May 2013
28 posts
Boring update
heeyyyyy tumblr…
Long time noting but reblogs and likes from me. That probably won’t change real fast but here’s what I’ve been up to.
Since January, I have:
taught 7 classes (1 was a weekend class, 1 was a 7 week class for non-traditional students in our accelerated program, 1 was a 3 week intensive)
moved
been in 2 plays
written some stuff (sadly, not my...
Tumblr Essay Assignment
marchoftigers:
Name one group of oppressed people who were able to end mass genocide and institutional ans systemic oppression by being nice.
show your work
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The Racist Origins of Modern Clown Makeup (or,...
so-treu:
sourcedumal:
deliciouskaek:
ianthe:
kawaii-afro-fluff:
ianthe:
This post was asking about a potential link between the afro-style wigs and big, painted lips of the modern clown and racist caricatures, so I decided to do what any good theatre history student would do - I did some research.
SPOILER ALERT: YUP, IT’S RACIST AS FUCK
From Janet M. Davis, The Circus Age: Culture...
“Black lesbian relationships pose little threat to ‘self-defined’ Black men and...”
– Patricia Hill Collins (via staying-true)
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illegal plum pudding: TUMBLRS ASSEMBLE! →
kelsium:
As many of you know, our friend Rosa Sparks is having a real shit time of it lately. The most recent in a long string of personal upheavals is that the house where she and her daughter live was just robbed, and many of their personal belongings were taken. Rosa is about to start…
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“You know, they straightened out the Mississippi River in places, to make room...”
– Toni Morrison (via love-is-merely-a-dissident)
You Gotta Read More Books: Housekeeping Note... →
readabookson:
there are alot of dead links on many of the posts and i am working my way through the 900+ books i have posted up here updating links and fixing irregularities. This takes time and obviously you want the book of your choosing right when u find it.
Cool.
But sending me a the title of the text and…
bringstephythehorizon:
Male stranger: “Who’s the man in the relationship?”
Me: “We’re both women that’s kind of the point.”
April 2013
90 posts
When it is the last day of classes.
professor-anonymous:
iinventedeverything:
i’m really sorry to do this—but i just got off the phone w/student loan folks *again*, and they are going to be doing a double payment this month to “try to get me on track”—and i am just fucking *screwed*. i need help to survive for especially the next week, which is when all this money is going to be coming out of my account.
if you could help out, in anyway, i would be...
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