February 2012
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“Nose que duele mas, si hablarte o dejarte de hablar.”
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Crystals and Mirrors
I’m walking around the world with mirrors that portrait my own reflection, mirrors that try to help me to mold myself, see my imperfections and shape what I want to be… But I’m getting tired of them, because the mirrors don’t allow me to look what is beyond the reflection of myself, and they only bring solitude into my life…. I want the mirrors to become crystals, I want to be able to see what is...
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ATTN: Today-LegCouncil Humanities Reps will...
COME! ATTN: Today-LegCouncil Humanities Reps will Present a Resolution to Garner ASUCI Support
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Today (February 7th, 2012), Legislative Council Humanities Representatives, Brian Dinh & Neil Bautista, will present a resolution to garner ASUCI support of the E.S.C.A.P.E. response, and further advocacy for critical studies.
The meeting will be held in the Student Center, Woods Cove...
E.S.C.A.P.E: Dean of UG Education Salinger... →
uciescape:
Four days ago, undisclosed recipients received an email from Sharon V. Salinger, the Dean of Undergraduate Education. Her email appears to be in dialogue with or a reaction to one of E.S.C.A.P.E.’s demands to, “Reform the Multicultural general educational requirement to mandate all students to…
E.S.C.A.P.E: Dean of UG Education Salinger... →
uciescape:
Four days ago, undisclosed recipients received an email from Sharon V. Salinger, the Dean of Undergraduate Education. Her email appears to be in dialogue with or a reaction to one of E.S.C.A.P.E.’s demands to, “Reform the Multicultural general educational requirement to mandate all students to…
Addressed to Dean of Humanities: Chair of AAS...
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E.S.C.A.P.E: ATTN: Office of the Executive Vice... →
Response to ESCAPE from co-chair academic planning group.
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Today, representatives from the Executive Vice President’s office brought the “Needs Attention” memo to Administration’s attention, relayed the concerns and demands made by many students and faculty, and specifically asked for a response to E.S.C.A.P.E’s letter concerning the…
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The question: Can the revolutionary work with the...
In this current society you can have a revolutionary mind, revolutionary ideals, revolutionary consciousness, but I believe (and this is my personal opinion) that we are not truly revolutionaries until we apply this rhetoric into our everyday lives. REAL ACTIONS PURSUING EMANCIPATION FROM THIS CURRENT CAPITALIST SYSTEM. Now noticed that in contrast to being a revolutionary you can be someone that...
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"If you give me a fish, you have fed me for a...
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Comparative Literature Expresses Solidarity with... →
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Comparative Literature Expresses Solidarity with E.S.C.A.P.E.
“The Department of Comparative Literature calls on UCI to respect and respond to this document, and to take it as a starting point for a meaningful engagement with the interdisciplinary departments and programs at UCI. ”
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January 2012
4 posts
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E.S.C.A.P.E: [Important] "Needs Attention" Memo... →
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To Whom It May Concern: We, the students, are greatly concerned with the “Needs Attention” Memo sent to the School of Humanities on November 15, 2011. This alarming memo addressed African American Studies, Asian American Studies, Women’s Studies, Comparative Literature, East Asian Languages…
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On the ban of ethnic studies at Tucson Arizona
”HB 2281 is disciplinary and punitive. Discipline is not just about teaching and learning; it is about teaching correctly and teaching students how to follow authority correctly and compulsorily. Indeed, HB 2281 is less about the knowledge that Ethnic Studies curricula impart than it is about how that knowledge is taught and might be applied. The law does not make teaching about race...
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Regarding souls, that anxiety to make someone love...
One of the many realizations that I came into terms with this weekend: “Sometimes beautiful and bright souls come into your life, so bright that you would like them to fill your own soul with their brightness and beauty; and you love this soul because it brings happiness to your soul and out of this happiness you get so invested into showing that soul how important it is for you, and you...
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De amor, revolución y esas cosas que pasan por la...
Un amor imposible? No lo creo. Cuando la revolución a de pasar, pasa, no hay nada que la detenga. Las personas están listas, no hay nada que las puedan detener, se levantan en armas y luchan por lo que mas aman: su comunidad, su dignidad y su libertad. Cuando en verdad amas a una persona, nada te puede detener el estar con ella. El amar a alguien es como una revolución: NADA LO PUEDE PARAR. Pero...
November 2011
4 posts
“Such an appropriate quote for today:
“I can only hope that my courage and...”
– Prerna Lal
(Queer Undocumented Fiji-Indian-American in Deportation Proceedings)
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QUÉJASE DE LA SUERTE: INSINÚA SU AVERSIÓN A LOS...
¿En perseguirme, mundo, qué interesas?
¿En qué te ofendo, cuando sólo intento
poner bellezas en mi entendimiento
y no mi entendimiento en las bellezas?
Yo no estimo tesoros ni riquezas,
y así, siempre me causa más contento
poner riquezas en mi entendimiento
que no mi entendimiento en las riquezas.
Y no estimo hermosura que vencida
es despojo civil de las edades
ni riqueza me...
Financial Aid, AB540, & Dream Act Workshop from...
come!come!come!come!come!come!come!come!come!come!come!come!
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“I’m looking and working for the transformation of...
October 2011
2 posts
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AMOR (CON ALAS Y FLECHAS) Idilio
Tú querías que yo te dijera
el secreto de la primavera.
Y yo soy para el secreto
lo mismo que es el abeto.
Árbol cuyos mil deditos
señalan mil caminitos.
Nunca te diré, amor mío,
por qué corre lento el río.
Pero pondré en mi voz estancada
el cielo ceniza de tu mirada.
¡Dame vueltas, morenita!
Ten cuidado con mis hojitas.
Dame más vueltas alrededor,
jugando a la noria del amor....
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Letting it all out...
Today while writing a personal statement for an application lots of memories came back to my mind… My personal story is something that I barely share with people but I wrote this because I need to start letting it out…. I need to overcome that fear…
Let me write this essay with my heart crying out my sorrows, because they have been inside for too long, because my situation is...
September 2011
2 posts
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August 2011
6 posts
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“[on women] each of us in some way has been both oppressed and the oppressor. We...”
– Cherrie Moraga, ‘La Guera’, in Cherrie Moraga and Glora Anzadua (eds.),This Bridge called my Back: Writings by Radical Women if Color (New York: Kitchen Table Press, 1981), p. 33, (via feministquotes)
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“We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the...”
– Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist (via writingwrong)
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July 2011
19 posts
Watch
Two young black men, dressed like most young men (of every color) dress are followed around Publix by a white worker who seems to think they’re going to steal something. They purposely allow him to know he’s being recorded in hopes that it will stop, but he continues to follow them anyway all the way to the counter. They stopped him and asked him why he was following them and he said “I can...
“You don’t want to start setting up another rule book, like: “This is how you’re...”
– Kathleen Hanna (via riotisnotquiet)
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Por si me besa, por si me abraza, por si se pasa...
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Very Depressing "Cost of a UC education in... →
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Mexican Humor!! Got to Love it!!!
So today my aunt shared this as her FB status. It is just hilarious!!! Fucken disneyland and warner bros las cosas que nos enseñan, esto and seriously muchas cosas mas…. including but not limited to racism and shadeism.
“kOMO CHINGADOS QUIEREN QUE LA JUVENTUD HAGA CASO! SI DESDE CHICOS VIMOS QUE TARZAN SE LA PAZABA MEDIO DESNUDO,CENICIENTA LLEGA A MEDIA NOCHE,PINOCHO ES UN PICHE...
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On Frida Kahlo...
“Su obra es ácida, tierna y dura como el acero. Fina como el ala de una mariposa, amable como una sonrisa y cruel como la amargura de la Vida… Verán yo no creo que ninguna mujer haya plasmado jamás tan angustiosa poesía en un lienzo”
Diego Rivera
“…pensaron que yo era surrealista, pero no lo fui. Nunca pinté mis sueños, sólo pinté mi...
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On Frida Kahlo's art and society
“Su obra es ácida, tierna y dura como el acero. Fina como el ala de una mariposa, amable como una sonrisa y cruel como la amargura de la Vida… Verán yo no creo que ninguna mujer haya plasmado jamás tan angustiosa poesía en un lienzo”
Diego Rivera
“…pensaron que yo era surrealista, pero no lo fui. Nunca pinté mis sueños, sólo pinté mi...
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“In Congress and Minnesota, Republicans use the same play book. First, create a...”
– Betty McCollum [via MinnPost] (via mnpublius)
More Hispanics in U.S. calling themselves Indian →
When Fernando Meza is asked about his identity, “I tell them that I am Indian,” said Mr. Meza, a parade participant from the Tlaxcala tribe. “They say, ‘But you’re Mexican.’ And I say, ‘But I’m Indian.’ ”
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“Hispanic is not a race, ” said Mr. Quiroz, whose ancestors were the Quechua people, of the Central Andes. “Hispanic is not a culture. Hispanic is an invention by some people who...
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