Category Archives: Something Good

Something Good

Leave a reply

branches

1. More resources for white people looking to understand white privilege and dismantle white supremacy: Deconstructing White Privilege with Dr. Robin Di Angelo (a video), and 18 Books Every White Ally Should Read, and Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism–from Ferguson to Charleston (I’m pretty sure I’ve shared this one, probably multiple times).

2. The Resistance for Beginners a really helpful resource from Rachel Cole. “I have been receiving calls daily asking me questions about taking action to resist and combat our new fascist administration. This is my attempt to answer some of the more frequently asked questions and to share some valuable resources.”

3. Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide, another great resource from the Southern Poverty Law Center.

4. Safety: My privilege, my trap, and my right from Heather Plett.

5. Losing by winning from Seth Godin.

6. You might not know this about me, but I LOVE gag reels, bloopers and outtakes. Here’s a few I watched this morning: Modern Family Gag Reel Season 6 and Keith Broke His Leg / Outtakes and The Office – Season 6 Bloopers.

7. Wisdom from John Pavlovitz,

Are you tired? If so, you’re in good company. Most of us are stretched well beyond what we’re capable of, overwhelmed by the seemingly relentless stream of bad news coming across our news feeds, and we’re looking for a moment to stop and breathe.

No one is going to give you that moment, friend. You have to take it.

The world is more than happy to fill our schedules, steal our attention, and occupy our bandwidth. We have to be selfish about demanding space and time to rest. Consider this permission to do that. Say no to something so that you can recalibrate your heart, slow your breath, and be fully present—maybe even take a nap.

Busyness is a drug that makes us feel useful. I’m trying to break that addiction by recognizing my worth without needing to do anything to earn it. Maybe you’ll join me?

Rest well, and be encouraged.

8. Sean Spicer Press Conference – SNL. “White House press secretary Sean Spicer (Melissa McCarthy) and secretary of education nominee Betsy DeVos (Kate McKinnon) take questions from the press.” Every week, I am so grateful for SNL, for their willingness to not back down.

9. #DressLikeAWoman Is A Brilliant Response to Trump’s Staff Dress Code. “Doctors, soldiers, and more share photos.”

10. Monica Pasqual’s new song: You Can’t Kill Light.

11. What does the Bible have to say about immigrants and refugees? In this video, one church offers an answer.

12. Breitbart loses advertising deals with 818 companies due to grassroots campaign.

13. Wisdom from poet and activist Andrea Gibson, “even when the truth isn’t hopeful the telling of it is.”

14. Racism is a mental health issue.

15. Clint Smith reminds us about our nation’s complicated history in this week’s #BriefButSpectacular. “Oppression doesn’t disappear just because you decided not to teach us that chapter. If you only hear one side of the story, at some point you have to question who the writer is.”

16. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. “Sam heads back to her bunker to get some gentle Constitutional reassurance from civil rights lawyer Lee Gelernt of the ACLU.”

17. Resistance Works.

18. An otter eating snacks.

19. What Happens When We Stop Putting People in Boxes.

20. 10 Journalism Brands Where You Find Real Facts Rather Than Alternative Facts.

21. Toni Morrison on the work white people must do.

22. Watch This Spoken Word Poet Powerfully Remind Us That We Gon Be Alright In the Trump Era.

24. Donald Trump’s embrace of white mediocrity is an insult to the American public, and we’re all going to suffer for it.

25. 7 Black Media And Activism Game Changers Who Are Paving The Way. P.S. There are WAY more than just seven.

26. A note to Trump, from Frederick Douglass’s direct descendants. In related news, A Lesson in Black History.

27. 45 Animals Snapchats That Will Make You Literally Laugh Out Loud.

28. Racism is a spectrum.

29. The Life And Times Of Ida B. Wells, One Of Intersectional Feminism’s Founders.

30. Teachings for Uncertain Times: Tuere Sala. “In honor of Black History Month, Tricycle is presenting a video series called “Teachings for Uncertain Times.” Featuring 13 Buddhist teachers of color, the talks will be posted every few days on our blog, Trike Daily.”

31. 50 Iconic Black Trailblazers Who Represent Every State In America. In related news, 29 Classic Movies To Watch In Honor Of Black History Month.

32. Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump. “An updating tally of how often every member of the House and the Senate votes with or against the president.” Of course, he’s not giving any one any real chance to vote on anything right now…

33. 50 Groups To Learn About If You’re Committed To Intersectional Feminism.

34. How to Avoid Being Psychologically Destroyed by Your Newsfeed. In related news, How to Stay Sane When the President is Nuts.

35. Jimmy Fallon Interviews Dan Rather About Facebook and DT. Dan Rather is doing such good things.

36. Apple, Facebook, Google, Uber and Netflix join slew of companies to take legal action against Trump. “The brief was filed late Sunday in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and emphasises the importance of immigrants in the economy and society.”

37. Super Bowl LI Ads Trolled Donald Trump All Night. One clarification however about the Lumber 84 ad, so perfectly stated by Tara Gentile on Facebook, “This ad probably isn’t about what you think it’s about. It whitewashes a terrible, expensive, dehumanizing policy by focusing on, as Trump said, the big, beautiful door. ‘In the run-up to the Super Bowl, Magerko said the ad shouldn’t be considered provocative at all. In fact, she says she voted for Donald Trump in the election, and the image of the door in the wall comes directly from Trump himself, who said he wanted a ‘big beautiful door’ in his wall, for legal immigration.’ The wall is NOT okay, and any effort to normalize it should be rejected.”

38. Culture of Silence from Desiree Adaway. “Some of us are forced to be silent, but many of us are choosing to be. And it is literally killing us. We get free by using our voices to challenge those in power. We have to speak freedom to life.”

39. First Vertical Forest In Asia To Have Over 3,000 Plants And Turns CO2 Into 132 Pounds Of Oxygen Per Day.

40. University of California Next In Line To Dump Wells Fargo Contracts. “The UC system is severing $475 million in contracts with Wells Fargo over, among other things, the bank’s ties to private prison corporations.”

Something Good

Leave a reply

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPi6C12AAo5/?taken-by=rupikaur_&hl=en

 

1. Why the Women’s March made me think about racism. “And why fighting racism has to be at the heart of any women’s movement in 2017.” This, this, everything about this: “I’m convinced that whether your passion is education, preventing climate change, ending poverty, stopping war and genocide, or sexual violence — racism is at the heart of the challenge you are tackling.”

2. Almost no one from Seth Godin.

3. Art is a powerful tool for change from Paul Jarvis.

4. Trevor Noah: What’s the “Middle” Between White Supremacy and Equality for All? from Son of Baldwin. “When one side wishes to traffic in bigotry, superiority, and the right to rule over and dehumanize others, and the other side merely wishes to live in equity and with basic human dignity, it does the truth, and reconciliation, a great disservice to pretend that these are merely differences in opinions and perspectives holding equally moral weight and validity.”

5. She Will Not Be Quiet, a book of poetry by Julia Fehrenbacher.

6. Wisdom from Pema Chödrön, “Be fully present. Feel your heart. And engage the next moment without an agenda.”

7. To Obama With Love, and Hate, and Desperation. “Over eight years, through millions of letters, the staff of the White House mailroom read the unfiltered story of a nation.”

8. Body Sovereignty from Rachel Cole. “Through small everyday acts of submission many women give up the power they have as the leader, decision-maker, advocate, and ally for their body. What I want you to know is that your body is yours despite all the forces conspiring from the day you were born to teach, tell, and treat you otherwise.”

9. How America fails people of color with eating disorders.

10. This Professor’s Tweets After No One Showed Up To His Class Are Going Viral.

11. What I’ve Learned in 10 Years of Zen Habits.

12. No One’s Coming to Save Us, So We Have to Save Each Other from Chuck Wendig.

13. We the People: public art for the inauguration and beyond. “Download free art, donate to the campaign, and learn how else you can get involved.” In related news, Please Keep Your American Flags Off My Hijab.

14. 45 Simple Self-Care Practices for a Healthy Mind, Body, and Soul.

15. What Ben Carson doesn’t understand about “extra rights”: LGBT people aren’t asking for special privileges, just basic equality.

16. 10 Actions for the first 100 Days.

17. I saw Fun Home the Musical yesterday. It’s my favorite musical e v e r, based on one of my favorite graphic novels, by one of my favorite cartoonists, seen with some of my favorite people.

18. Eula Biss: Let’s Talk About Whiteness from OnBeing. I haven’t listened to this yet, but have heard it’s definitely worth a listen.

19. A List of Pro-Women, Pro-Immigrant, Pro-Earth, Anti-Bigotry Organizations That Need Your Support. In related news, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.

20. “Donald Trump Strikes Nationalistic Tone in Inaugural Speech.” We shouldn’t be surprised, as it was written by white supremacists: “Much of the speech was written by Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon, two of Mr. Trump’s top advisers, a White House official said.”

21. Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism–from Ferguson to Charleston.

22. What do Trump’s cabinet picks have in common? A history of misogyny. In related news, Donald Trump has assembled the worst Cabinet in American history.

23. The 20 Funniest Tweets From Women This Week.

24. Broad City, Inauguration. This actually made me laugh, on a day when I wouldn’t have expected it.

25. Don’t Be a Bystander: 6 Tips for Responding to Racist Attacks. In related news, Do’s and Don’ts for Bystander Intervention.

26. This Adorable Dog Is Trying to Do A Cart Wheel! I love this video so much.

27. Let the Record Show from John Pavlovitz. “History has been littered with horrible people who did terrible things with power, because too many good people remained silent. And since my fear is that we are surely entering one of those periods in our story, I wanted to make sure that I was recorded for posterity.”

28. Two Dogs Protect Tiny Penguins From Being Killed.

29. North Dakota Bill Would Protect Drivers Who ‘Accidentally’ Hit And Kill Protesters. NO!

30. Wild Writing Teacher Training. This is going to be so good!

31. ‘The saddest, slowest, most acoustic’ record: Aimee Mann announces a new album. *swoon* (I get to go see her when she comes to Boulder!)

32. Black Lives Webinar Series. “The Movement for Black Lives will be hosting a six month educational webinar series based on the different demands in the platform. Each month, starting in February, they will be elevating a different category of the platform, and hosting a webinar about that topic. They will also be updating their website with new policy and organizing resources from across the country. They kick off the webinar series on Wednesday, February 8th at 7pm(est) with a conversation about Political Power. If you have resources relating to the platform that you would like to share please email: m4blpolicytable@gmail.com with the word “Resources” in the title of the email. Register for the first webinar here: http://bit.ly/V4BLWeb1”

33. How to #StayOutraged Without Losing Your Mind, “Self-Care Lessons for the Resistance.”

34. The Racket of Racism, a really important video.

35. 10 Acts of Resistance on Inauguration Day and Beyond.

36. Donald Glover covering TAMIA’s “I’m So Into You.”

37. The Sugarcoated Language Of White Fragility.

38. Submit your EIS comment to the Army Corps.

On January 18th, the Department of the Army published the Notice of Intent to require an Environmental Impact Statement in the Federal Register. This is another small victory in defeating the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline.

The fight, however, is still not over.

This notice opens the public scoping phase and invites anyone interested to help them to identify potential issues, concerns, and reasonable alternatives that should be considered in an EIS.

While the EIS is exactly what we called for, we must ensure that it fully takes into consideration tribal treaty rights, natural resources, cultural and sacred places, socio-economical concerns, environmental justice, and the health and wellbeing of those downstream who rely on our drinking water.

We need your continued support as this process moves forward.

The Department of the Army’s Civil Works division will be accepting public comment until February 20th, 2017.

39. Here’s the Full Transcript Of Angela Davis’s Women’s March Speech.

Over the next months and years we will be called upon to intensify our demands for social justice to become more militant in our defense of vulnerable populations. Those who still defend the supremacy of white male hetero-patriarchy had better watch out.

The next 1,459 days of the Trump administration will be 1,459 days of resistance: Resistance on the ground, resistance in the classrooms, resistance on the job, resistance in our art and in our music.

40. When all else fails, find a dog.