music&random things

[samarsanderz]

I wanted to know more about the victims of today’s horrifying massacre, and since the media’s information wasn’t quite specific enough, I took to Facebook to look for them.

What I found was this playful, innocent status written by a student of Peshawar’s Army Public school. You can just tell how much these kids loved being at school.

Mubeen Shah, the boy at the end, uploaded his cover photo a while back with this quote: “We are a nation of beauty and great grief. Our smiles are much stronger than your guns.”

Mubeen and his other three friends in this picture were all killed by the Taliban today.

And, as much as I want to, I don’t know how to look at these kids and tell them to “Rest in Peace”

Because how can they “Rest in Peace” when every article covering their massacre is riddled by Islamophobic comments?

How can they “Rest in Peace” when they, the victims, are categorized alongside their oppressors?

You do not have to be any particular religion or political party to mourn alongside Pakistan today. Muslim, Christian, Democrat, Republican: it doesn’t matter. All you have to be is awake.

[burning-soul]

Heavenly Peace

[electricle]

9 of the 18 Badass Women You Probably Didn’t Hear About I 2014

[stevebuscemisnipples-deactivate]

aka the real list (without jennifer lawrence)

[aveganmermaid]

Ugh why do none of these titles use the women’s NAMESSS. :/

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[animal-warrior-deactivated20160]

this is how it should be,  mother and baby together, with horns, with sunlight, with love, no ear tags, no cages… this picture is adorable.

[yodiscrepo]

[paranorm4l]

yes

[goldcoastgoat]

Reblogging again because our world is fucked but this is alright.

[punkasspoets]

The thing about an anxiety disorder is that you know it is stupid. You know with all your heart that it wasn’t a big deal and that it should roll off of you. But that is where the disorder kicks in; Suddenly the small thing is very big and it keeps growing in your head, flooding your chest, and trying to escape from under your skin. You know with all of your heart that you’re being ridiculous and you hate every minute of it. The fact that many people don’t recognize or have patience for your illness only makes everything worse.

Ten years of experience (via bl-ossomed)

[zentaku]

Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.

Chang-tzu (via cosmofilius)

[bernadettelogue]

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

TheDailyPositive.com (via thedailypozitive)

[asoundscape]

You may have every reason to feel sad and depressed, but there's no use to it. Better to be proactive instead.

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[misandry-mermaid]

If the video I posted of a woman faking drunkenness on hidden camera to catch guys in the act of trying to take advantage of her wasn’t convincing enough, here’s another video of LITERALLY THE EXACT SAME THING.

The TV show “What Would You Do?” attempted to stage a situation in which two drunk women (actresses) are at a bar and a man (also acting) tries to take them home when they clearly don’t want to and can’t consent.  The show aimed to see what bystanders witnessing the situation would do; if they would step in and protect the women or let them be led away by an ill-intentioned stranger.

But before the male actor could even enter the scene, other predatory men started swooping in to take advantage of the intoxicated women.  One of them even attempted to team up with the male actor in order to separate and take advantage of the two drunk friends.

In contrast, two female bystanders who witnessed the actor harassing and pressuring the drunk women into coming with him stepped in and protected them, even getting in a physical tug-of-war and aggressively fighting the actor off.

No one is saying these hidden camera videos are a scientific study or an accurate reflection of the entire population.  What we ARE saying is that this is something that happens FAR more often than anyone realizes or cares to think about.  We need to stop blaming victims and making excuses for the people who do this and who enable these kinds of choices.  We need to start holding rapists accountable and changing the cultural perception of assaults like this so that taking advantage person who cannot or does not consent is a shameful, despicable, UNTHINKABLE act.

[lifeunderthewaves]

[stunningpicture]

So proud of my mother for doing her own research after I sent her that meme. A sign she hung in her car window.

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Stay woke

[pual1010-deactivated20150723]

Is this true?

[mallninjacode-deactivated201812]

Not only is it true, it gets worse. The Susan G Komen For The Cure Foundation has actually successfully sued “competing” charities, because (paraphrasing) their “message or branding was infringing.”

You read that correctly: they took money that people had donated to cure cancer, and hired attorneys with it, to sue ANOTHER group of people trying to find a cure for cancer, who, in turn, had to use their donated money to hire their own legal counsel to defend themselves.

[redbloodedamerica]

[spacemohawks]

Yeah signal boost because not enough people know about this and seriously FUCK SUSAN G. KOMEN THEY ARE THE ACTUAL WORST

[beanmom]

Some links…

http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/

http://www.somethingawful.com/feature-articles/for-the-cure/

http://thestir.cafemom.com/in_the_news/132728/susan_g_komen_foundation_has

(reblogged in honor of my mother, who died of breast cancer, 11/13/97)

[therainbowgorilla]

okay then, important follow up question what are some GOOD places to donate to help people with breast cancer?

[wearamaskcoward]

This website gives you a list, which includes ratings, what the donations goes towards, complete with percentages, and the amount the CEOs are paid.

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Listen to I Am Sitting On A Train (Free 320 DL) by Dorincourt #np on #SoundCloud

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