![“[F]eminism is the political theory and practice to free all women; women of color, working-class women, poor women, physically challenged women, lesbians, old women, as well as white economically privileged heterosexual women. Anything less than this is not feminism, but merely female self-aggrandizement.” -Barbara Smith (a member of the Combahee River Collective, circa mid-1970s)
Spoken during the 1970s, still the best definition of feminism I can find.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/c20b2773d8fee32ea799b115a05db153/tumblr_mi7yl4tsWG1qad1f9o1_500.jpg)
“[F]eminism is the political theory and practice to free all women; women of color, working-class women, poor women, physically challenged women, lesbians, old women, as well as white economically privileged heterosexual women. Anything less than this is not feminism, but merely female self-aggrandizement.” -Barbara Smith (a member of the Combahee River Collective, circa mid-1970s)
Spoken during the 1970s, still the best definition of feminism I can find.
A study shows that second-generation Americans outperform the foreign born by many socioeconomic standards.
NPR story, with Deepa Iyer and Miriam Yeung.
On Thursday night, January 10, 2013, prominent AZ-based DREAMer activist Erika Andiola sent out Facebook pleas to stop the detainment of her undocumented mother and brother. Working together, prominent DREAMers fired up an aggressive social…
(Source: i---i, via cultureofresistance)
Erika Andiola’s Family Separated (by Carla Chavarria).
Please make one phone call today. Remember to call ICE. Phone Number: 602-766-7030 “Hi, my name is ____________. I’m calling because you are currently holding Maria and Heriberto Andiola. They are a hard working family. This is unjust and inhumane. You can use prosecutorial discretion and release them. We will keep calling until this family is released.”
Also, make the case by saying that the Obama administration has repeatedly stated to go after undocumented immigrants who have a criminal background or who are high level priority. A mother, with no criminal history, because entering the country is actually a civil violation, should not be considered a high priority criminal.
10 Things You Should Know About Slavery and Won’t Learn at ‘Django’
Consequently, here’s my top-10 list of things everyone should know about the economic roots of slavery.
1) Slavery laid the foundation for the modern international economic system.
The massive…
