This is Buffalo Calf Road Woman, the Cheyenne woman who struck the blow that knocked Custer (also known as the coward Wanker Custerson of the United States of Colonize the Shit Out of America) off his horse before he was killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
She was also instrumental in securing victory for the Sioux and Cheyenne at the Battle of Rosebud, a battle known among the Cheyenne as ‘the battle where the brave sister saved her brother’.
Latino Civil Rights Figures: Luisa Moreno
By Victoria Cepeda
“Some of her biggest accomplishments were:
- In 1930, she unionized Blacks and Latina cigar rollers and other tobacco workers in Florida. She also helped unionize sugar cane workers in Louisiana, Tuna canneries in California and beets
- Was the first woman, and Latina, to be elected member to the California Congress of Industrial Organizations, CIO.
- She was an international representative of UCAPAWA [United Cannery Agricultural Packing, and Allied Workers of America.
Due to her organized labor activities and former membership of the U.S. Communist Party, her prominence was overshadowed and the US government declared Luisa Moreno a threat. She was eventually tried and underwent various immigration battles. She left the U.S for for Mexico, then went on to Cuba and then back to the U.S. Through her activism she brought awareness and social justice to many Latinos in an era where it was unimaginable to conceive the concept of labor law equality.”
Fleet Foxes - Montezuma
More Fleet Foxes…this album encapsulates my mood this week.
Talib Kweli and Junot Diaz read from the 2010 Prison Writing Contest (via penamerican)
Please don’t fiddle with the Oreo middle.
Talib Kweli and Junot Diaz read from the 2010 Prison Writing Contest.
Lorenzo Duran cuts leaves into intricate images like this tiny forest-scape!
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Rufus Wainwright - Les Feux d’Artifice t’Appellent (live)
I love this performance, solely because of 4:25 to 5:10-ish.
medicalstate: & Foods illustrations by Dan Beckemeyer.
PJ Harvey - On Battleship Hill
“Cruel nature has won again.” I could listen to this album all day.
This is Harvey (formerly known as Stella, pre-discovery of balls). I found him and his two brothers when they were about a week old. They’re now 4 months old.
About a month ago, Harvey started trying to suckle on my ear. It was funny at first, but now it’s annoying. But when I push him away? He keeps suckling…the air.
COLORS!
Rebels and onions got no respect.
The rebel and onion armies showed grose negligence by having many of their battles right inside national parks, like Gettysburg.
This almost made me choke on my coffee. New favorite blog.
STFU Gwyneth.
Is Gwyneth Paltrow capable of being anything other than fucking obnoxious?
via People:
Last November, Gwyneth Paltrow gave Ross Mathews – aka Ross the Intern, the late night TV comic from Chelsea Lately – a little tough love.
“We were taping a Chelsea special,” Mathews, 31, tells PEOPLE, “and she pointed at my tummy and said, ‘What’s going on here? I love you. Get it together.”
Christ, mind your own fucking business! Not only is that sizeist, it’s just plain fuckin’ rude. UGH.
Ho.ly.shit. I die. That ending? ROTFL.
Anthony. ANTHONY. WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING?!
I know it’s like ten years old, but wish I could pull off this haircut. Alas, I’d be too lazy/unskilled to make it work. Maybe one day.
In other news: PJ Harvey is a badass.
(Source: polly-jean-harvey)
