@taylorswift your music has done so much to help my baby grow. Thank you.

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we're not kids anymore.

if i look back, i am lost

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PUT YOUR BEARD IN MY MOUTH
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Today's Document
YOU ARE THE REASON
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trying on a metaphor
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@taylorswift your music has done so much to help my baby grow. Thank you.
@taylorswift my daughter is autistic and functionally nonverbal but whenever your music comes on, she always tries her hardest to sing along. You have no idea how much hope your music has given us.
Just thought I’d share this with you ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much. Honestly.
Happy Video Games Day! Go celebrate with a milkshake. Chocolate.
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(( Here’s a compilation of my racebent series with all of our major Disney ladies. :D
It’s been so fun creating these, and I’ve been both shocked and beyond thrilled with the overwhelming support I’ve received for this series! :) Thank you all so much for the wonderful messages and the continued enthusiasm. <3<3<3
Princesses in order (left to right): Snow White (Spanish), Cinderella (Japanese), Belle (Arabic), Aurora (Jamaican), Ariel (Indian), Tiana (Chinese), Mulan (Native American), Pocahontas (Pacific Islander), Jasmine (African/Luo), Meg (Egyptian), Kida (Maori), Jane (Korean), Eilonwy (African/Fula), Esmerelda (Moroccan), Merida (Brazilian), Rapunzel (Mexican), Elsa (Inuit), Anna (Inuit).
INSTAGRAM. ))
I love Inuit Elsa & Anna so much
Beautiful representation of Maori people and very culturally accurate :) I love that you stuck to traditional and not stereotypical!
If I mispronounce your name because it is foreign to my tongue, correct me.
I don’t purposefully allow the accents of your name to fall flat on my tongue like the European English demands or the language to sound chopped and misheard.
If I don’t say your name correctly, don’t shrug and say it’s ok because people have been doing it all your life. Your mother worked hard to name you that name, with all its syllables and apostrophes and hyphens and inflection.
I don’t want to disrespect your heritage, your culture, your great grandmother or grandfather and their struggle.
If I mispronounce your name, forgive me, but don’t let it happen again. Make sure everyone knows your name.
And he would have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for you meddling kids! [zilchonum] (more behind the gifs)
#grandma #it’s me #anastastia
Oh my god I’m crying
98% of all “transgender” violence was perpetrated specifically against people in the male-to-female spectrum[1]; of the 38 murders of transgender people reported internationally in 2003, 70% were women of color.[2]
Transgender Equality: A Handbook For Activists And Policymakers by Paisley Currah and Shannon Minter, published by the National LGBTQ Task Force.
Note that the share of violence visited on AFAB transgender people is so small that there isn’t even room in the graph’s scale to divide that by race, but if the statistics for AMAB transgender people are any indication, the lion’s share is directed at transgender people of color there as well.
This is why it is disingenuous and damaging for AFAB transgender people, especially AFAB white transgender men, to act like their experiences are anything like trans womens’ experiences, especially the experiences of trans women of color.
(via twee-lil-lass)
This is why this project exists!
(via transfeminism)
Just Another Crazy Friday Night. by Joel Christian Gill
“Bessie Stringfield (1911–1993), nicknamed “The Motorcycle Queen of Miami”, was the first African-American woman to ride across the United States solo, and during World War II she served as one of the few motorcycle despatch riders for the United States military.Credited with breaking down barriers for both women and African American motorcyclists.
Stringfield was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame.; the award bestowed by the American Motorcyclist Association for ‘Superior Achievement by a Female Motorcyclist’ is named in her honor.” X
Joel Christian Gill is the creator of Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History & Bass Reeves: Tales of the Talented Tenth.
White society: refuses to recognize, showcase, and celebrate black beauty. Black women: points out the problem White society: “stop bitching, if you want to see better representation than you have to do something about it yourselves” Black women: *creates their own spaces to celebrate black beauty White society: “that’s racist, you shouldn’t exclude people”
White society: limits mobility for black actors and entertainers, especially in film and television / caters media specifically to white audiences Black people: points out the problem White society: “stop bitching, make something yourself” Black people: creates own networks, award shows, and films and television specifically catered to black audiences and with the express purpose of giving more jobs and better visibilitiy to black artists. White society: “that’s racist, white people don’t have their own channels and award shows; also. . black films? Entertainment should be made for everybody.”
White society: continues to treat blacks as second class and unprotected citizens Black people: CALMLY points out the problem White society: “not our problem” Black people: creates black movement to protest the problem, through which some results finally start showing White society: “that’s divisive, ALL LIVES MATTER… also this is not how you achieve results, you need to be more calm and civil, like my bff MLK!”
Disability as a cosplay prop
I am permanently disabled and use mobility aids. I also cosplay, both disabled characters & able bodied characters. Sometimes I work my mobility aids into the costume, sometimes I don’t. This post is not actually about that. I was speaking to a friend about his Bobby from Supernatural costume. It’s really well done, he looks JUST like Bobby! In the show, Bobby is disabled and uses a wheelchair sometimes. You don’t need a wheelchair to do the character justice, but if you are a wheelchair user it’s cool to have a character to cosplay that is also disabled & saves the day many times in the show. My friend is able bodied & chose to cosplay Bobby sans wheelchair at this year’s DragonCon. Next year he would like to use a wheelchair with the costume, but only in the parade. I’m discussing the pros & cons of this, logistically. If you’ve never pushed yourself in a wheelchair, let me tell you: it is EXHAUSTING. You’re trying to keep up with everyone around you, especially in a parade!! You don’t want to be a burden on others but by the end of it you’re just grateful you don’t have to move your arms again & you’ll let someone push you. Then he said he might rent one for the day and I paused. In my opinion, it’s one thing if you buy a wheelchair to use for photoshoots or whatever, it’s your personal property and as long as you are not lying to people about actually being disabled, or trying to benefit from a false disability claim in some way, it’s not awful. Other disabled people may disagree and that is their right. I only speak for myself, and I only get angry at able bodied people using mobility aids for costumes when they are demeaning or harmful towards disabled people with the usage. Like at events like DragonCon, where thousands of disabled people attend, there is only a finite amount of rentable mobility aids. A good friend of mine became disabled shortly before con, and was unable to rent a chair or scooter because they were sold out. I would hate to think that a single disabled person had to go without so an able bodied cosplayer could tool around in a rented chair for a day. What I’m saying is, if you are an able bodied cosplayer, before you use disability as a prop, please think about how your choices might affect other people. Discuss it with friends, think about what you are doing & why. If you can’t see how it might have a negative effect then go for it! Be respectful of others while having fun in your costume. If you’re literally depriving someone in need for a frivolous reason, please reconsider your options. Do you really NEED a mobility aid for your cosplay? Because some people need them to be mobile, period.