February 2012
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Philippine Mining Climate: Canada Connection →
February 2012. MANILA, Philippines. – The defeat in parliament of private members Bill C-300 on Corporate Accountability on Mining, Oil, & Gas Exploration in Developing Countries, coupled with Philippine President Noynoy Aquino’s aggressive position in luring foreign mining investments in the country, and amidst a growing worldwide resistance against unethical exploitation of natural...
âpihtawikosisân: Why I object to you telling me... →
apihtawikosisan:
It’s admirable to aspire to a unified humanity. It is nice to think of how all humans have similar needs and aspirations on a fundamental level. However, when this is given equal time or even replaces entirely a critical analysis of colonisation and the tangible ways in which ‘sameness’ is enforced via assimilationalist policies that denigrate and obscure our legitimate...
Oh, What's in Here?: Tumblr NDN Women- I need your... →
jalwhite:
adailyriot:
livingwithendo:
I’m taking a Women’s Studies class at my college and it’s basically white women’s studies (surprise surprise- especially because I’m one of five non-white people). We have an open-ended paper due Sunday where we can talk about basically anything, including analyzing gender roles in a movie.
I’ve decided to talk about Pocahontas, the reality of being a...
Former First Nation chief to ask Iran for help →
adailyriot:
WINNIPEG — Former Roseau River chief Terry Nelson is asking Iran for help with the governance issues on his and other First Nations.
A referendum on how Roseau River chooses its leaders was postponed Thursday. Aboriginal Affairs said it needed more time to work with the community, which has been plagued by issues at the ballot box.
When the news came down Thursday, Nelson...
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Do you rent in Vancouver? You should read about... →
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Baggage Reclaim, a dating and relationship blog →
It’s a relationship & dating advice blog that tells it straight with some intelligent discussions. It’s primarily geared towards heterosexual serial monogamist women, but I’m sure there’s some advice that anyone can glean from it.
E.g. Do you have a “Not Allowed to Fail” mentality to dating and relationships?, Are You Waiting To Be Chosen? Why It’s Time To...
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WatchAn anti-racism rally in Vancouver that took place today in front of the courts where three Neo-nazis face charges.
I like the “Nazi-scum fuck off” banner, it’s classic.
It’s astounding that these Neo-nazi douchebags have this distorted sense of privilege. You’re immigrants too, assholes. Just ask the Coast Salish.
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Sass Bucket: Let's just get one thing straight. →
littleojibwe:
thelionsleeps:
littleojibwe:
This is traditional native clothing:
Eastern Shoshone (Wyoming), Girl’s Dress, beads/leather, c. 1900.
Not this:
Or even this:
Wanna know why that second one still doesn’t count? Because ladies and gents that is Iron Eyes Cody. He was a famous actor who did western movies. He was an Italian that liked to play Native American, not just...
nishnabin asked: 2.59 for the Kraft dinner actually :) 4.39 for the "delux" one.
Am I not sweet enough for you?: What is it with... →
ethiopienne:
sumney:
I get it now.
All my life, I grew up being told that “black” names are ghetto and held by people who are likely to be trashy. If you know a girl named Laquisha, Latoya, Shaniqua, or Kelendria, she’s probably the neighborhood hoodrat, and even names like Tyrone…
“The belief that female sexual expression is uniquely dehumanizing is a double...”
– Amanda Marcotte (via ikenbot)
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Indigenous Métissage: a decolonizing research... →
ayiman:
ndnsurgency:
ayiman:
Has anyone heard of this?
I’m really curious, but it’s behind a paywall.
This paper is a report on the theoretical origins of a decolonizing research sensibility called Indigenous Métissage. This research praxis emerged parallel to personal and ongoing inquiries into historic and current relations connecting Aboriginal peoples and Canadians in the place now...
“If it’s an honest rape, that individual should go immediately to the emergency...”
– Ron Paul on abortion
WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST READ? AN HONEST RAPE? Fuck you, Ron Paul. Fuck you straight to hell.
(via fearandwar)
It must be nice to have such privileged outlook of life. I second that fuck you.
(via leftist-linguaphile)
January 2012
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Vancouver Observer: Racist hate crimes in city... →
With three alleged members of the hate group Blood and Honour facing trial – one of them tomorrow – for a string of attacks on people of colour, several groups are organizing around the upcoming February 13 trial of Alistair Miller and Robert de Chazal. The pair – who were arrested in December – are accused of pouring kerosene over a sleeping Filipino man and lighting him on fire in 2009,...
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BECAUSE FEMINISM: A great collection of links on... →
lasocialista:
From this post, which is also an excellent read.
Article: An Open Letter To All Appropriators Article: What’s Wrong With Cultural Appropriation? Article: Appropriation - The Reality of Indigenous Article: The Critical Fashion Lover’s (basic) Guide To Cultural Appropriation …
The Critical Fashion Lover one is a great read.
everyone has different reasons for what they choose...
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Cars Kill Cities →
Here be dragons.: Reparations →
jalwhite:
[ I was asked to make this rebloggable]
brot-moral Asks: You had written approvingly of a statement that said white people owe EVERYTHING to the American Indians and African Americans (former slaves), who either built the country with their hands or were sacrificed for its creation. With…
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“Corn Fed Clothing is a brand that will bring together the pride of America’s...”
– Welcome To Cornfed.com - Shirts - Hats - Automotive Accessories
at the risk of sending jack asses business—i must link this site just to demonstrate how deeply the mythology around corn has been violated.
thinking about how the zapatistas (among many MANY other indigenous peoples) tell the story...
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“I think that little by little I’ll be able to solve my problems and survive.”
– Frida Kahlo (via lover-root)
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Personal Reflections on the Bangsamoro Struggle
allaahsavedme:
By Edilwasif Baddiri April, 2007
While a citizen of the Philippines, I also ascribe to the Bangsamoro identity. I belong to a traditionally underrepresented group; a religious and ethnic minority in a predominantly Christian country. Our homeland, located in certain parts of Mindanao and Sulu, is ninety-nine percent Muslim in a country that is ninety percent Christian. Growing up...
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Juxtapoze Inc: Revealing New Layers of African... →
juxtapozeinc:
When people talk about layering they are usually referring to clothes. But the layers of meaning were piled on thick Friday at the Bryant Park tents, where the hastily formed African Fashion Collective staged a show that aimed to dispel some of the hoary clichés that cling to a continent as obscure as ever, in some ways, to the West. Anybody tuned into fashion knows that...
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Saffron S/S 2012 RTW Collection Lookbook
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I like the beginning of this podcast on Rick...
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Leather and Pineapple Silk is my second tumblr
Leather and Pineapple Silk is for fashion/pretty things while Hawking into the Void is more for politics and culture. The former covers aesthetics that pertain to film noir, 80s punk/post-punk/goth, and elegant things from all over the world.
Man, if I could design clothes, I’d make gothic Filipiniana. You know, like Victorian gothic, but for hot weather climates, while exploring an elegant...
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The Selchie Warrior: Who is indigenous? →
adailyriot:
selchieproductions:
Many people turn to official documents and definitions when they want to define something or someone, but the reality is that there is no universally agreed-upon definition of indigeneity. What is more - a contemporary approach to indigeneity states that we should start moving away from simply defining indigenous people and instead start identifying them; in...
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