knots and severed ties

Pregnant Muslim woman attacked in Paris loses baby

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:31:30 -0400

Pregnant Muslim woman attacked in Paris loses baby:

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

radicalrebellion:

lalazarda:

The 21-year-old Muslim woman, who was four months pregnant, was physically attacked by two men. The attackers first tried taking her headscarf off and later cut off her hair and tore part of her clothing. After she screamed out that she was pregnant, one of the attackers started kicking her in the stomach.

http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=318574#.UcBZU7W9QzQ.facebook

But Europe is so tolerant, though.

Absolutely disgusting.

Disgusting. I hope they burn.

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Dear Ten-Year-Old Self, Before you ask me when you have your...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:40:31 -0400

_{Dear Ten-Year-Old Self,}

_{Before you ask me when you have your first kiss or if you’ll ever have a boyfriend, I need to tell you some more important stuff first. What’s more important than a first kiss, you ask? Plenty. First of all, don’t let that kid in your class, Danny, who called you fat, make you self-consciously wear oversized sweatshirts for the next four years to hide your body. That kid is horrible and years from now he will be boring and bald and trying to get in touch with you to come to the set of the TV show you work on. No, you don’t work on Cheers. That show’s not on the air anymore. That would’ve been awesome, though. Another thing: Say thank you, always. Gratitude is the closest thing to beauty manifested in an emotion. When you’re grateful, people are attracted to you. Also: Make sure you appreciate Mom and Dad. Yes, they never seem to let you do anything now except read books. Once you turn 18 you’ll never get to live with them again, and you’ll live far away, and you will miss them so much it hurts. Next: Learn forgiveness and bestow it generously. Finally: Don’t let anyone give you any crap. Mastering a balance of these last two will take you a lifetime, so you had better get started now. (x) - Mindy Kaling}

starkid challenge - nine characters [9/9] draco malfoy You...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:39:32 -0400

starkid challenge - nine characters [9/9] draco malfoy

You must be Harry Potter, the famous bastard. My name is Draco Malfoy. I am a racist. I despise gingers and Mudbloods. I hate Gryffindor House and my parents work for the man that killed your parents. Do you want to be my friend?

withashinhermouth: Describe yourself in two words.

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:49:13 -0400

withashinhermouth:

Describe yourself in two words.

"If sexism is a gun, men hold it. And sometimes it recoils and hits them and that HURTS…but not as..."

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:35:26 -0400

“If sexism is a gun, men hold it. And sometimes it recoils and hits them and that HURTS…but not as much as getting hit with the bullet.”

- Laura, my perfect goddess friend (via lagertha-lodbrok)

hungry-feminist: Dear everyone who has ever had an illicit cat on a college campus, How did you...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:24:57 -0400

hungry-feminist:

Dear everyone who has ever had an illicit cat on a college campus,
How did you keep it hidden? If I don’t get the prescription for my kitten I’ll have to make extra sure that I don’t get caught with her.

Are you talking on-campus housing / apartments? I live in an off-campus apartment that’s still designated for students and we aren’t allowed to have any pets but we’ve managed to get away with having several cats. Whenever our landlord lets us know when they’ll be popping by we just ask a friend to baby sit the cats for a few hours and we hide all of the kitty evidence (litter boxes / food etc). Our neighbors are students too so they don’t really care about the cats, sometimes they even babysit them for us. Our landlord doesn’t visit very often though so it works out.

As for on-campus / dorm-style housing, I would have no clue :(

"What makes the non-South Asian person’s use of the bindi problematic is the fact that a pop star..."

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:13:52 -0400

“What makes the non-South Asian person’s use of the bindi problematic is the fact that a pop star like Selena Gomez wearing one is guaranteed to be better received than I would if I were to step out of the house rocking a dot on my forehead. On her, it’s a bold new look; on me, it’s a symbol of my failure to assimilate. On her, it’s unquestionably cool; on me, it’s yet another marker of my Otherness, another thing that makes me different from other American girls. If the use of the bindi by mainstream pop stars made it easier for South Asian women to wear it, I’d be all for its proliferation — but it doesn’t. They lend the bindi an aura of cool that a desi woman simply can’t compete with, often with the privilege of automatic acceptance in a society when many non-white women must fight for it.”

- Jaya Bedi, Beyond Bindis: Why Cultural Appropriation Matters (via anedumacation)

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Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:11:58 -0400

ily

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Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:42:14 -0400

"If you ever feel embarrassed, remember: You are smaller than a supernova, Quieter than a black..."

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:30:23 -0400

“

If you ever feel embarrassed, remember:
You are smaller than a supernova,
Quieter than a black hole,
And less radiant than a flicker in a white dwarf’s eye.

That is why it is okay to say to someone
I love you, do you love me too?
Because a million things already do not love you,
And none of that matters.

So, if the answer is no,
Instead of collapsing in pain,
Pile it on the heap of things that you love
That do not love you back:
Every beautiful landscape you have ever seen,
All your material possessions,
Including the phone beside you
Your favorite book, movie, and actor,
The food you are digesting.

If the answer is yes,
Tell this person now.
Do not hesitate and think we can save this for later,
After the smoke from the volcano leaves,
After you are old enough to know better,
After you lose twenty pounds.

You will forget why you didn’t,
And the collapse will be unavoidable,
It will feel as big as the sky.

”

- Collapsing, Samantha Neugebauer (via elletaria)

not sure if sad because menstruating or sad because sad

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:09:18 -0400

not sure if sad because menstruating or sad because sad

unhistorical: June 12, 1963: Medgar Evers is...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:25:35 -0400

unhistorical:

June 12, 1963: Medgar Evers is assassinated.

Medgar Evers was a civil rights activist who, until his assassination on June 12, 1963 outside his home in Mississippi, worked with the NAACP in his home state to organize marches, lead protests and boycotts, and help disenfranchised African-Americans register to vote. Evers was not the first or only activist to be murdered while serving in the Deep South during this period, nor was he as publicly recognized as Malcolm X or Martin Luther King, Jr., but his murder remains one of the most infamous events of the Civil Rights Movement.

Evers was shot and killed in his own driveway, in front of his children, as he exited his car the morning after President John F. Kennedy delivered an address in support of civil rights, which urged the American public to stand behind a piece of legislation which would later become the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. As a prominent black civil rights leader within his own community, Evers and his family were targeted by militant white supremacists with threats of violence and with violent acts up until his assassination. The man who shot at Evers and killed him with a single bullet to the back in the early hours of June 12 was one of these supremacists, a member of the White Citizens’ Council (and later of the KKK) named Byron De La Beckwith, who was tried twice — and acquitted twice, by all-white, all-male juries — for Evers’ murder. De La Beckwith was finally convicted thirty-one years later in 1994 and sentenced to life in prison; Evers, a US Army sergeant who served for three years in the European Theatre of World War II, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. The next week, President Kennedy submitted to Congress his promised civil rights bill.

"I am a collection of dismantled almosts."

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:10:48 -0400

“I am a collection of dismantled almosts.”

- Anne Sexton, from A Self-Portrait In Letters (via violentwavesofemotion)

theuppitynegras: if your feminism isn’t anti-racism it’s white supremacy

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:08:18 -0400

theuppitynegras:

if your feminism isn’t anti-racism it’s white supremacy

melodiesintheair: andrewsoup: queennubian: feliciashanay: oce...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:16:28 -0400

melodiesintheair:

andrewsoup:

queennubian:

feliciashanay:

oceanaroll:

asammyg:

funkademic:

“I like it, a man who’s not swayed by facts.”

Totally Biased: NYC Women Talk Cat Calling

ON. POINT.

BEST.BEST.BEST.BEST.

BEST.

Goddddd. Yes.

bwahahahahahaha

women say we want to stop and know it will take using super powers to end cat calling. men still think catcalling is great despite being documented as creepers

I may have to start watching this show.

okay this is the second feministy segment ive seen on this show and that is super awesome esp considering it’s a dude host… must start recording.

prouferre: 02||∞ favorite musicians: jonas bjerre (mew)

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:59:14 -0400

prouferre:

02||∞ favorite musicians:
    jonas bjerre (mew)

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Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:00:53 -0400

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Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:28:34 -0400

infinitenap: love fight

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 03:32:05 -0400

infinitenap:

love fight