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every time i log back into this disastrous app i have to reblog this

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do men have resting bitch faces as well or do they not have negative characteristics ascribed to them for putting on a neutral rather than a deliriously happy facial expression

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Yes, Black men in majority white spaces do. If I don’t smile every single second of the day my coworkers become in intimidated and start asking me what’s wrong, telling me to smile, make jokes about how I’m trying to be a thug/act hard, why am I angry, etc. And it’s not just white men at my job God FORBID I my large Black ass makes a white girl feel threaten because I’m sitting down with a neutral expression.

I’m not trying to take this post away from women and make it about Black men but I want to point out that wether it’s patriarchy or white supremacy; those who feel as if they have power over you HATE to see you not smile. They are so used to people like you smiling to gain their approval that when you don’t there’s a cognitive dissonance that makes them extremely uncomfortable.

That’s why “angry Black women” is a thing. They have to put on a smile for everyone (yes even feminist white women) or we all get uncomfortable.

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This is such an amazing response.

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They are so used to people like you smiling to gain their approval that when you don’t there’s a cognitive dissonance that makes them extremely uncomfortable.

This is so well put!

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boy my neuro sure is diverging today

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R u gay4pay??

God wouldn’t that be a good idea. I’m gay for free like an idiot.

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Stop infantilizing trans men

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i love orphan black

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Found this little thing hanging out on my porch. Now she has a new home

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Being able to hear a new album for the first time and knowing you’ll get to learn all the lyrics is one of the best feelings in the world

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stop scrolling for a surprise

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C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 8

TO EMILY

The carnival is still in town. You may or may not know this. Sometimes when I pass, I think about us. Is that stupid? It’s probably stupid. It’s 1:21 in the morning, and I’ve been up for two days now and I’m faded. You probably don’t know this because we don’t talk as often as I wish, but the last month or two have been shit. Last week I went to the carnival two nights in a row, but I was thinking about how dead it looked as I passed it at midnight tonight. When there’s no people, the carnival just dies. I like the idea of nature slowly taking back over abandoned places, like it’s trying to claw back to how it once was. I love the way the moon makes way for the vines and trees to reclaim the fairgrounds, just an inch at a time but the sun and crowds of people interrupt. I dreamt recently about being a carnie with all my best friends. Jake and I operated the ticket booth and wore those straw hats with American stripes and the vests, and you and Paul and Brittany were all there operating the rides and I think that would be heaven. Or at least a perfect place. Everyone smiled and it wasn’t fake. No one ever died at our carnival. We never ran out of corn dogs at our carnival. Why can’t all of us run away and live those perfect flawed lives. I love you and all my friends but we are all so different and I sit and stress daily about how one day I’ll say something to hurt everyone So I guess I love the idea of the carnival. And I love the time I have left with my friends. And I hope the day I stop going to the carnival with my friends never comes because then I’ll know I’ve lost you. –Your Friend // Forrest 5.20.12