reckless and calm tendencies

"If you are a white woman and you want to call yourself a feminist, you must acknowledge that your..."

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:26:03 -0400

“If you are a white woman and you want to call yourself a feminist, you must acknowledge that your whiteness affords you a privilege that shields you from a lot. You must also acknowledge that you are afforded privileges that some men in this country do not have. Racism and sexism are tightly intertwined. You cannot fight one while ignoring the other.”

- ladyatheist (via ellesugars)

queerfucker: i love the word babe because it is ungendered and totally perfect for describing...

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:25:14 -0400

queerfucker:

i love the word babe because it is ungendered and totally perfect for describing certain humans

"A CERTAIN drama has become familiar in the United States (and some other advanced industrialized..."

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:19:20 -0400

“A CERTAIN drama has become familiar in the United States (and some other advanced industrialized countries): Bankers encourage people to borrow beyond their means, preying especially on those who are financially unsophisticated. They use their political influence to get favorable treatment of one form or another. Debts mount. Journalists record the human toll. Then comes bewilderment: How could we let this happen again? Officials promise to fix things. Something is done about the most egregious abuses. People move on, reassured that the crisis has abated, but suspecting that it will recur soon. The crisis that is about to break out involves student debt and how we finance higher education. Like the housing crisis that preceded it, this crisis is intimately connected to America’s soaring inequality, and how, as Americans on the bottom rungs of the ladder strive to climb up, they are inevitably pulled down — some to a point even lower than where they began.”

- Student Debt and the Crushing of the American Dream (via azspot)

shutupaubrey: fuck you if you look down on kids who go to community college you have no idea what...

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:00:39 -0400

shutupaubrey:

fuck you if you look down on kids who go to community college you have no idea what their story is so get your goddamn head out of your ass

mamamantis: i mean don’t you think it’s interesting that white feminists are PISSING THEMSELVES...

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:52:54 -0400

mamamantis:

i mean don’t you think it’s interesting that white feminists are PISSING THEMSELVES over the (barely noticeable) merida redesign and starting petitions and emailing disney and kicking up this huge fucking fuss

but when it came to pocahontas’ outfit becoming even MORE inaccurate and racist and mulan getting the shit whitewashed out of her and turned into a ~*~delicate oriental pearl~*~ instead of a warrior it was like “yeah that’s bad, also the glitter is tacky. gee whiz”

Flower Questions

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:49:04 -0400

Aloe: What is something that would instantly make you cry at the sight/mention of it?
Amaranth: If the chance to be immortal is handed to you, would you take it?
Amaryllis: What incident from the past makes you still beam proudly today?
Rubus: What is one trait of others that you envy?
Chrysanthemum: What is one lie that later got you in trouble?
Canterbury bells : Who is someone you are thankful for having in your life?
Crocus: Describe a happy memory from your childhood.
Currant : Describe the person you don't ever want to see sad.
Dittany: Are you afraid of child labor?
Freesia: Whose your longest friend?
Geranium: What is something that you did stupid in the past?
Hibiscus: Do you value your looks?
Hollyhock: What is your dream?
Lavender: What is one thing that immediately loses your trust?
Lilac: Describe your first love.
Peony: What pisses you off?
Tuberose : What's one of your guilty pleasures?
Yarrow: What is one thing you do to get over someone?
Statice: What is something about you that will never change?

kat8brains: staticphenomenon: ...

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:40:21 -0400

kat8brains:

staticphenomenon:

Signal Boost For Static Shock Phenomenon!

I ask All who see this to Reblog and comment as well as Check out this trailer http://youtu.be/Gb3xDsIUYwM

Please spread the word tell you friends and any static or DCU fan about this project :) Summary below

Static Shock Phenomenon is a Yvz Productions adaptation of the comic book and tv show superhero character “Static Shock” created by Dwayne McDuffie for milestone comics who later became a character for DC comics. This is a Non Profit fan film mini web series that follows the stories of high schoolers Virgil Hawkins and Richie Foley. After an incident later named the “Big Bang” which caused many of the gang youth in Dakota City including Virgil become gifted with meta human powers. Episode 1 takes you through Virgil’s first 48 hours the night after the “Big Bang” what he did and how he decided to become Dakota’s Hero and Protector.

To contact me go to my blog follow if ud like also check out our Facebook fan page :)

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Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yvz-Productions/260948150610021?ref=hl

Youtube Channel:http://www.youtube.com/user/yvzproductions?feature=mhee

Have not( and cannot due to poor wirel

How to make reverse racism 101

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:25:47 -0400

howtobeterrell:

First you’ll need a pitcher (plastic or glass your choice) then you’ll need some koolaid mix: flavor (red or purple), water (preferably alkaline) and at least a large cup full of sugar.

Mix ingredients. Stir and add sugar until you can feel the diabetes and the 500 years of oppression

Then serve chilled.

And there you have it: reverse racism also known as it doesn’t exist.

Stay pressed everyone.

charli-mcda said: white people stress headache? More like ‘I HAVE TO FINISH MY REPORTS,...

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:04:35 -0400

charli-mcda said: white people stress headache?

More like ‘I HAVE TO FINISH MY REPORTS, PROCESS INVOICES /AND/ TAKE CALLS WHILE PUTTING IN DATA ’ stress. Am skipping lunch break to finish well for the long weekend.

But white people stress is daily struggle too.

viewfromthetardis said: hallo hallo hallo

Stressed work selfie bc my supervisor is off for the day so am...

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:16:57 -0400

Stressed work selfie bc my supervisor is off for the day so am taking all accounting tasks/calls

a puppy would be nice cuz of the mutual attention

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:04:00 -0400

a puppy would be nice cuz of the mutual attention

mrscalypsojackson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxmT-zQc1GQ TH...

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:01:21 -0400

mrscalypsojackson:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxmT-zQc1GQ

THE GOAL OF THIS MOVIE WAS TO SCAR KIDS FOR LIFE

gyzym: second viewing of stid 1000% worth it for the moment when, in walking out of the theater,...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:42:31 -0400

gyzym:

second viewing of stid 1000% worth it for the moment when, in walking out of the theater, the middle aged woman in front of me turned to her husband and said, “wait, was i supposed to be SCARED of that horse-faced white boy?!”

davidlynching: fun fact: iraq, pakistan, afghanistan and saudi arabia have a higher percentage of...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:27:46 -0400

davidlynching:

fun fact: iraq, pakistan, afghanistan and saudi arabia have a higher percentage of women in the government than the us & the uk

another fun fact: white people tend to get very angry when you point this out to them

shescomplex: shonilane: femmefatalist: theatlantic: Here,...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:26:22 -0400

shescomplex:

shonilane:

femmefatalist:

theatlantic:

Here, but Not Here: Family Portraits Held Together by Skype

We live in a world in which some of the people we are closest to are often not near us at all.

When we document our day-to-day existence in photographs and Instagrams, these people are absent. Their presence in our lives is absent in our digital memories.

Photographer John Clang’s series Being Together seeks to correct this. Using Skype and projectors, he captures families visually as they are virtually.

“In these images,” Clang told me over email, “I am marking the time for these families, enabling them to remember these strange moments of togetherness with the technology presently available. The picture doesn’t stop here, it lingers on in their memory. It embraces the intimacy and closeness of a family, no matter how far apart they are.”

Read more. [Images: John Clang]

This has me in tears. All the feelings.

You’re not the only one.

My life currently. I miss my family.

Fantasy novelist: Alright, time to create my fantasy world. Great thing about this genre is that I can make it anything I want. Could be based on any culture in any place from any time. Could be a mix of places and times, or something newly invented by me. Yup, there is literally nothing out of bounds here.

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:25:35 -0400

Fantasy novelist: Alright, time to create my fantasy world. Great thing about this genre is that I can make it anything I want. Could be based on any culture in any place from any time. Could be a mix of places and times, or something newly invented by me. Yup, there is literally nothing out of bounds here.
Fantasy novelist: I'm gonna go with medieval England.

anarcho-queer: NYPD Data Proves White People Are More Likely To...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:21:01 -0400

anarcho-queer:

NYPD Data Proves White People Are More Likely To Possess Drugs Or A Weapon Than Racial Minorities When Stopped, Yet 84% of Stop & Frisk Victims Are Black/Latino

During the just-concluded trial on the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program, the city argued that officers’ disproportionate targeting of black and Latino New Yorkers was not due to racial profiling but because each stopped individual was doing something suspicious at the time. The data, however, tells a different story: weapons and drugs were more often found on white New Yorkers during stops than on minorities, according to the Public Advocate’s analysis of the NYPD’s 2012 statistics.

White New Yorkers make up a small minority of stop-and-frisks, which were 84 percent black and Latino residents. Despite this much higher number of minorities deemed suspicious by police, the likelihood that stopping an African American would find a weapon was half the likelihood of finding one on a white person.

• The likelihood a stop of an African American New Yorker yielded a weapon was half that of white New Yorkers stopped. The NYPD uncovered a weapon in one out every 49 stops of white New Yorkers. By contrast, it took the Department 71 stops of Latinos and 93 stops of African Americans to find a weapon.

• The likelihood a stop of an African American New Yorker yielded contraband was one-third less than that of white New Yorkers stopped. The NYPD uncovered contraband in one out every 43 stops of white New Yorkers. By contrast, it took the Department 57 stops of Latinos and 61 stops of African Americans to find contraband.

It’s unlikely that the appropriate lesson to take from these findings is that stops of white people should increase because they are more likely to carry weapons and drugs. Rather, they suggest that police are excessively targeting minorities. Officers may be netting more successful stops of white New Yorkers because they are only likely to stop a white person when they actually suspect that person of committing a crime. Considering one officer’s testimony that superiors explicitly directed him to target young black men, minorities are judged by a much more flexible definition of “reasonable suspicion.”

In general, stop-and-frisk has proven to be remarkably ineffective; nearly 89 percent of all stops result in no charges. The city has also had to settle a surging number of civil rights lawsuits against police to the tune of $22 million in one year.

Ouch: pressed-poppy: grimybear: why are white people always trying to “find...

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:30:22 -0400

Ouch: pressed-poppy: grimybear: why are white people always trying to “find...:

pressed-poppy:

grimybear:

why are white people always trying to “find themselves”

go watch a movie, read a newspaper, turn on the tv, look at a billboard

there, i found you

You know how they “find themselves”. They always go to “poorer” countries to find themselves and their…

queer social worker: Reminder that the Boy Scouts are an organization that is only for...

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:47:14 -0400

queer social worker: Reminder that the Boy Scouts are an organization that is only for...:

queersocialworker:

Reminder that the Boy Scouts are an organization that is only for people of privilege (men).

Most social justice-oriented folks don’t like groups that are only for the privileged (christian-only, white only, het-only). There are reasons. They are breeding grounds for supremacism.

Groups that…

leecario: morning nerdo

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:36:47 -0400

leecario:

morning nerdo