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ancianita's JournalShould Internet Misogyny Be Taken Seriously?
It's not surprising that Professor Mary Beard is told by Rod Little, an internet provocateur, to get over it, saying "why would it be worse for a woman than a man?"
My view is that a violent language climate leads to violent actions. Psychological assault is the warmup to physical assault. That women have to continue to walk psychological minefields is a psyop that saps their energy that costs this society and weakens our identity as civilized.
What Jon Stewart says about living with racism holds true of women living with misogyny: "If you are tired of hearing about it, imagine how fucking exhausting it is living it."
Makes Me Wanna Holla
How long? How long?
Dah, dah, dah, dah
Dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah
Dah, dah, dah
Rockets, moon shots
Spend it on the have nots
Money, we make it
Fore we see it you take it
Oh, make you wanna holler
The way they do my life
Make me wanna holler
The way they do my life
This ain't livin', This ain't livin'
No, no baby, this ain't livin'
No, no, no
Inflation no chance
To increase finance
Bills pile up sky high
Send that boy off to die
Make me wanna holler
The way they do my life
Make me wanna holler
The way they do my life
Dah, dah, dah
Dah, dah, dah
Hang ups, let downs
Bad breaks, set backs
Natural fact is
I can't pay my taxes
Oh, make me wanna holler
And throw up both my hands
Yea, it makes me wanna holler
And throw up both my hands
Crime is increasing
Trigger happy policing
Panic is spreading
God know where we're heading
Oh, make me wanna holler
They don't understand
Dah, dah, dah
Dah, dah, dah
Dah, dah, dah
Mother, mother
Everybody thinks we're wrong
Who are they to judge us
Simply cause we wear our hair long
I CAN'T BREATHE ...
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Elton John: He's My Brother, Let Us Live In Peace
For those weary of "still having to protest this shit."
PEW Poll: Stark Racial Divisions in Reactions to Ferguson Police Shooting
This may have been predictable, but now it's fairly official.
http://www.people-press.org/2014/08/18/stark-racial-divisions-in-reactions-to-ferguson-police-shooting/
Comparing Reactions to Ferguson and Trayvon Martin (taken from the chart)
The Ongoing Question: Why Wasn't Officer Wilson Arrested?
This was news sent to me from a black lawyer friend in New York. He agrees with the legal take on the questions we've discussed here. Hope it helps.
http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/so-why-wasnt-officer-wilson-arrested-plus-answers-other-questions-about-law?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=FBStLouisPublicRadio3814
So Why Wasn't Officer Wilson Arrested? Plus Answers To Other Questions About The Law
Source: St. Louis Public Radio
I'm posting this as mostly summation of events from the legal point of view.
Read more: http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/so-why-wasnt-officer-wilson-arrested-plus-answers-other-questions-about-law?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=FBStLouisPublicRadio3814
I Am Mike Brown by G.A.G.E. (with LYRICS)
This is getting much play. Hope I hear it on the radio, as well.
I Am Mike Brown
LYRICS:
[Audio intro]
Usually I might clown, but right now
This ones for Mike Brown so pipe down.
We gotta stop all the rioting in the streets,
We aint doing nothing but proving were animals to police.
Another child dies, another mother cries,
Another neighborhood left with a whole bunch of whys,
Why did they pursue him, why oh whyd they have to shoot im,
But I dont think that the answer is everybody lootin.
But fuck that cop, he deserve state time.
They let Zimmerman off, this cop aint learned from Trayvon.
Im just sitting here dropping a little tear of knowledge,
cause Mike Brown aint even get to see a day of college.
He would have started soon and theres an empty seat in class.
All because of these demons hidin behind a badge,
So fuck that badge, fuck your protection,
And fuck that law carryin your weapons.
But some of these stores yall lootin is black owned
I know its for a cause but some of them still got families at home.
Its not a black and white thing, its about abusing the law.
I cant imagine Dorians face when he saw Mike fall.
My tears wettin the page while Im writin this,
I know you so in tune, if you not why are you fightin it,
Just let it go, just let your heart beat and never lose control,
And God rest his soul
Cause I am Mike Brown. I am Mike Brown. He represents us all,
We from a similar town
Walking the similar streets, we got similar police,
So how do I know I aint gonna end up under a similar sheet?
So I am Mike Brown
because Im watching with my homie,
Im just walking my block,
man erbody know me.
So I am Mike Brown, I am Mike Brown
[Audio recording ]
Im Mike Brown, I am shot down
I am Larry Davis bleedin on my dingy cell
I am Angelo Clark, I am Oscar Grant
I Am Dante Price doin what you others cant
I am Bo Morrison, Melvin Ba .(?)
I own the voices of these people cuz they all long gone.
Lets go behind the badge fought behind the beat,
Behind the politics they wonder why we dont trust police.
They wonder why we carry, carry knives on us
They look for drugs but shoot for anything they find on us,
I am just here sittin fightin for my life, kickin',
Someone dyin cuz police said I looked suspicious.
We all of these people in so many ways
I am Raymond Oyler left to die for two days
I just bought a new hoodie, guess Im Trayvon
I am Duane Brown layin down tryin not to die
I suppose I feel my heart beat, and someone listen
And all you dealin with is maybe gonna lose your pension.
You might not notice this but this the new form of lynchin'.
I got my hands up but still I see that cop inchin.
The mystery it is something that Ill never know
Why they had to shoot him down, couldnt just let him go,
The mystery it is I think Ill never know
Why they had to shoot him down, couldnt just let him go
[Repeat chorus]
This today's Think Progress Interview with Professor Mark Anthony Neal...
[This] is not necessarily a critique of them, but this is a generation of artists that are built around building brands. Brand can be controversial, just think about Kanye in this context, but your brand cant be political in that kind of way. The political brand is seen as just that: a political brand. It doesnt cross over.
But last night, the tide changed when I Am Mike Brown, penned and performed by G.A.G.E., leaked online. Unlike a Kanye West, known for his controversial commentary on social and political discourse, G.A.G.E. isnt as famous, and is an unlikely character in an ongoing fight to understand Ferguson and other instances like it. But he may be the voice we need to revamp political messaging in popular music.
http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2014/08/15/3471765/i-am-mike-brown-game-changer/
Per RT, Ferguson police force is going to be suspended.
I don't want to spread rumor but I hope it's true.
http://www.theeverlastinggopstoppers.com/2014/08/breaking-st-louis-county-police-relieved-duties-ferguson-missouri-governor/
The gov. just called me and hes on his way to St. Louis now to announce hes taking St. Louis County police out of the situation, Rep. Clay told Derek Wallbank, a reporter for Bloomberg, early Wednesday.
Any police removal, even if it isn't a complete suspension of all forces, is some improvement. Far from a solution, but these Johnny-come-latelys start small in mollifying public outcry.
Bellingcat, Brown Moses' Open Source Project For Global Citizen Journalists
Brown Moses, aka, Eliot Higgins, out of Leiceister, England, is best known for first piecing together video proof of Assad's use of chemical weapons on his own people. He studies hundreds of video channel material uploaded from conflict zones, their locations, weapons, participants, with more speed and analysis accuracy than can Susan Rice's media staff. If you're interested in him, here's last year's excellent New Yorker article.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/11/25/rocket-man-2
This video is about his Bellingcat project, for which he intends to set up open source journalism training in the US as well as England. If you've been looking for a systematic way to use open source for journalism, his project is worth keeping an eye on.
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