May 2012
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Sex workers don't sell their bodies, they sell...
Does anyone live in Washington DC?
I’m going to be in DC from June 7 until June 29. For real this time. Would anybody like to meet?
So, I just accidentally sent the following text...
“Its really funny to see how white dudes react when they come to my work [I work at a head shop]. Because power dynamics are way different when I’m behind the counter (of the only head shop in the whole city) so they cant do their normal routine and just ignore me, stare at me at a distance, or call me a faggot. When they walk in; they suddenly instinctly try to ignore me and avoid eye...
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The Battle of Empty Stomachs : Palestinian...
thepalestineyoudontknow:
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Detainees on Monday signed a deal with the Israeli prison authority to end their mass hunger strike, officials told Ma’an. Prisoner representatives from each of the factions agreed to the deal in Ashkelon jail, prisoners society chief Qaddura Fares said. Senior Hamas official Saleh Arouri, who was a member of the negotiations team, confirmed that a...
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Palestinians end Israel prison hunger strike →
The Palestinian Minister for Prisoner Affairs has said a deal has been reached with Israel to end a weeks-long hunger strike by hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
Issa Qaraqe said the Palestinian prisoners signed the deal on Monday afternoon at an Israeli prison in Ashkelon. He did not have details of the deal, and Israeli officials had no immediate comment. About 2,000 prisoners held by Israel...
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Palestinian hunger strike deal 'within reach' →
An agreement that would end the hunger strike of some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails has been reached in Cairo, pending approval by strikers’ committee, a senior Palestinian official told Al Jazeera.
“An agreement was reached in Cairo today [Sunday] on a proposal to end the hunger strike of the Palestinian prisoners,” Issa Karaka, head of the Palestinian prison...
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Brooklyn trans woman dies in suspicious apartment... →
funkyfest:
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A passerby saw the flames and banged on doors and everyone in the building got out except Lorena Escalera who was found her bed by firefighters using thermal imaging. She was declared dead at the scene by paramedics.
Escalera, who worked as an escort, had two men in her apartment earlier. They have not been found as of this writing however, according to...
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Oh god.
Beautiful queer strangers sitting in front of me.
This is extremely rare for this town.
Fuckfuckfuck this is intimidating. What am I supposed to do?
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ghosthustler replied to your post: Maybe TMI. Actually, yeah, TMI.
i don’t know what it is about jeans but there’s some sort of quantum change of state between standing and sitting down on them with any fit. dear god jeans keep your contours on
I mean yeah. That’s totally what I was talking about. Let’s go with that.
"Pro-Choice"
asgardian-feminist:
foudaism:
Gimme a break,
If you think you’re oh so righteous, use the actual term.
It’s called abortion.
It makes you “Pro-Abortion”.
I hate euphemisms for a reason.
I’m pro-abortion.
You get an abortion.
You get an abortion!
EVERYBODY GETS AN ABORTION!
Maybe TMI. Actually, yeah, TMI.
So, I found jeans that made tucking and walking possible.
And it felt so glorious.
And then I sat down.
That did not feel so glorious.
dragony-little-scamp:
femmeprincessbrat:
i hate this town
we can’t even play at the playground because there are straight people there who would stare at us
they did more than stare :/
:C I’m sorry, ya’ll. Fuckfuckfuck that’s such a shitty situation.
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[TW: Rape, violence]
jfurrr replied to your post: Law and Order is a disgusting show.
which episode was it??
God, all I know is there was a lawyer and a woman who killed a guy who sexually assaulted her, and the lawyer was yelling at her all hardcore trying to get her to “admit” that her rape never happened and stuff. It was bad.
But this is what our popular culture believes is...
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dragony-little-scamp reblogged your post: Law and Order is a disgusting show.
have you seen the trans episode oh god
O_O no, and I don’t plan to.
A lovely interaction I had seconds ago
I’m walking alone to a cafe. Some white guy driving a red truck stops next to me. My eye sight sucks so I take my headphones out, thinking I know him.
“Hey,” says the guy.
“Hey,” I say.
“Oh, you’re a guy! Coulda fooled me.” The guy drives away.
O_o … Uhm, what the fuck was he going to ask me???
… (I don’t feel like being...
Law and Order is a disgusting show.
Ugh. God. Why did I let it keep playing? Ugh fuck.
“The United States imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than...”
– Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (via cielito-lindo)
Anyone like to read the story of United Fruit...
I just finished a super giant paper for it.
I also just finished one about Kony 2012 and the political work of following criticisms that center the issue around Invisible Children rather than imperialism, poverty, and the military industrial complex.
…
Whoops. Never mind.
I’m not going to San Francisco. Bleh.
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came-down replied to your photo: And then I bought makeup for the first time since…
gasp! You were in my dream last night. We were at the Grand Canyon.. It was lovely because it was snowy and warm at the same time and we were walking down through these tunnels. ‘Twas magical.. I just remembered upon seeing your face,
That’s like, really, really wonderful. And kinda flattering.
I...
Going to San Francisco next week!!!!!
(hopefully… But likely)
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