A couple of weeks ago at work, I watched a guy get a tenner out of one of our cash points, walk straight to us and try and buy a drink with this. We couldn’t exactly say no! It had come from us! So we accepted it, and spend the next few hours watching it get given out and given back in, made me smile everytime it boomeranged back to us.
That’s fantastic haha
Going to Oly!
My twin sister is graduating with an environmental science degree in Olympia on June 15. If anyone lives up there I’ll be around June 10-20 and would love to make you a real life friend! You might even already know my sister :p Also thinking of meeting a friend from mexico, who was sent back to Calgary after 12 years, in Vancouver…but he works construction so I’m not sure he’ll be able to afford the trip. If only I had lots of money(or like, any) to visit my friends :(
also, I’m leaving for the Rio Grande Valley,with my dog, to see my ex-partner/current friend Thursday night . I’m anticipating way too much fun to be on tumblr a whole lot next weekend. I’ll post up lots before i leave :D
not sure how I feel about this. I understand their predicament with the lack of resources and sparsely spread population, but this is REALLY bad for the people still living in those areas. Overall there must be a better answer. You can’t just leave all those people in the dark and without services. Especially since you know which people it’s going to affect most; they’re not the people who will be able to easily relocate. :l
About to head out for the day
I have to table about the unschooling co-op I work at and collect signatures for Food Not Bombs at this “peace festival”… I’d rather sit home and read but ya know, no time for self care today. lol. Maybe I’ll get to skype someone tonight… Does anyone else get exhausted by being around people all the time?
This is why anyone who supports women of color, cis, queer or trans women, needs to fight the fascists who do shit like this until they are too scared to come out and face any of us, much less attack any person or organization. :l
This is sickening. Have Zionists learned nothing from history or are they simply completely delusional?
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“This is about a consistent pattern of behavior. It’s about controlling the conversation.”
Actually a really interesting article….
This article basically explains all the frustration I’ve felt in my relationships with men in the last 6 months/forever. Men need to recognize that these behaviors are harmful and extremely disrespectful to and frustrating for their partners.
Activists charged in Houston over Chad Holley protest
This morning I went to show unity at the pre-trial proceedings for Brother Kofi, Sister Krystal and Maria Elena Castellanos, who are charged with trespassing after demanding to meet with DA Lykos and eventually refusing to leave after they were locked out of a meeting with community leaders outraged over the Chad Holley case. They were demanding nothing more than having their voices, as community leaders, heard but the DA was not interested in listening and disrespected them by refusing to allow them into the meeting or hearing their voices at all. Not only has the DA allowed a great injustice to happen in the case of Officer Blumberg, but she has now shown that she is uninterested in hearing out community leaders in their demands for justice. These three activists are charged with trespassing, which could hold a maximum sentence of 180 days in jail or $2,000 fine. I all can say is: Down with the racist (in)justice system! These three wonderful individuals have my complete support for beating this charge.
Here is a mediocre Chronicle article explaining more about these cases: http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Protesters-arrested-at-DA-s-office-in-wake-of-3570101.php
Not only is this entire case a great show of injustice, but I was shocked by the huge number of people who were waiting for pre-trial proceedings today. It was absolutely absurd, and it was a moment when everything I’ve learned about the racist and profit driven nature of the (in)justice system through statistics, conversations, and lectures became reality in front my eyes. A huge amount of people there who would be fined, and therefore putting money in the system, was the first observation I made while sitting with Anthony Childress(survivor of HPD brutality). There literally must have been 100 + people in our courtroom on the docket, just for today! :l And while the names were being called and I was quietly observing, I really saw the truth of how unequally People of Color were represented as defendants. The room was predominantly filled by PoC. You can’t say that doesn’t stink of racial injustice. :l A third realization I came to while sitting with Anthony was the great lengths they go to in order to exercise control over the people in the courtroom. You can not chew gum, they may kick you out if they don’t like your tattoos(Anthony tells me), he was ordered to take off his sunglasses and his hat while we were sitting there, phones are a big fucking-omg-end-of-the- world deal, and so is reading or sleeping. They were constantly shushing everyone and demanding silence; we weren’t really interested in complying with that one. It is all about maintaining control over you. I was really disgusted by what I saw and heard, but also incredibly glad to have spent the morning in such wonderful company. Justice for Chad Holley! and freedom for Kofi, Krystal and Maria!!!
Thousands of students marched through the streets of Mexico City today, protesting against the Mexican mass media and the possible return of the country’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which ruled Mexico for 71 consecutive years, to the presidential palace. The PRI’s candidate, Enrique Peña Nieto, is leading key polls for the July 1 election, according to mass media reports. Under its rule, the PRI was known for its repression and political corruption.
About me
I'm a recent grad, community organizer, educator and writer living in H-town, Tejas. I'm also a total nerd and proud of it. This blog is for me to share information and also my writings and experiences. If my radicalness, sexuality, multilingualism, non-gender conformingness, outspokenness or cajunness offends you, you can fuck the fuck off because I don't wanna hear about it. All other criticisms and comments are welcome. I choose to stay in Tejas because there is a lot of work to do here and a lot of people who still know what they are fighting for here and haven't or can't escape to a nice little liberal 'paradise' like Portland(or anywhere with local farmers and decent public transport). I stay for the people who want better than what we have here, and I love them. So Fuck Y'all, I'm from Tejas!
