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"A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, it is an obsession..."

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:16:43 +1000

“A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, it is an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women’s history.”

- Naomi Wolf

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sid766: Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:49:20 +1000

sid766:

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:44:03 +1000

flowerette: !!

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:38:46 +1000

flowerette:

!!

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lily-cats: florels: the pink flecks are so pretty omg We call...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:27:45 +1000

lily-cats:

florels:

the pink flecks are so pretty omg

We call this plant an ice-cream bush.

floracoast: I took this in Soho, NYC

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:22:14 +1000

floracoast:

I took this in Soho, NYC

if school taught everyone that rape is bad and racism is bad instead of teaching how to find the...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:16:43 +1000

if school taught everyone that rape is bad and racism is bad instead of teaching how to find the angle of a kite im pretty sure the world would be a safer place

cervid: * (by hopps*)

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:11:45 +1000

cervid:

* (by hopps*)

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mfjr: Flowers dipped in liquid nitrogen and then smashed.

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:54:56 +1000

mfjr:

Flowers dipped in liquid nitrogen and then smashed.

slugsong: Tree trunk painting by 23 year old Chinese student,...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:49:18 +1000

slugsong:

Tree trunk painting by 23 year old Chinese student, Wang Yu.

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"Not saying Quvenzhané’s name is an attempt, consciously or unconsciously, to step around and contain..."

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:00:32 +1000

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Not saying Quvenzhané’s name is an attempt, consciously or unconsciously, to step around and contain her blackness. Yes, sometimes black people have names that are difficult to pronounce. There aren’t many people of European descent named Shaniqua or Jamal. Names are as big a cultural marker as brown skin and kinky hair, and there’s long been backlash against both of those things (see: perms, skin bleaching creams, etc.). The insistence on not using Quvenzhané’s name is an extension of that “why aren’t you white?” backlash.

It is easier to be colorblind, to simply turn a blind eye to the differences that have torn this nation apart for centuries than it is to wade through those choppy waters. And Quvenzhané’s very existence is enough to make the societal majority uncomfortable. She is talented, successful, beautiful, happy, loved, and adored–all things that many people don’t figure that little black girls with “black” names could, or should, be. Their answer? Let’s make her more palatable. If she insists on not fitting the mold of the ghetto hoodrat associated with women with “urban” names, let’s take her own urban name away from her.

Refusing to learn how to pronounce Quvenzhané’s name says, pointedly, you are not worth the effort. The problem is not that she has an unpronounceable name, because she doesn’t. The problem is that white Hollywood, from Ryan Seacrest and his homies to the AP reporter who decided to call her “Annie” rather than her real name, doesn’t deem her as important as, say, Renee Zellwegger, or Zach Galifinakis, or Arnold Schwarzenegger, all of whom have names that are difficult to pronounce–but they manage. The message sent is this: you, young, black, female child, are not worth the time and energy it will take me to learn to spell and pronounce your name. You will be who and what I want you to be; you be be who and what makes me more comfortable. I will allow you to exist and acknowledge that existence, but only on my terms.

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- Brokey McPoverty, “What’s In A Name? Kind Of A Lot,” PostBourgie 2/26/13

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