February 2012
Anonymous asked: Your so called social justice is bullshit.
Sorry tumblr gotta peace out for a bit
I was already planning to check out for a bit tonight, but this asshole was the last straw
I’m gonna go do awesome things like tell cissexists to shove it, take care of my mental health, make-out with my awesome girlfriend, organize workshops around race, gender sexuality, and ability all semester, make subversive films and performance pieces, build and maintain awesome connections with my...
TW and thats about as coherent as I can get right...
Just got this ask:
Oh [here they wrote my old name] (or [my chosen name], or whatever the fuck you want to be called) and your girlfriend [girlfriend’s full name] need to seriously get over yourselves. Go figure that your dad being a [my dad’s career specialty] would be your most extreme act of rebellion. [this, btw, makes zero sense… my dad’s career has absolutely...
hey
not arguing with white people about hair any more today. Stop asking me questions that are already fucking answered in the links to POC writing that I offered. You know how I feel, you’re not going to win anything. Stop wasting your time. Turning off anon, not answering any more. p.s. to the gajillion folks who asked me how I would know if the person with dreads is white or not, I...
a-bayani replied to your post: don’t assume that everyone unfollowed you because of the dreads thing. I’m totally with you on that. Yay anti-racism. I unfollowed because you post more than I can keep up with and I got lost on my dash. cheers.
dang!… i haven’t actually gotten any unfollows (even from the shitty white bro with dreads who said he would hahahaha)
RIGHT? Like I don’t even...
Anyways, moving on
I need to make a moving one-shot video tonight thats due for my class tomorrow and I still have absolutely zero ideas. It’s so much easier when I’m my own subject, but when other folks are in front of the camera I get kind of stopped up worrying. Ack. Any ideas of places I could go for inspiration? I have to shoot indoors at night, my only option for a moving subject is my boo, I...
Anonymous asked: don't assume that everyone unfollowed you because of the dreads thing. I'm totally with you on that. Yay anti-racism. I unfollowed because you post more than I can keep up with and I got lost on my dash. cheers.
Anonymous asked: I'm mixed race (black & white), and I have dreads, but in some contexts I "pass" as white. People--usually white people--lecture me all the time about how I shouldn't have dreads because it's racist, because I'm perceived by them as some racist white asshole when I am a woman of color. So folks, (not just you, delisub), don't assume the person you're...
Anonymous asked: wait so you reall dont think white people should have dreads??
greenbrowngirl asked: Dear white people, If you have a question on specific culture/race or that concerns that a specific culture/race, why don't you ask them directly? Stop going through fellow white people. You can also google resources. It doesn't make sense to ask a white person on matters of black and brown people. It's kind of actually insulting that OUR opinion matters so little to you or that you...
Anonymous asked: Dear white people, you need to hear this. As someone who is mixed, I know you're used to having access to whatever you want but reality doesn't work that way. If someone says don't do it, don't do it.
I didn’t plan to skip class to have a phone appt with my psych. But I did, and it was honestly the best decision. Got to get a lot of health stuff sorted, feeling less stressed. Time to eat that lunch I packed and try to do a last-minute story board for the video that’s due tomorrow (eep!)
Anonymous asked: I'm not unfollowing you because I have dreads (which I don't BTW) but because I find your obsessive behavior over a minor misstep in cultural ambiguity to be tiresome.
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damn. my psych was supposed to call me like ten minutes ago. gonna be so late for class.
miseengarde:
white girls who want my culture’s bindis and saris and henna
take my skin colour too
and my dark brown lips
take my self-hatred because i don’t fit into the euro-centric ideals of beauty
take the oppression too
take the history of colonization that has devastated my country
and the drones that currently devastate my country
take all the bad stuff too
not just the pretty,...
Lol I just lost like 10 followers
Where the fuck did you people come from? I guess I’ve been depressed and mostly posting kittens lately, but this has always been a blog where I’ve posted about oppressive behaviors including white ppl being culturally appropriative and racist. Were you SURPRISED?
Like on the on hand, good riddance, I’m glad your gone. And on the other hand, it might do you some good to stick...
Anonymous asked: Holy SHIT it doesn't matter what kind of hair you have, people. IF DREADS ARE NOT A PART OF YOUR ACTUAL CULTURE THEN DO NOT HAVE THEM, IT IS RUDE AS HELL AND APPROPRIATIVE AS SHIT.
notyrdear replied to your post: honeyneethetomboyfemme replied to your post: In … ‘just like african hair’ #NOPE
truth happened
msamberhazard replied to your post: What about white people who are have joined the religion of Rastafarian and growing dreads is part of their faith.
Seriously though… quit trying to think up a justification for your appropriation.
Really though. My whole ask box right now is just
BUT BUT BUT BUT!
stop. LISTEN TO YOURSELVES FELLOW WHITE PPL. Think about why you are so attached to this?
...
honeyneethetomboyfemme replied to your post: In response to the last anon ask about where to draw the line with who should and shouldn’t have locks: If locks are a bona fide part of your heritage and culture, I as a black woman, would not be offended by you wearing them, regardless of the shade of your skin. However, if you’re like 1/64th black, go and get your own hairstyle.
A friend of mine...
Anonymous asked: What about white people who are have joined the religion of Rastafarian and growing dreads is part of their faith.
Trigger warning on the open letter post link
mermaid-vision replied to your post: Also this post
The open letter post was really triggering for me for child abuse, in case anyone needs that warning.
fuck , thank you. I’m just skimming these posts right now and I entirely missed that
animalcrackersinmysoylatte asked: So, out of curiosity, what would a non-racist hair cut/style look like?Dreads were also worn, abet they weren't called dreads, by ancient Celts. In addition, dreads are traditionally called "Dreads" because of the dread of God, read out of respect for God. That's where they started being called Dreads. In Hindi, they're called Jata. Thus Dreads are also Indian. The Ngagpas...
faysbook asked: In response to the last anon ask about where to draw the line with who should and shouldn't have locks: If locks are a bona fide part of your heritage and culture, I as a black woman, would not be offended by you wearing them, regardless of the shade of your skin. However, if you're like 1/64th black, go and get your own hairstyle.
bramblepatch:
boyqueen:
bramblepatch:
boyqueen:
a-bayani:
hey, white people with dreads
unfollow me
and shave your head
cosigned.
While I very much agree that white people wearing dreads often do so in an uncomfortably culturally appropriative way, I’m a little disappointed to see you of all people unilaterally condemning someone’s choice of personal expression, boyqueen.
Are...
faysbook replied to your post: I feel the need to tell your last anon just that there’s a difference between having hair that knots naturally and consciously forming your hair into dreads. Dreads are a STYLE! They are created consciously! The idea that dreadlocks are just a product of not combing your hair reinforces the idea that Black styles are rooted in being “uncivilized” & that...
Anonymous asked: i'm confused about where lines are drawn with dreadlocks being cultural appropriation. is it appropriative for anyone whose culture that is not a part of to have them even if they aren't white? what about if they are mixed race and white passing? i know you are not a cultural appropriation expert, but maybe you or one of your followers could direct me to some resources or soemthing?
mattachinereview asked: I feel the need to tell your last anon just that there's a difference between having hair that knots naturally and consciously forming your hair into dreads. Dreads are a STYLE! They are created consciously! The idea that dreadlocks are just a product of not combing your hair reinforces the idea that Black styles are rooted in being "uncivilized" & that Black people are unable...
Anonymous asked: charlie has been admonished by poc in the past as being used as a voice over poc, though you might find that relevant.
Also this post
http://fuckyeahculturalappropriation.tumblr.com/post/3515152630/im-afraid-this-is-another-ask-about-dreadlocks-please
and this post
http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/an-open-letter-to-white-people-with-dreadlocks/
might be useful for you
For my last asker
this was the first post I dug up: http://whatfreshhellisthis.tumblr.com/post/3569394824/dreadlocks-semiotics-and-cultural-appropriation-an I think this commentary might be useful for you, and the original post (linked at the top of that page) is useful as well.
Anonymous asked: what if i'm white and my hair knots naturally? i don't like combing my hair, it hurts my scalp. and i REALLY like following you.
bramblepatch:
boyqueen:
a-bayani:
hey, white people with dreads
unfollow me
and shave your head
cosigned.
While I very much agree that white people wearing dreads often do so in an uncomfortably culturally appropriative way, I’m a little disappointed to see you of all people unilaterally condemning someone’s choice of personal expression, boyqueen.
Are you real life? O_o
What I...
lol lost two followers
go cut yr hair.
a-bayani:
hey, white people with dreads
unfollow me
and shave your head
cosigned.
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mnome:
lucypaw:
Earlier today on twitter, a (now former) follower of mine started complaining about a feminist forum I moderate and which she doesn’t belong to but which apparently she reads or something. Her complaint was that every discussion in there is derailed by trans people talking about transmisogyny and transphobia. Which I suppose is something to discuss but then she started taking...
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harrietsdaughter:
latinosexuality:
Hello professor Question, Are you taking points off for any grammar mistake? As you noticed in the past classes, English is my second language and it has been tough for me to learn the language and be able to express myself. However, I…
I don't know if anyone remembers that awful group...
Essentially we had to do these participatory group interviews and I got put with 2 cis women who were fascinated by the ~unusual and interesting transsexual~ and put me in these really triggering situations during the group interviews (including creating a fucked-up skit that revolved around a cis person being advised to “just go up and ask him yourself about transgenders!” as well as...
So I guess I took this trans- poetics class cause...
and because, hypothetically, it should be pretty cool. The idea is to use transgender studies and translation studies to think about poetics (how meaning is made).
But honestly? It’s a heavy theory class and…
I FUCKING HATE THEORY.
but you know what I hate more than theory? SITTIN FOR TWO AND HALF HOURS ON A MONDAY NIGHT LISTENING TO A CLASS OF (MOSTLY) CIS PEOPLE WAX POETIC...