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witchymoonhag:

witchymoonhag:

blueandbluer:

aishawarma:

Learn to defend against a bigot grabbing your hijab from behind!

In this post-election hate-crime spike, self defense is more important than ever. Practice this move until it becomes muscle memory and teach your body to react before thinking.

(via Zee Abdulla)

Signal boost. Anyone know if this would work equally as well if he grabbed with his other hand? I feel it wouldn’t, but it’s still better than nothing.

If the attacker used the other hand, then the woman wearing the hijab could use the opposite arm than is shown. SO PRACTICE BOTH SIDES.

Also please note the position of her arm on his. It’s not on the elbow but just above it. That is will be important for the submission. The grip on her hand is important as well. It looks like she is using a monkey grip where the thumb stays with the fingers of the hand instead of wrapping around. It protects your thumb from being broken and can be a stronger grip in general.

But yes, practice practice practice practice

Btw, if you click on her name, Zee Abdulla, in the post it takes you to her Facebook where she has another video for a defense for a front hijab grab.

(Source: http://witchymoonhag.tumblr.com/)
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witchymoonhag:

witchymoonhag:

blueandbluer:

aishawarma:

Learn to defend against a bigot grabbing your hijab from behind!

In this post-election hate-crime spike, self defense is more important than ever. Practice this move until it becomes muscle memory and teach your body to react before thinking.

(via Zee Abdulla)

Signal boost. Anyone know if this would work equally as well if he grabbed with his other hand? I feel it wouldn’t, but it’s still better than nothing.

If the attacker used the other hand, then the woman wearing the hijab could use the opposite arm than is shown. SO PRACTICE BOTH SIDES.

Also please note the position of her arm on his. It’s not on the elbow but just above it. That is will be important for the submission. The grip on her hand is important as well. It looks like she is using a monkey grip where the thumb stays with the fingers of the hand instead of wrapping around. It protects your thumb from being broken and can be a stronger grip in general.

But yes, practice practice practice practice

Btw, if you click on her name, Zee Abdulla, in the post it takes you to her Facebook where she has another video for a defense for a front hijab grab.

(Source: http://witchymoonhag.tumblr.com/)
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help replenish Standing Rock’s medical supplies!

clarawebbwillcutoffyourhead:

clarawebbwillcutoffyourhead:

The Standing Rock Medic & Healer Council’s supplies have been depleted after last night’s atrocities.

You can donate directly here:
https://www.holisticlivingschool.org/standing-rock-medic-healer-council/

Or purchase from their Amazon wish list here:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/284OV04OWXQG9/

Stay strong.

i donated to standing rock today but this is really important: if they’re to stay strong under these attacks we neeed to help them stay healthy.

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help replenish Standing Rock’s medical supplies!

clarawebbwillcutoffyourhead:

clarawebbwillcutoffyourhead:

The Standing Rock Medic & Healer Council’s supplies have been depleted after last night’s atrocities.

You can donate directly here:
https://www.holisticlivingschool.org/standing-rock-medic-healer-council/

Or purchase from their Amazon wish list here:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/284OV04OWXQG9/

Stay strong.

i donated to standing rock today but this is really important: if they’re to stay strong under these attacks we neeed to help them stay healthy.

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attoseconds:

babbiebanana:

laurielle:

babbiebanana:

laurielle:

julietsalvatore:

why does it matter if floriana is latina or not? she’s doing an amazing job portraying maggie and I personally am more than happy she’s the one playing her

Eeeeewhhhhhh representation likeee

They freaking lied that she was Latina n she freaking referred to herself as non-white but ‘why does it matter if Floriana is Latina or not’..ok sis go awf with your nonsense as if the non-white Lesbians weren’t happy for some representation n feel stupid for being lied to and manipulated.

You nailed it

Why does it matter when a white actress – who is not even a white Latina – is taking roles from actual Latinas (white or otherwise)?

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attoseconds:

babbiebanana:

laurielle:

babbiebanana:

laurielle:

julietsalvatore:

why does it matter if floriana is latina or not? she’s doing an amazing job portraying maggie and I personally am more than happy she’s the one playing her

Eeeeewhhhhhh representation likeee

They freaking lied that she was Latina n she freaking referred to herself as non-white but ‘why does it matter if Floriana is Latina or not’..ok sis go awf with your nonsense as if the non-white Lesbians weren’t happy for some representation n feel stupid for being lied to and manipulated.

You nailed it

Why does it matter when a white actress – who is not even a white Latina – is taking roles from actual Latinas (white or otherwise)?

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Don’t Be Passive Observers of Last Night’s Terrorization in Standing Rock: Here’s What You Can Do

Don’t Be Passive Observers of Last Night’s Terrorization in Standing Rock: Here’s What You Can Do

leupagus:

navigatethestream:

As a Native woman who has been to Standing Rock three times, and whose health now prevents me from making a fourth trip, I have my own asks. Call every  number put in front of you. Jam every phone line. Look at the target list of financial institutions supporting this pipeline. Pick a bank. Shut it down, just like we did in Chicago on Saturday and people did in Philadelphia this morning. The Trump administration hasn’t even taken hold yet, and I watched over a livestream last night as my friends and people were battered with water streams that can tear skin from flesh and eyes from sockets. I watched my people hold space and scramble to save one another as drops of water froze to razor wire.

I know marginalized people around the county are organizing for their own survival right now, and sitting around tables discussing the difficult days ahead. But a strategy of protection, defense and obstruction cannot wait for the inauguration of an autocrat. It must be applied here and now.

Please show us that you see us. Please do all you can to stop this.

If you cannot travel to Standing Rock, or support or organize an action where you live, consider contacting one of these Sheriffs and police departments that have loaned out the officers who are abusing Native peoples in Standing Rock. Jam their phone lines and tell them to bring their people home. If your community is on this list, actively organize to recall the deployment.

Michigan City Police Department
Michigan City, IN
(219) 874-3221

North Dakota Highway Patrol
Offices across North Dakota
(701) 328-2455

Hammond Police Department
Hammond, IN
219-852-2900

Munster Police Department
Munster, IN
(219) 836-6600

Griffith Police Department
Griffith, IN
(219) 924-7503

Anoka County Sheriff’s Office
Andover, MN
(763) 323-5000

Washington County Sheriff’s Office
Stillwater, MN
651-430-6000

Marathon County Sheriff’s Department
Wausau, WI
(715) 261-1200

La Porte County Sheriff’s Office
La Porte, IN
(219) 326-7700

Newton County Sheriff’s Office
Kentland, IN
219-474-3331

South Dakota Highway Patrol
Pierre, SD
605-773-3105

Jasper County Sheriff
Rensselaer, Indiana
219-866-7344

Lake County Sheriff Sheriff’s Department
Crown Point, IN
219-755-3333

Laramie County Sheriff’s Department
Cheyenne, WY
307-633-4700

Wyoming Highway Patrol
Cheyenne, WY
307-777-4301

Ohio State Highway Patrol
Columbus, Ohio
614-466-2660

Nebraska Emergency Management Agency
Lincoln, NE
(402) 471-7421

Supply note: With at least two hundred injured last night, Standing Rock medics are in critical need of the following items:

Milk of Magnesia
Wool socks
Wool blankets
Space blankets
Hand warmers
Trauma kits (portable)
Suturing kits
Straw bales

Supplies can be shipped to:
Standing Rock Medic and Healer Council
PO Box 1251, Bismark ND, 58502
or if you are shipping via UPS or Fed Ex, please use the address:
220 E. Rosser Ave. 1251, Bismark, ND, 58502

Or you can donate to the Standing Rock medics.

HELPFUL NUMBER FOR Y’ALL TO CALL. I left messages and tomorrow I’m making up a quick care package. We can do this guys!

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Don’t Be Passive Observers of Last Night’s Terrorization in Standing Rock: Here’s What You Can Do

Don’t Be Passive Observers of Last Night’s Terrorization in Standing Rock: Here’s What You Can Do

leupagus:

navigatethestream:

As a Native woman who has been to Standing Rock three times, and whose health now prevents me from making a fourth trip, I have my own asks. Call every  number put in front of you. Jam every phone line. Look at the target list of financial institutions supporting this pipeline. Pick a bank. Shut it down, just like we did in Chicago on Saturday and people did in Philadelphia this morning. The Trump administration hasn’t even taken hold yet, and I watched over a livestream last night as my friends and people were battered with water streams that can tear skin from flesh and eyes from sockets. I watched my people hold space and scramble to save one another as drops of water froze to razor wire.

I know marginalized people around the county are organizing for their own survival right now, and sitting around tables discussing the difficult days ahead. But a strategy of protection, defense and obstruction cannot wait for the inauguration of an autocrat. It must be applied here and now.

Please show us that you see us. Please do all you can to stop this.

If you cannot travel to Standing Rock, or support or organize an action where you live, consider contacting one of these Sheriffs and police departments that have loaned out the officers who are abusing Native peoples in Standing Rock. Jam their phone lines and tell them to bring their people home. If your community is on this list, actively organize to recall the deployment.

Michigan City Police Department
Michigan City, IN
(219) 874-3221

North Dakota Highway Patrol
Offices across North Dakota
(701) 328-2455

Hammond Police Department
Hammond, IN
219-852-2900

Munster Police Department
Munster, IN
(219) 836-6600

Griffith Police Department
Griffith, IN
(219) 924-7503

Anoka County Sheriff’s Office
Andover, MN
(763) 323-5000

Washington County Sheriff’s Office
Stillwater, MN
651-430-6000

Marathon County Sheriff’s Department
Wausau, WI
(715) 261-1200

La Porte County Sheriff’s Office
La Porte, IN
(219) 326-7700

Newton County Sheriff’s Office
Kentland, IN
219-474-3331

South Dakota Highway Patrol
Pierre, SD
605-773-3105

Jasper County Sheriff
Rensselaer, Indiana
219-866-7344

Lake County Sheriff Sheriff’s Department
Crown Point, IN
219-755-3333

Laramie County Sheriff’s Department
Cheyenne, WY
307-633-4700

Wyoming Highway Patrol
Cheyenne, WY
307-777-4301

Ohio State Highway Patrol
Columbus, Ohio
614-466-2660

Nebraska Emergency Management Agency
Lincoln, NE
(402) 471-7421

Supply note: With at least two hundred injured last night, Standing Rock medics are in critical need of the following items:

Milk of Magnesia
Wool socks
Wool blankets
Space blankets
Hand warmers
Trauma kits (portable)
Suturing kits
Straw bales

Supplies can be shipped to:
Standing Rock Medic and Healer Council
PO Box 1251, Bismark ND, 58502
or if you are shipping via UPS or Fed Ex, please use the address:
220 E. Rosser Ave. 1251, Bismark, ND, 58502

Or you can donate to the Standing Rock medics.

HELPFUL NUMBER FOR Y’ALL TO CALL. I left messages and tomorrow I’m making up a quick care package. We can do this guys!

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leavethesky:

cavesalamander:

byyourleave:

For the millions of you that will lose your insurance if Obamacare is
repealed please call Paul Ryan. It took me about two minutes, most of that waiting patiently for the recording to end.

Paul Ryan is
conducting a phone poll on the ACA (Obamacare), hoping to hear
overwhelming popular opposition to it. If you would like to express your
support for the Affordable Care Act, call (202) 225-3031. Press 2 to
weigh in on the issue. You’ll hear a brief recording about HR-3762, Paul
Ryan’s proposal to gut the ACA, and
President Obama’s use of his veto power to stop it. Then, you will have a
chance to indicate your opinion with the press of a button.

Press 1 if you support Obamacare, 2 if you oppose it.

There is also an option after making your choice to leave a voicemail for Speaker Ryan, which I did, and recommend doing, but is obviously not required.

You don’t have to talk to anyone!! Should be easier on anxiety that way.

But make sure you listen to the options.

You will have to listen to 2-3 minutes of blatant lies and propaganda, but it’s worth it to tell this monster that he’s got it all wrong on ACA.

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leavethesky:

cavesalamander:

byyourleave:

For the millions of you that will lose your insurance if Obamacare is
repealed please call Paul Ryan. It took me about two minutes, most of that waiting patiently for the recording to end.

Paul Ryan is
conducting a phone poll on the ACA (Obamacare), hoping to hear
overwhelming popular opposition to it. If you would like to express your
support for the Affordable Care Act, call (202) 225-3031. Press 2 to
weigh in on the issue. You’ll hear a brief recording about HR-3762, Paul
Ryan’s proposal to gut the ACA, and
President Obama’s use of his veto power to stop it. Then, you will have a
chance to indicate your opinion with the press of a button.

Press 1 if you support Obamacare, 2 if you oppose it.

There is also an option after making your choice to leave a voicemail for Speaker Ryan, which I did, and recommend doing, but is obviously not required.

You don’t have to talk to anyone!! Should be easier on anxiety that way.

But make sure you listen to the options.

You will have to listen to 2-3 minutes of blatant lies and propaganda, but it’s worth it to tell this monster that he’s got it all wrong on ACA.