May 2013
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April 2013
6 posts
I’ve been detained at Guantánamo for 11 years and three months. I have never...
– Hunger Striking at Guantánamo Bay - NYTimes.com
He’s been on a hunger strike for 2 months, has lost 30 lbs., and is being force fed to keep him alive. Why don’t they just let him go home?
(via robot-heart-politics)
powertotheyankinpussy:
Praying for those in Boston today. For those in Iraq where 20 bombs were set off today. Praying for the 29 that were killed in Somalia because of a bomb set off yesterday. Praying for the thousands of innocent victims of U.S. drones in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia. Praying for everyone. Praying for this whole world. Because every life matters and because they are...
my cc professor is up to something rn
he’s here on time for the first time all year
he’s holding a piece of chalk
he’s pacing back and forth
he has a notepad with notes on it
tarik i swear to god you don’t have to do this
don’t start trying now
none of us have read
the de beauvoir for today or anything before it
please
it’s april
it’s too late...
March 2013
7 posts
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i hate when people tell you to act out and wear bright prints and emote and say random-association shit on the internet because
LIFE IS A PERFORMANCE!!!! PERFORM!!
bitch my life is a performance too it’s just not cirque du soleil
wait why do i ever worry about anything when i am...
On Beauty
(this is not about Zadie Smith)
Often in social justice circles I’m surrounded by affirmations of non-conventional beauties. Black is beautiful, fat is beautiful, etc. I think these ideas are incredibly important and I think that’s it’s important to liberate our standards of beauty from the colonial projects that defined them in order to devalue and oppress their subjects.
I...
Over 15% of Americans—46.2 million people—are... →
February 2013
11 posts
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Two other women, also breast cancer survivors, said their husbands left them...
– My Beef with the “I Love Boobies” Bracelets (via ghirahim)
The second woman made me burst into tears. What the fuck is wrong with people?
(via ireallyhatecornnuts)
2012 was the same as 2011. Everyone’s still tryna pull these stunts and be...
– Junglepussy
As a political precept, tolerance has unimpeachably anti-democratic credentials,...
– Barbara J. Fields, Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life (via aherman2006)
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Let me tell you something about Hedi Slimane. We were best friends in the early...
– Cathy Horyn (via elitistfashionista)
January 2013
44 posts
sarcasticindiefucks:
being tumblr famous is so 2010
Chelsea Fagan's Blog: rape culture, what it is,... →
faganchelsea:
rape culture, what it is, and how to dismantle it is an important discussion
but if we are going to talk about the cultures that surround and silence rape in this country
can we make an effort to not be completely disingenuous and dogmatic, and actually talk about ALL of the rape culture that…
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kikismisandryservice:
“i have a sassy inner black woman!” said the white queer man, laughing with his friends. “snaps in a z formation, bitches!” he said, giggling harder. “y’all don’t know who i be, my niggers!”
suddenly he winces with pain, and grabs at his chest.
“what…what’s happening?!” he cries, looking down at himself, gasping for breath.
suddenly his chest splits open, and i climb...
slangtang:
every fashion month i pray that dolce and gabbana’s sicilian heritage/baroque opulence phase ends
The Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook →
October 6
I have realized that the traditional omelet form (eggs and cheese) is bourgeois. Today I tried making one out of a cigarette, some coffee, and four tiny stones. I fed it to Malraux, who puked. I am encouraged, but my journey is still long.
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25 Perfectly Timed Cat Photos
The 30 Most Inspiring Interspecies Friendships of the Year
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