John Kasich has left the race for the Republican candidacy

According to a senior campaign advisor, Ohio Governor John Kasich, Donald Trump’s final opponent after Ted Cruz’s withdrawal from the race on Tuesday, May 3rd, will be suspending his campaign today, Wednesday, March 4th. Donald Trump will no longer have any opponents in the race for the Republican nomination, all but securing his position as the Republican candidate for the 2016 Presidential elections. 

And you were ready to d r o w n with him

TVFanatic’s Review of “Join or Die” (x)

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i think the thing that disgusts me the most about the “bellamy has white male privilege!!” arguments is that quite literally the only time you see these blogs talk or even think about the concept of white privilege in the 100 is in regards to the working class lead filipino opposed to you know… the actual white characters. 

and the thing is, white privilege in the 100 (both in the fandom and narrative) is fucking prevalent. what we NEED in the fandom is more discussions about white privilege and how it impacts how characters are written and perceived. instead, what we have is a group of white feminists who will only ever utter the word “white privilege” when they’re screaming about how biracial brown boy somehow benefits from it because 2+2=5  

let’s talk about the white privilege in the writing and costuming of everyone’s fave white girls; clarke, lexa and octavia. 

clarke who is written as a White Saviour™, who is allowed to express her sexuality in a way that does not slut shame her, who is wearing dreads, who was able to refer to the grounders as savages for 2 seasons and have 99% of the fandom miraculously forget as they yell about characters of colour being xenophobic, who is shown to be so overly capable, intelligent and clever to the point where characters (of colour) around her look to her as a literal saviour, who gets to have her actions framed as justifiable by the narrative while the PoC on the show like bellamy, pike, jaha and monty are never extended that same privilege. 

or lexa who is quite literally a white woman with her skin darkened 3 shades, wearing a bindi complete with maori tattoos. the mere casting of lexa reeks of white privilege, instead of just casting a brown girl they instead hired a white girl and did their damn best to make her appear brown. lexa gets to be depicted as a wise and calm and peaceful “visionary” leader, while indra, a black woman, is her angry, close-minded and violent sidekick. lexa is more or less a white female character who is leading a group of people who are clearly coded to represent the position of indigenous people throughout history (and if you can’t see how that fact alone is entrenched in white privilege both in hollywood as an industry as well as the writing in the show then yikes my pals). 

or octavia who fits the mighty whitey trope to a fucking tee, who quite literally beats and abuses her filipino brother, her black boyfriend and her black female mentor and in all instances is praised by both fandom and narrative alike. who “teaches” her black boyfriend and her black mentor about their own fucking culture. while the fandom is conditioned to actually cheer her on for these disgusting acts. let’s talk about how the same fandom loves to talk about the fridging of female character to push forward male story arcs (which is an important discussion!!) but is suddenly quiet when both lincoln and wells, two black men, are killed off in ways that were meant to push forward the character motivations of two white girls (octavia and clarke) 

if you want to talk about white privilege then get ready to talk about it in regards to your fave white characters, even the female ones (especially on this white fem show). 

the funny thing about actually caring about white supremacy and the mistreatment of PoC is that you don’t get to use these issues as a stepping stone for other movements or for shipping agendas. if you want to open the discussion of white privilege, be my guest, just be ready to learn that the white girls ya’ll froth at the mouth for are the ones who benefit from it. 

not the biracial brown boy. 

i dont watch this shadow hunting show all i know is that Tall Dark And Handsome deserves to marry mike from Glee

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We’ve reblogged a lot of these already, but this is an awesome resource!

Dr. Bettany Hughes on women’s absence from history, and the ways historians need to actively put women back into the narrative.  (via hecatese)

Watch: The contrast is clear, but the amount of love in the video is overwhelming.

me: why are you destroying earth!!!

aliens: because theres people who think that english is the only language they need to speak

me: thats fair i understand

For some reason I find this all the more amusing because it’s written in English

moi: pourquoi vous détruisez le monde!!! l'extraterrestre: parce que il y a des gens qui pensent que l'anglais est le seule langue pour parler moi: ah ça c'est bien

ich: warum zerstört ihr die erde!!!

aliens: weil es leute gibt die glauben dass englisch die einzige sprache ist die sie sprechen müssen

ich: das ist fair ich verstehe

ég: af hverju eyðileggið þið jörðina!!! aliens: af því að það er fólk sem finnst að enska sé sú eina tungumál sem þau þurfa að tala ég: oh, það er vit í þessu. ég skil.

ik: waarom vernietig je de aarde!!!

aliens: omdat er mensen zijn die denken dat engels de enige taal is die ze hoeven te spreken

ik: oh zo, ik snap het

minä: miks te tuhootte maapalloo?

alienit: koska tääl on ihmisiä joitten mielestä englanti on ainoo kieli jota niitten täytyy puhua

minä: toi on reilua, ymmärrän

私: どうして地球を滅ぼしているんですか？

宇宙人: 英語しか喋る必要がないと思う人がいるからです

私: なるほど、わかりました

me: Wosück maakt ji de Welt twei!!!

aliens: wieldat dat Lüüd gifft, de dinkt dat Engelsch de allenige Spraak weer, de een snacken mütt

me: jo, daar seggst wat. Nu versta ik’t

aniga: dhulka maxaad u burburinaya !!!

shisheeyaha: dadka intiisa badani u malaynayaan in Ingiriisidu tahay afka oo kaliya ay u baahan yihiin inay la hadlaan

aniga: waxaan fahamsanahay. waa wax cadaalad

我：你们为什么在毁灭地球?！！

外星人：因为有人以为他们只会英语就可以了

我：懂了，说得有道理

ako: bakit niyo sinisira ang mundo!!!

taga-ibang planeta: kasi merong mga taong akala nila Ingles lang ang kailangan nilang matutunang lenggwahe

ako: ah, sige naiintindihan ko

Aku : kenapa kau hancurkan bumi!!! Alien : karena masih banyak orang berpikir hanya bahasa inggris satu-satunya bahasa yang terpenting Aku : oh, oke lah..

tôi: tại sao các người hủy diệt trái đất!!! người ngoài hành tinh: bởi vì có người nghĩ rằng tiếng Anh là thứ tiếng duy nhất mà họ cần biết tôi: ồ thế thì tôi hiểu

Eu: Por que vocês estão destruindo a Terra?! Aliens: Porque há pessoas que pensam que o inglês é a única língua que eles precisam falar. Eu: Isso é justo, eu entendo.

jag: varför förintar ni jorden!!!

utomjordingar: för det finns folk som tror att engelska är det ända språket de behöver kunna

jag: rimligt, jag förstår

Já: Proč ničíte Zemi?

Mimozemšťani: Protože tu jsou lidé, kteří si myslí, že angličtina je jediný jazyk, který potřebují znát

Já: To je fér, to chápu.

ja: dlaczego niszczycie Ziemię?

kosmici: ponieważ są ludzie, którzy myślą, że angielski to jedyny język, którego potrzebuję

ja: rozumiem, w porządku

eu: de ce distrugeti pamantul?? extraterestri: pentru ca sunt oameni care cred ca engleza este singura limba pe care trebuie sa o vorbeasca me: o, atunci inteleg

ja: Prečo ničíte Zem? Mimozemšťania: Pretože sú tu ľudia, ktorí si myslia, že angličtina je jediný jazyk, ktorý musia vedieť Ja: rozumiem, je to fér

я: зачем вы уничтожаете землю!!!

пришельцы: потому что некоторые люди думают, что английский - единственный язык, который стоит учить

я: а, тогда ладно, справедливо

אני: למה אתם הורסים את כדור הארץ!!! חייזרים: בגלל שיש אנשים שחושבים שאנגלית היא השפה היחידה שהם צריכים לדבר אני: זה הוגן אני מבינה

Yo: Porque estan destruyendo la tierra!?? Extraterrestes: Porque hay personas que piensan que el ingles es el unico idioma que se deberia hablar. Yo: Ah entiendo, sigan.

나: 왜 지구를 파괴하고!!

외계인: 영어 그들이 말을 할 필요가있는 유일한 언어라고 생각을 사람들 때문에.

나: 그게 내가 이해 공평.

NARRATIVE PUNISHING/HOLDING BELLAMY RESPONSIBLE—Season 2 [S1] [S3]

NARRATIVE PUNISHING/HOLDING BELLAMY RESPONSIBLE—Season 3 (so far) [S1] [S2]

Kesha Was Just Offered Her Freedom- If She Agreed to Lie. 

On Sunday, April 3rd, Kesha revealed via her Instagram that she was offered by her opposition in the case against Dr. Dre the freedom that she has been seeking- on the condiiton that she lie’d lie. 

According to Kesha’s Instagram, 

Kesha has been locked in an ongoing legal battle between herself and Dr. Luke after suing Dr. Luke in October 2014 for charges of ongoing abuse- including accusations of drugging her, raping her, and encouraging her development of an eating disorder. Although her case has been largely publicized, there is, as Kesha reminds us, still much that happens on the inside that the public is not aware of. 

48 Years Ago Today, Martin Luther King Jr. Was Assassinated

48 years ago today, on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

The general facts of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination are ones that most everyone knows- just after 6 p.m. on April 4, MLK was standing on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel when he was shot in the neck by a sniper’s bullet. He was immediately rushed to the hospital, and was pronounced dead at age 39 about an hour later. Following this, James Earl Ray was apprehended as the suspect in MLK’s assassination. He pleaded guilty to King’s murder on March 10, 1969, and was sentenced to 99 years in prison.

Most believe that this is where the investigation of King’s assassination ends, but this is not at all the case. What occurred after Ray’s plea was his recant, or taking back, of his confession, as he claimed that he was the victim of a conspiracy. Ray was actually supported by King’s family in this, and the Kings began actively arguing for a reopening of the case, which never occurred due to his death while in prison.

Due to a remarkable lack of coverage in both media and history books, almost certainly the result of systemic racism, the majority of people are unaware of the fact that the King family eventually filed a civil lawsuit against the United States government in 1999 for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. - and won. The United States government and its agencies was found guilty for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., with an unanimous decision from the jury. (x)

Martin Luther King Jr. fought all his life against racism and for civil rights. He advocated for nonviolence in his activism, and sought equality for Black Americans, the economically disadvantaged and victims of injustice. From winning a Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and bringing about landmark legislation like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (x), he was always full of love for his fellow Black Americans, and full of pride to be Black.

As we mourn Martin Luther King Jr.’s death and continue to keep his legacy alive, it’s important to be aware of the truth surrounding his death. Anything less is an insult to everything that he stood for during his time on this planet, and an insult to the memory of a man who fought so hard against racism and for equal rights in the face of so much hatred.