The Magnificent Quarter Mile

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Sexualities/Genders (And Other Terms One Should Know)

Heterosexual:
Male-identifying individual sexually attracted to a female-identifying individual, and vice-versa.
Homosexual:
Someone attracted to someone of the same gender as themselves.
Bisexual:
Sexually attracted to two or more genders.
Polysexual:
Sexually attracted to many genders, but not all.
Pansexual:
Sexually attracted to all genders. (this and bisexual, and sometimes polysexual, are often considered to be the same thing and different people may simply identify as any one of them due to their own personal reasons)
Demisexual:
Sexually attracted to people only after forming a bond with them first.
Asexual:
Having no /sexual attraction/ to others; having no desire to have sex.
Heteroromantic:
Male-identifying individual romantically attracted to female-identifying individuals, and vice-versa.
Homoromantic:
Attracted romantically to the same gender.
Biromantic:
Attracted romantically to two or more genders
Polyromantic:
Attracted to many genders (but not all)
Panromantic:
Attracted romantically to all genders
Demiromantic:
Romantically attracted to people only after forming a bond with them first.
Aromantic:
Having no /romantic attraction/ to others; having no desire to be in a romantic relationship.
Polyamorous:
Someone who is attracted to, and is comfortable with being in a relationship with more than one person at a time.
Transexual/Transgender (Term depending on generation and location):
An individual who identifies as a gender other than the one they were assigned at birth to be. Often shortened to trans
Cisgender:
Someone who identifies as the gender that they were assigned as at birth. (ex. matches their birth certificate) Often shortened to cis
Intersex:
Someone who has ambiguous genitalia that doesn't fit into our strict dichotomy of uterus or testes. Often forced into surgery to correct their genitals at a very young age, causing psychological and physical harm later in life
Nonbinary:
Outside of the gender binary of male and female. (Can be used as an umbrella term or as its own identity)
Genderqueer:
Outside of the gender binary. (**This is not an umbrella term like the post said before I edited it! Do not use this as an umbrella term for nonbinary individuals, simply use 'nonbinary'. Queer is considered a slur and not everyone likes to be associated with the word)
Agender:
Someone who feels gender neutral, or someone who experiences a 'lack' of gender.
Bigender:
Someone who identifies as two separate genders.
Genderfluid:
A gender that changes, or is 'fluid'.
Demigirl:
Identifying partially as a woman, but not wholly.
Demiboy/guy:
Identifying partially as a man, but not wholly.
Dmab:
Designated Male at Birth.
Dfab:
Designated Female at Birth.
Amab/Afab:
Same as dmab/dmab, except with 'assigned' instead of 'designted'.

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The problem is that white people see racism as conscious hate, when racism is bigger than that. Racism is a complex system of social and political levers and pulleys set up generations ago to continue working on the behalf of whites at other people’s expense, whether whites know/like it or not. Racism is an insidious cultural disease. It is so insidious that it doesn’t care if you are a white person who likes black people; it’s still going to find a way to infect how you deal with people who don’t look like you. Yes, racism looks like hate, but hate is just one manifestation. Privilege is another. Access is another. Ignorance is another. Apathy is another. And so on. So while I agree with people who say no one is born racist, it remains a powerful system that we’re immediately born into. It’s like being born into air: you take it in as soon as you breathe. It’s not a cold that you can get over. There is no anti-racist certification class. It’s a set of socioeconomic traps and cultural values that are fired up every time we interact with the world. It is a thing you have to keep scooping out of the boat of your life to keep from drowning in it. I know it’s hard work, but it’s the price you pay for owning everything.

Scott Woods (X)

Mic drop.

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tbt to 2008. Same year that i ditched my senior year homecoming to run around the beach with a buncha wangs

tbt to 2008. Same year that i ditched my senior year homecoming to run around the beach with a buncha wangs

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verticaltheory: Uncommon Ground: the perfect name for America’s greenest restaurantWith a list of accolades that doesn’t stop, Chicago’s Uncommon Ground is anything but common. Named“Greenest restaurant” in America in 2011 and 2013, winner of the governor’s sustainability award, the country’s first certified organic rooftop farm, restaurant of the year, green business of the year…the list goes on and on. And now the owners are adding: “first organic brewery in the state” to that list.Read more here.

verticaltheory:

Uncommon Ground: the perfect name for America’s greenest restaurant

With a list of accolades that doesn’t stop, Chicago’s Uncommon Ground is anything but common. Named“Greenest restaurant” in America in 2011 and 2013, winner of the governor’s sustainability award, the country’s first certified organic rooftop farm, restaurant of the year, green business of the year…the list goes on and on. And now the owners are adding: “first organic brewery in the state” to that list.

Read more here.