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The vast majority of the victims in Orlando were Latinx. Half of which were Puerto Rican.
Newspapers didn’t forget the shooter was “muslim”, but everyone forgot the victims were black, latinx and indigenous.
Race is only brought up if it’s to be criminalized.
Say it loud for the ppl in the back:
When I hear about other Walking Dead Fans.
Me during a binge of The Walking Dead Season 3 with four more episodes left and Rick is just now meeting The Governor.
“I can’t be his father and his best friend. He needs you.”
Rick: Ok, gonna go save Maggie and Glenn. I'll take everyone who's good with a weapon and leave one-legged Hershel, his teen daughter, Axel the rapey convict, Carol, my days old baby and Coral here alone in the prison filled with walkers and surprisingly vulnerable to outside attacks.
Convict who's proven himself trustworthy : Um, I could totes stay. I know the prison and I've killed a man with a cafeteria tray before, so...
Rick: Ha-ha, no. You do funny impressions and I might get bored during the short drive.
Convict: But...
Rick: I said, YOU DO FUNNY IMPRESSIONS AND I MIGHT GET BORED DURING THE SHORT DRIVE.
For this International Women's Day, I have a story:
When I was about 14 I was riding the bus home from Middle school, when a boy, whom I knew peripherally in some way, sat down next to me and started to roughhouse with me, nudging and punching at first, but as I grabbed hold of his wrists I could tell that what he really wanted was to grope me, to grab my breasts and between my legs. I fought him off but he kept coming- in full view of at least 30 adults on the standing room only bus, in view of my *friends* and no one said or did anything.
No, that's not true. One woman did.
Maybe five-two, maybe 100 pounds. In her twenties, with glasses and dyed red hair. She walked up to the boy and said, very loudly, "I want to sit down." The boy slid over closer to me, making room for her behind him. She pointed at a space between us and said, "No, I'm sitting there." And she squeezed between us, protecting me and stopping the tussle.
So, today, in her honor, I can tell you that *you are that woman.* Whatever bravery and fed-up-ness came to her that day, watching a child get attacked, also exists in you, and creates situations in which you can completely change the world. Recognize what is happening, in life, in the lives of others', online- do not talk yourself out of your absolute obligation as a human being. Recognize when someone is being oppressed or bullied and ACT.
Sometimes I see the big Trump signs in front of people's houses and it's worse than Trump actually being elected, which he won't. When you see a house with a Trump sign you know for sure that the people inside don't care about policy, or how their candidate has voted in the past, they're just terrified and angry, and they were sucked in by hateful rhetoric about immigrants and torture and Muslim databases. And when Trump loses the nomination or the election, and he will, we still have to live with these people and interact with them everyday. They'll take down their signs and go on with their lives, but we'll remember. We will remember because they've shown themselves, your neighbors, the nurse at your child's school, maybe even someone in your family.
Reminds me a lot of this 56 year old episode of The Twilight Zone, "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street," in which aliens conduct an experiment on a city block in America, to see how quickly neighbors will turn against each other. Whether or not you've had the pleasure of seeing it, I don't think you'll be surprised that scaring the people into hating one another is terrifyingly easy, only a matter starting a rumor, and flickering the lights.
John L’Heureux
John L’Heureux
This is glorious and even thought it doesn’t fit in the range of all the paranormal, I MUST share
It works like this: You tell Kitestring that you’re in a dangerous place or situation, and give it a time frame of when to check in on you. If you don’t reply back when it checks your status, it’ll alert your emergency contacts with a custom message you set up.
It doesn’t require you to touch anything (like bSafe) or shake your phone (like Nirbhaya) to send the distress signal. Kitestring is smarter, because it doesn’t need an action to alert people, it needs inaction.
reblogging because this is seriously amazing.
This shouldn’t even be an app this should be an integrated feature into all phones on every OS
Ok, guys. Thi is really important. You have to reblog that and read the whole article.
You can never tell. As far as we can’t handle back maniacs, PLEASE, prevent yourself <3
We need this
incredible.
amandalynferri can you get this dog on your ghost podcast
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Yesterday, I saw a link on Twitter for Esquire Magazine’s “80 Books All Men Should Read” article. The poster commented: “One woman in this list.”
In my head, I said, “Flannery O’Connor?”
It was Flannery O’Connor.
I like my list better. Add to it, if you like! I know I will.
The Good Earth- Pearl S. Buck
Beloved- Toni Morrison
Bad Feminist- Roxane Gay
The Joy Luck Club- Amy Tan
Birds of America- Lorrie Moore
The Before Life- Franz Wright
The Shrine at Altamira- John L’Heureux
The Giant’s House- Elizabeth McCracken
Cruddy- Linda Barry
The Gargoyle- Andrew Davidson
Persepolis- Marjane Satrapi
East of Eden- John Steinbeck
Watchmen- Alan Moore
Brown Girl Dreaming- Jaqueline Woodson
Tales of the City- Armistead Maupin
The Fire Next Time- James Baldwin
Ghost World- Daniel Clownes
The Golden Apples of the Sun- Ray Bradbury
Magic for Beginners- Kelly Link
Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone- J.K. Rowling
The Gold Cell- Sharon Olds
Glengarry Glen Ross- David Mamet
The Stand- Stephen King
Moonbow and Sprites, i like being at the cusp :)
My take on Wade Watts’ hideout in Ready Player One.
So cool!
dear god, let it be enough
i took a vow to reblog this each and every time i see it
I AM WHEEZING
Male writer: This female character that I’m writing has a deep dark secret.
Male writer: Something so horrible that she can’t tell a soul…
Male writer: This female character has literally the saddest back story anyone could ever imagine and no man could ever love her because of it and she cries herself to sleep every single night because she’s such a monster.
Male writer: She’s……………… infertile.
