February 2012
Overweight woman: I am confident and I love myself!
Society: Awesome, you're so inspiring for young ladies. Everybody should feel beautiful no matter what size they are!
Underweight woman: I am confident and I love myself!
Society: Eww, you're gross! Stop promoting eating disorders and go eat a burger instead. Don't you know guys don't like skeletons?
Woman: Can I have birth control?
Government: No.
Woman: I got pregnant because I didn't have birth control and I don't want the fetus. Can I have an abortion?
Government: No.
Woman: I gave birth to my child but since I wasn't expecting it, I can't afford daycare. Can I have help paying for it?
Government: No.
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“Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.”
– Benjamin Franklin (via howlcoyotecody)
NOOSPHE.RE: Enriched with Information →
inthenoosphere:
(via ScienceNews)
New theory doesn’t limit consciousness to the brain As a scientist, Giulio Tononi’s goal is as lofty as it gets: He wants to understand how the brain generates consciousness. In his hunt, he and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin–Madison routinely use…
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“Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God.”
– Unknown (via catp0rn)
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aestheticrequiem:
gods-save-anonymous:
bigoldbrowneyes replied to your photo: the-unpopular-opinions: I am just extremely…
The only way to get over racism is to stop talking about it. No more ‘this black guy, this white chick, some Mexican’ whatever. We’re just people, and can be referred to as people. But who’s willing to judge only on character?
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Cultural Appropriation: Dreadlocks
racismschool:
Are Dreadlocks really cultural appropriation?
YES
Here’s why:
Dreadlocks originated first with Jamaican Rastafarians and then in Indian Sages and Yogis. Specifically it was started by holy men. These men renounced all of their worldly belongings (Including combs) and as a result their hair started (and remained) to turn into dreadlocks. In the beginning, it was actually...
Cultural Appropriation.
selchieproductions:
neetainari:
hammerofthewitches:
I believe people are becoming too sensitive. There is hardly a culture which is truly and purely distinct from all others; every race, tradition, religion, myth, creed, sex expression, and fashion in the vastness of humanity at some point has met and bled together, especially in race and tradition! I, on my mother’s side, am descended from...
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PoC: experiences racism
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PoC: continues to encounter racism
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PoC: harassed via inbox
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PoC: responds to racism
Tumblr: WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU! THEY WEREN'T TRYING TO BE OFFENSIVE GOSH! WE'RE ALL HUMAN. YOU'RE THE REASON RACISM IS STILL A PROBLEM!!!1111!!!!
MEANWHILE...
White person: does something racist
Tumblr: *crickets*
PoC: calls that person racist
Tumblr: HDU THIS IS REVERSE RACISM U ARE EVIL
White person: yeah you're evil you monkey ass bitch!
Tumblr: YEAH CALL THAT NEGRO A MONKEY! AHAHA THAT'LL SHOW THAT COON! GO GET LYNCHED!
PoC: responds in kind
Other white people who just come in: HOW DARE YOU THIS IS MY FRIEND THEY ARE A GOOD WHITE PERSON I AM COMPLETELY IGNORING THE FACT THAT THEY CALLED YOU A MONKEY AND TO GO GET LYNCHED BECAUSE WHAT YOU DID WAS REALLY MEAN
PoC who are white-identifying: YEAH!!! THIS IS WHY PEOPLE THINK WE'RE SO BAD!
PoC: :|
“Witchcraft … is a spiritual path. You walk it for nourishment of the soul, to...”
– Christopher Penczak (via maevamoonstar)