#TheHomelessPeriod exposes the unique menstruation problem homeless women face
The new campaign shines a light on homeless women who need assistance caring for their menstrual cycles. According to the Guardian, approximately 26% of people in the U.K. who receive “homelessness services” are female. But in most shelters, “sanitary ware or any kind of period ephemera is scarce,” Vice reported earlier this year. Three women have a plan to fix that.
Important .
Today is International Romani Day.
The Romani are a widely-dispersed ethnic group that lives mostly throughout Europe and the Americas. They face prejudice and bigotry in many nations, much of it government-sanctioned. They were one of the primary groups targeted for genocide by the Nazis.
Though many Americans are unaware, the word “gypsy” is a racial slur. Dressing up “as a gypsy” is not appropriate, even in a fantasy setting or for a Renaissance fair. Using the word if you are not actually Romani is not permissible.
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Yesterday, a teacher at my daughter’s preschool told me that she saw two boys and a girl spinning the knobs of a play oven. Boy #1 says: “I’m a pilot! I’m flying a plane.’ Boy #2 says: “Me too!” The girl is quiet, so the teacher says to her: “What about you, are you a pilot?” The 3 year old girl replies: “I can’t be a pilot. I’m a pilot’s wife.”
So what do you think has happened in this little girl’s short life to make her believe it’s more likely that she would be a pilot’s wife than a pilot?
”‘I’m not a pilot, I’m a pilot’s wife,’ says 3 yr old girl - reelgirl.com (via radical-bias)
20 #WalterScott tweets that prove America can no longer ignore its police problem
The rest of the tweets really capture how so many of us are feeling.
The #JournoList
April 8, 2015
A white police officer in North Charleston, South Carolina, was charged with murder on after a video surfaced showing him shooting and killing an apparently unarmed black man in the back while he ran away.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division have launched an investigation into the shooting death of a black man by a white South Carolina police officer.
Black automobile drivers in Connecticut are stopped by police at far higher rates than white drivers and by a very wide margin in several places.
After months of racially charged unrest over the police killing of a black teenager, activists are making a final push to attract a new generation of voters to the polls in the hopes of changing the face of the predominantly white political leadership in this mostly black city.
The Ferguson City Council added two additional African-American council members, for the total of three out of the six-member council.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel soundly defeated challenger Jesus “Chuy” Garcia capturing a second term in Chicago’s first-ever runoff election.
An influential league of California cities is opposing a bill that would allow people to rest in public areas — a position that homeless activists argue is consistent with the group’s history of supporting abuses against marginalized groups.
The Arizona National Guard has suspended nine top finance officials for the past month amid an investigation of “accounting irregularities” and “potential wrongdoing” related to multimillion-dollar funds.
Job openings climbed to a 14-year high in February, indicating companies are optimistic about the prospects for sales and the U.S. economy after a recent setback.
A Pakistani judge ordered that criminal charges be filed against a former CIA lawyer who oversaw its drone program and the one-time chief agency operative in Islamabad over a 2009 strike that killed two people.
The United States is speeding up arms supplies and bolstering intelligence sharing with a Saudi-led alliance bombing a militia aligned with Iran in neighboring Yemen.
As tons of desperately needed medical supplies await clearance to be flown into Yemen, aid workers warned of an unfolding humanitarian crisis, saying at least 560 people have been killed.
the reason oppressed groups say “___ are awful” instead of “some ___ are awful” is because including the word “some” allows individuals of that group to detach themselves from the problem and shuck the blame off and say “well they arent really talking about me so i can ignore their opinions”, whereas stating that an entire group of oppressors is awful makes the individual think whether or not theyre included in the awfulness of that group and makes them consider their actions so thats why people say “men are awful” or “white people are awful” and if you take it personally you’re getting angry at the wrong people
#if you take it personally you’re probably part of the problem