March 2012
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Freudian slip
Definitely just wrote, “tying daddy” instead of “typing daddy”
trans-terrific:
jadelyn:
knitmeapony:
stfuconservatives:
abaldwin360:
I hope Rick Santorum has a computer game he really likes that one day starts crashing as soon as he loads it and everything tech support tells him to try doesn’t work.
I hope Rick Santorum’s video drivers are always out of date.
-Joe
I hope Rick Santorum kicks the power strip and shuts down his computer while he’s...
eleka-nahmen reblogged your photoset: emptylungsblindeyes: Love is intense. When I…
Degrassi. I don’t keep up with it anymore, but I still love Adam
Thanks! :D
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I’m sitting in burgerville and there were these three black young women behind me talking about hueism, and now there are some white queers sitting a booth away from me that are talking about gender and sexuality and how cis str8s don’t get it a lot of the time.
Also, one of my friends on facebook unironically said, “I need to work these kinks out” and I never realized how...
TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY!!!
xpressivebelle:
Today in Black History in 1940 Hattie McDaniel known for her supporting roles became the first African American to win the Oscar Award for her role as ‘Mammy’in the movie ‘Gone With The Wind’. Not only was she the first African American to receive this award, but the was the only woman to have received it until Whoopi Goldberg received the same award for her role in the movie...
Becoming a (Trans) Black Man →
heysoapie:
neutrois:
Young transgender black men are using social media to embrace their new identity.
Interesting article about being young, transgender, black, and using social media while transitioning.
support is support, love my young men.
Overall good read, but if you chose not to, at least check these out:
26% of Black transgender people are unemployed. That’s twice the rate ...
“Dutch parents, by contrast, downplay the dangerous and difficult sides of...”
– What the US Can Learn from the Dutch About Teen Sex (via ellielamothe)
February 2012
“When she worked the streets, Yvette Gonzales said, she frequently saw other...”
– Albany Bill Would Bar Condoms as Evidence of Prostitution - NYTimes.com
Good article about no condoms as evidence legislation.
Two things, though (always! always with the critique):
There’s no mention of how the collection of condoms as evidence of prostitution is an act of profiling people of...
“Like individuals, cultures have different styles. America is a noisy culture,...”
– Revenge of the Introvert
I’m moving to Finland.
(via theintrovertfiles)
Why does 76 percent of the Ron Paul's Super PAC... →
it should come as a shock and disappointment to his followers that Ron Paul’s single largest donor—his Sheldon Adelson, as it were—founded a controversial defense contractor, Palantir Technologies, that profits from government espionage work for the CIA, FBI and other agencies, and which last year was caught organizing an illegal spy ring targeting American political opponents of the US Chamber...
“When you cease to have a sense of humor about the darkness in life, that’s when...”
– Amanda Palmer (via lady-pilot)
runawayrocketboy asked: Dear person I had a crush on
I was in line to buy my girlfriend flowers,
katiefuckingfitch-:
and the man behind me just goes,
“I hope he or she loves them.”
“Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything...”
– Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (via psych-quotes)
I can’t decide if I love this or resent the fuck out of it.
Love and solidarity for femmes who don't apologize...
feral-femme:
tangledupinlace:
I see you with your 5 o’clock shadows, your outfits held together with safety pins and strategically placed belts, your leather and your florals and the snarl on your faces and I can’t keep my heart from bursting.
Femininity FOREVER
<3 femininity forever <3 <3 femme of center forever <3 <3 living life in the shameless pursuit of self defined...
FACT: While other members of the LGBT*Q community...
You're fucked now, UrbanOutfitters, muahahahahah! →
gloria-swanson:
apihtawikosisan:
This is the big news of today and I haven’t seen it all over the place yet! The Navajo Nation (who has trademarked their name) is suing UrbanOutfitters. The suit is based on trademark infringement and violation of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. This is going to be an awesome case!
“For the chronically ill, details are all. To cope with chronic illness means to...”
– Arthur Kleinman, The Illness Narratives (via shanghailil)
landraquestionmark:
Watching vegan and non-vegans fight is kind of hilarious. Especially on here, do you really think something you say will MAGICALLY change their mind?
i feel this way about a handful of things, especially during furious escalated conflicts. like… yes, screaming in my face about your opinions really makes me receptive…
“So let’s have a little less talk about how the poor should learn to manage their...”
– Barbara Ehrenreich (via fragiilebones)
“[S]hame is not a catalyst for change; it is a paralytic. Anyone who has ever...”
– What’s Wrong With Fat-Shaming? | xoJane (via gingerrqueer)
“I am grateful to have been loved and to be loved now and to be able to love,...”
– Maya Angelou (via demitassse)
13 Year Old Jada Williams Persecuted by the... →
chinaija:
theafrosistuh:
beautifulbrwn:
“On Saturday, February 18, 2012, the Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York presented the first Spirit of Freedom award to Jada Williams, a 13-year old city of Rochester student. Miss Williams wrote an essay on her impressions of Frederick Douglass’ first autobiography the Narrative of the Life. This was part of an essay contest, but her essay was...
Consensus building class was a complete nightmare...
The best and worst part was these three women in the class debating whether or not I fit the personality type of “Driver”. I mean, like I appreciated the one person sticking up for my general character… but… like… we’re theoretically writing a storybook not and none of them particularly know me and like… nobody except the person who initially said I...
“What we end up with when we vote for either the Republicans or the Democrats is...”
– Rocky Anderson on Salt TV Network (via rockyanderson2012)
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Aristotle: We are what we repeatedly do.
Plato: Well then I guess I'm YOUR MOM
Plato: *high fives Socrates*
Why the US Owes Haiti Billions by Bill Quigley... →
fromonesurvivortoanother:
kemetically-ankhtified:
The reparation money that Haiti was forced to pay France after the revolution to gain its independence ($1 billion then, $22 billion today) destabilized the Haitian economy during the 19th century. During this time, Haiti had political and economic control of the island. This opened an opportunity for Dominicans to fight Haiti for their...
For bishironen: What are "at-will" states?
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
At-will states are states in the US of A in which one can be fired for any reason, and in turn, an employee can quit for any reason. No questions asked.
That’s the layman’s definition.
What’s the REAL definition?
At-will states are states in the US of A in which employers can make up any reason they want to get rid of you and only get checked on it if they’re worse than...
“Why is it accepted that some people who eat a ton of food can stay thin, but not...”
– Some Things I Don’t Understand « Dances With Fat (via jerseyjezebel)
“Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
Trouble no...”
– — Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief (via lastrealindians)
My ex-bf sent me this quote yesterday