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espritfollet: Some Kind of Arrangement Ali Kazimi, 1998, 45 min 45 s In this short documentary, the age-old tradition of arranged marriages takes a modern twist when three second-generation South Asian women decide to marry. Engaging and refreshingly candid in their opinions, they make it clear that arranged marriages aren’t what they used to be.

The Eyes Have It, photo by Jon Jury

Dancer/Teacher/Artist Sonya Devi. Her art, dance, & style tumblr: http://petitedrawing.tumblr.com/

List of Responses to Mona Eltahawy’s piece “Why Do...

muslimwomeninhistory: In case you are not sure why Mona Eltahawy has been regularly subject to criticism, here is a good introductory article. Most of the articles I found via sharquaouia’s tumblr. Al Jazeera’s Roundup of praise and criticism Samia Errazzouki, “Dear Mona Eltahawy, You Do Not Represent “Us” Mehreen Kasana (Quote from her Tumblr) The Frustrated Arab, “Us and Them: On Helpless...

newwavefeminism: i keep seeing posts referencing someone who is studying WOC through tumblr blogs? and asking questions and putting the experiences of bloggers in research without consent (exploiting their intellectual work for their own research)? Does anyone know more details on what’s going on? I can’t seem to find any original posts, but posts referencing this keep showing up on my dash? ...

Why do red hair and brown hair and blonde hair get...

espritfollet: and black hair gets nothing? I now dub black haired people noirettes. And why do I not get to be considered a brunette, huh? I have dark dark brown hair, but against black hair, it is undeniably brown. When I argue that I am a brunette, it’s never right, it’s never true, and my hair is black. But oh, it’s too dark, and so is my skin, you know? Also I can’t say I like...

Race & TV: Shades of Light

stopwhitewashing: racismschool: This is a pictorial list of the People of Color on the big four (ABC/NBC/CBS/FOX) networks. In the first post we looked at the number of PoC in comparison to the number of non-PoC. In this list, I would like to draw attention to the issue of shadism. Often, even when PoC are on Television, they still fit into a very specific place on the shade meter. No real...