i just had a moment with this….

sugaryumyum:

One can only hope.

yumadwhiteboy:

collectivecrack:

White American males constitute only 33% of the population. Yet, they occupy approximately:

• 80% of tenured positions in higher education
• 80% of the House of Representatives
• 80-85% of the U.S. Senate
• 92%of Forbes 400 executive CEO-level positions
• 90% of athletic team owners
• 97.7% of U.S. presidents

And then they flip out when they’re not allowed in the Women’s Tent. 

when we talk about privilege, this is what we mean.  a token POC or woman or queer person does NOT rectify this, nor does it dismantle privilege.  shut up and listen.

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bell hooks, “Talking Sex” (via wretchedoftheearth)

there is no day that bell hooks cannot improve.

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lovely thoughts, but indiana is simultaneously making itself less attractive to young workers, particularly those with families or who hope to have families.  creationism, abstinence-only sex education, these discourage educated people from moving to your state.  as does moving to ban same-sex marriage.  and we know FOR A FACT that right-to-work laws are economy-killers, and indiana just passed right-to-work earlier this year.  so let’s not polish the trumpets just yet, ok?

theatlantic:

Go Midwest, Young Man: Indiana’s Plan to Steal California Jobs

Some Californians may have recently noticed an advertisement with a coffee mug and the word “Indiana” written in the milky latte foam. A crumpled napkin sits next to the mug with this scribbled on it: “Admit it, you find me fiscally attractive.” On another napkin it reads, “Indiana: low taxes, pro-business, fiscally responsible.”

Ads like this are part of the Hoosier state’s new push to lure California companies 2,300 miles east, trying to convince them to give up the morass of California regulations and high business taxes, in exchange for the regulation-light, low tax business nirvana of Indiana.

Read more.

this is how to deal with your haters.

fuckyeahgirlcrush:

Yeah

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President Obama on why Mitt Romney’s record in the private sector matters (via barackobama)

seriously, he needs to say this, or a variation of it, every damn day.  this is a quintessential question of fundamental values, and demonstrates, at least to me, that obama has some notion of what it means to lead this country.  you may think that he hasn’t done a good job executing this vision, but you can’t say that he doesn’t understand what his job is.  that’s the difference between obama and romney.

i love everything about these pictures.

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omg, i don’t even like basketball, but this is my favorite post today.  (also, welcome to the faces i was making during the champions league final last night….)

cyprian14:

Don’t bring a girl to the NBA finals, she’ll get bored.

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text of the homestead act, which is a prominent example of government-sponsored affirmative action for white men.  through this act, thousands of white families who otherwise could not have afforded to buy land (or as much land) were able to, thereby creating the foundation for generational wealth and prosperity.  americans of color, including black americans and indigenous americans, as well as women, were not included in the offer.

something to remember next time you want to talk about how women and “minorities” get “special help” from the government…..

todaysdocument:

The Homestead Act, which turns 150 today, got its start as House Resolution 125. More background from our colleagues at the Center for Legislative Archives: 

congressarchives:

After almost a decade of debate in Congress, the Homestead Act was signed into law on May 20, 1862. The debate had started during the 1850s.  As westward expansion grew increasingly popular, more and more people argued that the government should give free land titles to settlers. The House of Representatives passed several homestead bills during the 1850s, but each failed when it was opposed by Senators from the South. In 1862, with the country fighting a civil war (and no southern opposition remaining in Congress), the legislation’s proponents finally achieved success. The House passed the Homestead Act on February 28 by the large margin of 107 to 16. The Senate also passed the act easily on May 6 by a vote of 33 to 7. After a few minor changes in conference committee—to which both houses agreed without controversy—Congress sent the final legislation to President Abraham Lincoln, who signed the act into law on May 20.

The Homestead Act encouraged western migration by providing settlers with 160 acres of land in exchange for a nominal filing fee. Its provisions included two requirements: settlers had to reside on the land continuously for five-years before receiving the title to it, and settlers had to be, or in the process of becoming, U.S. citizens. Through 1986, when the last claim was made in Alaska, the Homestead Act distributed 270 million acres of land in the United States making it, arguably, one of the most far-reaching pieces of legislation in American history.

HR 125, “An Act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain, 3/25/1862, SEN37A-C1, Records of the U.S. Senate

bwa haha haha.

eataku:

Oh, you cheeky British fishmongers…