June 2011
3 posts
“I feel, therefore I can be free.”
– Audre Lorde
May 2011
8 posts
Daily Kos: White Privilege Diary Series #1 - White... →
zaftiggles:
as a white anti-racist feminist, i am ready to listen and talk.
2 tags
Realizing the only person holding you back is yourself sometimes.
Twin powers
My amazing and talented twin brother graduated Saturday. It may sound silly, but I didn’t feel like I gradauted until I saw him do it, too. One year after me. I didn’t feel much at my graduations; dissappointed, mostly.
But, I felt so much emotion at his. I don’t think I could name one emotion. Perhaps just overwhelmed. Maybe it’s because we both have been through so much...
“Advice for young feminists? Do something else besides feminism. I’m serious. The...”
– Latoya Peterson (via shana-elmsford)(via mrdthgrvs)
This is the best advice, and certainly reassuring as I stumble around in uncomfortable territories secretly wanting to crawl back to academia.
I hear there is a VOA on Canal Street where everything is 50 cents? Or, at the very least, there is a 50 cent bin? Confirm/deny?
April 2011
9 posts
"Why I Won't Be Talking About Abortion as a... →
Check out this article by a feministing.com writer. If you have been around me in the past few years (i.e. went to college with me) or followed my tumblr or facebook feed, you know that I am a language freak. I think the way we use language and framing in our politics and activism (as well as everyday life interactions, DUH) is inarguably important and I hope the statement I just made is obvious...
Dear Jess Markowitz,
I used the term ‘enthusiastic consent’ rather than just ‘agree’ on the bus home from D.C. while asking the groupto decide on watching a movie. That was for you!
Love, Kaitlin
