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[write-it-motherfuckers]

A friend of mine posted this and tagged my old instagram account, asking me to share it. I figured sharing it here where I actually have a following, would be far better.

Please remember that just because the government is giving into pressure and greed, that doesn’t mean that any of this is getting any better, in a lot of ways it’s getting worse. And even if you yourself aren’t being as heavily affected anymore, there are people and communities that are.

Stay safe Darling ones, and help others remain safe too.

[noparlpf]

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[write-it-motherfuckers]

Thank you Darling. 

[brujitaflora-deactivated2023120]

These fucking wiccans will really come into someone else’s space and try to rewrite someone else’s practices and history. It’s disgusting and it’s constant on social media, especially on here. Y’all are going to learn very quickly that we are tired of being told that our stories don’t matter and that we’re wrong when we lived it, our mothers lived it, our grandmothers and grandfathers lived it and so on and so forth.

Hoodoo is not a practice born from European magic.

Mojo bags ain’t filled with crystals.

My great great grandmother did not weave her sorrow and her dreams into reality through me for y’all to try and tell me that my practice isn’t real. Back up and back off because I’m tired of saying it, others are tired of saying it, and at this point, if you want the smoke, I’m ready.

[shortnsweet-uwu-deactivated2020]

tell em again

[anindigochild-96]

FUCKING PERIOD KEEP YA WHITE HANDS OFF HOODOO

[tastefullyoffensive]

A father’s love. (via Kieeraaa)

[em-pocket]

[blackourstory]

EVERYTHING Has A History

Any discussion of COLORISM that leaves out the historical context of WHITE SUPREMACY lets white people off the hook for THEIR racial obsessions, results in us blaming our fellow Black victims for the crimes of our oppressors and, ultimately, will fail to lead toward the BLACK UNITY necessary for our psychic liberation from said COLORISM.

[catchymemes]

[drinkyourjuiceshelby]

[jaspurr]

the best thing about this is that when there’s plenty of resources, domesticated cats will naturally form colonies. in these colonies female cats raise their kittens communally with their kin. so you get situations where moms will raise kittens with their daughters from a previous litter, cats from the same litter will raise kittens together, etc. so not only does this little old kitty see her human as family, she is also excited to help her with her kitten.

[starlightandtears]

They really found Camilla Cabello’s old Tumblr and cooked the fuck out of her for being an anti-Black little shit as a teenager to prove that she meant what she said about Normani when she was grown enough to know better acavnssvhsjsjxnd

[rocktheholygrail]

#ICONIC

[thalia-ambrose]

Megamind is the definition of punk rock

[ahsteria]

baby boomers: climate change & bisexuals aren’t real also i’m better than u

[ahsteria]

gen x: !!! kids these days are spending too much time on the phones!! they’re faking the depression & anxiety !!

[ahsteria]

millennials: people need to realize the importance of our truths and struggles; rent prices, shitty education, decreased job opportunities, and discrimination, are causing genuine problems among today’s population

[ahsteria]

gen z: ok i’m ready to eat fruit, be gay, go to the moon, and die lets go fuckers

[vickytokio]

This is the best description of the generations I’ve ever seen

[catchymemes]

[gwilvmlee-deactivated20200524]

i have to stan

[captaincoffeegirl515]

[anneonomus]

That relatable (older) Gen Z memory: when all the projectors and white boards got replaced by Smart Boards™ around like fifth grade and none of the teachers knew how to use them but they Had To Use them otherwise the school just wasted a bunch of money and it was a rlly weird transition

[space-ex]

an addition: when they calibrated the board by pressing the dots and everyone in class lost their minds

[shaiza]

What in the fuck u guys talking bout

[anindigochild-96]

THE DOOOOOOOOTS I REMEMBER THE DOTS

[saturnineaqua]

How Hollywood casts black familys

Parents

Son

Daughter

[jazzisback-deactivated20190120]

Is there a sociological reason on why this is repeatedly done?

[warmhoneyy]

Colorism. A happy, successful black family? The women must be light skinned. Especially the young women

[jazzisback-deactivated20190120]

oh I know colorism is the base cause, I mean why specifically does the young woman in the family have to be light? is this some twisted fetish? the mom is always a medium brown, afro-american lady. The daughter is always mysteriously mixed, but not all women in the family look like her just her alone

[warmhoneyy]

I think that it has to do with what characteristics are most valued at different ages and the characteristics associated with dark and light skin tones. I think it’s no coincidence that the older a black woman is in the media the more likely she is to be dark skinned. Not always, but a lot of the time the grandmothers are darker skinned. That’s because the most valuable thing as an older woman is being a caregiver and that is one stereotype associated with dark skin tones. (I feel like this goes back to the “Mammy” archetype.) But as a young woman the most valuable characteristic is beauty. Our society sees racial ambiguity as the most beautiful thing so our young black women characters are never made to look like they are actually black. And if she’s the main character of course she has to be the most beautiful so they probably make all the other women darker than her to make her seem more beautiful. I feel like I’ve seen this a lot in tv shows where the “estranged sister” is dark skinned.

[alovesogentle]

They also don’t consider dark skin feminine. Being a woman and being dark skinned is a literal oxymoron for them.

[sauvamente]

Yes. And if she is cast as dark skin she is abused to high fucking heaven or casted as a sapphire(angry) jezebel( promiscuous) or mammy(eternal caregiver) rarely three dimensional

[acceber74]

One of THE worst examples is Coming to America, where the light skinned daughter was refined, classy, and sophisticated, and chaste compared to her over-sexed younger sister who was darkskinned, always trying to fuck, and generally all the negative stereotypes rolled into one.

[dontwantthenextcommanderiwantyou]

Another horrible example is the sitcom Martin, where the light skinned girlfriend was refined, classy, and sophisticated compared to her dark skinned friend who can’t keep a man, was loud and obnoxious, always humiliated for having beady beads, and generally all the negative stereotypes rolled into one.

[dontwantthenextcommanderiwantyou]

Colorism even exists in animated series like The Proud Family where the light skinned Penny was refined, classy, and sophisticated compared to dark skinned Dijonay the “fast ass lil girl”, bad influence, named after mustard with 8 siblings named after spices, and generally all the negative stereotypes rolled into one.

[drapedinjade]

This post is for black folk

[ainatirb-j]

See it here. This is the post.

[stream]

[kitsnicket]

this fuckin movie

[liberal-memes]

[hellbabyfromhell]

are you ever scrolling through tumblr and you have a thought and immediately lose it so you have to scroll back up to give your brain the conditions under which it originally created the thought so you can bring it back

[what-even-is-thiss]

I have no unique experiences apparently

[toastbutteregg]

THREE MONTHS TIL 2020 I CANT BELIEVE IM ALIVE FOR THIS

[fluorescentjellyfish-deactivate]

[spaceboy-rix]

What I love most is that we can all agree this shit timeline broke off in 2012

[calxe-deactivated20231217]

world did end in 2012

[siegfriedandroy]

im crying

[hmsindecision]

Do you know how many dogs I’ve met that get scared or anxious around men because in their previous home men hit them? A lot, and they are very protective of the women who have adopted them now.

Men who are violent towards women are often violent towards animals as well. They think we’re all chattel. If a man wants you to choose between your dog or cat or him, dump the guy. Those animals will love you for the rest of your life, loyal and true.

[corpsefluid]

Actually, I have something to add.

The other day I saw a story where a woman was asking why her dogs had suddenly started growling at her boyfriend whenever he was in the same room as her son.

And my immediate thought was ‘that boyfriend has hurt the kid somehow.’

Spoilers: that was exactly the case.

Trust ur dogs when they say something is off.

[katnissdoesnotfollowback]

The first time my sister came to visit, via plane, after I got my dog, pupper growled at her and wouldn’t go near her for the first day. Next visit was by car (two day drive)and pupper LOVED my sister. They snuggled and played and none of us could figure out why the change. We thought maybe the scent of my sisters cat had lingered on her clothes, making that first visit a rough one. Whereas when she came by car, the scent had had time to wear off. Well that was partially true…

Fast forward about six months when I went north to visit my family. My sister walked into my parents’ house and pupper ran to greet my sister. Stopped dead in her tracks and started growling and barking. Hackles raised, full protection mode. My sisters husband had just walked in behind her.

My precious puppy wanted NOTHING to do with him. She barked, growled, ran away, and sat between him and my sister. Y'all my dog had spent maybe a weekend a half around my sister but protected her like this was her flesh and blood.

Eventually, my sister filed for divorce on grounds of “Extreme and repeated mental, emotional, and sexual abuse.” Divorce was final in less than a month because her claims were substantiated.

Trust the dog, honey. They KNOW.

[catscatsholyshitcats]

I’ve never owned dogs, but I used to work with horses (which are a lot like big dogs).

There was this one horse I worked with named Tonto. He was a doll. He followed me like a puppy, snuck treats out of my pocket, he was the sweetest thing. We were practically inseparable.

A guy I was considering dating came to visit me one day, and Tonto wanted NOTHING to do with him. Normally well behaved, he shoved himself between us and would NOT let this guy near me. He was stomping, acting really aggressive, and tried to bite the guy. This horse was practically dragging me back toward the barn. At that moment, despite being like, 17, I knew something was up, and ultimately things didn’t pan out for guy and me.

A year later I found out he had lied about his age (he said he was 18 but he was actually 27) he was arrested for sexually assaulting an 11 year old girl.

TRUST THE ANIMALS.

[cellular-thirst-deactivated2017]

ALWAYS TRUST THE BABS

[purplepints]

Animals recognize predators.

[naamahdarling]

The reply with the mastiff gets me every single time. I’m not a dog person but my god, they are Good Animals.