Category Archives: Rock on-Peace Out
Muslim cleric in Kerala issues fatwa against ISIS – The Hindu
KD Lang & Roy Orbison – Crying – YouTube
Afropunk fashions: bodies as resistance
One of my favorite things about the AFROPUNK fest – besides the music, obviously – are the fashions. It’s legit the best outfit-watching of the year, and the festival is full of gorgeous people getting really creative with the ways they get dressed.
For those of you wondering how a fashion post fits into a feminist political project, I’m here to tell you how deeply political the way we adorn ourselves can be. Our decisions about the ways we present our genders and our bodies, the choice to love our bodies even when we are told they are too dark, too gender non-conforming, too fat, too queer, can be freeing in a way that is absolutely radical. Dressing in a way that feels good, in which we celebrate our bodies, in ways that represent our truest selves, is an act of resistance for those whose bodies are policed, medicated, targeted, and too often threatened with violence.
Absorcion Binacional | EthnoCloud
Absorcion Binacional | EthnoCloud. Amor Secreto!
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Chile Cancels September Crustacean Trawl to Protect Common Hake | The Beacon: Oceana’s Blog
Chile has taken a major step to protect common hake, a species in decline from overfishing. Earlier this month, the Under-Secretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (SUBPESCA) decided to close the crustacean trawl fleet for the month of September around Valparaiso, Bernardo O’Higgins, and Maule, Chile. The move protects common hake, a fish commonly caught as bycatch in the crustacean fishery, which has declined by 70 percent from 2001 to 2013.
“This measure will benefit the recovery of common hake, which is a very important resource for artisanal fisheries. We hope it will soon be complemented with a comprehensive plan for the recovery of this species,” executive director of Oceana in Chile said in a press release.
SUBPESCA has synced the temporary ban with reproductive activity of common hake, which occurs during the month of September. About 90 percent of the fish caught in 2012 were juveniles, meaning they were not given a chance to reach reproductive maturity.
While Oceana welcomes the temporary ban, Oceana thinks a more comprehensive recovery plan should be put in place. Oceana would like the plan to include minimum catch sizes, total fishing quotas based on scientific research, and plans to combat illegal fishing.
Oceana in Chile works to create sustainable fisheries through a number of ways, like combating illegal, unreported, and irregular fishing, working to reduce bycatch, and establishing Marine Protected Areas.
via Chile Cancels September Crustacean Trawl to Protect Common Hake | The Beacon: Oceana’s Blog.
I Quit Eating Only Salad or Eating Only Cake — Because I am Worthy, Loved & Beautiful. | Rebelle Society
{This applies to women and to men – good thoughts}
I’ve got news for you: You weren’t put into this universe to fail. You were born to make mistakes and learn and grow and rise up despite loss and heartache. Our bodies are our vehicles in which we are able to accomplish this.
Our bodies do not fail us.
Through every disease, every sickness and every injury, we are taught what it means to be better, to be more, to be stronger. When we love our bodies for what they are, when we treat them with respect, when we are thankful beyond measure for all that they allow us to experience, we rise.
We are born to rise, to become, to unbecome, to screw up and to learn. Find a way of living and loving that allows you to do this, and go do it.
You are irreplaceably beautiful. Yes, you are.
Afghan Women’s Writing Project | My Father My Hero
For the daughter, her Dad is the first hero—
the man who never cheats her, the man who trusts her,
and gives everything without regret.
From the time I opened my eyes my Dad protected me
Even though having a girl was no less than a crime.
There is the gossip—
Your husband will marry another woman—
tears fell from my mother’s eyes
and she cried again when I arrived,
the fourth daughter.
But my father supported me,
fought to give me rights in this society
of men, where women are the second sex,
the forgotten other half.
When will my country count the other half?
The forgotten women, who are
more powerful than any creature,
more kind, more innocent.
I love my Dad for giving me this sense of self,
for sending me to the school he could barely afford
but worked all day to pay for, and to help make my future.
I will always be with you Dad, as you were beside me
protecting me from evil. I will always be with you.
When we are growing, we forget that you grow older too
May my lord keep you healthy, always.
Farahnaz R.





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