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Once you get this you have to say 5 things you like about yourself, publicly, then send it to 10 of your favourite followers! (Non-negotiable) (Positivity is cool)

1) my eyes are super pretty2) I'm a unique individual3) I am so good at gift giving you don't even know, bro4) I have some hella fine friends5) I'm fairly intelligent.

ajsaywhat

A black ribbon is a symbol of remembrance and mourning. Used also as a political statement. And in this case, a Black ribbon to also represent racial hate crime. Reblog this Ribbon, Let the symbol of our hearts show to Michael Brown in this case, and also for all those affected by the same. Never forget.

(The Ribbon is transparent)

pencey

CONGRATULATIONS ALL WHITE GIRLS WHO WANT TO LIVE IN THE 50S YOU’RE THERE

fhlostonsparadise

augustuswate

When people say these books are children’s books, as if to demean them, I balk. These books dealt with themes that adults do not fully understand or wish to. It dealt with racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, prejudice, and general ignorance. These books taught us that it doesn’t matter how you were raised, but that you get to choose to be kind, loyal, brave, and true. They taught us to be strong under the pressures of this world and to hold fast to what we know to be right. These books taught me so much, they changed me as a person. So just because they’re set against a fantastical backdrop with young protagonists does not mean that their value is any less real.

take-my-eeveelution

This. First book: Starts with the double murder of a pair of twenty-one year olds who were much missed and leaving their baby son a war orphan. A child growing up in abusive conditions that would give Cinderella the horrors. Dealing with peers and teachers who are bullies. The fickleness of fame (from the darling of Gryffindor to the outcast.) The idea that there are things worth fighting and dying for, spoken by the child protagonist. Three children promptly acting on that willingness to sacrifice their lives, and two of them getting injured doing so. Second book: The equivalent of racism with the pro-pureblood attitude. Plot driven by an eleven year old girl being groomed and then used by a charming, handsome older male. The imbalance of power and resultant abuse inherent in slavery. Fraud perpetuated by stealing something very intimate. Third book: The equivalent of ableism with a decent, kind and competant adult being considered less than human because he has an illness that adversely affects his behaviour at certain times. A justice system that is the opposite of just. Promises of removing an abused child from the abusive environment can’t always be kept. The innocent suffer while the guilty thrive. Fouth book: More fickleness of fame. The privileged mistreating and undermining the underprivileged because they can. A master punishing a slave for his own misjudgment, and the slave blaming herself. A sports tournament which involves mortal risk being cheered by spectators. A wonderful young man being murdered simply because he was in the way. A young boy being tortured, humilated and nearly murdered. Fifth book: PTSD in the teenage protagonist. Severe depression in the protagonist’s godfather, triggered by inherited mental health issues and being forced to stay in a house where abuse occured. A bigoted tyrant who lives to crush everyone under her heel, torturing a teenager for telling the truth in the name of the government (and trying to suck his soul out too). The discovery that your idols can have feet of clay after all. An effort to save the life of someone dear and precious actually costing that very same life. The loss of a father-figure and the resultant guilt. Sixth book: The idea that a soul can be broken beyond repair. Drugs with the potential for date rape are shown as having achieved exactly that in at least one case, resulting in a pregnancy. Well-meaning chauvinism trying to control the love life of a young woman. Internalised prejuidce resulting in refusing the one you love, not out of lack of love but out of fear of tainting them. The mortality of those that seem powerful and larger than life. Seventh book: Bad situations can get worse, to the point where even the privileged end up suffering and afraid. More internalised prejudice and fear hysterical terror of tainting those you love. Self-sacrifice and the loss of loved ones, EVERYWHERE. Those who are bitter are often so with a reason. The necessity of defeating your inner demons, even though it’s never as cool as it sounds. Don’t underestimate those that are enslaved. Other people’s culture isn’t always like your own. Things often come full circle (war ending with the death of a dearly-loved pair of new parents and their orphaned baby son living with his dead mother’s blood relative instead of his young godfather). Even if ‘all is well’ the world is still imperfect, because it’s full of us brilliant imperfect humans. So… still think that Harry Potter is a kid’s series with no depth?

bipolarfenris-deactivated201610

kieu-silly-world

Say that someone shot a kid to death and everyone will say that the man should be punished

but add the context of a white cop shooting a black kid to death and suddenly people are scrambling for evidence and how it can be justified

lizzonator

kenteehee

♡ the person you would take a bullet for is behind the trigger ♡

kianayouwanna

The fuck does that quote mean And what does it have to do with cutting wrapping paper I ain’t gonna get shot by my fucking mum

thelottner-deactivated20170119

unrequited

love of mine sour tears clasp every speckle of dust lining the edge of our dim light i could imagine heaven and hell colliding to make room for us in between the fallen stars now our knees are bruised and the soles of our shoes are wearing thin love of mine won’t you let me in one last time? .

andikilledelevenofthem-deactiva

I heard this on the radio. Mike Brown was a kid who didn’t want to play football, even though he had the body for it. When asked why, he told his friends that he didn’t want to hit anybody.

This is the child that they’re going to paint as a thug.

lewreen

Make. This. Known.

thinksquad-deactivated20190405

Cops have been put on notice: Let the cameras roll.

Camera-shy cops across the city were reminded they can’t legally take action to stop someone from filming them while they’re on the beat, the Daily News has learned. The refresher was provided in a memo the chief of department’s office distributed to all police commands Wednesday.

“Members of the public are legally allowed to record police interactions,” the memo states. “Intentional interference such as blocking or obstructing cameras or ordering the person to cease constitutes censorship and also violates the First Amendment.”

Cops can take action if videographers and shutterbugs “interfere with police operations,” the memo notes.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-cops-told-memo-filmed-article-1.1898379

distortiondevil

spread this like wildfire

when you see abuse, take out your phone and film that shit.

Post it on youtube, send it to the news, let the whole world hear about it.

gentlepanpirate

"Camera shy cops" my ass know your rights, guys.

carefree-kenni

STAY WOKE

Please pay attention to the what is happening in your world right now…

-Ferguson/Michael Brown -Mexico/ 43 missing (kidnapped) students -Hong Kong/protest against the government for democracy -Sierra Leone, Guinea & Liberia/still fighting Ebola -The Middle East/ISIS and other terrorist groups killing innocent people everyday -Nigeria/Boko Haram and the kidnapping of 300 school girls

I know there’s way more feel free to add them

akitron

Hands up if large groups of aggressively loud white boys in your vicinity freak you out

spyderqueen

One of the things that bonds women, POC, and LGBTQA+ together: The fear of white men in numbers.

land-of-propaganda

There Are 939 Active Hate Groups in the United States. Here’s Where They Live.

You don’t have to go far to find racism.

Overt racism may be stigmatized, but covert racism is alive and well. The key to being an effective racist today is to conceal one’s deeper prejudices under the guise of a seemingly non-racial cause.

Those who hate racial minorities today find a haven in causes that can be plausibly characterized as not racist, from Arizona’s draconian anti-immigration law and the widespread support for George Zimmerman to the racist presumptions of the birther movement and the University of Washington’s discovery of prevalent racist attitudes among the Tea Party.

Attitudes that were once open and direct are now concealed in the shadows.

(Read more here)

(11/02)

egalitarianyellowfang-blog

Just your daily reminders:

Racists are a problem

White people are not

Homophobes are a problem

Straight people are not

Transphobes are a problem

Cis people are not

Sexists are a problem

Men are not

And most importantly,

Hating an innocent person solely because of their race, sexuality, or gender makes you a fucking asshole

larmoyante

People always think they know other people, but they don’t. Not really. I mean, maybe they know things about them, like they won’t eat doughnuts or they like action movies or whatever. But they don’t know what their friends do in their rooms alone at night or what happened to them when they were kids or if they feel fucked up and sad for no reason at all.

Libba Bray (via larmoyante)

angrywocunited

sapphicnymph-deactivated2016020

I know I have followers that aren’t angry abt this, so to put it into perspective if your cognagive dissonance is too great to make the connection: dogs > black people in our society

if you aren’t angry you’re wrong