What Trump is like, and how he’s going to act as POTUS.
I was just thinking about how some people, most people really, don’t realize that whorephobia is an actual axis of oppression.
One example of too many; the Green River killer murdered over 90 women and specifically targeted sex workers because he thought no one would care about us. More recently, Adrien Bayley brutalized countless sex workers before he was arrested for the murder of Jill Meagher (Jill wasn’t a sex worker and her husband pointed out how whorephobia lead to her death as the courts gave him pathetically weak sentences for his crimes against Melbourne SWs which is the reason why he was a free man and able to kill her).
Beyond this, many of us have experienced at least one scary situation and many of us have been assaulted by clients who targeted us because society sees us as disposable, they know we have little to no recourse. I was stalked and kidnapped by a serial rapist and I know of several SWs who’ve been raped by him, most I know personally. I’m fully expecting to see him on the news charged with murder, any day now.
That’s the reality. I don’t really do personal posts here but I’ve been crying over the women murdered by the Green River killer for an hour so why not make a post about it I guess.
Edit: I can’t reply directly because mobile but civilians can reblog this, this blog is designed to be an educational resource for everyone so all posts are fine for civilians (non sex workers) to reblog unless specifically stated otherwise
Why is it when I bust my ass to lose weight and keep In shape I'm privileged, it's not privileged it's reward from hard work. Thin privileged is having to constantly be judged that it's my "fast metabolism" and not my hard work and dedication because ppl like you can't stick to a healthy diet. So tell me, how is there such thing as fat shaming but not skinny shaming
Many thin people believe that they “earned” their thinness from diet and exercise without realizing that behavior determines a very small percentage of variance in population weights.
By far the strongest determinant of weight is genetics, accounting for over 75% of individual differences in size. After that comes powerful social determinants of higher body weight like poverty and food insecurity, a history of trauma, and especially a history of weight-based abuse, like being forced to diet at a young age.
Healthful exercise does not typically result in long-term weight loss. Among other benefits, exercise improves cardiovascular health, helps people regulate their blood sugar, and for some people, it can improve mental health. But it simply does not cause long-term weight loss.
And hey, guess what? Lots of fat people “bust their asses” and are incredibly active and they… are…. still… fat!
Besides all of that, even if thin people did “earn” their thinness, it certainty doesn’t justify the social, economic, and material benefits that thin people enjoy, nor does it justify the rampant abuse and discrimination that fat people suffer.
Being thin is not an accomplishment and being fat is not a failure. Body size does not determine your worth. Period.
On Tuesday, at the United State of Women Summit in Washington D.C., first lady Michelle Obama sat down with Oprah Winfrey for a wide ranging chat. When the topic turned to what men can do for equality, Obama had two repeating words, “Be better.” She also doled out advice for women and the confusion about “bravery.”
Mark: Whether I’m gay or not has no reflection –
Owen: No, it does. Just listen –
Julia: I don’t think that you have ownership of horror of this crime.
Owen: Can I just say, I find this, I find this astonishing.
Julia: I’m not Jewish and I’m not gay, I’m not French, but I still am equally horrified by these crimes.
Owen: This was a – I’m being yelled at, which is incredible.
Julia: Stop talking so [we hadn’t do].
Mark: That’s the headline: ‘Isil wages war on gays in west’. Now you share that view, that basically this was deliberately targeted on one part of the community rather than the freedom to enjoy yourself no matter what your sexual orientation is.
Owen: What are you talking about?!?
Mark: I’m talking about the coverage in the newspapers.
Owen: It’s not some abstract, kind of, he just picked a random club out of nowhere. He picked a club because it was full of people he regarded as deviants. That’s why he attacked the club.
Julia: It’s a hate crime, this is an act of terrorism, it was an attack on gay people, absolutely, it was horrific. However, my mind guesses this man probably would be as horrified by me as a gobby woman as he would – genuinely, genuinely – this is the thing. We don’t know right now. We can speculate, but we don’t know how much of this is motivated by just his homophobia.
Owen: We heard from his own father about his revulsion – why are we trying to deflect? Why are you both pick-
Mark: We are not trying to deflect. We are trying to reflect what is being said by the authorities here and –
Owen: Can I ask, what argument are you trying to pick here?
Mark: I’m now going to quote from what The Telegraph is saying…’his father said…[he] may have targeted the gay community after becoming angry when he saw two men–’
Owen: ‘May have’? He did! Why are you saying this?
Julia: ‘After seeing two men kissing in Miami some months ago’ – he may have been angered by many other things since then!
Owen: I’m sorry. I just find this the most astonishing thing I’ve ever been involved with on television. If he’d walked into a synagogue, and massacred dozens of Jewish people, you wouldn’t be saying what you’re saying now.
Owen: This bizarre attempt to deflect from this –
Mark: We are trying to draw parallels in terrorist attacks on people who are being attacked whether they are enjoying rock music in Paris, whether they are gay people in Florida enjoying a night out.
Julia: I completely accept it, as [Mark] does, that it was a homophobic attack, but for me the issue is there are going to be homophobic people, there’ll be people who hate black people, or who hate gay people, or hate Jewish people. There are going to be people, who are lunatics, who are fanatics –
Owen: Who are “lunatics”! Stop using these words, Julia!
Julia: Is it possible for me to finish one sentence?
Owen: If you stop using words like “lunatic” to talk about homophobic terrorist attacks!
Julia: Well thank you. Whoever these people are, and whatever their motivations are, the key thing is we’re always going to have mad and bad people in the world.
Owen: Mad and bad people. Okay.
Julia: And the key issue is, that they can’t do too much or any harm. When you have free access to assault weapons in a country like America, then they’re able to put their hatred of other people –
Owen: Yes! Obviously!
Julia: – into effect, and do damage. That’s the issue for me.
(discussion between Mark and Julia on gun control and the U.S. …Julia: It is absolutely absurd, if America were not going to do something about gun control after Sandy Hook in 2012, if you’re going to watch six- and seven-year-olds being massacred and you don’t think you need to act, they are never going to act.)
Mark: There’s something else here in The Telegraph coverage, which I think we need to bring up, Owen, in relation to your point. And that is, I think that we’ve got at least a call from a spokesman for Stonewall saying that people would be feeling vulnerable, and basically indicating –
Owen: Oh, you’re going to have an LGBT voice talking about it. Interesting.
Mark: Sorry?
Owen: Nothing, carry on. Go on.
Julia: Owen, seriously.
Owen: I’ve had enough of this. I’m going home. Sorry. No way.
Julia: Owen, genuinely, we’re trying to have a civilized conversation.
Owen: I know you’re having it, I don’t want it!
Julia: I know you’re upset, you’re very upset –
Owen: Yeah, I am, I’m very upset. I’m very upset.
Julia: Everyone’s upset and angry about this, but storming off a TV set –
Owen Jones, Mark Longhurst, and Julia Hartley-Brewer discuss the Pulse nightclub shootings, 12 June 2016
“You’re a white person in America, so I could see why you’d think this, but tellin’ other people how to live is actually NOT a right you have.”
DING DING DING
It’s really refreshing to see this, coming from someone who lives in the South.
I honestly have to second the last comment on this. I’m so used to the South being a bastion of racism and other grossness, it’s so good to see a Southerner calling people on their shit.
Ruby Bridges was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis in 1960.
This movie made me cry, I was so heart broken by how Ruby Bridges was treated! She was only 6, but was so strong. She is a very brave girl and she did not care what the white folks called her.
People are simply disgusting to minimize people by skin color!
Ruby you might not think you’re a hero… But to other people you are! You are A HERO and you are A PERSON WHO MADE AMERICA CHANGE!
this is white culture, this is their history, this is their legacy…being enraged at a damn baby just because she’s black.
she’s still alive by the way
Ruby Bridges in 2010
“As Bridges describes it, “Driving up I could see the crowd, but living in New Orleans, I actually thought it was Mardi Gras. There was a large crowd of people outside of the school. They were throwing things and shouting, and that sort of goes on in New Orleans at Mardi Gras.“ Former United States Deputy Marshal Charles Burks later recalled, “She showed a lot of courage. She never cried. She didn’t whimper. She just marched along like a little soldier, and we’re all very very proud of her.“
U.S. Marshals escorted Bridges to and from school
As soon as Bridges entered the school, white parents pulled their own children out; all the teachers refused to teach while a black child was enrolled. Only one person agreed to teach Ruby and that was Barbara Henry, from Boston, Massachusetts, and for over a year Henry taught her alone, “as if she were teaching a whole class.”
Every morning, as Bridges walked to school, one woman would threaten to poison her; because of this, the U.S. Marshals dispatched by President Eisenhower, who were overseeing her safety, allowed Ruby to eat only the food that she brought from home.
Another woman at the school put a black baby doll in a wooden coffin and protested with it outside the school, a sight that Bridges Hall has said “scared me more than the nasty things people screamed at us.” At her mother’s suggestion, Bridges began to pray on the way to school, which she found provided protection from the comments yelled at her on the daily walks.”
More info on Ruby Bridges on Wikipedia
THIS SHIT WAS ONLY 58 YEARS AGO. PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS RACIST TERRORISM AND ACTS LIKE IT ARE STILL ALIVE, AND THEIR KIDS ARE IN THEIR 40′S AND 50′S.
DON’T LET RACISM APOLOGISTS GET AWAY WITH “WHY ARE YOU LIVING IN THE PAST,” BULLSHIT ARGUMENTS. WE ARE LITERALLY STILL DEALING WITH THE FAMILIES THAT FORMED HATE MOBS OVER BLACK CHILDREN ATTENDING SCHOOL WITH WHITE KIDS.
NYC Street Cart Style Chicken And Rice by Tasty
Serves 4
Ingredients
For the white sauce: 1 cup plain yogurt 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar (or white vinegar) 1 lemon, juiced ½ teaspoon sugar ½ teaspoon salt
For the chicken: 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs 1 lemon, juiced 1 teaspoon dried oregano 2 teaspoons ground coriander 1 ½ teaspoons salt ¼ teaspoon black pepper 4 cloves garlic, minced ¼ cup olive oil
For the rice: 2 tablespoons butter 1 ½ teaspoons ground turmeric 1 teaspoon ground cumin 2 cups basmati or long grain white rice 2 cups chicken stock ½ teaspoon salt
Additional optional ingredients: Sriracha, harissa or your favorite hot sauce (optional to serve) Fresh parsley (optional for garnish)
Preparation
1. Whisk together all sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Refrigerate until ready to use. 2. Toss chicken with lemon juice, oregano, coriander, salt, pepper, garlic and olive oil. Marinate at least 15 minutes, an hour is ideal. 3. Heat a large pot over high heat and add enough oil to coat the bottom lightly. 4. Cook the chicken in batches until done. Remove from pan, set aside and keep warm. 5. In the same pot you cooked the chicken, add the butter, rice, turmeric and cumin. Stir to coat, cook about 1-2 minutes. 6. Add chicken stock and salt and bring to a boil. 7. Turn heat down to low, cover and cook 15 minutes. Fluff with a fork when finished and remove from heat. 8. When everything is done, dice the chicken. 9. Serve chicken pieces on top of rice, drizzle with the white sauce and add hot sauce if desired. 10. Enjoy!
*whispers* there’s a Tasty tumblr now
FUCK YEA
It Is All Too Easy for Pregnant Women To Be Put on Trial in the United States, by Farah Diaz-Tello and Laura Huss in Rewire (via wearerewire)
Anti-choicers will find new ways to imprison women for not being perfect incubators. Just watch. Your baby inherited sickle cell? Prison. Your baby inherited Tay-Sachs? Prison. Your baby was diagnosed with Down Syndrome, and you’re over 35? Prison. It’s not just going to be people who are dependent on drugs and alcohol who go to prison when their babies aren’t born completely healthy.
(via seriouslyamerica)
Possibilities
Today on medievalpoc we brainstormed historically accurate Asian women as Robin Hood in Medieval England, with possible Trotula the Medieval gynecologist as a Merry Woman, touched on 30 ways to become An Immortal from a non-Western perspective (including eating mermaid meat!), revisited the accurately diverse demographics of the Caribbean and possibilities thereof (including LGBT pirates), saw some average peasants of color from the Renaissance doing their peasant thing, learned about the legendary beauty of an enslaved man named Paul in Pre-Revolutionary France, attempted to clarify the sociopolitical nuances of terminology, religion and race in 16th century Spain and Portugal, and called out Gilgamesh for being a raging tryhard.
^ In one day. Which is kinda the point here-and why I can be pretty critical of how we see the same things over and over and over in Medieval style fantasy media.
No writer or creator is limited by history or “historical accuracy”.
Anything you can possibly imagine has a historical precedent.
I find that prospect absolutely thrilling, and I hope you do, too.
I want to reblog this again for Fiction Week, because I think many artists, writers, and other creators limit themselves because of assumptions they hold about the past, what is “believable”, what is “true”, what is “historically accurate”.
Too much of what we think we know boils down to assumptions we’ve made, or things we have been told by others and believed, internalized, and replicated through our art. Or ideals and aesthetics are shaped by our culture, but we are also the shapers of culture, and we can break the loop.
I really do believe the possibilities are limitless.
Very excited to share a new comic I made with @annasellheim (The first part by Anna, the second part by me)
We both really believe that @plannedparenthood is vital for women’s health, so to show our support we made a comic about our lovely experiences there.
If you have any questions or just want to support PP, visit https://www.plannedparenthood.org/
We LOVE these comics.