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bonlver: Ella Riot | It Could Be

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:56:22 -0700

bonlver:

Ella Riot | It Could Be

forever where my heart will be <3

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:34:56 -0700

forever where my heart will be <3

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Tue, 14 May 2013 19:34:38 -0700

stfuconservatives: norsegays: astrolope: People being angry...

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:32:24 -0700

stfuconservatives:

norsegays:

astrolope:

People being angry about ~dem gays~ on Target’s Facebook.

I just want to give my two cents on this and tell you a story.

A couple weeks ago, I was hired at Target. I have a job at Target. Not a big deal right?

It is a big deal because i’m a transman.

It doesn’t take a genius to conclude that it’s hard for me, my brothers, and sisters to get a job. There are legal restraints regarding the job and if you don’t pass, it’s hard to be taken seriously at a job interview.

Right on the application, it asks what your preferred name is. It also asks if there is anything that target should know. I put the fact that I am a transman, expecting not to get a call because usually when you put that down, people will throw out the application. I got TWO interviews.

At the interview, they asked me about it. I told them I am on hormones and they told me that they didn’t care. Not in the sense that they don’t emotionally care, but that it didn’t matter. I was male and that’s all that mattered. They also told me that they give sex same couples benefits in states that do not recognize them as a married couple.

At my job orientation, I was not misgendered once. Even my supervisors who weren’t sure of my gender avoided pronoun use, which I found only happens when you’ve had pronoun training. They gave me a name tag with my preferred name and didn’t ask questions. I felt safe and respected, which is huge for a trans* person.

TLDR: Target is amazing not just for the LGB, but also the T. Shop there for the rest of your life.

Target has had its share of problems, but their willingness to hire LGBT folks has always impressed me. I live in an area with a large LGBT community - all four of the letters well-represented. And the staff at my local Target reflects that. It’s so nice and sadly unexpected to see large companies stepping up like that.

another reason to KEEP shopping at Target.

feistie: A kid was walking around school wearing this today and...

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:29:30 -0700

feistie:

A kid was walking around school wearing this today and didn’t receive a single comment from administration.

Meanwhile, I was pulled over twice by them to mention how “incredibly short” my bottoms were.

Last time I checked, my shorts don’t reference blowjobs.

Quit sexualizing things that aren’t meant to be suggestive.

and its fucking summer!!

adriofthedead: snoozlebee: allisonkilkenny: Chris Person...

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:46:57 -0700

adriofthedead:

snoozlebee:

allisonkilkenny:

Chris Person fixed TIME’s new magazine cover. Now it’s accurate. (TIME version #1, Person edit #2)

Update: And here’s another stellar contribution from @direlog

EXCELLENT

From @EARNEST_CYBORG9

yes, the unemployed generation cause your generation fucked us over. So now we have a piece of paper that gets us jobs paying us enough to still stay at home—if that. yep. my generation people. we got fucked.

scifi-fantasist: knowledgeequalsblackpower: carpe-pm: mochafle...

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:43:58 -0700

scifi-fantasist:

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

carpe-pm:

mochafleur:

tranqualizer:

Lauryn Hill Ordered by the Court to Undergo “Counseling” Due to her “Conspiracy Theories”

The name of Lauryn Hill’s breakout album was The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill but it now appears that the powers that be would like her to record a new album called The Re-Education of Lauryn Hill. After appearing in court for tax evasion, Hill was sentenced to three months in jail PLUS she must attend “counseling” due to her “conspiracy theories”.

According to the IBTimes, Hill told the court: “I am a child of former slaves who had a system imposed on them. I had an economic system imposed on me.” Furthermore, Hill also believes that artists are being oppressed by (what the article calls) “a plot involving the military and media”. Because of these statements, Hill was ordered to undergo “counseling”, which is a way of saying that she is mentally ill and that she needs some sort of re-programming session regain “sanity”.

In 2012, Hill published a thoughtful letter describing the corruption, the oppression and the control of the music industry and her desire to escape it. In one part of the letter, Lauryn states

“It was this schism and the hypocrisy, violence and social cannibalism it enabled, that I wanted and needed to be freed from, not from art or music, but the suppression/repression and reduction of that art and music to a bottom line alone, without regard for anything else. Over-commercialization and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual. I Love making art, I Love making music, these are as natural and necessary for me almost as breathing or talking. To be denied the right to pursue it according to my ability, as well as be properly acknowledged and compensated for it, in an attempt to control, is manipulation directed at my most basic rights! These forms of expression, along with others, effectively comprise my free speech! Defending, preserving, and protecting these rights are critically important, especially in a paradigm where veiled racism, sexism, ageism, nepotism, and deliberate economic control are still blatant realities!!!”

(See my article entitled Lauryn Hill’s Tumblr Letter on the Music Business for the full letter).

wow, way to fucking delegitimize and pathologize the experiences of a Black woman by abusing mental health resources and language to avoid the real shit she brings up.

Conspiracy theories because oppression is not real.

its not about being a black woman specifically its about being an unwilling pawn in a machine…this type of treatment occurs for every artist who tries to break bread with record labels, some just accept it or coon their way out of it

this “counseling” is just punishment/embarrassment for speaking the truth in public…. now the sheep can laugh at her and make more “crazy” jokes

She sounds very sane to me.

Um… Ms. Hill’s theories sound INCREDIBLY accurate to me

Also, I’d like for the prosecution to address why wall street bankers who made billions of dollars disappear in seconds ain’t in prison yet :/

Counseling? for “theories” ?!More like, truth. FREE LAURYN!

but-im-a-tomboy: Krystal Simpson via whatisrealityanyway what...

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:29:43 -0700

but-im-a-tomboy:

Krystal Simpson via whatisrealityanyway

what i wanna wear everyday

i have the boots on the right but in burgundy, whaddup whaddup

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:29:07 -0700

i have the boots on the right but in burgundy, whaddup whaddup

eljcalderwardrobe: trench coat by eljcalderwardrobe featuring...

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:36:58 -0700

eljcalderwardrobe:

trench coat by eljcalderwardrobe featuring a striped tote bag

Double breasted trench coat / Indigo jeans / rag & bone short heels, $335 / Striped tote bag, $26

Photo

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:16:11 -0700

Alexander Wang Striped Mockneck Tunic in Red/Oatmeal | Blue&Cream

Mon, 06 May 2013 22:21:00 -0700

Alexander Wang Striped Mockneck Tunic in Red/Oatmeal | Blue&Cream:

Alexander Wang Striped Mockneck Tunic in Red/Oatmeal Spring 2010

This sweater will be mine tomorrow for little to nothing. I cry happy fashionista tears.

readytostare: Ready-to-Stare silver body chain

Sun, 05 May 2013 23:28:22 -0700

readytostare:

Ready-to-Stare silver body chain

blackcyborgs: I’m a Scholar, Not a Criminal: The Plight of...

Sun, 05 May 2013 23:17:49 -0700

blackcyborgs:

I’m a Scholar, Not a Criminal: The Plight of Black Students at USC

Instead of studying for the last final of my undergraduate career, I am writing this letter in protest of the University of Southern California’s latest atrocity. Last night, students gathered at a house near campus to celebrate their completion of another rigorous school year. Many attendees were graduating seniors. Almost all attendees were minority students: African-American and Latino.

I did not attend last night’s party, but I could hear the helicopter circling from my dorm room over a mile away. When the Facebook posts and photos started appearing on my news feed around 2:30am, I had flashbacks to an era I wasn’t even alive to suffer through. I was too scared to go outside, legitimately fearing that an officer would see me and arrest me for being Black and inquisitive. I can only imagine how my peers felt when they saw over twenty LAPD patrol cars pull up and release 79 officers to end a peaceful, congratulatory party.

It is inexpressibly disheartening to hear fellow students recount horror stories of police brutality two weeks away from being among the first in my family to graduate from a four-year university. To know that my college degree holds no weight in the face of institutional racism and discrimination is sobering. Since the three most recent shootings, all triggered by non-USC affiliated Black males, that occurred on and around USC, there has been an increased presence of LAPD and other security forces around campus. Amid the tense racial climate that followed, I patiently endured the ignorant comments, racist blog posts and suspicious stares, but the intolerance has reached a new high. Six of my friends spent the night in jail.

To be clear, I do not have a problem with increased protection or security. Who’s to say that a shooting won’t occur at the next student party? It could happen, God forbid, and I understand why USC wants to be prepared. My issue lies within the selective surveillance of minority-hosted parties, as if crimes only happen among high concentrations of melanin. Hundreds of criminal offenses, including sexual harassment, rape and assault happen every Thursday night on Greek Row, a undeniably white establishment. Yet, the culprits of the Department of Public Safety Crime Reports distributed to USC students and faculty, seem to be strictly limited to Black and Latino males (6’2-6’5 in dark hoodies). These reports, together with the newly constructed, other-izing gates around campus, have instilled an unhealthy amount of fear in students, administrators and safety officials. We have been trained to double check for USC logos on the sweatshirts of minority males on and around this campus to make sure that they’re “one of us.” It doesn’t surprise me that LAPD has adopted the same attitude. For them, it has been this way for decades.

If the USC Department of Public Safety feels justified in allowing nearly a hundred police officers to shut down a minority attended party due to the fact that African-Americans were responsible for the recent shootings, we’re in for a bigger battle than most students bargained for when they decided to enroll here. That ideology reeks of racial profiling and associates the behavior of a few criminals with the entire Black student body, a comparison that makes my stomach turn. While LAPD is busy sending all of their manpower to harass the future of America’s leaders, the real trouble lies within my campus’ freshly painted fences.

USC should not be permitted to reap the benefits of diversity without facing its complexities. You can’t help the hood without loving it first. When USC’s founders decided to break ground in South Central instead of Malibu, it signed up for a difficult and delicate community partnership that needs to be revisited.

To me, protection means opening our gates even wider for at-risk youth who are in desperate need of positive role models, not locking them out after 9pm. I will feel safe on this campus when I see DPS officers negotiating with LAPD, pleading with them to let students of color party in peace. I will feel welcomed when I see a public statement from President Nikias acknowledging the discrimination and blatant racism that my people have had to endure since we were first admitted into this school. I will become a proud Trojan when the USC community finally grows to reflect and embrace its resilient surroundings.

To my peers, I am sorry that we have to dedicate hours that should be spent studying to defend our freedom of assembly. None of us have the time to write letters, plan meetings and rally against injustice, but we must. The next generation of brilliant Black students is depending on us to guarantee their right to a dignified college experience.

Ways to Act:

Sign this petition to help end racial profiling at USC: http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-racial-profiling-at-usc

Attend the Sit-In at Tommy Trojan on Monday, May 6 from 12-4pm

Attend the DPS & LAPD Campus Discussion on Tuesday, May 7 at 6pm in Annenberg 204

*Meet in front of Annenberg at 5:30pm to pray over the meeting.

damn.

jesuisdanslevent: thehystericalsociety: Boogeymen - part of a...

Sun, 05 May 2013 22:52:11 -0700

jesuisdanslevent:

thehystericalsociety:

Boogeymen - part of a series of eerie stereoviews - dated 1923 (Via)

Oh. My. God.

liebling: (Source) I cried a little when I saw this...

Sun, 05 May 2013 22:50:20 -0700

liebling:

(Source)

I cried a little when I saw this photo.

lets remember this

lookbookdotnu: New Thing (by Micah Gianneli) gimmie gimmie...

Sun, 05 May 2013 22:15:53 -0700

lookbookdotnu:

New Thing (by Micah Gianneli)

gimmie gimmie gimmie

ubuntnerdgrl: perfect date: veggie sub & iced coffe...

Sun, 05 May 2013 22:02:47 -0700

ubuntnerdgrl:

perfect date: veggie sub & iced coffe w/boba.

*the way to my heart is through my guttiwuts.

a-tolkien-for-your-thoughts: xdroox: toinfinityandbeyonce: me...

Sun, 05 May 2013 21:45:59 -0700

a-tolkien-for-your-thoughts:

xdroox:

toinfinityandbeyonce:

me on my way to steal your man

“In case of an emergency this airplane is designed with 8 exits located around you.”

i WA S LAUGHING SO HARD I COULDNT EVNE REBLOG FOR A FEW MINUTES

lol @ “on my way to steal your man”

sweet-pea-soup: crossing off one of 70 or so comic ideas I’ve...

Sun, 05 May 2013 21:45:16 -0700

sweet-pea-soup:

crossing off one of 70 or so comic ideas I’ve been saving up over the past 5+ years

lol that face, ME.