Walking in the Wind

[space-bakery]

[femstyles]

Those 5 boys and the community around them held such a strong role in shaping me and knowing one of them is just... no more... I can't explain this feeling.

[ijustwantthisusername]

okay it was a mistake to listen to one direction because why did it start with love you goodbye and then I came on and there’s a bunch of 1D throwbacks

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

*wakes up feeling ugly* oh god I have to be funny today

[exciting]

where! has! my! passion! gone! I had it abundantly when I was a child, and I must have dropped it along the way, but I cannot figure where!

[exciting]

oh hey folks fun update, i found my passion again? i just had to find my right outlet, get to a place where I have aspirations, dispel apathy and pursue what I love, it’s all good and swell!

[skyderman]

reblog this to find the right outlet, get to a place where you have aspirations, dispel apathy and pursue what you love, and rediscover your passion.

[yurimom]

hey kids following me seriously don’t smoke…i know the commercials are fucking annoying but that doesn’t make it worth it and quitting is hard, i haven’t had a cig in like six months and i still get bad cravings and think about smoking every other day

[yurimom]

that includes vaping, ESPECIALLY cheap vapes you buy online from like e-bay. If you’re going to vape then get a good-quality one from a reputable source otherwise it can hurt you really badly. But don’t start a nicotine addiction if you don’t already have one. It’s really, really not worth it. I’m not going to use scare tactics or bash you or talk down to you if you already smoke or vape but it’s just some friendly advice.

[yurimom]

People are reblogging this with tags like “why would you have a nicotine addiction, idiots, its boring/only for edgy points, smoke weed instead” and that just so utterly misses the point of my post…I didn’t start smoking for “edgy points”, I started because I grew up around a family that smokes, I was stressed as hell, and just that first cig made me feel better in the moment. 

I get what you’re trying to say but you have to understand that there are kids who grow up on tobacco, there are kids who don’t know how else to cope, there are kids who think it’s a small way to rebel against someone who hasn’t treated them fairly. Most of these kids are in poverty or are seriously struggling. It’s not fair to label them as nothing but attention seeking morons.

This falls into the category of “making kids feel like shit for smoking” which you shouldn’t do. It only breeds resentment and kids don’t deserve to feel that way. 

[briannatheloner]

You can be anything. Representation Matters

[saintcranky]

Or a god.

[animatedamerican]

or a superhero

or a gunslinger

or a gunslinger and a queen

or a princess and a warrior and a scientist

[calis-discourse]

WE CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH BLACK POSITIVITY ON THIS SITE

[blkpolyweedbrohunting4goddesses]

✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

[cerulean-beekeeper-deactivated2]

Or a genius hacker

[elandrialore]

Or Captain America

Or the woman who walked the earth

[timelord-winchester-22b]

I love so many of these characters so much and knowing that people can have these characters to see themselves in makes me so happy, I wish there were more but still!! Look at these fabulous characters we have!!!

[st-eve-barnes]

or one of the most bad-ass attorneys around

[chibi-masshuu-deactivated202508]

Who moonlights as a space smuggler who puts up with no Karens.

[chewbacca]

Beyoncé Commencement Speech | Dear Class Of 2020

[one-time-i-dreamt]

His smile 🥺❤

[brilynnlewis-deactivated2020092]

Always.

[catchymemes]

[justcatposts]

A very rare Andean cat stretching out in front of wildlife cam 

(via)

[mooonbride]

Cops murdered a black girl in Toronto this week too but Canadians are too up their own asses about how we’re “Not the racist ones! That’s only America! We’re the nice ones :)” to acknowledge it or do anything about it

[mooonbride]

Cops in Canada are just as racist and evil please Canada wake the fuck up

[honeybite]

Her name was Regis Korchinski-Paquet, she was a 29 year old Afro-Indigenous woman. She was pushed off of her own balcony by the Toronto police and fell to her death. They are reporting it as a suicide.

Say her name. Do not let them cover this up.

If you are able, you can donate to her family’s legal and memorial fund here.

And here is a google doc with contact information for the local representatives with a template email/phone script.

[emerald-studies]

George Floyd - change.org

George Floyd - amnesty.org

George Floyd - colorofchange.org

Get The Officers Charged

Charge All Four Officers

Breonna Taylor - moveon.org

Breonna Taylor - colorofchange.org

Breonna Taylor - justiceforbreonna.org

Breonna Taylor - change.org

Breonna Taylor - thepetitionsite.com

Ahmaud Arbery - change.org

Ahmaud Arbery - change.org 2

Ahmaud Arbery - change.org 3

Justice for Oluwatoyin Salau

Pass The Georgia Hate Crime Bill

Defund MPD

Life Sentence For Police Brutality

Regis Korchinski - change.org

Tete Gulley - change.org

Tony McDade - change.org

Tony McDade - actionnetwork.org

Tony McDade - thepetitionsite.com

Joao Pedro - change.org

Julius Jones - change.org

Belly Mujinga - change.org

Willie Simmons - change.org

Hands Up Act - change.org

National Action Against Police Brutality

Kyjuanzi Harris - change.org

Alejandro Vargas Martinez - change.org

Censorship Of Police Brutality In France

Sean Reed - change.org

Sean Reed - change.org 2

Kendrick Johnson - change.org

Tamir Rice - change.org

Tamir Rice - change.org 2

Fire Racist Criminal From The NYPD

Jamee Johnson - organizefor.org

Darius Stewart - change.org

Darius Stewart - moveon.org

Abolish Prison Labor

Free Siyanda - change.org

Chrystul Kizer - change.org

Chrystul Kizer - change.org 2

Andile Mchunu (Bobo) - change.org

Eric Riddick - change.org

Amiya Braxton - change.org

Emerald Black - change.org

Elijah Nichols - change.org

Zinedine Karabo Gioia - change.org

Angel Bumpass - change.org

Sheku Bayoh - change.org

Angel DeCarlo - change.org

Sandra Bland - change.org

Sherrie Walker - change.org

Darrien Hunt - change.org

Cornelius Fredericks - change.org

Elijah McClain - change.org

James Scurlock - change.org

Darren Rainey- change.org

http://www.pb-resources.com/

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

Do something!

[ground-zoro]

Saw this on Facebook, but I have greater reach hear

[writingrailroad]

I fact-checked this and it looks totally legit!

Brittany Lavery is an associate editor at Graydon House (here is a link to the Twitter thread where she answers a lot of questions).

Here are some key takeaways:

They only publish Adult Fiction (no YA, middle-grade, or children’s)

Inkyard Press, their sister imprint, is going to be doing a similar open call in August for YA novels across all genres (link to Twitter thread)

No sci-fi, fantasy, horror, or nonfiction

It DOES include queer lit!

Romance/romantic women’s fiction can be sent to HQN Imprint who are doing a similar open call (link to Twitter thread), but the editors acquire manuscripts for both imprints and will make sure it gets to the right place

They are open to international Black writers + Black writers of any gender

While they will only make an offer for completed manuscripts, they still look at unfinished manuscripts and may request to see more material

According to Melanie Fried, editor at Graydon House, here’s what’s hot right now:

Make sure you get your manuscripts in, and tell your Black author friends!!! I’d love to know who all’s submitting!!!

[narendur]

Neat! I hope any black writers following me can take advantage of this!

Also hey @thebibliosphere this looks like something some of your followers could benefit from, would you mind spreading around?

[thebibliosphere]

Absolutely!

[coolestfinch]

hey bi men. yall cool as hell i hope ur having a good day ily

[one-time-i-dreamt]

A career for a career - Megan Fox deserves to have hers back. Michael Bay deserves to be blacklisted, something he had no problem doing to her when she exposed him for his awful, predatory behavior.