i'm t.: queer, latina, cis, able-bodied, chubby, woc. bad at this whole self-introduction-thing, but wrote up a post nonetheless. linked down below.
Strong Chinese Women: Qiu Jin, 1875 – 1907
Qiu Jin (Chinese: 秋瑾, pinyin: Qiū Jǐn) was a Chinese revolutionary, feminist and writer. She was executed after a failed uprising against the Qing Dynasty.
Born in Xiamen, Fujian Province, she grew up in her ancestral home near Shaoxing in Zhejiang Province. Once married, Qiu found herself in contact with new ideas so in 1904, she decided to study in Japan, leaving her two children behind. She was fond of martial arts, and known by her acquaintances for wearing Western male dress and for her left-wing ideology.
After returning to China in 1905, she started publishing a women’s magazine which encouraged women to gain financial independence through education and training. At the time it was still customary for women in China to have their feet bound at the age of five, the result being that the feet were crippled leaving women’s freedom of movement dependent on other people. These helpless women were, however, more desired as wives, so their families continued the practice to protect their daughters’ future security. Qiu felt that a better future for women lay under a Western-type government instead of the government that was in power at the time, so she joined forces with her cousin to unite many secret revolutionary societies to work together for the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty.
On July 12, 1907, the authorities arrested Qiu at the girls school where she was a principal. She was tortured but refused to admit her involvement in the plot, but they found incriminating documents and a few days later she was publicly beheaded in her home village. Qiu was acknowledged immediately by the revolutionaries as a heroine and martyr, and she became a symbol of women’s independence in China.
While Qiu is mainly remembered (in the West) as revolutionary and feminist, one aspect of her life that gets overlooked is her poetry and essays. Having received an exceptional education in classical literature, reflected in her writing of more traditional poetry (shi and ci) Qiu composed verse with a wide range of metaphors and allusions; mixing classical mythology along with revolutionary rhetoric.
For example, in a poem Ayscough translates as Capping Rhymes with Sir Shih Ching From Sun’s Root Land, we read the following:
Don’t tell me women are not the stuff of heroes,
I alone rode over the East Sea’s winds for ten thousand leagues.
My poetic thoughts ever expand, like a sail between ocean and heaven.
I dreamed of your three islands, all gems, all dazzling with moonlight.
I grieve to think of the bronze camels, guardians of China, lost in thorns.
Ashamed, I have done nothing; not one victory to my name.
I simply make my war horse sweat. Grieving over my native land
hurts my heart. So tell me; how can I spend these days here?
A guest enjoying your spring winds?
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it’s just a fun safe space for all WOC to come together, a collective of badass WOCthis space is queer/trans/gender non-conforming friendly.
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I don’t believe in any kind of nonviolence. I believe that it’s right to be nonviolent with people who are nonviolent. But when you’re dealing with an enemy who doesn’t know what nonviolence is, as far as I’m concerned you’re wasting your time.
And I think that the people in this part of the world would do well to listen to Dr. Maritn Luther King and give him what he’s asking for and give it to him fast before some other factions come along and try to do it another way. What he’s asking for is right, that’s the ballot, and if he can’t get it the way he’s trying to get it, then it’s going to be gotten one way or the other.
"Malcolm X
Even though Malcolm disagreed with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolent approach, he still supported him. Don’t buy into the fake story that they were enemies. Taken from footage in Selma, Alabama, Feb. 4, 1965.
(via disciplesofmalcolm)
so… tumblr deleted my answer? anyways, trying to do this again. here it goes:
first of all, i don’t think it sounds unholy. hearing that one isn’t making it all up helps indeed. gaslighting is a thing after all… i’ve found relief talking about all those issues w/ other poc, though mostly, by reading about similar experiences poc make, even if not necessarily in germany. tumblr has been a great help to me, it allows me to a) create a safe space for myself and b) cope with all sorts of oppression (even in internalised form) by relating to other poc.
most of the time i’m just really shocked and frustrated at how racism is handled here, particularly because everyone seems to be of the opinion that it has somehow magically been eradicated…. i’ve overcome a lot of the anxiety, but for me, i think it had to do with coping with my anxieties in general, so i’m not too sure what might help you there…
so… no need to thank me. i’m just happy if i can help. let me know if you need anything else. i can give you my e-mail address if you like (the one i use for tumblr, but i’ll be checking it regularly in case you decide you want it), and any asks you send me off-anon i will reply to privately, if you want me to.
Many people have already found my feature in Seventeen Magazine, so I am really excited to finally talk about this after hiding it for two months!
As of May 20th, I am the first Hijabi to be featured in Seventeen magazine. I’m really humbled and honored to announced that I’m working with Gucci, Beyonce for her campaign, Chime for Change and Seventeen Magazine to unite and strengthen the voices speaking out for girls and women around the world.I would like to thank everyone who has constantly shown support, but more importantly thank God for all the opportunities, people and happiness He has bestowed upon me. Without Him, I wouldn’t be where I am today because He was able to help me become a better poet with my second family, my poetry slam team and my wonderful coach who helped me find my voice and believing in me. Thank you to my parents and siblings, as well as my friends for supporting me in everything I do. Thank you to Kevin Coval for Louder Than a Bomb, because if I had never competed, I wouldn’t be where I am today. Alhumdulillah, I really thank God for helping me by letting others see the best in me and hiding my flaws.
The issue is in stores all over the world, on itunes, amazon and kindle. Please make sure to buy a copy to show your support, it would mean so much! If you are unable to buy the magazine, here is a high-res scan of this article. There are videos of my poetry on youtube, you can search by typing in “ainee fatima”
I will be posting a video of my trip and photoshoot in a couple of days, make sure you look out for it. Thank you again to everyone for supporting me in everything I do, I wouldn’t be here without your support.
this is fantastic, congratulations!
Omg that first and last gif!!! I can’t believe the series opened with Joan sharing one of her favorite pastimes and ended with Sherlock sharing his. CRYING ABOUT IT.
What exactly does “normal” to dark skin mean? So dark skin isn’t normal? Dove is fucked up.
What the hell
yeah my friend showed me this and what can i do
2013, every body.
Ok. I’m convinced that bottles of DOVE LOTION and it’s distributors are racist fucks.
plus dove sells skin-lightening products in a lot of countries
Dove are also owned the same company who owns lynx
(google ‘the lynx effect’ for your daily dose of misogyny) Dove are evil fucksbut guuuuuuuys ~*~real beauty campaign~*~!!!!!!!
lynx is called axe in some countries. but yeah, all of that ^
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I’m not gonna let you finish, this is the best Bendysnoort Cumperbump post of all time.
Saying that people of color cannot show any visible blushing is a big fat myth that only proves how little people actually know about skin tones.
I have seen a lot of skin-tone palettes that includes dark skin, but it is very rarely put in use as examples. And many times I’ve found them to only appear monochrome, while darker skin tones are just as rich in tone variation as fair skin.
And just to be extra nice, I even added the basic colors I used in these two examples. A big protip is to start with the darkest tone as a base and then work to light tones. Use the highlights sparingly, they should not be large but more like small spots. Dark skin is more “reflective”, meaning small highlights pop out more than on lighter skin tones.
I made this set mainly for all the anime artists out there who probably would love to color more poc characters but don’t really know if it’d work out as kawaii as their usual stuff.
News flash: it’s drop-dead super kawaii in all skin tones<3
I finally caved and tried watching “Elementary.” Wow, serious mistake on my part.
How are you going to pretend you’re preserving the integrity of the canon when you make Clyde, the famous SEA TURTLE of the ACD stories, into a BOX TORTOISE?
Is anyone seriously pretending they didn’t do it just to pander to the thalassophobic masses?
ugh, I’m disgusted.
plus the leads are too hot. NEVER AGAIN. Fuck you, America
best review ever
A+++
