#cultural resistance

[urbaneguerillaz]

[theomenmedia]

Yintah Trailer Out Now

Join the fight for land sovereignty with Yintah on Netflix. A story of resistance, culture, and the unbreakable spirit of the Wet'suwet'en. Watch from October 18 onwards.

Link to the full story: https://www.theomenmedia.com/post/yintah-the-land-s-defenders-a-netflix-documentary-that-echoes-the-heartbeat-of-wet-suwet-en-resis

[joncronshawauthor]

The Power of Cultural Identity in Fantasy Narratives

In fantasy literature, few themes are as potent and relevant as the struggle between cultural assimilation and resistance. This conflict, mirroring real-world historical and contemporary issues, provides a fertile ground for exploring complex character dynamics and societal tensions. Today, we’ll delve into this theme using “The Fall of Wolfsbane” as our looking glass. The Clash of…

[ulkaralakbarova]

TIFF 2024: Voices Unbound: The Defiant Dream of Nasreen in 'A Sister's Tale'

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. In Iran, the sound of a woman’s voice, when raised in song, is deemed a threat—so much so that it has been forbidden for women to perform publicly since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. This restriction is rooted in a rigid interpretation of Islamic law, where authorities argue that a woman’s voice might provoke desire or undermine societal morals. But behind these…

[omowale-jabali-reader]

The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972

BETWEEN 1965 AND 1972, African American students at upwards of a thousand historically black and white American colleges and universities organized, demanded, and protested for Black Studies, progressive Black universities, new faces, new ideas--in short, a truly diverse system of higher education relevant to the Black community.

Taking inspiration from the Black Power Movement, Black students drew support from many quarters--including White, Latino, Chicano, Asian American, and Native American students--and disrupted and challenged institutions in nearly every state. By the end, black students had thoroughly reshaped the face of the academy.

The Black Campus Movement provides the first national study of this remarkable and inspiring struggle, illuminating the complex context for one of the most transformative educational movements in American history, and providing a groundbreaking prehistory of black student activism from abolition through the 1960s. The book synthesizes records from more than three hundred colleges and universities, including documents from 163 college archives, into one national story. This authoritative study is essential to understanding modern American higher education.

[hussyknee]

Al-Ajaweed Band is a group made up of Black/Afro-Palestinians from the Baq'a Refugee Camp in Jordan. They’re known for being some of the best at dabka!

(linked because the tunnel of quote tweets has more dance videos)

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Please give their page the views they deserve.

[violottie]

Palestine regrows, Palestine will never die. There is hope in the very soil of Palestine. Don't lose yours.

"Finally.. a green area!!" from Bisan, 03/Apr/2024:

[alwaysbewoke]

[aichabouchareb]

💔🤬My God. They discover the obliterated and desecrated remains of their dear mother who was bombed to death moments ago by the United States and Israel. SHAME ON THIS WORLD and all of its cowardly leaders. I’m ashamed to be human right now.

[xxconnection]

This Lesbian Poem by Akhaji Zakiya from Lisa C Moore's Does Your Mama Know?: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Coming Out Stories

[thefriendoforatioisdead]

I truly admire how much Pin has been fighting back the rule of her aunt. She's a very obedient person, so her rebellion is not as firery as Anin's, but I found the scene of her bowing down to beg her aunt extremely powerful. I felt it very strongly. Even if it's not anger, or bold, upfront resistance, it's not passive or weak either. She IS standing up for their relationship, by showing the extent of her devotion not to her aunt but to Anin and their love. She is showing what she's ready to do. I am honestly not familiar with the weight of such a deep bow culturally, but I would assume that it means A LOT since we've never seen any character of this social status doing it before in the show (except her aunt when she met her sadly dead girlfriend, but it was to indicate subordination since she was going to work for her. And frankly, the parallel is parallelling). This moment of confrontation between them might be my favorite of the episode frankly, except Anin's declaration at the end OF COURSE

Pin resisted as much as she could in all the ways she could, and I'm not blaming her for breaking in the next episode and accepting the mariage. She does respect and love her aunt, and she is also very aware of her social status. She will do her duty because she's been raised to know her place and I would never blame her for that. It's just heartbreaking and unfair, but it's also very understandable.

[wildfeather5002]

Indigenous folks, ex-christians & anyone who's knowledgeable on social issues, I have two questions that have bothered me for a long while and I believe y'all might know how to answer them.

The question: I read a webcomic about community A living on an island along with another community B with different culture & beliefs from them. Community A believes that their culture & religion are the correct ones and that members of community B are dooming themselves to eternal damnation (in a religious sense) if they don't adopt the beliefs & practices of community A.

I saw someone talking about the comic in its comment section, saying that one of the characters who's a member of community B is selfish for not adopting the burial practices from community A's religion, because according to that someone, not burying their loved one like community A believes is correct is " potentially dooming their loved one to eternal damnation".

If you're indigenous, has rhetoric / talking points like this been used against your own religious / cultural practices? Could you give any concrete examples?

If you have religious trauma / are ex christian of any kind, have people used talking points like this to guilt trip, to frighten, or to shame you into obeying religious rules? (People belonging to other religions than christianity are welcome to give their perspectives as well!)

[houseofpurplestars]

A 9-page embroidery pattern featuring patterns of the resistance during The Palestinian Genocide (2023), creatively produced by members of the Tatreez & Tea community, including Handala flying with a parachute, Refaat’s kite, a press jacket, watermelons, spoons and more.

These patterns are free, and are anti-copyright so to encourage their dissemination and use. For this particular PDF file, please feel free to make copies for your stitching circles and embroidery classes, and spread widely. After you check out, you will be emailed a link to download the pattern

[virgil-upinthestars]

post ep 5 - SPOILERS

okay okay okay i think billy yeeted them out of the road. we see jen clawing up from the dirt in trailer footage, i think billy just chucked em back to westview. i don't think he's quite there at murder yet, seeing his last conversation with agatha, which? slay king. as a witch and practicing pagan, love him. "no, not for me" you take that negative energy and turn it right on its fuckin head sweetheart. but also please for the love of the gods don't get carried away, don't commit murder, your father would probably have a stroke even if your mother would sit there yelling you're doing great sweetie!!

also i think the reason why rio wasn't there in the last scene was bc she was collecting alice's body. now i'm imagining her walking out, seeing billy standing there alone with lighting coming from his hands and a scarlet witch crown like

[news4dzhozhar]

[hussyknee]

“You will not kill the hope in us. Freedom for Palestine”

Baladicenter, a continuation of Baladi Dance Group, was established in 1991 in Beit Jala, Palestine. Founded by a group of promising young people, with a mission to preserve and pass down their rich Palestinian heritage through generations, consolidating and strengthening the Palestinian identity. The group emerged in response to the occupation authorities' attempts to deny and erase the ancient roots and heritage of the Palestinian people.

Please consider buying a Keffiyeh* to support expanding local productions and keep the traditions of Palestine alive. They're currently restocking and hope to get orders out soon.

*Either spelling appears acceptable.

The dance is interspersed with footage of the Great March of Return where young men danced a Dabke circle under gunfire and tear gas from the Occupation Forces, and the civilian defiance of First Intifada, whose 36th anniversary was commemorated on December 8th.

Glory to the Martyrs! 🇵🇸

Glory to the Resistance! 🇵🇸

From River To The Sea Palestine Will Be Free! 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸