Viennese Trainspotter

poemsofthedead:

readnfight:

youarenotyou:

theoceanandthesky:

here’s a hint.

if someone cannot speak for themselves your job is not to swoop in and speak for them. your job is to help them find a way to speak and be heard.

THISSSSSS X10000000000000000000000000000000

I want to think about how this relates to why people go into animal rights/animal liberation work, especially when the same people have been poor allies to people of color, etc. This is not a question I came up with on my own; a friend posed it to me when we were talking once about animal liberation work going on that managed to be racially foolish.

It’s also a question I ask a lot when I see white people brand themselves anti-racist but then only seem interested in having white people in their social lives, families, work settings, etc. It just makes me ask, What are you here for?

MMMMM… I’mma take this to bed with me to ponder over some more…

I guess I find this completely applicable to the Amanda Marcotte thing; this is WHY her joining in on the conversation on Rihanna and domestic abuse is so problematic.