January 2012
“Words From Fire Dog
We are part fire, and part dream. We are the physical...”
– Fire Dog, Cheyenne
December 2011
“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves...”
– Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast (via weelittleactress)
Suck This Lemon!: 1895: Don’ts for women riders →
suckthislemon:
The below list was originally published by the New York World in 1895.
It’s not known whether the author(s) were male or female, but that doesn’t make it any less ridiculous.
For those who get nostalgic for that 1890s golden era of cycling, it’s important to realize it wasn’t golden for…
Boy Charlotte: Where the Breeds Go →
boycharlotte:
where she thought it would be different
this place is mud and boy cum. i arch my back
and show a kind of way
in in the end it’s a going away song. i shrug it off try to care
waters lilies in the fountain on rue royale
the cutlass buried in the bush
beer tabs into a chain i tried to crawl…
“It is a common belief of the Anglo-Saxon that the Indian is essentially lazy....”
– Voltairine de Cleyre, The Mexican Revolution
Reading this makes me fucking depressed, actually. This was written over a hundred years ago, by a white person. It’s like, what the fuck happened. Why weren’t more people inspired by these words and driven to what we now call anti-colonialist action?
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Only 10:21 here. Too early to drink?
November 2011
October 2011
I'm so tired of living out of my bag and in a tent
I’ll be happy to sleep in a real bed in a few days.
WatchDelta’s vibe on Sunday
Indians Counter Occupy Wall Street Movement With... →
bloomingtogether:
“The ‘OCCUPY WALL STREET’ slogan has gone viral and international now. From the protests on the streets of WALL STREET in the name of ‘ending capitalism’—organizers, protestors, and activists have been encouraged to ‘occupy’ different places that symbolize greed and power. There’s just one problem: THE UNITED STATES IS ALREADY BEING OCCUPIED. THIS IS INDIGENOUS LAND.”
“The first day after a death, the new absence
Is always the same; we should be...”
– Philip Larkin, from “The Mower” (via the-final-sentence)
An Open Letter to 'Occupy Wall Street': A... →
adailyriot:
Greetings on Colonization Day,
I begin by prayerfully remembering our free and independent ancestors, the Lenape and all the Original Nations and Peoples of this vast Turtle Island (Mother Earth), and of the entire Western Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego at the tip of South America.
As you ‘occupy Wall Street,’ I ask you to reflect: You are on the island...
Native Appropriations: Representing the Native... →
adailyriot:
I have yet to feel connected to the Occupy Wall Street movement, or even the Occupy Boston movement happening here in my backyard. I consider myself an activist, an at-times radical, and I clearly feel passionately about advocating for voices unheard and on the margins. But, Occupy Wall Street hasn’t appealed to me. There has been a lot of coverage as to why people of color,...
