Ariel Boone

Armed with the power of "=", we risk a result that's only symbolic.

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:25:00 -0400

My Facebook feed is a sea of red and white. So sure, let’s totes promise to keep assigning math symbols to complicated issues of identity after today - in fact, 40% of homeless youth are LGBT (link). Over 10,400 Black men who have sex with men (MSM) were diagnosed as HIV+ between 2010 and 2012 (link). Over that same time period, 1/5 of Latina trans women in the LA area report being physically assaulted by law enforcement (link).

By logical extension of =, I’m pretty sure profile pictures with %, +, / will catch on any day now. That’s what it means to organize in a coalition worth all of the letters in its acronym, and not just the first two. Otherwise, the result of all this work is solely symbolic.

I know this is small. But ever since I was little, I wondered...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:47:51 -0500

I know this is small. But ever since I was little, I wondered how those dozens of reporters seemed to be at the White House every day. I assumed they camped out on some mythical lawn. Well, the news makers may have a tough job indoors, but their counterparts in journalism work in-tents days, too.

DC on lockdown for inauguration looked like the set from Walking...

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:20:41 -0500

DC on lockdown for inauguration looked like the set from Walking Dead. Post-Inaugalypse.

Diplomat reception room next door to where our VP, Uncle Joe,...

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:54:30 -0500

Diplomat reception room next door to where our VP, Uncle Joe, met today to discuss gun control. Pretty much as far as you could get from the classrooms we endeavor to protect.

The Afghan flag flies next to the White House tonight for its...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:57:06 -0500

The Afghan flag flies next to the White House tonight for its visitor. You know, DC’s rep for being hot and Hamid.

Daniel Boone’s a rare breed of Friday night phone banker-...

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:46:44 -0400

Daniel Boone’s a rare breed of Friday night phone banker- or as I call him, “Dad.” It takes all of us. #PA2012 (Taken with instagram)

Now that’s a yard sign I can get behind… (Taken...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:38:28 -0400

Now *that’s* a yard sign I can get behind… (Taken with instagram)

The walk packs were placed in the boxes with care…in hopes...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:27:48 -0400

The walk packs were placed in the boxes with care…in hopes that some canvassers soon would be there! (Taken with instagram)

Girl Scout Cookie MUFFINS. Shut the front door. In Ben Avon, PA,...

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:44:08 -0500

Girl Scout Cookie MUFFINS. Shut the front door. In Ben Avon, PA, at The Fire Escape cafe.

Spotted on the drive from Columbus to Philadelphia yesterday....

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:49:35 -0500

Spotted on the drive from Columbus to Philadelphia yesterday. Also spotted? Bloserville, PA. As in: WELCOME TO BLOSERVILLE, POPULATION ~~YOU~~ 12,518.

baxtavius: fussyfangs: tumblr i am glad that we can all agree that chris brown’s actions were...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:24:23 -0500

baxtavius:

fussyfangs:

tumblr i am glad that we can all agree that chris brown’s actions were inexcusable

now if you could start applying the same critical spirit to your favorite white dudes that would be great

ben roethlisberger

julian assange

woody allen

kelsey grammer

roman polanski

elvis

nicolas cage

charlie sheen

gary oldman

mel gibson

bill murray

eminem

sean penn

the list goes on

women are treated like shit in this world

Lessons from Ohio: Smothered, Covered Waffle House hash browns...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:53:58 -0500

Lessons from Ohio: Smothered, Covered Waffle House hash browns DO exist, they look like this, and it remains to be seen why Bloodhound Gang wants to coat women in cheese and onions.

GET IT Davis! cdandor: Words that Hurt poster for the UC...

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:37:29 -0500

GET IT Davis!

cdandor:

Words that Hurt poster for the UC Davis Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center. Displayed for Principles of Community week in the Memorial Union until March 14th, 2011.

Tell me this isn’t paradise. Taken 1-24-12 Lake Merritt,...

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:12:33 -0500

Tell me this isn’t paradise.

Taken 1-24-12

Lake Merritt, Oakland, CA

Wanna bet the tag says, “Made in China?” Double...

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:53:46 -0500

Wanna bet the tag says, “Made in China?” Double exploitation.

onikaisthenewblack:

Seriously though….who thought this was okay?

alindner: My [very strong willed] mom [who has always worn in...

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:38:29 -0500

alindner:

My [very strong willed] mom [who has always worn in the pants in my family] just called & told me that my fifteen year old brother and my fifteen year old female cousin sincerely said to her that girls cannot ask boys out or ask them to a dance. This is my attempt to correct this situation…what would you do?

Note: I make reference to the fact that I gave him a bell hooks book back in October that he still hasn’t read. Also, Nancy is the coach of his entire speech & debate team.

Two large wins of the night: Ninja Turtle noses and freshly made...

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:00:02 -0400

Two large wins of the night: Ninja Turtle noses and freshly made pumpkin mini-cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Thanks to Morgan Wallace for the photos!

Halloween-tervention.

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:28:40 -0400

Check it here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/24/2470019/china-cuts-access-to-lawyer-who.html

And here:

saucy-sarah:

There’s more:

Students Teaching About Racism in Society is a Student Org at Ohio University. I’m the President, any questions… MESSAGE ME! :)

Affirmative Action Bake Sale by Berkeley College Republicans

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:41:44 -0400

So first, the Berkeley College Republicans showed up to last night’s meeting of the ASUC Senate to PROTEST A BILL commemorating September 11, 2001’s tenth anniversary, because the bill’s inclusion of language recognizing U.S. and foreign civilian and military casualties in the following decade were somehow an inferior memorial to their concept of what “should” be done. Privileged. Trifling. Offensive.

NOW BCR is holding an “Affirmative Action Bake Sale,” straight out of the Young Americans for Freedom playbook, to counterprotest a phone bank for affirmative action. I was literally just reading a book about this, Youth to Power, by Michael Connery, which addresses the conservative machine that is YAF. I don’t think it gets a whole lot more oblivious than this. I wonder whether the women in the club will be in charge of baking?

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=180017028739215

via Andy Albright

FIAT PUPS: Let there be puppies tickled in lecture.

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:11:57 -0400

FIAT PUPS: Let there be puppies tickled in lecture.

Ariel Boone

Armed with the power of "=", we risk a result that's only symbolic.

I know this is small. But ever since I was little, I wondered...

DC on lockdown for inauguration looked like the set from Walking...

Diplomat reception room next door to where our VP, Uncle Joe,...

The Afghan flag flies next to the White House tonight for its...

Daniel Boone’s a rare breed of Friday night phone banker-...

Now *that’s* a yard sign I can get behind… (Taken...

The walk packs were placed in the boxes with care…in hopes...

Girl Scout Cookie MUFFINS. Shut the front door. In Ben Avon, PA,...

Spotted on the drive from Columbus to Philadelphia yesterday....

baxtavius: fussyfangs: tumblr i am glad that we can all agree that chris brown’s actions were...

Lessons from Ohio: Smothered, Covered Waffle House hash browns...

GET IT Davis! cdandor: Words that Hurt poster for the UC...

Tell me this isn’t paradise. Taken 1-24-12 Lake Merritt,...

Wanna bet the tag says, “Made in China?” Double...

alindner: My [very strong willed] mom [who has always worn in...

Two large wins of the night: Ninja Turtle noses and freshly made...

Halloween-tervention.

Affirmative Action Bake Sale by Berkeley College Republicans

FIAT PUPS: Let there be puppies tickled in lecture.

Now that’s a yard sign I can get behind… (Taken...