Sasquatch 2013! Homos, queers, other brown people and my ndn peeps: come and say hi!! Message or ask me! Or reply asking for my digits.
Frida by Senegalese photographer Omar Viktor Diop shot in Abidjan.
i love this waaay too much. too used to seeing only white girls impersonate her.
This is so pretty!
(Source: katebomz)
The team that runs iknowmine.org is hiring!
We just had the Community Research Assistant position posted on the ANTHC website. No college degree required, just looking for dedicated, energetic individual who’s passionate about sexual health!
Some additional information not stated on the job posting is the position is located our program, which is the HIV/STI (sexually transmitted infections) program. In addition to working on iknowmine.org, our website, the position would include supporting the program’s two research projects, and other programmatic support.
Feel free to submit a personalized cover letter to the program manager about your interest in the position. Her name is Connie Jessen and her email is cmjessen@anthc.org. To be considered for the position, all candidates must submit an application through the ANTHC website.
To apply, go to https://anthc.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm and enter the job ID into the search box: 20130346
So my program is hiring… Wanna come work for me?
White people:
During introductions at native events, just say no tribal affiliation. Don’t be that person who goes “I belong to the human tribe.” It’s not funny, it’s another micro-aggression that you are bringing OUR space that WE invited you too.
When you do that, your white privilege is showing. It is privilege that makes you feel comfortable enough in a native space to make an inherently racist statement in our space. A space that we opened up to you. An invitation we extended to you.
Try not to be rude and rip up our invitation to you in our face.
“ Love is a verb. Love is as love does. Love is an act of will. It is the will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth. Will implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love. ”
bell hooks (via ynannarising)
“ [I]n order to colonize a people whose society was not hierarchical, colonizers must first naturalize hierarchy through instituting patriarchy. ”
Andrea Smith (via counterstorytelling)
For those who don’t know— Andrea Smith is a Native American woman and scholar in ethnic/gender studies. One of her main projects is the INCITE! collective.
This makes me think of Silvia Federici’s book, Caliban and the Witch (which I still need to finish), which talks about how the construction of patriarchy in Europe was a critical development in the formation of capitalism and “primitive accumulation.”
(via dancepunksnotdead)
Trans* activists in Mexico City, protesting violence against the LGBTQ community.
(Source: tzintzuntzan)
I’ve been living back home in Alaska for 18 months. When I left Portland I was deeply embittered with every aspect of Portland except its cheap drinks.
I’ve been back for visiting and for work five times since then.
I can honestly this is the first time being in the city that I’m not being washed by hurt, rage, and deep distrust as I move about the city.
It’s not waves now, but I’m still wet.
Why are we using so much drugs & alcohol during our queer sex. This photo is the satay collected by Jason Mitchell presented at YTH Live about YMSM sexual activity + substance use. It isn’t about all queer peeps but I know anecdotally that sexual activity + substance use in high in our young queer communities. Hella I did it. We need to start addressing where the line of dependance is for our sexual activity.
Thoughts?
