Bohemian Upstart

up·start

noun \ˈəp-ˌstärt\

one that has risen suddenly (as from a low position to wealth or power) : parvenu; especially : one that claims more personal importance than is warranted

Frida Kahlo- Truly an inspirational womyn and artist.  Fighting the hegemonic depictions of beauty and living passionately.  Reading more about her personal life only makes you hate Diego Rivera for his manipulation, deceit, and patriarchal attempts at control.

Frida Kahlo- Truly an inspirational womyn and artist.  Fighting the hegemonic depictions of beauty and living passionately.  Reading more about her personal life only makes you hate Diego Rivera for his manipulation, deceit, and patriarchal attempts at control.

1000th Post: A brief introduction

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fuckyeahmarxismleninism: Madrid, Spain: After seeing the actions of the police, the proprietor of this small eatery made a choice to defend protesters by letting them into his establishment. He denied entry to the police and even fed the protesters. He was arrested. A true hero to the people. Solidaridad con el pueblo de Espana!

fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

Madrid, Spain: After seeing the actions of the police, the proprietor of this small eatery made a choice to defend protesters by letting them into his establishment. He denied entry to the police and even fed the protesters. He was arrested. A true hero to the people.

Solidaridad con el pueblo de Espana!

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College Journalism and Community Awareness: ICCF awards ethics center director

Fresno State’s Ethics Center received the Spirit of Abraham Award from the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno on July 27, their 7th Annual Night of Spirituality during Ramadan.

Dr. Andrew Fiala, professor of philosophy and director of the Ethics Center accepted the award.

The award was given…

evdemirchian:

9.10.12 Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno. Fresno, CA. 

“A Night of Healing”

Photographs courtesy of K. Nabil Sakib

Dr. Maldonado and Tahvildary!

fuckyeahqueerrevolt: Men should not be praised for having the logical sense to believe in gender equality and feminism that only furthers the patriarchy. The proper response is “ok, now lets get shit done.” Agreed, with a caveat. As a male feminist you oftentimes get a considerable amount of push back from other men. That’s not to say that women who declare they are feminist don’t face reprisal, but rather among gender peers it’s seen as something that’s essentially negative and other. Feminism is a humanism. It’s not about privileging one genders suffering over the other, but to recognize the confines of gender and heteronormallicy identity and liberate each other from those prisons of expectation. I’m a male and I am privileged in a patriarchal society, but I am emasculated by my peers for straying to far from the expected patriarchal behaviors or expressing heterosexual preference.

fuckyeahqueerrevolt:

Men should not be praised for having the logical sense to believe in gender equality and feminism that only furthers the patriarchy. The proper response is “ok, now lets get shit done.”

Agreed, with a caveat. As a male feminist you oftentimes get a considerable amount of push back from other men. That’s not to say that women who declare they are feminist don’t face reprisal, but rather among gender peers it’s seen as something that’s essentially negative and other. Feminism is a humanism. It’s not about privileging one genders suffering over the other, but to recognize the confines of gender and heteronormallicy identity and liberate each other from those prisons of expectation. I’m a male and I am privileged in a patriarchal society, but I am emasculated by my peers for straying to far from the expected patriarchal behaviors or expressing heterosexual preference.

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PETA and Patriarchy

one-fight: is-this-vegan: tofujesus: one-fight: These will be stickers in the next 3 weeks. Then those stickers will be in our first zine release which will be in October. Getting pumped! **Spelling mistake now fixed**   i want these. the font could be a lot bolder though… Creating bumper stickers/complaining about stuff on the internet instead of actually taking action? THIS IS TOTALLY VEGAN. Who said all we do is complain on the internet and make stickers? That was a pretty serious leap/assumption on your part. But thanks. We appreciate that you’ve decided you know what we are about because we happen to also have a website. Please get in touch with your ideas for *real* activism and we’ll help you facilitate your programs and goals. Seriously. Join up. We’d love more organizing bodies on board. 

one-fight:

is-this-vegan:

tofujesus:

one-fight:

These will be stickers in the next 3 weeks. Then those stickers will be in our first zine release which will be in October. Getting pumped! 

**Spelling mistake now fixed**  

i want these. the font could be a lot bolder though…

Creating bumper stickers/complaining about stuff on the internet instead of actually taking action? THIS IS TOTALLY VEGAN.

Who said all we do is complain on the internet and make stickers? That was a pretty serious leap/assumption on your part. But thanks. We appreciate that you’ve decided you know what we are about because we happen to also have a website. Please get in touch with your ideas for *real* activism and we’ll help you facilitate your programs and goals. Seriously. Join up. We’d love more organizing bodies on board. 

This is a deeply troubling picture of Natalie Portman.  Depicted drenched in urine because she would, “rather shower in piss than wear fur”.  This is the wrong way to go about advocacy for animal welfare/liberation and it certainly is a deeply troubling image from the standpoint that it is hyper-sexualized (I should not need to do the analysis).  It’s part of a larger soft-core raunchy pornographic motif that PETA uses for it’s campaigns.   #VeganAndAgainstPETA

This is a deeply troubling picture of Natalie Portman.  Depicted drenched in urine because she would, “rather shower in piss than wear fur”.  This is the wrong way to go about advocacy for animal welfare/liberation and it certainly is a deeply troubling image from the standpoint that it is hyper-sexualized (I should not need to do the analysis).  It’s part of a larger soft-core raunchy pornographic motif that PETA uses for it’s campaigns.  

#VeganAndAgainstPETA
fundock: thepeoplesrecord: Lakota activists pepper-sprayed in protest against predatory liquor storesAugust 27, 2012 Women of the Oglala Lakota nation along with activists from Deep Green Resistance, AIM Grassroots, Native Youth Movement, Un-Occupy Albuquerque, Occupy Lincoln, and Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center took part in a march from Billy Mills Hall in Pine Ridge into White Clay to protest against the predatory liquor industry present there. White Clay has a population of 14, yet 4 liquor stores in the town sell 12,500 cans of beer each day. The stores have been documented repeatedly selling to bootleggers, intoxicated people, minors, and trading beer for sexual favors. “For over 100 years the women of the Oglala Lakota nation have been dealing with an attack on the mind body and spirit of their relatives”, says Olowan Martinez who is a main organizer of the event and resident of Pine Ridge. “The Oglala have been silenced through chemical warfare waged by the corporations who are out to exploit and make a profit off of the suffering and misery of our people. The time has come to end this suffering by any means necessary.” Debra White Plume, a Lakota activist and resident of Pine Ridge who spoke at the event proclaimed, “A sober Indian is a dangerous Indian.  We have to send a message to Nebraska and its citizens that we are not going to tolerate business as usual. This is the Women’s Day of Peace but that peace will soon be over”. After the march and speeches members of Deep Green Resistance locked down and blockaded the road into White Clay. Less than a half hour after the lockdown began a police officer rolled down their window and indiscriminately pepper sprayed into a crowd.   Up to 12 people were pepper sprayed including the 10 year old son of a Lakota woman who helped organize the march.  Also, an elder Lakota woman, Helen Red Feather, reported having her leg hit by a police car in motion.  Medics with the protest treated pepper spray injuries. At 7:39, the five activists who participated in the lock down were hauled off in a horse trailer to the Sheridan County jail in Rushville.  They have since been released on their own recognizance. Today, justice is far from complete, since White Clay continues to enable and enact the destruction of the Oglala Lakota and the people of Pine Ridge. The continued subjugation of the Oglala Lakota of the Pine Ridge Reservation will not end as long as the liquor stores in White Clay continue to operate. Chants of “As long as it takes!” began by those locked down and the people standing with them in the crowd at the beginning of the lockdown. The struggle continues. SourcePhoto LEGIT. They’re doing it right. ACAB.   Solidarity with the Lakota People!

fundock:

thepeoplesrecord:

Lakota activists pepper-sprayed in protest against predatory liquor stores
August 27, 2012

Women of the Oglala Lakota nation along with activists from Deep Green Resistance, AIM Grassroots, Native Youth Movement, Un-Occupy Albuquerque, Occupy Lincoln, and Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center took part in a march from Billy Mills Hall in Pine Ridge into White Clay to protest against the predatory liquor industry present there.

White Clay has a population of 14, yet 4 liquor stores in the town sell 12,500 cans of beer each day. The stores have been documented repeatedly selling to bootleggers, intoxicated people, minors, and trading beer for sexual favors.

“For over 100 years the women of the Oglala Lakota nation have been dealing with an attack on the mind body and spirit of their relatives”, says Olowan Martinez who is a main organizer of the event and resident of Pine Ridge. “The Oglala have been silenced through chemical warfare waged by the corporations who are out to exploit and make a profit off of the suffering and misery of our people. The time has come to end this suffering by any means necessary.”

Debra White Plume, a Lakota activist and resident of Pine Ridge who spoke at the event proclaimed, “A sober Indian is a dangerous Indian.  We have to send a message to Nebraska and its citizens that we are not going to tolerate business as usual. This is the Women’s Day of Peace but that peace will soon be over”.

After the march and speeches members of Deep Green Resistance locked down and blockaded the road into White Clay.

Less than a half hour after the lockdown began a police officer rolled down their window and indiscriminately pepper sprayed into a crowd.   Up to 12 people were pepper sprayed including the 10 year old son of a Lakota woman who helped organize the march.  Also, an elder Lakota woman, Helen Red Feather, reported having her leg hit by a police car in motion.  Medics with the protest treated pepper spray injuries.

At 7:39, the five activists who participated in the lock down were hauled off in a horse trailer to the Sheridan County jail in Rushville.  They have since been released on their own recognizance.

Today, justice is far from complete, since White Clay continues to enable and enact the destruction of the Oglala Lakota and the people of Pine Ridge. The continued subjugation of the Oglala Lakota of the Pine Ridge Reservation will not end as long as the liquor stores in White Clay continue to operate.

Chants of “As long as it takes!” began by those locked down and the people standing with them in the crowd at the beginning of the lockdown. The struggle continues.

Source
Photo

LEGIT. They’re doing it right.
ACAB. 
 

Solidarity with the Lakota People!

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