Author Archives: Jack Stephens

Shiraz Socialist on Tibet

Posted on April 19, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Jim writes:
Listen, you Stalinists!
You have been systematically spreading lies about the ’Free Tibet’ movement, and offering uncritical support to the vicious, red-in-tooth-and-claw capitalist ruling class in Beijing. Of course, you are no strangers to the art of grovelling to, and lying for,  a thoroughly reactionary, anti-working class regime in the name of “socialism”: you adopted that posture towards the […] Continue reading →

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BrownFemiPower’s Final (?) Words

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Jack Stephens

BrownFemiPower says:
I wrote what I wrote to say that there either is a feminist movement or there isn’t—and if feminists can’t even be called on to point to the work that other feminists are doing—if simply pointing to a whole sphere of pro-immigration bloggers (because, to be clear, I stated pro-immigration bloggers and men and […] Continue reading →

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The Exorcism of Donny R.

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Jack Stephens

The AngryBlackBitch castes out the demons from Rumsefeld’s sick mind as it has been annonced he will be coming out with a memoir in 2010:
ABB, whilst flinging drops of vodka cran at Rumsfeld: I cast you out, unclean foulness!
Rummy: Freedom’s untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad […] Continue reading →

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117 Years Old and Still Relevant

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Can an aggregator link a post from another aggregator that is linking a post to another blog? Why sure! Bhupinder links a few blogs that celebrate the birthday anniversary of the radical dalit rights activist B.R. Ambedkar, who fought for dalit rights in India and often clashed with (whom he considered) the high-caste […] Continue reading →

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A Call to Allies!

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Jack Stephens

The Angry Black Woman is hosting the first (and possible only) Carnival of Allies. All posts are due May 5th!
This got me thinking about those white folks who exist in that liminal space where they are against racism but don’t understand how it works and get defensive, hurt, and freaked out when folks point […] Continue reading →

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Carnival Against Sexual Violence 45

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Jack Stephens

The 45th Carnival Against Sexual Violence is up at abyss2hope:
Welcome to the Apr. 15, 2008 edition of the carnival against sexual violence.
Thank you to everyone who nominated a post or who wrote a post against sexual violence whether it was nominated/selected or not. Nominations that came in after the nomination deadline will be considered for […] Continue reading →

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Views: Feminism, Appropriation, and Racism

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Some more views across the blogoshpere on the recent controversy surrounding Marcotte and BFP. However, it is not just about one incident but a whole history of appropriating ideas from people of color in order to benefit those white “intellectuals” and “activists. As “Sudy” says, the “demand for writers/bloggers to “stop stealing” far […] Continue reading →

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Women of Color Blogging, Feminism, and Brownfemipower

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Holly, at Feministe, blogs about the recent news surrounding the shutdown of Brownfemipower’s blog and white feminists appropriating ideas from women of color:
What I care about is that when white feminists undertake to write about the issues of women of color — such as immigration, which is clearly a massively race-infused issue — they should […] Continue reading →

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57th Carnival of Feminists

Posted on April 12, 2008 by Jack Stephens

The latest edition of the Carnival of Feminists is up at pandemian:
Welcome to the 57th Carnival of the Feminists, Littlejohn Baiting Edition. Continue reading →

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Brownfemipower and Appropriation

Posted on April 11, 2008 by Jack Stephens

[Sorry in advance to Ampersand. All posts that are posted at The Blog and the Bullet are automatically cross-posted on Alas, a blog. Therefore his post will be posted twice on his blog. Which is why I normally don’t link Alas, a blog on here, but this stuff is important.]
Ampersand blogs about […] Continue reading →

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