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When my mom and aunt were younger my aunt was in high school and my mom in middle school. A group of girls were bullying my aunt and one slapped her in the lunch room. The principal met with my grandma and the other mom. He said they weren’t punishing the other girl because he didn’t get involved in “girl problems.” My grandma asked if that meant my aunt could retaliate the next time it happened and he said no then it would be a fight and they’d both get in trouble.

So my grandma turned away from him and to the other mom and said “I have another daughter. She doesn’t go to this school and she’s a star softball player with her own bat. You can tell your daughter to stop bothering mine or you can drive her to the hospital with a shattered jaw. That’s your choice.” And walked out.

Few months later that girl stole a necklace from my aunt. My grandma called the cops and they all drove to her house to get it back. The cop came outside with it and said he told the family my grandma wouldn’t press charges if they gave it back. My grandma took the necklace and said “Then you’re going to have to go in and tell them you lied because I am pressing charges. She’s a thief and I want her treated like one.”

My grandma was a single mom in the 70s with two daughters and she took no shit from men who tried to undermine her and her daughters.

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She also got excommunicated and then re-communicated after bothering the Vatican enough to let her back in

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She doesn’t even like being Catholic and is Episcopalian now. It was more of a “You can’t fire me, I quit!” which is even better, at least to me

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op im begging you for more stories

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Kitty loop

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OH. MY. GOD.

THIS IS BRILLIANT!!

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Nigerians have created a new norm on the runway at the ongoing Vienna Fashion Week happening in Austria. Meant to be a display of latest fas

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Power move of the century.

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i looked this up cause i wanted to know if you could and you can technically but then you’re instantly guilty of contempt of court and go directly to jail

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A glimpse of the beautiful Russell Falls in the Mt Field National Park in Tasmania, Australia. [OC] [1500x1000] - Author: MagicLightPhotos on reddit

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Just before the iconic Subway rests a majestic reflection pool that remains crystal clear with a gentle flow. Zion National Park, UT [864x1080] [OC] - Author: hinchonos on reddit

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The Domestication of Cats, 7500 BCE

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Tibetan women’s braids. For centuries, Tibetan women have plaited their hair in 108 braids (or as close as possible) to represent the 108 teachings of the Kan Djur, the Tibetan holy book.

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This hairstyle has been discouraged by the Chinese government as they want the Tibetan people to assimilate into modern Chinese culture. Thus micro braids faded as young Tibetan women began to cut their hair, preferring shorter hairstyles, leaving the micro braids to older Tibetan women. However, something remarkable has happened in modern-day Tibet.

A compromise of sort. Tibetan women are allowed to wear micro braids today and braid the hair of tourists in the city of Lhasa. The Buddhist significance has been removed and is never mentioned. Only a few braids are placed in the tourist’s hair, usually festooned with ribbons. The good news is that poor Tibetan women are able to make a decent living braiding hair and the tradition of micro braids is being kept alive. -source

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[OC] best sunset i’ve ever seen [800x800] Praia da Piedade, Lagos, Portugal - Author: perry_the_platypus_5 on reddit

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How you married to a pedo

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I think yall honestly are so desensitized to black pain that yall dont realize how much of what you do actually hurts, like you're so used to the hypervisibilty of black people that you forget that..we are people with the same thoughts and emotions you have.

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you should reblog this actually.

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can yall stop fucking telling me you read this as back pain. shut up.

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like I promise you that shit ain't new. why cant yall keep shit to yourself like you see this is a serious post about me as a black person talking about how ppl ignore what they do affects black ppl bc of the hypervisbility about black pain; and yall are like haha read this as back pain like way to prove my damn point.