a picture of my mom being an entitle bitch. Ok, she's not in the picture. I'm a small child, and I am dressed in some horrible pink crap and chewing on god knows what. My dad is staring at me, ready to dive in, to rescue me from the horror of what ever the crap I am chewing on. He should have just ignored me- I mean, dads can't parent!



Note: you all should find a way to somehow say something nice to brownfemi.
Also, awful prison like environments do not motivate students. ...man, a child actually bit another child where I am 'helping' and one of the kids merely had to sit down for at least ten minutes. Arresting people for dropping cake! And breaking their wrists! And calling them nappy head! How can you feel safe or learn at all when people are breaking students' wrists?! Let's all write angry letters so they don't do things that are wrong again!!

This episode seems sort of weird with the whole people of color=throwbacks to ancient ancestors thing!! Although, other scientists are shown saying this is bunk, but that sort of thing always bothers me.

Also, I think ethanol is not the cure all they say it is. It has been said to raise the price of corn and soybeans, and also, Brazillian cane cutters seem to be working in slavery style conditions.

Angry about child rapists.

why do dumbass black people like this get national forums whereas we hardly hear from any awesome black people in national magazines? I mean, it's nice to read smart black people in black magazines, but you can put them in other kinds of magazines you know. HEY! donna darko is commenting on this story using knowledge.

Also, what I actually came to that site looking for. Look, this guy is unethical!

The world is full of tragedy, so let's laugh at pokemon hats.

My mom is forwarding wear black on Sept 20 for the Jena Six emails to me.

Hey, it's a blog about Muslim women in the media. Hey, it's an interview I've linked from this blog.

Operational goals can be useful in organizing people. By that, I mean how much/many of what to who. I feel a bit better about my lack of organizing- just helping kids get through a divorce or helping a mother get better hold of her anger can be organizing too. I can't do much traditional work like marching in the street or going to a conference, because I am not very good at speaking. I think we should recognize tutors and people who lead youth programs as organizers too, because they are doing the ground work to help everybody.

"You won't see Creative Life Community Fest on Channel 3"- a community leader doing some MCing for the named event.

"They treat you different if your mom is up at school all the time"- a kid being tutored by my mama.

I feel the hard work that black folks do for our communities is often rendered invisible- overwritten by either the heroic white person or the one black person who 'gets tough' on those unruly kids, ignoring the fact that it's not just one grand gesture, but over and over, creating a home and security for the children.

The Supreme Court is full of fail. But it's not like I was surprised. I'm going to make up a story to make myself feel better. After slavery was outlawed, a bunch of crazy white folks went wild what with rioting and starting restrictive laws. Now that the restrictive laws from that time were overturned, it's like a second reconstruction, what with all this mess going on. But uh..justice will probably prevail, I think?

Pam Spalding is not sure this is about race, but what else could it be about? Delicious pie? Be down with the brown, Pam! Embrace your race!

Even freepers don't think the haircut is disruptive.

In other news, I've netflixed Noah's Arc Season 2.

Domestic violence pioneer fired.( found in LJ sex + race)

Hey, best blog ever! (also from sex + race)

White chick gets drunk, parents don't care. This will entice young people into being meth addicted gutter punks. If they survive, they'll say that they were totally original and special. Tip: Don't use the drugs, folks.

A.D. speaks! (I'm guessing I understand what cultural appropriation is.)

I'm still reading right wing women and now am picturing a bunch of white women picketing with signs "Hell no, we won't blow! Sexist leftists got to go!"

Feminist enlightenment from May 3rd's episode of Ugly Betty- "Soon I'll be too old to be a receptionist! Today I'm the eye candy, but soon I'll be old wrinkly candy!"-Amanda the totally hot receptionist.

Is this sort of thing really ok? Why do they have to put 11 year olds in chains? Is this some sort of revival of the idea of the person of color as animal?

Son of strip club owner claims he is planning strip club, is involved in women getting addicted to cocaine.

Also, LOL, onion hands.

My misogynist friend showed me a funny joke blog.

Uh....why do the furries have to be conservative? *didn't know right wingers were for weird sex hobbies*

People with disabilities are activists.

New immigration laws that are against family reunification are being considered. Why don't you guys call the white house and say you don't like it? It would be a big help if you did.

Ginmar posts and shannon feels some sympathy for the devil.

Hey, community health clinics!