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~ Friday, June 1 ~
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My biggest problem is that there is simply no creativity in movies with black casts at all. White people are 12 year old wizards, teens with crushes on vampires and werewolves, fighting blue people, talking fish and toys, and yet the best we get is a movie about the genteel south? Someone please make a movie about two black folks falling in love at a rock concert or a feature film about Storm from X-Men discovering her power, or something, ANYTHING, that goes beyond Black Pain (TM) / White Saviour (TM) movies. Sheesh.

A commenter on “Why I’m Just Saying No to ‘The Help’” (via atrapforfools)

FUCKING THIS. (via so-treu)

Pretty much.  (via kyssthis16)

SO. MUCH. THIS. TIMES. INFINITY. (via squeetothegee)


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tinypapercuts:

nezua:

burn

MY COLLEGE NICKNAME WAS “COACH.”
I NEED THIS FRAMED AND HANGING ON MY WALL.

YASSSSSSSSSSS

tinypapercuts:

nezua:

burn

MY COLLEGE NICKNAME WAS “COACH.”

I NEED THIS FRAMED AND HANGING ON MY WALL.

YASSSSSSSSSSS

(Source: lcvilleda)


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My brother died in the World Trade Center. I promised myself, if something like this ever happened, I would never hide under a table.

A man whom police are hailing as a hero in Wednesday’s deadly shooting at a Seattle’s cafe braved gunfire to hurl barstools at the suspect. Identified by police only as “Lawrence,” the man says he didn’t hesitate to put his life in danger, emboldened by the memory of his brother ….

Lawrence’s actions allowed three customers to escape, according to police. Four others died when Ian L. Stawicki, 40, allegedly unleashed a barrage of bullets inside Café Racer, a University District joint popular with music fans and artists. Two of the men killed were folk musicians and best friends; an aspiring actress and an urban planner also died. Half an hour after the slayings, a mother of two was shot and killed downtown. Police believe Stawicki was responsible for both shootings; the mentally ill man fatally shot himself Wednesday afternoon as police cornered him in West Seattle.

More here (HT: Matt Langdon).

(via kohenari)

Every decision in life becomes easier to make once you make that one big decision: who are you going to be?

Rock on, Lawrence.


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bad-dominicana:

meh i wouldnt buy any beauty product marketed to *strong* women anyway.

strong is so fucking overrated. these hoes just dont know.

for those of us w no choice, strong is exhausting. and grueling. and cruel.

talk to me about how i get to be vulnerable and carefree. i am not you.


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afro-art-chick:

I am going to attempt each one before summer arrives.

This is me, 12 times, every morning. Be flexible lest you break.

afro-art-chick:

I am going to attempt each one before summer arrives.

This is me, 12 times, every morning. Be flexible lest you break.

(Source: thevibrationoftheuniverse)


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emm-dash:

lucillebruise:

glossylalia:

geekquality:

talldarkbishoujo:

dontbearuiner:

buzzfeed:

sexualsportswear:

letsdolaunch:

GZA of Wu-Tang Clan to release a science inspired album: “Dark Matter”
“There’s no parental advisory, no profanity, no nudity,” he said. “The only thing that’s going to be stripped bare is the planets.”

the only thing that’s going to be stripped bare is the planets omg

“The only thing that’s going to be stripped bare is the planets.”

Awesome!!! Astrophysics rap!

things I did not know I needed until now

Shut up and take our money!
E

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no words. Just flailing and squealing.

GZA AND NEIL

emm-dash:

lucillebruise:

glossylalia:

geekquality:

talldarkbishoujo:

dontbearuiner:

buzzfeed:

sexualsportswear:

letsdolaunch:

GZA of Wu-Tang Clan to release a science inspired album: “Dark Matter”


“There’s no parental advisory, no profanity, no nudity,” he said. “The only thing that’s going to be stripped bare is the planets.”

the only thing that’s going to be stripped bare is the planets omg

“The only thing that’s going to be stripped bare is the planets.”

Awesome!!! Astrophysics rap!

things I did not know I needed until now

Shut up and take our money!

E

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no words. Just flailing and squealing.

GZA AND NEIL


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~ Thursday, May 31 ~
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theatlantic:

George W. Bush Will Watch Over the White House Forever

Laura ain’t never been that funky! Check out that hot neckline and color. Stepping it up in MiMi’s house, eh? :D

theatlantic:

George W. Bush Will Watch Over the White House Forever

Laura ain’t never been that funky! Check out that hot neckline and color. Stepping it up in MiMi’s house, eh? :D


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andeliaworld:

rapcat:

HERE 
I MADE THIS
BECAUSE SERIOUSLY
AS AN ANTHROPOLOGY STUDENT
FUCK ANTHROPOLOGY STUDENTS

This. This RIGHT HERE.
I had a fight with my white lesbian jewish (convert) friend about how
racism isn’t still a thing
but even it is was
she isn’t privileged in any form because she’s lesbian and (converted) to jewish.
Her arguments were based on telling me that she has a degree in anthropology, so she knows what she is talking about and I can be a whiny little ‘social justice’ girl all I want, I don’t know what I am talking about and tumblr can’t teach me everything.
It taught me that g*psy is a slur, which she denies and she still uses it on the character that SHE uses that is a rroma, which she RESEARCHED and which was the REASON she converted to Judaism in the first place!
SHE SHOULD KNOW BETTER, BUT SHE IGNORES IT.
Because she has a degree in anthropology and she knows her shit, everyone. She knows her shit.
Way to go.
Needless to say, I dropped her like it was hot, because that bullshit is not ok and I don’t tolerate it.

Anthropology: Making Racism A Science Since 1861.

andeliaworld:

rapcat:

HERE 

I MADE THIS

BECAUSE SERIOUSLY

AS AN ANTHROPOLOGY STUDENT

FUCK ANTHROPOLOGY STUDENTS

This. This RIGHT HERE.

I had a fight with my white lesbian jewish (convert) friend about how

racism isn’t still a thing

but even it is was

she isn’t privileged in any form because she’s lesbian and (converted) to jewish.

Her arguments were based on telling me that she has a degree in anthropology, so she knows what she is talking about and I can be a whiny little ‘social justice’ girl all I want, I don’t know what I am talking about and tumblr can’t teach me everything.

It taught me that g*psy is a slur, which she denies and she still uses it on the character that SHE uses that is a rroma, which she RESEARCHED and which was the REASON she converted to Judaism in the first place!

SHE SHOULD KNOW BETTER, BUT SHE IGNORES IT.

Because she has a degree in anthropology and she knows her shit, everyone. She knows her shit.

Way to go.

Needless to say, I dropped her like it was hot, because that bullshit is not ok and I don’t tolerate it.

Anthropology: Making Racism A Science Since 1861.


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theatlantic:

Attack of the Killer Fans: Why Are South Koreans Are Afraid of ‘Fan Death’?

What could be more peaceful than a night of rest with a little fan gently blowing the air of your bedroom across your body? It sounds harmless — unless, perhaps, you are from South Korea, where there is a widespread belief in “fan death,” the mortal danger of sleeping in a closed room with an electric fan. Many fans in South Korea come equipped with timers so that they will not remain on throughout the night. The Korea Herald called the belief ” one of Korea’s best-known urban legends.”
No one seems to know why this belief persists, given that its position as a medical condition is dubious. There is some speculation that it has its origins in 1970s efforts by the South Korean government to curb energy use. The natural tendency is to write it off as some kind of crackpot belief.
While it seems likely that the reported cases of fan death have other causes, such as excessive drinking or undiagnosed heart conditions, the relationships between beliefs and physical health are tough to pin down.
Read more. [Image: Reuters]


This is like black folks getting quiet during thunderstorms. I love us.

theatlantic:

Attack of the Killer Fans: Why Are South Koreans Are Afraid of ‘Fan Death’?

What could be more peaceful than a night of rest with a little fan gently blowing the air of your bedroom across your body? It sounds harmless — unless, perhaps, you are from South Korea, where there is a widespread belief in “fan death,” the mortal danger of sleeping in a closed room with an electric fan. Many fans in South Korea come equipped with timers so that they will not remain on throughout the night. The Korea Herald called the belief ” one of Korea’s best-known urban legends.”

No one seems to know why this belief persists, given that its position as a medical condition is dubious. There is some speculation that it has its origins in 1970s efforts by the South Korean government to curb energy use. The natural tendency is to write it off as some kind of crackpot belief.

While it seems likely that the reported cases of fan death have other causes, such as excessive drinking or undiagnosed heart conditions, the relationships between beliefs and physical health are tough to pin down.

Read more. [Image: Reuters]

This is like black folks getting quiet during thunderstorms. I love us.


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