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cocothinkshefancy: Persephone Pioneers: Renee Martin - Persephone Magazine I interviewed Renee Martin, founder of Womanist Musings. She is amazing. Read on. “There exists the impression that the social justice blogosphere is large, when in actuality, in comparison to other niches, it is small.  I try to encourage people who are marginalized to blog. Even if you only write one post a...
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Challenge Racism and Colonialism
racismfreeontario: Despite Canada’s reputation as a “multicultural”country, there are profound inequalities among Canadians, as well as between Canadians and Aboriginal Peoples. Our new and innovative Race, Ethnicity and Indigeneity (REI) program - the only one of its kind in Canada - challenges these inequalities by examining how they thrive in our everyday experiences and addressing how they...
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Beyond stereotypes: The Mugshot, by Glen Jordan....
standardtechnique: Stereotypes are judgments that groups of people make about real or imagined others.They are conventional, preconceived attitudes and beliefs that exaggerate, simplify, confine and often scapegoat and demean. Stereotypes are not lies – not total lies anyway. Rather, they are half-truths, quarter- truths, pieces-of-truth that are incorporated into exaggerated narratives. ...
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Of Another Fashion: From LIFE magazine (17 October... →
ofanotherfashion: From LIFE magazine (17 October 1969), Elizabeth Christobel Edith Bagaaya, former princess of Toro, New York City fashion model, the first female attorney of Uganda, and, later, Uganda’s high commissioner to Nigeria. Wikipedia offers a brief overview of her storied life. The LIFE magazine…
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What is meant by the racialization of poverty ?
racismfreeontario: Racialized communities experience ongoing, disproportionate levels of poverty. In other words, people from Aboriginal and ethno-racial minority groups (communities of colour) are more likely to fall below the low income cut off (LICO) and to have related problems like poor health, lower education, and fewer job opportunities, than those from European backgrounds. While it is...
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20 Things People With A Positive Body Image Know →
kimosabe: WE SHOULD REMEMBER THIS MORE OFTEN: approachingsignificance: That it’s important to take good care of your body.  That our body does a lot for us, even though we’ve bashed it over and over and over.  That exercise is meant to be enjoyed, so you only practice the physical activities that are fun and truly make you feel good.  That you’ll still have days where you probably hate your...
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Last call for co-mods for POC...
14kgoldnyc: nuestrahermana: Are you a person of color who wants to be part of a bad ass online collective geared towards chubby/curvy/fat/plus sized fashion for the people? Looking for folks of ALL gender identities, ages & walks of life with varied fashion styles/likes. Sounds good? Yes? Send me a message with your e-mail & ideas for the blog name! Please re-blog if possible to...
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