Anonymous asked: i don’t get asexuality. it’s inhuman to not love. like, what the fuck else is there? it’s natural. and i guess i just don’t see the point in just cuddling and stuff. eventually everyone gets curious. it’s a natural progression to sex becasuse it’s what we are made to do. idk. it just doesn’t make sense. Oh! Oh! I know! “So what’s the other H-word? The big one?” He tipped his head and looked at me slyly. “You really can’t guess? Here’s a clue, then. What’s the most intellectually lazy way you can think of, to try to win an argument?” “You’re going to have to spell it out for me. I’m no good at riddles.” “You say that your opponent lacks humanity.” I’d fallen silent, suddenly ashamed-or at least embarrassed-wondering just how deeply I’d offended him with some of the things I’d said the day before. The trouble with meeting people again after interviewing them was that they often spent the intervening time thinking through the whole conversation, in minute detail-and concluding that they’d come out badly. Rourke said, “It’s the oldest semantic weapon there is. Think of all the categories of people who’ve been classified as non-human, in various cultures, at various times. People from other tribes. People with other skin colors. Slaves. Women. The mentally ill. The deaf. Homosexuals. Jews. Bosnians, Croats, Serbs, Armenians, Kurds-” I said defensively, “Don’t you think there’s a slight difference between putting someone in a gas chamber, and using the phrase rhetorically?” “Of course. But suppose you accuse me of ‘lacking humanity.’ What does that actually mean? What am I likely to have done? Murdered someone in cold blood? Drowned a puppy? Eaten meat? Failed to be moved by Beethoven’s Fifth? Or just failed to have-or to seek-an emotional life identical to your own in every respect? Failed to share all your values and aspirations?” I hadn’t replied. Cyclists whirred by in the dark jungle behind me; it had begun to rain, but the canopy protected us. Rourke continued cheerfully. “The answer is: ‘any one of the above.’ Which is why it’s so fucking lazy. Questioning someone’s ‘humanity’ puts them in the company of serial killers-which saves you the trouble of having to say anything intelligent about their views. And it lays claim to some vast imaginary consensus, an outraged majority standing behind you, backing you up all the way. When you claim that Voluntary Autists are trying to rid themselves of their humanity, you’re not only defining the word as if you had some divine right to do that… you’re implying that everyone else on the planet-short of the reincarnations of Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot-agrees with you in every detail.” He spread his arms and declaimed to the trees, “Put down that scalpel, I beseech you… in the name of all humanity!” -Greg Egan, Distress
PoC can not be racist against white people.
Every day, I repeat-EVERY.SINGLE.DAY I see someone get upset about the above statement. To try to disprove it in some way. Everyday I equally see someone TRY to explain it only to have more people jump in with some sob story of this one time when a bunch brown people attacked white people.
None of the definitions work for you. None of the long, perfectly reasonable explanations work for you. How about we try something different. You’ve heard it before (I’m sure) but maybe you just need to see it in a different light.
YOU CAN LEAVE.
YOU CAN PINPOINT.
YOU CAN STATE A SINGLE ACT.
Are the above statements confusing? Well, let me tell you, if you asked me to write down every single racist thing that has ever been said to me, ever happened to me or ever been pushed on me, I would never be able to do it. Not even close. It’s part of my all day, every day life.
You on the other hand, can either pinpoint something specific or at the very least, you can pinpoint a specific time in your life. You were the only white kid in an all black school? That must have been rough. How are you NOW though? You good? Mkay then that wasn’t racism.
I know this is a hard pill for you racists to swallow but I am going to try to get it down your throat again…
RACISM IS SYSTEMATIC.
RACISM IS PHYSICAL.
RACISM IS EMOTIONAL.
RACISM IS FINANCIAL.
RACISM IS JUDICIAL.
RACISM IS ALL DAY, EVERY DAY FOR AS LONG AS YOU LIVE.
If you do not have all of the above, you are not being racially oppressed.
Key words: ALL OF THE ABOVE.
For those that haven’t seen it yet, here is a handy dandy guide to help you understand the true meaning of racism.
LGBTQ* History You Should Know
and probably never heard of…
JUGGS - The Place To Be
(the following text and above picture from Trent Kelly’s Out In The Open)Just Us Guys and Gals, or JUGGS for short, was the name of a East Coast social organization back in the 1930s. Membership was made up of Afro American men and women. By all outside appearances, JUGGS was the average nondescript social organization where professional men and women came to socialize, network, and throw the occasional fancy dress ball. These appearances were deceiving. This particular social club was made up of gays and lesbians. To onlookers from the street, straight couples were always seen entering and exiting the JUGGS premises as members mad every effort to “pass.” One sex used the other as a cover, often going so far as to wed each other to keep up the appearance of being a straight couple and keep questions from friends and family at bey. Behind the safety of its closed doors, freedom was found to live momentarily outside the closet and maybe find that special same gender romantic relationship in a secure environment absent from the fear of misreading the signs and mistaking a straight person as gay or lesbian.
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry - Acoustic Cover
I love this song, I knew eventually I had to give a swing. Today was the day! xoxo
