Vegan. Lover of vegan ice cream, and the Boss. So fucking happy to be a feminist. So fucking happy to be fat. Southern California bred, currently calling Austin, Tejas home.
It’s been raining for two days and my feet are soaked. Guess I’ll have to get some new shoes before I go to Seattle.
Wear your stomach out all fucking summer if you want to, wear your arms out all fucking summer if you want. You shouldn’t have to be gouge your eyeballs out hot because other people are assholes and want you to be uncomfortable.
(via fuckyeahfatvegans)
California prisons punish inmates by racial bloc, not offense
April 13, 2013Are California prisons determining inmates’ punishments based solely on their race? Though it’s not said to be official policy, a new report shows that at least five state prisons maintain a color code system to racially segregate their populations.
According to a number of documents, including a state response, collected by the ProPublica investigation, some California prison facilities separate and label prisoner blocks by ethnicity in order to “provide visual cues that allow prison officials to prevent race-based victimization, reduce race-based violence, and prevent thefts and assaults.”
Though few would argue that maintaining a prison population as large as California’s is an easy task, organizations like the ACLU and the Prison Law Office are fighting the practice, arguing that besides being an uncomfortable reminder of the days of racial segregation, it is an ultimately ineffective way to maintain order.
One document collected by ProPublica describes color signs placed above cell doors at men’s prisons across the state: blue for black inmates; white for white; red, green or pink for Latino; and yellow for everyone else.
“Rather than targeting actual gang members, they assume every person is a gang member based on the color of their skin,” said Rebekah Evenson, an attorney with the Prison Law Office.
According to an analysis conducted by Evenson’s group, nearly half of the 1,445 security lockdowns enacted between January 2010 and November 2012 impacted specific racial or ethnic groups. The report showed that Hispanics were the most habitual target, while inmates categorized as “other” were least likely to be restricted.
Though correctional officials with the state of California deny racial targeting, some inmates have come forward with complaints, and in 2011 filed a class action lawsuit claiming racial discrimination.
Robert Mitchell, an inmate at High Desert State Prison, testified that he had been swept up into recurring lockdowns because he is black, and had suffered muscular atrophy and pain as he was prevented from exercising a leg injury.
Hanif Abdullah, another black inmate suing the state, says he was placed on “modified programming” multiple times, and was kept from attending religious services as well as receiving adequate health care. Modified programming refers to security situations requiring that inmates be prohibited from seeing visitors, visiting the prison yard, or even from attending classes and drug rehabilitation meetings.
Though the state’s total prison population recently dropped, with nearly 200,000 inmates the system is still at 150 per cent of its maximum capacity.
In 2005, the US Supreme Court ruled that racial classifications must be limited to a narrowly defined and compelling “state interest.” In its opinion brief, which pertained to racially segregating prisoners prior to entering a new correctional facility, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote, “When government officials are permitted to use race as a proxy for gang membership and violence … society as a whole suffers.”
Currently, California is the only state in the country known to employ race-based lockdowns, according to the ACLU National Prison Project.
The four year old I nanny just told me, “I like my nails to be long. So they are sharp and I can cut the boys when they be mean to me.” That’s my grrrl.
1. Belly: because it is uniquely yours. because it is soft. because it protects you. because it’s not terrible. because it’s not the worst thing that has ever happened to you. because its a part of your body. Because you owe it to yourself. Because the reason you hate it is not because it is disgusting, but because rich white men through out history has dictated that it is to you, and have profited off of your insecurities. It’s bullshit that you hate it. It’s not your fault that you hate it. You don’t have to hate it. Your stomach, no matter how fat, how many rolls, how low hanging, how stretch marked is part of an incredible, versatile, intelligent and sentient creature and it deserves to be loved! You deserve freedom, you deserve not regulating every exciting situation back to the fact that regardless of how exciting (or fun) it may be, you will still be fat during it. You deserve the wear the pants you want (the top is the best part of the muffin anyway), and the wedding dress you love, and you deserve to feel beautiful. You have the power to create revolution from within yourself to love your body. Because you deserve it.
2. Thighs: Because they might support you. Because they look just as good when you are standing up and sitting down. Because who said “thunder” was bad, and what does that have to do with thighs anyway? Because they do look super cute in shorts, and the sun feels really nice on them.Because you deserve it.3. Arms: Because they are a really great place for tattoos. Because they feel really nice around your sweetie. Because they feel really nice around your mom. Because they are what allows you to touch, and feel, and to interact with the world around you. Because they deserve sundresses. Because you deserve it.
4. Double chin: Because it’s a fucking piece of flesh under your jaw, can you even believe society is so caught up on this? Isn’t it ridiculous? I’m sorry. I totally know it blows. You should love your double chin because of precisely that: fuck anyone who actually gives a shit about that. Seriously. Fuck them. They don’t deserve your time, nor money, nor distress. You are gorgeous and the flab under your chin is not in opposition of that. You should love your chin because it is beautiful. Because you deserve it.
5. Back: Because it, like your arms, is an excellent canvass for tattoos. Because it, like your thighs, feels really great in the sunshine. Because those rolls are a collection of tissue and it is not inferior to any other back. Because if you have long hair it feels nice against it. Because soft lips feel wonderful when they are making their way down it. Because it’s beautiful, and it’s yours, and because you deserve it.
6. Face: Oh my goodness! Because it is JUST ADORABLE. I promise. It is. It lights up when you smile and the way your eyes crinkle is -i’m sure- just the most precious thing. There is no one else in the whole world who has one just like it (unless you have a twin-cool!), and that in it’s self is incredible. You are a unique masterpiece of nature and you owe it to yourself to realize this. Because you deserve it.And now a visit from the context fairy:
I asked my followers to write to me about what parts of their fat bodies they struggle to embrace. I collected the most commonly mentioned insecurities and compiled a list of, you guessed, reasons you should love your fat body (parts.)
(via fat-feminist)
Chocolate covered frozen banana from Bananarchy! #vegan #summertimefood #atx @genn_withag you inspired us to go!
Found some fat grrrl friendly thigh highs and I’m wearing the shit out of them.
THUNDERTHIGHS
Now that we’ve demonstrated that I am wildly liberal and politically angry, back to our regularly scheduled artwork. Thank you for bearing the brunt of my art block.
This is an amalgamation of two things: my need to see body diversity in art, and my recently discovered love for poster making. I never understood why ‘thunder thighs’ was an insult. It sounds powerful to me. Reminiscent of an almighty, unstoppable ruckus in the clouds, a veritable fucking rock show of giants, Bikini Kill on amps the size of mountains.
Thunder thighs, huh? I can dig it.
GPOY
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Currently hanging out around the house like this, trying to figure out which ones I like better. Cool.
