~Pretty in Pink

´ ▽ ` )ﾉ Heyyo! My name is Wynnie. I'm 22 and live in Canada.[He/She/They] [INFP] [Gemini] ~ I love OPM, Harry Potter, and Miraculous Ladybug, pastels, animals, food, and plushies.

[bisexuanal]

Why is this so funny skdkska

[riverselkie-deactivated20190510]

simultaneously wishing i were a woodland fairy, a maiden in the scottish highlands who is actually a selkie, a victorian naturalist who scandalously wears pants, a 1960s schoolgirl by the sea, a friendly forest witch, a reef-dwelling mermaid, a ghostly gothic heroine, or maybe a cat

[grandparentcore]

I will forever love simple, domestic things let’s bake together, go grocery shopping, drive around, just spend time together

[glumshoe]

You only put the name of an individual in the title of a news article if they’re a household name that the average reader will already be familiar with. I know internet culture has normalized reading screencaps of headlines and sharing them but never actually opening the article—that’s not how it’s supposed to work and it doesn’t count as news consumption.

Unless the individual being written about is already a celebrity, using their name in the title of the article actually discourages people from reading it. There’s all sorts of psychology to that, but when people see a name they don’t recognize, they tend to assume it’s a media figure they don’t care about, the article is targeted to a niche audience they’re not a part of, or they may even get a jolt of shame from not being “with it” enough to recognize what must be a household name.

I see a lot of screencaps of headlines like “Michigan Girl Scout discovers new way to track butterfly migrations” circulated around with criticism that Maggie McFictional’s contributions are being erased simply because her name isn’t in the headline. The vast majority of the time, her name is listed in the first paragraph, sometimes along with quotes and even a photograph. If she is properly credited (and maintaining privacy/avoiding the spotlight isn’t a concern), this isn’t a problem. Circulating headlines and never reading the articles is the problem.

This also isn’t what the hashtag #SayHerName was created for. Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and Eric Garner are household names as victims of police violence—they have been talked about often enough that even people who do not purposefully keep up with institutionalized antiblack violence are familiar with their names and stories. But police brutality without accountability against black women rarely if ever enters mainstream consciousness, and their stories do not become “elevated as exemplars of the systematic police brutality that is currently the focal point of mass protest and police reform efforts”. The linked document is where #SayHerName originated, and highlights the purpose of the moment to raise awareness about these killings and violence that mainstream media has passed over and which have failed to garner national attention and spark outrage or demands for justice.

Anyway. #SayHerName isn’t about making sure that people who only read headlines know the full names of innovative Girl Scouts from Michigan. It’s specifically about raising awareness about black women and girls killed by police while their murders walk free with (at most) a slap on the wrist and no media pressure to hold them accountable.

[coughloop]

[coughloop]

Salem Witch Trials (1693, colorized)

[novaangelofgays-deactivated2020]

People allergic to peanuts: keep peanuts as far away from me as possible or I'll die

People allergic to shellfish: no shrimp pls I don't wanna die today

Lactose intolerant people:*while eating ice cream* the weight of my sins drags me closer to hell but I sit in a throne higher than God's

[ahotknife]

so far being in my 20s is like *hyperfixates* *oversleeps* *mourns my lost youth* *hyperfixates* *oversleeps* *oversleeps* *drinks too much on a thursday* *oversleeps*

[lanterncruz-deactivated20201006]

[overblush]

i don know shit yall!!!! im jus out here 

[itmightrain]

시발비용 = Fuck-it Expense

[itmightrain]

Someone wrote an article about this!

[hydro-homies]

The People’s History of the United States.

[anxietyproblem]

[yoko-kurama-the-sex-god]

I feel personally attacked

[hydro-homies]

Unrealistic beauty standards

[just-shower-thoughts]

If you get married in Japan then fly to Hawaii and immediately die after you land, your marriage certificate will be dated after your death certificate

[frogmoss1]

weekend plans!

[cellarspirit]

Americans: "wow, Canada is so much better than America when it comes to racial equality and immigration!

Me, a Canadian, knowing full well about the Komagata Maru:

@allthecanadianpolitics

[dm-me-your-weltanschauung]

Americans: “Wow, Canada is so much less racist than the US!”

Me, a Canadian, knowing that the architects of South African apartheid took inspiration from the Canadian system of First Nations reservations:

[el-shab-hussein]

Americans: Canada is so open to diversity and accepting of immigrants!

Me, a canadian Muslim, living in Bill 21 Quebec and seeing how it's shaping the fears and threat of violence in the Quebec muslim community:

[fandomsliverentfreeinmybrain]

Americans: Wow, Canadians aren't racist at all!

Me, a white Canadian who is fully aware of Canada's history of making bs and racist laws to benefit white people and then tried to sweep it under the rug hoping no one would talk about it:

[lubricates]

friend: you have great music taste!

me: thnks fr th cmplmnt

[lucifers-ass-cheek]