a proud but a wandering heart

amq: (by Rasmus Hartikainen)

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:23:35 -0400

(by Rasmus Hartikainen)

no5chanel: Mississippi Goddamn- Nina Simone I love this song....

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:32:40 -0400

Mississippi Goddamn- Nina Simone

I love this song. hahah Probably one of my favorite songs about black suffrage.

But I think it fits with most songs about equality.

“You don’t have to live next to me, just give me my equality!”

nosens: 100929_JTSg_5767_h.jpg (by panafoot)

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:42:08 -0400

nosens:

100929_JTSg_5767_h.jpg (by panafoot)

kateoplis: Riitta Päiväläinen

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:51:08 -0400

kateoplis:

Riitta Päiväläinen

Just like how I reject the idea that we should be embracing slurs, I also reject the notion that we...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:09:41 -0400

Just like how I reject the idea that we should be embracing slurs, I also reject the notion that we should embrace stereotypes. Embracing oppressive attitudes and concepts while living within an oppressive system does not destabilize said system, it reinforces it. Privileged groups do not perceive oppressed groups as a threat when we embrace terms and stereotypes they created to keep us oppressed. All we are doing is reaffirming and confirming their privileged position and our lesser privileged one. It is regressive. The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.

brannu: “I expect to lose my life to it, I guess,” he (Larry Gibson) says about his defiance … ”But...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:18:42 -0400

brannu:

“I expect to lose my life to it, I guess,” he (Larry Gibson) says about his defiance … ”But if I stop fightin’ for it, they’ll take it,” he says. “Do you know what it’s like to hear a mountain get blowed up? A mountain is a live vessel, man; it’s life itself. You walk through the woods here and you’re gonna hear the critters moving, scampering around, that’s what a mountain is. Try to imagine what it would be like for a mountain when it’s getting blowed up, fifteen times a day, blowed up, every day, what the mountain must feel like as far as pain, as life.

“I’m not a highly-brained guy here,” he continues, “don’t have a lot of education. I just point at the common denominator of things; You screw up one thing, another is gonna fall, and if that falls something else is gonna fall, and how much more do we have to fall before we start saying, ‘Whoa, there’s something wrong here somewhere,’ you know?”

“See that red pole up there?” he says, as we move toward the far end of the ridge. “It’s a marker. From this corner across there, OK? What gets me about this is, my family owned this. And when I go up through here, I look at it as if I was walking on what was my family’s before. They say it belongs to them now. An’ remember I told you how they took it? I look at it as if it still belongs to me and my family. But now you are on coal company property. You can be subject to arrest. You like peanut butter and pork and beans? That’s what they serve ya in jail now. I’m pretty regular.”

“They’re gonna destroy my state, and the government’s gonna give them the incentive to do it,” he says. “My grandchildren and great-grandchildren won’t have any heritage here. They won’t have any mountain culture here, ‘cause they’re wipin’ it out. I had the best of time of my life not knowin’ if I wasn’t rich or comfortable or wealthy. How could I enjoy myself outdoors if I wasn’t wealthy? Who measures wealth? How do you do it? All the energy we have, all the people they destroyed, all the fatalities on these mine sites, and they keep makin’ reference to this as cheap energy.”

“What keeps you you going?” I ask

“I’m right,” he says. “That’s all.”

(From Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco’s “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt”)

lightispaintingshadows: women in literature and folklore:...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:27:58 -0400

lightispaintingshadows:

women in literature and folklore: cordelia

Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave
My heart into my mouth. I love your Majesty
According to my bond; no more nor less.

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Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:37:12 -0400

mudwerks: theband (by mydarlingdinosaur)

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:46:35 -0400

mudwerks:

theband (by mydarlingdinosaur)

Fun Fact

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:55:55 -0400

anthologist:

The term “Appalachia” was first recorded by Washington Irving, who proposed it as an alternative to America (though his top pick was Alleghenia). Had he—and others like Poe—had their way, we’d all be Appalachians now.

“It is a thousand pities that the puny witticisms of a few professional objectors should have the power to prevent, even for a year, the adoption of a name for our country. At present we have, clearly, none. There should be no hesitation about “Appalachia.” In the first place, it is distinctive. “America” is not, and can never be made so. We may legislate as much as we please, and assume for our country whatever name we think right — but to use it will be no name, to any purpose for which a name is needed, unless we can take it away from the regions which employ it at present. South America is “America,” and will insist upon remaining so.”

Edgar Allan Poe, 1846

Source 1, 2

macauleysulkin: dreary snow hike the other day

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:04:49 -0400

macauleysulkin:

dreary snow hike the other day

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Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:14:17 -0400

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Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:23:40 -0400

kvntrn: Jayson McIvor

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:32:41 -0400

kvntrn:

Jayson McIvor

kevinruss: PNF on Flickr.

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:42:09 -0400

kevinruss:

PNF on Flickr.

cabinporn: Cabin near Revelstoke, British Columbia.

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:04:53 -0500

cabinporn:

Cabin near Revelstoke, British Columbia.

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Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:14:02 -0500

Peabody Energy Screwing Over 22,000 Retired Coal Miners

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:23:31 -0500

Peabody Energy Screwing Over 22,000 Retired Coal Miners:

cuteserialkiller:

I strongly suggest reading this…especially if you or a loved one works in the coal industry because you could be next. It’s happening to 22,000 retired miners so you remember that every time you crawl into a coal mine risking your life to make your employers filthy rich…you remember how much they care about their workers lol…maybe someday YOU TOO will be lucky enough to have your benefits and health insurance taken away…because let me tell you, it sure is fun to watch your family not be able to make it to important doctor appointments because they can’t afford it. It’s fun to watch them go off life saving medications. It’s a real blast to learn that your dad went to the family clinic in town (one of the few places we can afford to go because they don’t charge an arm and a leg) and came out with a blood pressure reading of about 200/100 because he can’t afford blood pressure medications anymore and the cheap as hell ones just don’t work. And did I mention that between him and my mom HE is the healthy one!

Oh but who am I kidding? Don’t read this, just scroll right by it…because who gives a shit, really? No one cares and I didn’t bother making a cute little picture about this crap because it’s a little more complicated than that so it isn’t like anyone can share it or anything lol… This state absolutely amazes me. All you hear is COAL COAL COAL COAL FRIENDS OF COAL COAL COAL COAL WOOHOO!!!! But now that they are actually screwing people over to the point that people are LITERALLY (and no that isn’t an annoying, improper use of the word) going to die because there are people a million times worse off than my parents that have lost their insurance too, no one cares. It is absolutely fascinating to me.

So you just keep on being good old friends with coal, because coal sure does love you, my friend. :)

jayington: seriously the power companies have everyone so well trained. you leave lights and shit...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:32:31 -0500

jayington:

seriously the power companies have everyone so well trained.

you leave lights and shit that you aren’t using on everyfuckinwhere and:

A. you’re contributing to mountain top removal (no you are. i promise. http://ilovemountains.org/my-connection )

B. you’re just making your own electric bill increase.

you’re fucking yourself and other people. *slow clap for capitalism*

PLEASE CONTINUE SCROLLING PAST THIS AND NOT REBLOGGING SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO FEEL GUILTY ABOUT THE HUMAN COST OF COAL:

-42% birth defect rates
-50% cancer rates
-life expectancies 5 years lower than the national average
the human cost of coal

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Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:41:58 -0500