People against border walls pictures. A young girl/woman flying a kite across the border.


People are having an interesting argument in the comments of this post about homophobia and men's restrooms. A very good comment in case you don't have time to read the whole thread.

In this report today, there's this white guy being like I don't understand the racial politics! People don't want my help because I'm white! I think there's probably more to it than that, but it's tough for people who have been messed around for a long time, especially if the people who messed them around looked like you. You have to build trust and being a whiny little wimp ain't the way to do it, son.

From etsy, a shocking story of abuse of Katrina aid.

nooo!!

Italian chicks are made of money. I wish they'd all give that cash to me.

Look at the hard work folks are doing for the Jena six.

Don't buy baby bling. Not only will you look like a stupid person hanging onto a old ass trend, you could injure or kill your child.

An organization working for prostituted women in Cambodia.[from etsy]


Crunchy mama denied by folks with common sense. Don't spread disease, please thanks. Vaccines originated in the Middle East and Africa Caps of the crazy.

Found on a LJ community, an interesting article by a Muslim woman.

From a rare public post, the video library of damali ayo.

The underfunded Med keeps trucking along, but soon we may be out the only level 1 trauma center in hundreds of miles.

Credit card debt buries Memphis people. Only a white person[knows the prof] would think that one can avoid stress by making wise decisions. I may not have any credit card debt, but I'm at risk for discrimination in the lending industry. [a fact hinted at in the film Maxed Out]

You can't shop your way out of oppression.

Professors silenced.


Hey, cool collection of links to college racism.


white anti racist metaquoted.

I feel informed.

Sparklepony feminists aren't after your men- they are after feminism. By making feminism not a political movement, but a way to get attention- waaah, somebody called me not a feminist! Oh, woe is me, nobody believes that showing my ass and cootchie to all and sundry is a feminist act! you pretty much make feminism ineffective.

This annoys me because I'm the sort of woman who would rather have respect than attention. And a much larger percentage of women than we are given credit for would rather have respect. Defending the status quo is oh not an achievement. Building new ways for people to be rather than just defending the old ones- that's hard work. But that's what needs to be done.

A new thought: Is positive thinking part of white privilege? I don't know about you- but if I just ignored the news, the news would come to me. I posted earlier about the children in poverty, and even without the news, I would have known all about that just by talking to people. I don't even live in the epicenter. But my mom comes home with stories about how school on Saturday was pandemonium- children who had already graduated, the cousins, brothers, sisters, friends of students swelled the class. The crowds slowed down the health and fitness testing. I go to my cousin's baby shower. There are all the things prohibited by the internet CPS- bottles, diapers, walkers. We laugh and have fun, but violent events in the past leave their pall.

How can you just think if you think good thoughts everything will be alright? Yes, positive psychologists have a more nuanced argument, but that is not what is repeated. How can we let our country burn while not reaching out to others? I think that the real positive thinking is not so much think happy thoughts and get cash, but it is to try to treat other people with respect, try to respect the people who came before you, and try to walk the road of life with others.

Memphis children poor. I think the single mother births can be traced to the poverty.

Local people energized by shooting.

The sort of people that avoid the news because it's 'depressing' annoy me. The real world's going to get you whether you like it or not.

From etsy: People are protesting against a border wall.

The Memphis Exchange Club takes paypal.

I would not reccomend you make a child wear their soiled clothing all day.


More crazy crunchy mama fads. What's with using 3rd world countries as justification for any old crazy thing you get in your head?

From stupidfree this post is full of lulz A white person gets PUNCHED by OHNOES BLACK PEOPLE. Some other people tell him that there's not much they can do about it, and that since every second or third person they see meets this description[black person..young] worrying about the OHNOESBLACKS isn't very useful.

A lot of etsy drama.

I am of course confused by white people. I wish that other people were valued more than the right to be hurtful.

Gonzo resigns. He is accused of being a bad tipper. The trades want you. Don't be an ice road trucker.

Now this is stupid.

Etsians struggle with shoving babies out of their cootchies.

Response. It's easier to complain about my mean mom or that bitchy lady at the office than to change the world.

Man, do I hate folks who are 'hardcore gamers'. Casual gamers rule. Video games are growing as an entertainment medium- people who started playing as children are still playing as adults, even though they have responsibilities and real lives to take care of. I agree with the woman I've linked about where the real profit center is. Even if casual gamers don't buy as many games as the more hardcore, there's more of them. Also, you bring up a whole new generation of gamers when you appeal to mothers. The mother who likes games will buy more gaming systems, and the children who are brought up as gamers will continue to game.

The market has evolved such that there is room for diversity. I can't whoop your ass at Halo, and the truth is that I'm happier playing Civilization 4 and Harvest Moon. That doesn't take away from the oh so hardcore gamers at all.

Silly childfree people! oops! bingoed by this item on the front page of etsy!

what is this? so cute!

Best icon ever.

The anti race card is named!

I feel somehow informed by this.

I'm about to say something stupid. A thread on stupidfree: does the penis add to or detract from megan julca's charm?

Ok, brain engaged now, you can come out of your homes now.

Yay, more bingo!

Please don't put fire near your head.

For the love of god, please shove babies out of your coochies, etsy ladies.

I don't like them either.

Lawyers fight fallout from tenncare cuts.

Good stupid day. In rural towns, parents of different races, HIV and gay people don't exist. I mean really, everyone acts like things are a bigger deal to kids than they are. When I was a kid, a kid down the street had parents of different ethnicities[mom white, dad asian] and I was like oh, cool, let's play- i.e. it's not a big deal. And gay parents? Not as big of a deal as people think. Bob and Jim read little Susie a bed time story at night and fix her dinner. That's all you gotta say. You don't gotta tell them about the mindblowing ass sex they have on date night.



I don't understand why there is a book about uncle pete molesting people and making them think they are gay. Apparently a real book.

Silly childfree. Hahha, beefree.

This NSFW image macro is great. I like male attention whore images.

I didn't know that Amanda from Pandagon was writing a book. So let's all say who we want to write a book. Blackamazon- write a book.

The electricity is coming back on in the West Bank. I was worried this was some sort of punishment or wrongness?


A problem with posting this sort of thing is that people tend to be very attached to their artwork. It's not so much a strict business here, so it's a bit more fraught than if we were all selling widgets.

Let's mock this person.

LOL, stupid. but hey, cool community.[transgender advice, so us cisfolks need to lurk only]

American Apparel Fails.

Personal Growth and exploration...and candy bikinis...they go together, they really do.

Etsy drama start. Etsy drama middle. Etsy drama possible end stage

Hey, a black person has a good post on racism!I grew out of being a good negro a long time ago. Oddly, I was reminded of when I was listening to the memphis city schools radio station, and they were like bring a recent proof of address to registration! Not a note from big mama saying yea, he stay here. Yay, race wank.

Soliders return home- can't pay the rent.

Hhahahaa, babyfurs!!!!!!

Let's mock more people.

Some people have as the center of their lives God, some have as the center of their lives justice, I have goofing off.