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[shencomix]

[think-progress]

A life taken to soon 

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Today Liberal MP, Hedy Fry became the longest serving Female Member of Parliament in Canadian history. She was first elected in 1993 and has been re-elected in every election since then.

[popcanpoli]

some more cool things about her:

1) she’s a physician

2) she was the first person in canadian history to defeat a sitting prime minister (kim campbell) on their first whack at office

3) hedy a trinidadian gyal *dancehall airhorn*

[allthecanadianpolitics]

More aboriginal women allege abuse at hands of Quebec provincial police

Women speak out following allegations and investigation into abuse in Val-d'Or

More aboriginal women across Quebec are speaking out about what they say is physical and sexual abuse at the hands of provincial police officers.

Aboriginal women’s claims of police sex abuse under investigation

Enquête investigation into Val-d'Or (English)

The women — who hail from places such as Schefferville and Maniwaki — say they wanted to share their own experiences after Radio-Canada’s investigative program Enquête aired a story in November about aboriginal women in Val-d'Or alleging they were sexually assaulted by Sûreté du Québec officers over a period of two decades.

Following the report, then public safety minister Lise Thériault handed investigation of the allegations to the Montreal police.

Continue Reading.

[baawri]

[castielsteenwolf]

woah

[urbanoutcasters]

EVERY BODY NEEDS TO HEAR THIS

[hashtagloveloses]

Everyone needs Laverne cox to come to their house and spit truth in front of the mirror

[expressions-of-nature]

by : Michal Brezinsky

[liveitout]

[imthehuggernaut]

Cinematic Masterpiece.

[narcotic]

“guys are always hitting on me its SO annoying" 

[supamar10]

[wenchyfloozymoo]

[americaninfographic]

First Lines

[fiftythreecrimes]

[chaosboy]

why do people always pull hip-hop and rap as a misogynist area of music? yes, many rappers are misogynistic, but it’s not the only genre. let’s talk about country music, about the preacher’s daughter trope, the cutoff jeans, the get-her-drunk mentality; let’s talk about pop music, about the drugs and the clubs and the possessive “love songs”; let’s talk about alternative music, about “she’s not like other girls” and the manic pixie dream girl; let’s talk about classical music, about the exclusion of women now and in history. 

let’s talk about how everyone’s first reaction is to villainize a primarily black genre before criticizing literally anyone else. 

[theheartbreakseries-blog]

[cabell]

If your ancestors cut down all the trees, it’s not your fault, but you still don’t live in a forest.

Pam Oliver, a professor in the UW-Madison sociology department, explaining the historical roots of racism in the United States to her undergraduate students (mostly middle-class and White).  I try to use this when I teach race now, too, to get past the defensive “but why are you BLAMING ME” reaction. (via cabell)

THIS. THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS.

To all the white people who say that they shouldn’t have responsibility in racism because they’re ancestors and not them who participated in slavery, think about this!

(via iamabutchsolo)

Especially if you refuse to plant any more trees.

(via witchsistah)

[the-hobbit-who-lived]

[mattfrombusted]

when u lay on your side and ur bra shifts halfway around the world