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you may think the difference between an 8am and a 9am class is only one hour, but it’s actually 10,000 eons. little known fact to consider when you schedule your courses

#01 #college

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Here's a reminder that the Doctrine of Discovery, an 1823 law declaring that colonial/conquering powers have automatic rights to the lands of sovereign nations, is still the foremost law cited in Supreme Court cases which undermine indigenous sovereignty and indigenous rights to ancestral lands.

Indigenous sovereignty, or lack thereof, in the United States is entirely dependent on how the current Supreme Court justices decide to twist a 200 year old colonial law to suit their needs. This goes for not just conservative judges but also "liberal" ones, as seen in Sherrill v. Oneida Nation, when it was decided that a tribe purchasing ancestral tribal lands did not actually restore sovereignty to those lands and they could not be considered Indian territory by law, with Ruth Bater Ginsburg writing the majority opinion.

The Supreme Court has never been and will never be on the side of indigenous people. It is a system desiged to uphold colonial rule.

#02 #politics #q

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Sculptures of Evgenia Obraztsova in “La Sylphide” and “The Pharaoh’s Daughter” made by her fiancée Andrey Korobtsov.

#03 #art #q

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#03 #art #q

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it really is so exhausting being fat bc fatphobia is so ubiquitous and still so socially acceptable. like people might pay lip service to body positivity but that hasn't really changed the cultural landscape so far. it's a near certainty that any media i engage with, no matter how much i enjoy it and how progressive it otherwise is, will contain some reminder of how repulsive and laughable society finds my body, especially if it's a comedy. that's really fucking alienating. if i made "contains no fatphobic jokes" a prerequisite for my media consumption i would end up with a very short list.

#02 #politics #q

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quick someone colonize britain while they're weak

#05 #politics #india #why are the yts always so damn defensive...

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#03 #06 #cartoon #fave #q

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#05 #politics #tw antisemitism #tw gun violence

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Suchona Hasnat

#03 #photos #portraits #south asian #lookbook #sa fashion

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College is so annoying it's always like 'Oh if you want to do XYZ go talk to the Department of Vague But Important Policies located in the Coconut Building' and then you go there and they are like 'sorry actually we can't help you with that you need to talk to the Executive Director of Confusing Paperwork Joe Balogna over at Saint Broccoli Memorial Tower his office hours are 12-2pm every other Monday and Thursday.'

#01 #college #q

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You people realize the body positivity movement is literally a political movement right. Like it's a movement that was started to improve the rights of fat people and stop discrimination against fat people. You realize that. It's not a tea party where everyone just compliments everyone else on their looks.

#02 #politics #q

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monet on purple

waterloo bridge, hazy sunshine (1903) \ houses of parliament, sunlight effect (1900-01) \ water-lilies (1917-19) \ lilac irises \ île aux orties near vernon \ the four trees (1891) \ morning on the seine near giverny (1897) \ the grand canal, venice (1908)

yellow ||

kofi

#03 #art #q

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Illustrations of Homer's Odyssey by François-Louis Schmied.

#03 #04 #art #lit #odyssey #q

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I’m honestly fucking appalled that the greater LGBT community is dead silent on the fact that the Indian Child Welfare Act is going under review which means that white people are finalizing their steps at complete genocide against us (Native peoples). They will sterilize all Natives and steal our babies to be raised by you demons (white people). I’m sure the gays are silent though because how many white gays adopt children not of their own race. Fucking baby stealers.

#05 #politics #articles #q

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[text id: "The Best: The best writing advice I ever received was in a fortune cookie that said: “the work teaches you how to do it.” The work, the art, whatever you wish to create, is the best teacher—an organizing intelligence begins to reveal itself only when you start writing. So get to work! The second best writing advice is Goethe’s “do not hurry; do not rest.”" / end id]

The Best [advice]: The best writing advice I ever received was in a fortune cookie that said: “the work teaches you how to do it.” The work, the art, whatever you wish to create, is the best teacher—an organizing intelligence begins to reveal itself only when you start writing. So get to work! The second best writing advice is Goethe’s “do not hurry; do not rest.” 

Naheed Phiroze Patel, 10 Asian American writers on the best (and worst) advice they’ve ever received. (by Katie Yee)

#04 #articles #lit #hums #q

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Never gonna forget that time I said that I wished there were more sober queer community spaces b/c I'm an alcoholic (1268 days yo) and I feel left out b/c everything in my town happens at bars, and Everybody On Tumblr got real mad at me b/c they assumed I was attacking gay bars as a concept

#02 #lgbtq+ #politics #q

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global north academics just do not want to discuss the privileges of passports. i can bring it up and there will be total silence and then a change of topic. 

#02 #politics #college #q