Shameless Magazine

think-thank-thunk: gadaboutgreen: wocinsolidarity: And even...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:46:58 -0400

gadaboutgreen:

wocinsolidarity:

And even a bonus slide for any remaining queries:

Share amongst your friends.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT.

womenwhokickass: Shoni and Jude Schimmel: Why they kick...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:29:57 -0400

womenwhokickass:

Shoni and Jude Schimmel: Why they kick ass

Shoni and Jude Schimmel are are indispensable members for The Louisville Cardinal women’s basketball team, and are also tribal members of the Confederated Tribe of Umatilla Indians. They are also the only American Indians to ever play in a NCAA Division 1 basketball title game.

When she was a junior in high school, Shoni was the subject of a documentary entitled Off the Rez, as she attempted to become the first from her reservation to gain an athletic scholarship. she succeeded, and her sister followed in her footsteps, even winning the Elite 89 award earlier in the tournament, a distinction given to the top student-athlete participating at each NCAA championship site.

They’ve become inspirations to thousands around the country, while only three years ago Shoni and Jude were budding superstars at Franklin High School in Southeast Portland; two teenagers with flash and flair who left the reservation and talked about setting a positive example for young Natives.

Shoni and Jude commanded attention throughout the tournament, leading Louisville to a shocking win over No. 1 Baylor, considered the biggest upset in tournament history. ESPN showed pictures of a young Shoni and Jude in full tribal wear, as fans across the country became familiar with their backstory.

The fifth-seeded Cardinals were the lowest seed in history to play in a title game and with most of their players back, they will be a Top 5 team next season. “Without a doubt, this is going down as one of the greatest runs in women’s basketball,”

Trans Pride :: Pride Week Toronto 2013 - June 21 to 30

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:22:37 -0400

Trans Pride :: Pride Week Toronto 2013 - June 21 to 30:

Toronto friends! Mark your calendars!! Trans Pride March is June 28th @ 7 pm!

Come and show your support for the trans community as they celebrate the LGBTTIQQ2SA community. The Trans Pride Rally is one of the largest events of the trans communities in the GTA. The Trans Pride Rally provides a place for trans identified people to rally, to stand up and come together in solidarity. It’s a grass-roots community focused event, providing safe space for trans people. All trans identified people, their friends and allies are welcome in all Trans* Pride events. - See more at: http://www.pridetoronto.com/festival/events-calendar/2013/trans-pride-rally#sthash.Wu3c5u3K.dpuf

The best kind of ship is friendship, right? Accepting feature...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:41:47 -0400

The best kind of ship is friendship, right? Accepting feature pitches for the relationship issue! Email michelle(at)shamelessmag(dot)com

If this is your first time writing for Shameless, check out our submission’s guideline!

Toronto-based artists Shi Wisdom’s latest vid...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:35:46 -0400

Toronto-based artists Shi Wisdom’s latest vid “Easier”

(Her style & voice is on fireeeee!!!!)

brklynbreed: heavytrips-slowfalls: chelsofly: theothersideofra...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:12:45 -0400

brklynbreed:

heavytrips-slowfalls:

chelsofly:

theothersideofrad:

dezmondxci:

inmynightcolour:

fuckwahtyuthink:

BITCH YOU BETTER WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERK

This little betch just came through and slayed…..like..

WHY SHE GO THE FUCK AWF THOUGH

Me in the 2nd grade.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssss. My soul says yaaaaas!

…….=O….my face the entire time….I should not want to party with an 8 year old.

The biggest YASSS

hardhatpartycat: qthewetsprocket: madamedevideoland: alicearch...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:37:32 -0400

hardhatpartycat:

qthewetsprocket:

madamedevideoland:

alicearchive:

Hazel Lee posing with a biplane, circa 1930s

Photo from World War II Database

Hazel Lee was one of the first Chinese American women to obtain a pilot’s license in America and the first to fly for the U.S. Military. Lee was a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and flew during World War II.

I love reading about female pilots from the early twentieth century. There were so many restrictions placed on women during that time. That women like Hazel Lee were flying through the air completely free - doing what the guys were doing- is completely inspiring.

Information from Wikipedia and HazelYingLee.com

She needs to be in a Doctor Who episode.

From your keyboard to Moffat’s ear.

holy shit. she is badass!

Yayyy! We just published our latest issue! You can find this...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:24:18 -0400

Yayyy! We just published our latest issue!

You can find this issue at most book stores across Canada or subscribe here.

Check out the letter from our editor, Sheila:

“I can’t remember the first time someone told me that “life isn’t fair,” but I know that I’ve heard it too many times to count. It’s hard to remember a month in my adult life where I haven’t had it said to me, and, in the process of sitting down to write this letter, I realize that it’s entirely likely a month hasn’t gone by when I haven’t said it to someone else.

When I reflect on these three words and unpack their implications, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable with how many of us talk about fairness and how we understand our relationship to justice. “Life isn’t fair,” means that we understand right and wrong, that we understand justice, but that we have also grown to accept the sad reality that our day-to-day lives are often affected in ways that are inconsistent with these values. The statement suggests a push for complacency and acceptance, because that’s just how things work.

I am tired of hearing these words. I am tired of saying them, too. Yes, life isn’t fair, but also: yes, it should be. And: yes, we can imagine a fairer world when those three words are used to start a conversation, not end one.

We hope to start that conversation with this issue of Shameless. In it, we ask important questions about our justice system and whose interests it serves (p. 18), we advocate to replace systems of punishment with those of community-led restoration and healing (p.28), and we provide a breakdown of how to affect the laws that affect us (p. 24). We challenge the policing of our classrooms (p. 10), our bodies (p. 13) and our closets (p.40), and we explore justice as it relates to the environment (p. 16) and our access to food (p. 38). With this issue, we hope to start a conversation about justice that can be used to challenge a culture of complacency and, in turn, fight for a fair and just world.

Yours Shamelessly,
Sheila
sheila@shamelessmag.com “

strugglingtobeheard: caramelblackness: ubuntuliberation: Did...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:48:01 -0400

strugglingtobeheard:

caramelblackness:

ubuntuliberation:

Did you know that there were Human Zoos on display in Europe and America from the 1870’s to the 1950’s? These public exhibits of humans,often called Negro Villages, usually showed indigenous people in a so-called natural or primitive state. The displays often emphasized the cultural differences between Europeans of Western civilization and non-European peoples.

Above is a photo from Amsterdam Holland around 1890, of an African child in one of these Human Zoo exhibits,being fed like an animal by white spectators.

What in all the fucks?!

Reasons why that pet my hair shit and all that isn’t cute. I didn’t know these places existed until the 50s tho, jeez. Fucking sick. And that baby is just a beautiful child that’s so terrible

geoekwe: cannotfixstupid: geoekwe: My response to a racist...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:23:55 -0400

Post I came across in a racist group on Facebook.

The last fully blooded Tasmanian family.

Women and children of men who did not meet rubber quotas in Belgium occupied Congo Free State.

A Cherokee Woman who walked the Trail of Tears.

Artistic rendition of one of the many famines caused by the restructuring of agricultural practices in India to make cash crops primarily for export to England.

geoekwe:

cannotfixstupid:

geoekwe:

My response to a racist and ignorant post (top picture) that I saw on Facebook.

The following are all examples of peoples whose livelihoods were destroyed by European settlement or conquest. Most of these “neighborhoods” are discussed more in depth in the Racism: A History series that can be found for free on YouTube which was ironically done by the BBC.

*All the photos are captioned*

Well said, good sir.

Thank you @cannotfixstupid!

Picture captions for people viewing on mobile:

1. Dumbass picture I found on racist Facebook group.
2. Picture of the last full blooded Tasmanian family.
3. Pictures of women and children who were punished for the men in the families not meeting rubber quotas in Belgian occupied Congo Free State.
4. Picture of a woman who was made to walk the Trail of Tears.
5. A depiction of one of the many famines that ruined Indian communities when their agricultural systems were changed to grow cash crops for export to England.

findingupsidedown: Idle No More! Not just for Indigenous...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:12:37 -0400

findingupsidedown:

Idle No More! Not just for Indigenous people. For anyone who cares about the Earth and is against pipelines and fossil fuel corporations.

On Pinterest: http://bit.ly/Wzs530

resistkxl: Toxic waste spill in northern Alberta biggest of...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:10:59 -0400

resistkxl:

Toxic waste spill in northern Alberta biggest of recent disasters in North America

“Every plant and tree died” in the area touched by the spill, said James Ahnassay, chief of the Dene Tha First Nation, whose members run traplines in an area that has seen oil and gas development since the 1950s.

afrafemme: searchingforknowledge: malanga-coco: kemetically-af...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:39:06 -0400

afrafemme:

searchingforknowledge:

malanga-coco:

kemetically-afrolatino:

Obama tells Africa not to blame colonialism for problems

“I think part of what’s hampered advancement in Africa is that for many years we’ve made excuses about corruption or poor governance, that this was somehow the consequence of neo-colonialism, or the West has been oppressive, or racism – I’m not a big – I’m not a believer in excuses.

“The West and the United States has not been responsible for what’s happened to Zimbabwe’s economy over the last 15 or 20 years.

oh yea cuz two decades erases 500+ years of Maafa African Holocaust colonialist, racist, white supremacist, capitalist slavery

YES WE CAN OPPRESS!

oh god this just gets worse

Oh the World Bank and IMF do not exist? Obama pls go and FUCK YOURSELF

fuck this guy.

Photo

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:36:34 -0400

vladislava: thismakesmeanxious: sesamestreet: Today, Sesame...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:31:49 -0400

vladislava:

thismakesmeanxious:

sesamestreet:

Today, Sesame Workshop launches its newest initiative, Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration. This bilingual (English/Spanish) multimedia outreach initiative provides much-needed resources to support and comfort young children (ages 3–8) throughout their parents’ incarceration. Go to http://www.sesamestreet.org/incarceration for more information and project resources.

like can we talk about how gr9 sesame street is though

!!!!

Friends who live in Saskatoon! Go to this zine launch!!

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:16:14 -0400

Friends who live in Saskatoon! Go to this zine launch!!

pocproblems: Book Description Publication Date: July 28, 2008...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:11:18 -0400

pocproblems:

Book Description

Publication Date: July 28, 2008 | Age Range: 4 - 7 years

Alvina has two grannies: Grannie Vero from Trinidad and Grannie Rose from England. When Alvina’s parents go on vacation, both grannies arrive to look after Alvina. But the two grannies have two very different ideas about what to eat, what to play, even what stories to tell. The grannies get angrier and angrier with each other, but Alvina devises a plan so that each granny can have her own way — or so she hopes! This sweet, funny story about tolerance and understanding reminds children that no matter how great the differences may seem, there’s always room for common ground.

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<3 Intersectionality, biraciality, and child strength/ingenuity in children’s books!

Queer Women of Color Romance Novels

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:58:11 -0400

qwocmediawire:

This is all links, so I couldn’t really do it in an ask.

http://sistahsontheshelf.com/: Black lesbian fiction, lots of romance

Goodreads lists:

Fiction Novels with Black Lesbian Characters

Fiction about lesbian, bisexual, and queer women of color

Chicana/Latina Lesbian Books

Interracial Lesbian Fiction

Asian Lesbian and Queer Women Fiction

Those lists aren’t all romance, but a lot of them are.

strugglingtobeheard: bapgeek: muddypetticoats: whatwhiteswilln...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:53:00 -0400

strugglingtobeheard:

bapgeek:

muddypetticoats:

whatwhiteswillneverknow:

How to use your white privilege

If the “passing privilege” person is looking at this blog, this is one thing you can do, if you’re up to it.

Reblogging for excellence.

So sad that White people only believe something is racist when someone that looks like them tells them it’s racist.

i could have used some of that today =(

descentintotyranny: Documentary — The Eyes of the Rainbow...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:07:12 -0400

descentintotyranny:

Documentary — The Eyes of the Rainbow (1997)

“Eyes of the Rainbow” deals with the life of Assata Shakur, the Black Panther and Black Liberation Army leader who escaped from prison and was given political asylum in Cuba, where she has lived for close to 15 years. In it we visit with Assata in Havana and she tells us about her history and her life in Cuba. This film is also about Assata’s AfroCuban context, including the Yoruba Orisha Oya, goddess of the ancestors, of war, of the cemetery and of the rainbow. Gloria Rolando on “Eyes of the Rainbow”:

“In the struggle of the African American people, many women’s voices in the past and the present have always called for social justice, women who throughout the years have shown integrity and firmness in their principles. For this reason, “The Eyes of the Rainbow” is dedicated to all women who struggle for a better world.

One of those voices that already forms a part of the history of the African American people is that of Assata Shakur. In the documentary “The Eyes of the Rainbow,” she recounts aspects of her path as relentless warrior. We are able to create a meeting with Assata Shakur through the symbols of AfroCuban culture, which offer us beautiful songs evoking the ancestors.

Representations of the Yoruba warrior orishas such as Oya and Ochosi support the discourse of this story, which also has its moments of poetry and tenderness as in the dance of Oshun, through which is illustrated Assata’s decision to become mother while still in prison.

The blues interpreted by Junius Williams and his “Magic Harp,” the songs of Sweet Honey in the Rocks, and the Cuban group “Vocal Baobab” give a special stamp to this valiant testimony which defines the spirit of struggle in the African American woman.”