December 2011
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Studying Indigenous history in light of federal policy and United States development is wrought with unique pitfalls that make fitting it into a multicultural national narrative problematic, especially when that story is depicted as a celebratory and linear march toward universal inclusion. Historian Donald Fixico sees federal Indian affairs as an oscillating pendulum, not a linear...
WatchIvory Soap is the whitest, purest, airiest, most cleanest American product ever produced. And it floats. It’s the perfect material wishes, prayers, disavowals, and poems.
The Name You Trust In Good Clean Family Fun (by Kelly Gabron)
WatchImagining James (by Lulu Gimenez)
a photo story of the life that James Balao lived before he became desaparecido on 17 September 2008. put together from photographs taken by his father, other members of his family, and his friends. with Joan Baez’s rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine” serving as the soundtrack. presented during his birthday and the 580th day of his...
“As the content of the question ‘Who?’, Filipina subjectivity consists of modes...”
– Neferti Tadiar, “Filipinas ‘Living in a Time of War’” (via sapagitan)
Hermana Resist: Jriver had to write a 3 stanza... →
hermanaresist:
Jriver had to write a 3 stanza ababcb poem for a class that was “blue.” He lamented on homework, asked why’d they have to take tests when he learned everything he knew from books, wrote he liked to look outside and ask where was god, prefered science fiction, multiverse dimisions and would rather…
WE ARE NOT CONTINGENT: An Adjunct Manifesto
adjunctmanifesto:
We are the non-tenure track faculty who now constitute two-thirds of the instructional workforce at universities and colleges across the nation. We are frequently invisible to administrators, yet we are the first professors and instructors that undergraduate students meet on their journey to becoming engaged learners. We are the majority. We have been silent too long, and it is...
Three years ago: A "normal morning" turns to... →
Electronic Intifada: “Three years ago, Israel began its savage 22-day long bombardment of Gaza. Looking back, Mohammed Suliman recalls that there seemed to be ‘no beginning and no end to the bombing.’”
Bird’s Eye View
animalsbeingdicks: The recent rash of Seagull electronics thefts have community members very concerned.
“The reason “It Gets Better” caught on with politicians and celebrities is...”
– someone on datalounge who I cannot quite disagree with (via aliapenny)
