Little Boys Not Being Expected To Have A Girlfriend Just Because He's Friends With A Girl. Little Boys

5th graders know what's up

Ok so I was in the bus this morning to school, and the little kids randomly bring up Bernie Sanders. They brought up free college and started cheering for him. Like, hollering and hurrahing and whatnot. If these little children know who to vote for, why are the adults picking all the wrong people???

Kesha did NOT lose her case against Dr. Luke. That case will be handled at a later time. She lost her request for a preliminary breach of her contract that would allow her to release music not made by Luke but still have Sony promote it. The judge said she is allowed to release new music but Sony contractually does not have to promote it unless he produces it. Please please PLEASE stop buying into articles with clickbait headlines meant to make you think that more extreme things are happening when this is just another level in a complex legal battle.

Naomi Murakawa on Black Lives Matter: Liberals, Guns & US Prison.

Laura Flanders take a look back at the coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement from its earliest days. Naomi said that the police don’t suffer from a deficit of procedure, that they suffer from an excess of power. Also, liberal procedural reforms are not going to change that, because liberals as much, if not more, have expanded our criminal code.

#BlackLivesMatter   #PoliceIncompetence

so here’s an idea

instead of thinking up a 500 word apology for your event being woefully inaccessible to disabled people (or offering “solutions” for the inaccessibility that show you have little understanding of disabled ppl’s realities*), use all that time and energy to either find ways to make your event accessible, or cancel it and publicly inform everyone why.

in our experience the solidarity possibilities of just not holding inaccessible events are hugely ignored and it needs to stop. if your event excludes disabled people, you’re part of the problem. 

refusing to plan or host events that exclude disabled ppl is a way to support & show solidarity with us while highlighting to others that accessibility is important. 

just being aware of how inaccessible something is doesn’t make it okay.

*e.g.: “we’ll be happy to carry you / your chair / walker up the stairs!”, “it’s not scent free but we’ll keep the windows open!”, “there’s no quiet room but you can go outside!” etc.

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