yellow dress

tahlalaliaaa:

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!

my guitar is begging for this sticker.

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!

my guitar is begging for this sticker.

ATTENTION SOCIAL JUSTICE BLOGGERS

life-tbd:

yellow-dress:

Here is a compilation of websites where you can sign petitions for various causes: human rights, animal rights, environmental rights, you name it. It can often be disheartening only doing social justice work online, and aside from donating money (which not everyone has the means to do) it is easy to feel like we aren’t making a difference.I encourage everyone to bookmark/subscribe to these sites, because they all involve taking action with tangible results and at zero cost. I promise you, receiving the “Victory!” email letting you know that the petition you signed has worked is a very good feeling. You can shove those emails in the faces of those cynics who say that online activism achieves nothing.

Please add to the list if you know of more, or message me and let me know!

(NB: From the Amesty.org homepage you can select your country, however I still subscribe to other countries’ websites so I can sign petitions for causes all around the world.)

http://www.amnesty.org.nz/get-involved/take-action-online

http://www.amnesty.ca/

http://www.amnesty.org.nz/

http://www.change.org/

http://www.care2.com/take-action/

http://www.avaaz.org/

http://www.walkfree.org/

http://www.greenpeace.org/

http://www.hsi.org/

http://www.dailykos.com/

https://www.accessnow.org/

http://www.gopetition.com/

http://www.barackobama.com/women/take-action

http://kfc-secretrecipe.com/en_nz/nogood

http://www.ipetitions.com/

http://www.petitiononline.com/

http://act.ly/

http://www.causes.com/

www.savethearctic.org

http://www.ifaw.org/international/get-involved

http://thepetitionsite.com

Idk.. more than half of these organizations are ran by and used by white people. And lots of them don’t think of how something, like, getting everyone to boycott one industry may only affect PoC. I’ve seen lots of racist, heterosexist and classist petitions on change.org…

These are great resources, but some site don’t monitor what’s actually going on.

I am genuinely sorry for only posting white people websites. Please let me know of any others run by PoC: I would really love to have them on my list.

I definitely agree with your point about some of them not being monitored: basically change.org, thepetitionsite, ipetitions… any site where anyone can set up a petition for any cause. I reported a petition on change.org which was a call for all girls to have long hair coz otherwise they looked like lesbians -___- It’s still up as far as I know (but with only like 9 signatures). And although there are plenty of pro-choice petitions, there is no one stopping pro-lifers starting petitions on there, and ironically putting them under the category “Women’s Rights”.

But yeah, like I said, I am very keen for more suggestions! This is just a compilation of ones I have come across during my time on teh internetz :)

This isn’t about mutual tolerance because there’s nothing mutual about it. If we agree to disagree on this issue, you walk away a full member of this society and I don’t. There is no “live and let live” on this issue because Dan Cathy is spending millions to very specifically NOT let me live. I’m not trying to do that to him.

Asking for “mutual tolerance” on this like running up to a bully beating a kid to death on the playground and scolding them both for not getting along. I’m not trying to dissolve Mr. Cathy’s marriage or make his sex illegal. I’m not trying to make him a second-class citizen, or get him killed. He’s doing that to me, folks; I’m just fighting back.

All your life, you’re told to stand up to bullies, but when WE do it, we’re told WE are the ones being intolerant? Well, okay. Yes. I refuse to tolerate getting my ass kicked. “Guilty as charged.”

But what are you guilty of? When you see a bully beating up a smaller kid and you don’t take a side, then you ARE taking a side. You’re siding with the bully. And when you cheer him on, you’re revealing something about your own character that really is a shame.

—

Wayne Self, Chick Fellatio (via 3dela)

^ All of this

Whenever I see people honestly saying how we should ‘respect the opinions’ of bigots like Dan Cathy I don’t know whether to laugh or cry at how stupid some people are

(via thefingerfuckingfemalefury)

ATTENTION SOCIAL JUSTICE BLOGGERS

yellow-dress:

Here is a compilation of websites where you can sign petitions for various causes: human rights, animal rights, environmental rights, you name it. It can often be disheartening only doing social justice work online, and aside from donating money (which not everyone has the means to do) it is easy to feel like we aren’t making a difference.I encourage everyone to bookmark/subscribe to these sites, because they all involve taking action with tangible results and at zero cost. I promise you, receiving the “Victory!” email letting you know that the petition you signed has worked is a very good feeling. You can shove those emails in the faces of those cynics who say that online activism achieves nothing.

Please add to the list if you know of more, or message me and let me know!

(NB: From the Amesty.org homepage you can select your country, however I still subscribe to other countries’ websites so I can sign petitions for causes all around the world.)

http://www.amnesty.org.nz/get-involved/take-action-online

http://www.amnesty.ca/

http://www.amnesty.org.nz/

http://www.change.org/

http://www.care2.com/take-action/

http://www.avaaz.org/

http://www.walkfree.org/

http://www.greenpeace.org/

http://www.hsi.org/

http://www.dailykos.com/

https://www.accessnow.org/

http://www.gopetition.com/

http://www.barackobama.com/women/take-action

http://kfc-secretrecipe.com/en_nz/nogood

http://www.ipetitions.com/

http://www.petitiononline.com/

http://act.ly/

http://www.causes.com/

www.savethearctic.org

http://www.ifaw.org/international/get-involved

http://thepetitionsite.com

ATTENTION SOCIAL JUSTICE BLOGGERS

Here is a compilation of websites where you can sign petitions for various causes: human rights, animal rights, environmental rights, you name it. It can often be disheartening only doing social justice work online, and aside from donating money (which not everyone has the means to do) it is easy to feel like we aren’t making a difference.I encourage everyone to bookmark/subscribe to these sites, because they all involve taking action with tangible results and at zero cost. I promise you, receiving the “Victory!” email letting you know that the petition you signed has worked is a very good feeling. You can shove those emails in the faces of those cynics who say that online activism achieves nothing.

Please add to the list if you know of more, or message me and let me know!

(NB: From the Amesty.org homepage you can select your country, however I still subscribe to other countries’ websites so I can sign petitions for causes all around the world.)

http://www.amnesty.org.nz/get-involved/take-action-online

http://www.amnesty.ca/

http://www.amnesty.org.nz/

http://www.change.org/

http://www.care2.com/take-action/

http://www.avaaz.org/

http://www.walkfree.org/

http://www.greenpeace.org/

http://www.hsi.org/

http://www.dailykos.com/

https://www.accessnow.org/

http://www.gopetition.com/

http://www.barackobama.com/women/take-action

http://kfc-secretrecipe.com/en_nz/nogood

http://www.ipetitions.com/

http://www.petitiononline.com/

http://act.ly/

http://www.causes.com/

www.savethearctic.org

http://www.ifaw.org/international/get-involved

http://thepetitionsite.com

“Do you believe it’s possible for someone to oppose same-sex marriage and not be a hateful bigot?”

teachthemhowtothink:

I do not believe it is possible for someone to oppose same-sex marriage and not be a bigot. The denial of rights is inherently hateful. Saying I am better than you is hateful. Saying you aren’t quite a fully deserving human, but a lower caste member deserving of second-class citizenship is hateful. Saying my religion tells me to do this so I don’t care what your religion says, I’m going to make you follow my religion’s rules is inherently hateful. Saying love is wrong is hateful.

SOURCE

This is a big issue in New Zealand at the moment, and every morning when I read the opinion section of the paper, I nearly barf up my Special K at all the homophobes and religious zealots that I naiively didn’t expect to have in NZ. This is an important reminder. There IS no middle ground.

goldenstardust:

whatsernameanyways:

strangestwords:

thenizu:

of-praxis:

Gay Texas judge won’t marry straight couples

Tonya Parker, an African-American lesbian judge in Texas, refuses to marry straight couples until everyone in the state has the right to marry.

Turning away would-be newlyweds is “my opportunity to give them a lesson about marriage inequality in this state,” Parker told a meeting of the Stonewall Democrats of Dallas earlier this week.

She said it’s “oxymoronic” for her to perform a ceremony that can’t be performed for her.

Instead, she refers couples to other judges in the courthouse with an explanation along the lines of “I’m sorry. I don’t perform marriage ceremonies because we are in a state that does not have marriage equality, and until it does, I am not going to partially apply the law to one group of people that doesn’t apply to another group of people,” she told the meeting.

#perfecthumanbeing

YES

YES

YES

THIS IS EXACTLY RIGHT

Peaceful protesting: you’re doing it right.

<3.

(Source: bare-life)

"To be blunt if you oppose equal rights for any LGBT people you’re an asshole and have a narrow world view. This shouldn’t even be a topic of discussion anymore. We have huge life threatening issues facing us at every turn and we’re really still having to argue with a bunch of backwoods idiots if two loving adults should be able to get married? Do we really even need to waste more time on this topic? In the United States, we’re either no longer a first world country or on the verge of losing that, climate change is causing disasters throughout the world and is only getting worse, we have wars and famines in many areas of the world killing thousands and thousands of people every day and people are honestly still worried about two guys living together? This is no longer even a topic that should be open to discussion, if it is honestly an issue for someone, they are simply an idiot and their opinion shouldn’t matter or count for anything."

— The Hateful Atheist (via mykael)

omfg so today I saw a man and a woman holding hands in public, i mean i don’t have anything against heterosexuality but don’t flaunt it in front of me, think of the kids omfg

(Source: oncebarrowmans)

loveandotherhumanrights:

mimi-memek0:

I always forget most people are extremely ignorant and have no interest in education, or the very least compassion for their fellow humankind, until… Google.

In my Sociology tutorial today the tutor asked who among us were feminists. My arm shot right up, but I was THE ONLY ONE. Right after we had been talking all about gender and sex and sexuality and homophobia and LGBT rights in NZ and why feminine traits are seen as inferior to masculine… I MEAN, COME ON, PEOPLE!?! So I put forward my little case on feminism, and the tutor (who himself is a passionate feminist <3) asked anyone if they wanted to argue that, or basically say anything, and no one said a flipping peep. ARGH why do people not care about forming opinions on things? Educating themselves? Using their BRAINS? asdfgh.

/end rant

(Source: grrrlfever)

awkwardfeministmoments:

Do you remember the first time you told someone off because they were perpetuating oppression? The first time you signed a petition, went to a feminist potluck, joined a rally, rioted in the streets? It takes a lot of guts to speak out against oppression, whether it’s sexism, racism, classism, ableism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia…

It may not always seem worth it, and you have to pick your battles so you don’t burn yourself out, and you have to remember to take care of yourself… but there’s such important work to be done in order to dismantle the hegemonic patriarchy.

Don’t be silent. Don’t be afraid any longer. Rise up! Riot for your rights! Let your beautiful voice be heard!

knowhomo:

LGBTQ* Statistics We Can No Longer Ignore!

Irish scho ol polls find 1 in 5 lbgtq* students skip school because they are bullied(picture above)

It is estimate 160,000 students skip school in US schools each day because of bullying

EDUCATION MUST BECOME A SAFE SPACE!

Update: 11 year old trans girl lost appeal

msamberhazard:

msamberhazard:

tal9000:

transawareness:

The above article is an update. Her mother went to appeal to keep her out of the psychiatric ward and lost. She will be institutionalized because of her expression of her gender. She will be held until she conforms to male gender and then released to foster care, not her mother who was supporting her.

Please, if you haven’t signed the petition, sign it, reblog it, ask your friends to sign it. We’ve managed to get 40K signatures for a pageant model, we’ve only gotten 11K for a little girl about to have her life ruined. Lets get on the ball and spread the word.

Sign It.

I literally just repeated the f-word until I ran out of breath.

Let me catch my breath. I may go on a cursing spree again as soon as I get it back.

DIE CIS SCUM!

Seriously people…

WHY THE FUCK AREN’T PEOPLE REBLOGGING THIS??

I’ve had librarians say to me, “People in my school don’t agree with homosexuality, so it’s difficult to have your book on the shelves.” Here’s the thing: Being gay is not an issue, it is an identity. It is not something that you can agree or disagree with. It is a fact, and must be defended and represented as a fact.

To use another part of my identity as an example: if someone said to me, “I’m sorry, but we can’t carry that book because it’s so Jewish and some people in my school don’t agree with Jewish culture,” I would protest until I reached my last gasp. Prohibiting gay books is just as abhorrent…

Discrimination is not a legitimate point of view. Silencing books silences the readers who need them most. And silencing these readers can have dire, tragic consequences. Never forget who these readers are. They are just as curious and anxious about life as any other teenager.

—

David Levithan, Supporting Gay Teen Literature

A couple of years ago I got involved in a letters-to-the-editor debate with a troll who was complaining the “gay and lesbian literature” section was too close to the young-adult fiction in the central library. He responded to my shoot-down by saying that I must be gay because why else would I be upset by his letter. Cool story, bro. Tell me more.

(via lavender-labia)

(Source: lyras)

rawrroarmeow:

rawwrrritsrachel:

toturnonthelights:

from left to right;

I am afraid to hold my boyfriend’s hand.

My friend’s parents sent her away.

I found death threats in my locker.

I submitted to electroshock therapy.

I lost half my friends after coming out.

My grandmother sends me hate mail.

My school won’t let me take my date to prom.

I am not here anymore.

My dad tried to beat it out of me.

No one is proud of me.

This showed up on my blog again. Forever reblog.

Where is this from?