Beyonce might have said that girls run the world, but apparently she was wrong. According to an investigation by The Independent, actually Goldman Sachs does. …
Racialicious: Race and Europe Link Round Up – 11-18- 2011
Racialicious: Race and Europe Link Round Up – 11-18- 2011 A new, quite possibly weekly feature compiled by yours truly with the best worst news …
More on gaslighting and contexts
More on gaslighting and contexts Since this is a Q and Tumblr won’t allow reblogs of those, here’s a link to more thoughts and discussion …
In re gaslighting: I think there’s one crucial difference separating society-wide racial gaslighting and SO much individual gaslighting. Individual gaslighting in the sense of abusers is deliberately false in that the abuser KNOWS they abused; this is true of societal gaslighting as well. With the individual racism deniers though, the majority seem to truly believe that the racism doesn’t exist. It seems nitpicky, but it’s important not to derail the deliberate deception involved in the former.
I am not sure the abuser KNOWS they abused. I believe that the person doing the gaslighting is actually convinced that what they are saying …
On gaslighting and dominant cultures
There are a couple of posts at Feministe about gaslighting and how it is a specific form of emotional abuse. The posts are about gaslighting …
So, darn those silly people who don’t even try to understand cultures in their own terms, right? But when ERRRRYONE in the Netherlands tells you what racism means to them you’re all “no, you’re wrong”. And then when ERRRRYONE on the internet tells you what censorship means to them you’re all “no, you’re wrong”. Wut?
There’s been a recall of toxic Kotex tampons this week, are you sure you do not have one letter too many in your username, my …
Why are conspiracy theorists sending me “stuff”?!
Nothing scares me more than the conspiracy theories camp. Suddenly, they are sending me links on Twitter and emails with “stuff” they think I should …