Not the Only One

The mass disablement of people and normalization of mass death is not something we should accept EVER. So our justice movements must hold space for grief. There is healing in grieving together. To remember the fallen and those harmed by these oppressive structures. To cultivate our fierceness and determination. To plan actions to tear it all down. To build anew. Grief can be a powerful motivator as can anger when given the space it needs to breathe. It is the fertilizer for our growth t...

two Indigenous who took care of an elephant? The two Indigenous folks say she is accusing them of taking money but never gave them any. They say they never even got free tea from her. Shame on Kartiki Gonsalves and producer Guneet Monga. They basically were asked to stop taking care of elephants after the documentary and lost their livelihood. They even call her in this interview and she never responds. Kartiki Gonsalves set some goons on them when they asked for some compensation. Imagine.

Colorism is a form of discrimination based on skin tone that routinely privileges light-skinned people of color and penalizes darker-skinned people of color. Slavery in the USA and the Americas and European colonialism around the globe help explain the historical roots of colorism in the USA. Research on skin tone stratification demonstrates that, with few exceptions, light skin tone is privileged and rewarded in many different social settings. In fact, with increased access to racial capital...

To any parent or person that thinks this is alright: you’re ableism speaks volumes and I not so kindly ask you never procreate or have another child.

Dr Tom Potokar, a consultant plastic surgeon who has been to Gaza 16 times to treat patients, was at the hospital when warplanes dropped six bombs, killing 28 people and injuring dozens.

May this energy spread like wildfire 💕 “And you know who I want to thank? I want to thank me -- for believing in me and doing what they said I could not do. And I want to say to myself in front of all you beautiful people, 'Go on girl with your bad self. You did that.'" "Finally, I accept this award on behalf of every Black and brown woman who has gone unheard, yet overpoliced. Like #GlendaCleveland. Like #SandraBland. Like #BreonnaTaylor.” #NiecyNash #EmmyAwards

May 6th marks the day the Nazis attacked the German Institute for Sex research in 1933, also known as Hirschfeld institute. There queer people could get counseling, poor people got medical treatman and it tried to educate people about contraception, being trans and much more. The Nazis attacked, plundered and destroyed it. And later they put queer people in concentration camps. They also worsened the punishment of paragraph 175 of the criminal court, which criminalized gay sex. May 8th m...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools has issued an apology after 12 students with disabilities were inadvertently (sic) left out of the Chapel Hill High School yearbook.