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The U.S. is becoming more and more business-oriented, as schools and health care and even prisons are increasingly privatized. Is it any wonder that Trump, a businessman with nonexistent political experience, could be chosen to run the country?

Notice something?

I don’t doubt that Trump wants to #makeamericagreatagain. Because his America is the male, white, and wealthy. Because when the poor start demanding health care and a living wage, and black people start protesting their murders at the hands of police, and immigrants & refugees stand up for basic rights - that threatens the American values that have been built on centuries of oppression, the same values that Trump has benefited from his entire life.

It must be scary as shit when those values are increasingly questioned.

And that means we’re doing something right.

Nothing to do but keep fighting.

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Love

#love love love

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Tracy Chapman and Alice Walker were in a relationship when they both lived in Brooklyn in the mid 1990s.

Walker discussed the relationship with an interviewer in The Guardian in 2006:

“"Why was it kept so quiet at the time? “It was quiet to you maybe but that’s because you didn’t live in our area,” she answers with a throaty laugh. She has written about the relationship in her journals, which she plans to publish one day.

So why did they decide against using their relationship to make a big social impact like other celebrity lesbian couples, such as Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche, have in the past? The idea seems to amuse her. “I would never do that. My life is not to be somebody else’s impact - you know what I mean? And it was delicious and lovely and wonderful and I totally enjoyed it and I was completely in love with her but it was not anybody’s business but ours.”“

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The Daily Show, May 26, 2016

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there are a lot of posts going around here with a lot of notes about what’s going on with amber heard and johnny depp and i definitely support the message about how important it is that a young, less established actress is risking a lot to get out of an abusive situation with an established and loved hollywood actor.

HOWEVER, what’s annoying to me is the fact that none of these posts are talking about the fact that she’s not only a young actress but also a bisexual actress, and the abuse she faced from depp was 100% linked to the fact she’s bisexual. he tried to control who her friends were and tried to cut her off from her “lesbian friends” which imo is pretty clearly because either a) he was afraid she’d cheat because lol bisexuals always cheat or b) he wanted to cut her off from people who are similar to her (read: lgbt identifying), and both reasons are abusive as fuck and happened because of her sexuality. not to mention the fact that the media is gonna demonize her for being bi and act as if her sexuality inherently discredits her…

her sexuality is extremely important to this and it feels like a major erasure to ignore that a lot of her abuse was likely due to her being bisexual and the way she gets treated by the media will be influenced by the fact that she’s an out bisexual woman.. don’t ignore that!!

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Honestly I won’t be impressed until someone like Gabourey Sidibie gets the same recognition as Beth Ditto, Tess Holiday and Melissa McCarthy.

I’m really over this whole sea of white when it comes to positive fat visibility for women.

When I think about it I can’t even name a fat Latina celebrity (death fat-ish size) or an Asian one! At all

How sad is that? White fat positive bloggers will interject “it takes time! Just be happy Beth isn’t a skinny mini! Look at her! Working that run way!”

And I will just side eye you, side eye the fuck outta you

I want more colorful faces! I want a fat little black girl to see a beautiful size 30 dark skinned woman working the run way and be inspired and feel a little bit better about herself and her appearance

I want more and I’m tired of this sea of white on tumblr, in magazines, on television everywhere. I want more fat positivity for black people and other people of color.

olearypoetry

#rupi kaur #poetry #milk and honey #cant stop wont stop

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American Media is all about demonizing black people

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@ConstanceWu Things I’m doing behind the lens: Meeting every AznAm writer I can, writing 2 features, developing a series about the Chinese Exclusion Act. And yes, I am currently putting a high priority on fostering AznAmer WOMEN writer/director/creators & LGBTQ AznAmer voices. #behindthelens

#constance wu #representation matters #media #asian american women

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Fun fact

Native Americans weren’t allowed US citizenship until 1924.

Let that sink in. We lived here first…for thousands of years. And less than a hundred years ago we were finally given citizenship.

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We also fought in WWI despite not being US citizens.

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In Arizona, natives weren’t granted the right to vote until 1948. Think how that type of neglect ties into resource colonization as infrastructure was developed within years prior.

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In addition: the indigenous peoples of Canada were not recognized as Human Beings until the year 1960. Now let that shit sink in.

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In the US it wasn’t until 1968 that the Indian Civil Rights Act was passed and allowed for the right to freedom of speech / assembly / press, a jury trial, the right to an attorney etc. It’s so fucking frustrating.

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and it wasn’t until 1978 that we were legally allowed to practice our own religions. in a nation founded on religious freedoms, it was illegal to practice our own religions. in our own country. how fucked up is that?

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Aaaand Native Americans weren’t entitled to their own languages (had no legal rights to teach them in their schools, use them in business) until the Native American Language Act of 1990.

olearypoetry

#rupi kaur #forever reblog #milk and honey #poetry

Dude, enough with the entitlement. She doesn’t owe you shit. Why are you telling her to smile? Are you owed a smile? No, you are not. You aren’t owed shit. I had a guy ask me for my phone number when I was getting out of my car to get…

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#tw rape #tw assault #rape culture #women don't owe you shit

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Here’s the first look at Hidden Figures, the story of pioneering yet unsung Black women—namely the “human computers” Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae)—who worked at NASA during the intersection of defining moments of the American Century: the Cold War, the Space Race, the Civil Rights movement and the quest for gender equality.

#Hidden Figures #Janelle Monae #so excited