radical self care

"Of course, this is one of the profound ways in which oppression works—to mire us in body hatred...."

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 16:35:48 -0400

“Of course, this is one of the profound ways in which oppression works—to mire us in body hatred. Homophobia is all about defining queer bodies as wrong, perverse, immoral. Transphobia, about defining trans bodies as unnatural, monstrous, or the product of delusion. Ableism, about defining disabled bodies as broken and tragic. Class warfare, about defining the bodies of workers as expendable. Racism, about defining the bodies of people of color as primitive, exotic, or worthless. Sexism, about defining female bodies as pliable objects. These messages sink beneath our skin.”

- Eli Clare, “Stolen Bodies, Reclaimed Bodies” (via genderqueer)

i <3 alex

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i <3 alex

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Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:31:45 -0400

fly-above-the-clouds: ✈

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:28:05 -0400

fly-above-the-clouds:

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feministpizza: I’ll take 20

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:22:48 -0400

feministpizza:

I’ll take 20

"The internet left seems to be seduced by models that reduce doing the right thing politically to..."

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:21:40 -0400

“The internet left seems to be seduced by models that reduce doing the right thing politically to checking off boxes on a list. Do this. Don’t do that. Have you done this? Until you can be seen to have done this, you can’t… Check. Check. Most of our day-to-day experience with actual checklists, though, has less to do with doing the right thing—whatever that might mean—than with needing to obtain the right credential, with, for instance, getting authorized by the state to drive a vehicle, with being examined by medical practitioners, with being looked at and (if we’re in a relative position of power) looking at others with an evaluative eye. Checklisting, in other words, is less about politics than it is, ultimately, about policing—about who gets to inspect and regulate and authorize, all in the name of maintaining the smooth functioning of a social order. It’s a strange move to so enthusiastically adopt this form in the name of disrupting and/or transforming such an order.”

- • • • low end theory: (via pussy-strut)

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"WILD GEESE" by Mary Oliver

Fri, 04 May 2012 16:02:52 -0400

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.

Tell me about your despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting —
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

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CHEST BINDING RESOURCES

Fri, 04 May 2012 15:48:52 -0400

CHEST BINDING RESOURCES:

bklynboihood:

(via @transguys.com)

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Fri, 04 May 2012 15:02:13 -0400

"Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves."

Fri, 04 May 2012 15:01:31 -0400

“Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.”

- Audre Lorde, ‘Sexism: An American Disease in Blackface’, in Sister/Outsider, p. 63. (via feministquotes)

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"For women, the need and desire to nurture each other is not pathological but redemptive, and it is..."

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:19:44 -0400

“For women, the need and desire to nurture each other is not pathological but redemptive, and it is within that knowledge that our real power is rediscovered. It is thus real connection, which is so feared by a patriarchal world. For it is only under a patriarchal structure that maternity is the only social power open to women.”

- Audre Lorde (via typicalolly)

100 Things To Do When You're Upset

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:33:48 -0400

100 Things To Do When You're Upset:

girlsgetbusyzine: bearkvlt: Just gonna ad a few more Call a...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:31:12 -0400

girlsgetbusyzine:

bearkvlt:

Just gonna ad a few more

Call a friend

Look in the mirror naked—think only good things

Watch your favorite childhood movie and take yourself back to that time

Try on anything funky—your parents vintage, old costumes or even your own

Write a journal, whether you plan to continue or not

Blast music and dance like everyone is watching and you don’t even care

Brush your hair 100 times

Go for a run, or a bike ride, just get out and work out

Try meditation—go to your happy place

Anything else! :)