I guess I always find "about me"s difficult to write because I either sound like I belong on myspace or someone who tries too hard to be profound. I'll start with the basics: My name's Ramelcy, and I'm from a little place you might have heard of known as New York City. I consider myself a Feminist and have an opinion on just about anything and everything. My tumblr is my own and no one else's so I'll post whatever quotes, rants, pictures, and random bullshit that I want. I guess it provides a bit of insight to who I am or at least I think I am? Don't hesitate to say hello. Follow and enjoy or not ?
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Photo reads: To me, feminism means choice! I can choose to shave my legs and I can choose not to. There is no ‘right answer.’ One option doesn’t make me any more or less of a feminist than the other. I can share or not shave whatever the hell I want to because it’s my choice.
I’d like to add that it annoys the hell out of me when women who don’t shave think they’re doing something super special and make assumptions about why women who choose to shave do so. How much body hair any of us has is our business, and how much body hair we choose to have is a personal and private decision that shouldn’t be up for public debate — including, and especially, by feminists.
(Source: thisishangingrockcomics)
While the idea of Afro-Latinos generally refers to African-descendant peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean, in recent years greater attention has been paid to the situation of Black Latinos in the United States, where Latinos and African Americans are frequently counter-posed and pitted against one another in a kind of race for demographic supremacy as the ‘largest minority’. The groups are presented as adversarial and mutually exclusive: either you are Latino or you are Black. In the face of this widespread and potentially misleading demarcation, Afro-Latinos occupy a crucial place in contemporary racial and ethnic relations in the United States and internationally. They are the group that typically falls between the cracks of prevailing classifications, and yet at the same time stands to serve as the most significant bridge across a growing, and increasingly ominous, social divide.
Dr. Juan Flores on AfroLatin@s (via larepublicadedet) (via lati-negros)
Tropes vs. Women: The Straw Feminist
The Straw Feminist trope is a deliberately created, exaggerated caricature of a feminist that is used to undermine and ridicule feminist movements.
“The Straw Feminist is set up to perpetuate and advance the myth that feminism is no longer needed, that we have arrived at gender equality and anyone who disagrees is quickly demeaned and portrayed as an extremist.”
Feminist Frequency always delivers articulate and strong videos dissecting and analyzing pop culture.
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Best postcard ever.
Basically sums up my day.
I spent most of my day in Brooklyn at a conference held by the Caribbean Women’s Health Association. I attended different workshops, learned a shitload more about contraception, got lots of free stuff, shook my a$$ to Soca, and listened to Congresswoman Yvette Clarke speak. Good stuff.
My favorite button ever.
I need feminism because for too long I would hesitate to share my opinions and show my strong, bold personality for fear of being called a bitch.
La Esperanza es novia de la Libertad y amante de la Utopia.
Resignification
