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[operaqueen]

Julie Andrews. 1995.

[kshandra]

…paging @sogeeked to the white courtesy telephone, please…

[miseryxchord]

Well hello, formative influence on my self-identity.❤️‍🔥

[one-time-i-dreamt]

[anthonybourdainpartsunknown]

corrective action

[vague-humanoid]

be the change you want to see in the world

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His name is  Onur Albayrak! Here’s the story.

Hurriyet Daily News reports that Albayrak had been hired to photograph the July 5th wedding at Turgut Özal Nature Park in the eastern Turkish province of Malatya. On the day of, when he noticed that the bride-to-be didn’t look like an adult, he asked the groom her age and learned that she was only 15.

“The groom had come to my studio some two weeks ago and was alone,” Albayrak tells the Daily News. “I saw the bride for the first time at the wedding. She’s a child, and I felt her fear because she was trembling.”

Albayrak then reportedly refused to continue as the wedding photographer and attempted to stop the wedding.

The argument soon turned physical when the groom attacked him as he was attempting to leave, Albayrak says. The photographer ended up breaking the client’s nose in the fight, according to local reports.

Albayrak confirmed the reports in a Facebook post, which has been met with widespread approval, attracting thousands of Likes and hundreds of overwhelmingly positive comments.

“I wish this had never happened, but it did,” Albayrak writes. “And if you were to ask me if I’d do the same thing again, I’d say ‘yes.’ Child brides are [victims] of child abuse and no power on earth can make me photograph a child in a wedding gown.”

The legal minimum age for marriage in Turkey is 18-years-old for both sexes, and child marriage is punishable by imprisonment for men who marry underage girls. Despite being outlawed, however, child marriage is still prevalent in the country and remains a controversial political issue.

[Source] – go read the rest!

[erikacpataki]

this guy is a hero.

btw - let’s remind ourselves, americans, that unlike turkey, in the US the legal minimum age for marriage is only 18 in two states. in alabama, you can be married as young as fourteen years old if you have “parental permission”. in california, you can get married under 18 if you go to counseling, have a parent with you when you apply for the marriage license, and appear before a judge. in some states, there isn’t even a specific minimum age for marriage.

the minimum marriage age for girls in new hampshire is 13 years old.

48 states allow child marriage.

child marriage is not an “over there” problem, it happens right here, legally. any one of us might find ourselves called upon to break somebody’s nose if we encounter something like this occurring. we also have a responsibility to support groups and laws trying to end child marriage in this country.

[previouslysaltyfandombrat]

And often times, it’s not a child marrying another child. It’s a child marrying a much older person. 

Please remember that child marriage is NOT an “over there” or “not here” issue. It’s just not as talked about in the USA. 

[dinkywinks]

this scene from the goes wrong show where they cast two different people as the head and hunky, semi-nude body of the same character during a live theatre production haunts my every waking moment

[mychemicalraymance]

lock me up. throw away the key

[fuckyeahafireinside]

Photos: Jonathan Weiner

Kerrang! Magazine Interview With Davey Havok Of AFI

“Everything ends. And my endings tend to be eternal”: Inside the heart of Davey Havok and AFI’s new chapter

As AFI unveil their new album Bodies, Davey Havok reveals the warring dualities – the dark and the light, the old and the new, the painful endings and the hopeful beginnings – at the heart of their forthcoming release, and what it tells us about himself…

“Everything ends. And my endings tend to be eternal”: Inside the heart of Davey Havok and AFI’s new chapter — Kerrang!

As AFI unveil their new album Bodies, Davey Havok reveals the warring dualities – the dark and the light, the old and the new, the painful e

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ITS MINGUS

[miseryxchord]

California GOP: Committing Election Fraud To Own The Libs

After Complaining About Voter Fraud, the California GOP Commits Election Fraud

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/california-republicans-drop-boxes-ballot-harvesting-fraud.html

“The Republican Party routinely insists that California is a hotbed of voter fraud. For proof, they point to the fact that voters are allowed to hand over their ballots to another person who submits them on their behalf. The California GOP decries this practice as “ballot harvesting” and attacks its legality to delegitimize election results. This year, some California Republicans went further: Some GOP operatives set up ballot drop boxes that are falsely marked “official,” encouraging voters to place their ballots in these phony boxes. These Republicans appear to have committed felony election fraud.“

Keep reading

[miseryxchord]

CA GOP is refusing to take them down and allegedly plans to double the number of boxes they already have up (someone reported that they ordered 100 boxes). They're essentially daring the State of California to stop them.

Besides the fact that they're trying to justify this under a state law that allows you to designate an individual (person) to drop off your ballot for you (which both parties sign off on, on the actual ballot), and that the security of these boxes is extremely questionable (real ballot boxes weigh 1000 pounds, are bolted to a cement slab, and are under 24/7 surveillance), having some unknown entity accessing and collecting ballots from these boxes utterly compromises the security and privacy of your ballot.

[miseryxchord]

California GOP: Committing Election Fraud To Own The Libs

After Complaining About Voter Fraud, the California GOP Commits Election Fraud

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/california-republicans-drop-boxes-ballot-harvesting-fraud.html

"The Republican Party routinely insists that California is a hotbed of voter fraud. For proof, they point to the fact that voters are allowed to hand over their ballots to another person who submits them on their behalf. The California GOP decries this practice as “ballot harvesting” and attacks its legality to delegitimize election results. This year, some California Republicans went further: Some GOP operatives set up ballot drop boxes that are falsely marked “official,” encouraging voters to place their ballots in these phony boxes. These Republicans appear to have committed felony election fraud.“

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"Republicans do not understand how Democrats “harvest” ballots. The California Democratic Party hires both volunteers and paid staff to collect completed ballots directly from voters. These individuals cannot be paid per ballot under state law. They often focus on underserved communities whose members may face hardships that make it difficult for them to personally return their own ballot. Setting up drop boxes and falsely labeling them “official,” by contrast, is not legal “ballot harvesting.” It’s likely a criminal offense. California law strictly regulates the creation and use of ballot boxes and bars private citizens from establishing them. Moreover, the statute that allows third parties to collect ballots requires voters to formally “designate” the “person” who will return their ballot to election officials. This person must sign the ballot envelope and provide both their name and relationship to the voter. Republicans do not seem to have followed these rules when collecting ballots.”

“On Sunday, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla issued guidance to county elections officials explaining that the fake ballot box scheme is “prohibited by state law.” He added that participants may be guilty of election fraud, a felony offense punishable by two to four years in prison. In an email on Monday, Padilla told me he is “coordinating with local officials to address the multiple reports of unauthorized ballot drop boxes.” He urged voters to “never hand your ballot over to someone you don’t trust.” Padilla, along with Attorney General Xavier Becerra, also sent a cease and desist order to the California Republican Party, as well as the county Republican parties of Fresno, Los Angeles, and Orange County—demanding that they remove their fake drop boxes. At a Monday press conference, Becerra warned that some Republican officials have indicated that they “may not be prepared or willing to remove those boxes.””

California GOP installed unofficial ballot drop-off boxes. State officials say they’re illegal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/12/california-illegal-ballot-boxes/

“Operating unofficial ballot drop boxes — especially those misrepresented as official drop boxes — is not just misleading to voters, it’s a violation of state law,” California Secretary of State Alex Padilla told The Post in an email. “My office is coordinating with local officials to address the multiple reports of unauthorized ballot drop boxes. Californians should only use official ballot drop boxes that have been deployed and secured by their county elections office."

[miseryxchord]

Turns out he’s still slightly alive.

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Women Self Defense in 1947

[littlekiwi37-archive]

I’m not sure what’s the best part of this video: the fact that she’s in heels, the fact that she does the whole thing looking like she don’t give a fuck, that chick in the back just exercising and enjoying the show, or the fact that both men and women are observing this and the girls are laughing and the guys look concerned/pensive as fuck as they watch all their tactics get shut down like nothing is even happening.

[slenders1ckn3ss]

… msties is it just me or is this familiar?

[leaper182]

Some of these are moves I haven’t seen before.

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Some of this looks similar to the self defense I learned in a course three or four years ago. It’s definitely got some judo in it (arm bars, throws, fighting to and from the ground). I love this lady. She is rad. I feel like she, much like the rad lady I had as my self defense teacher, would also warn the women that if they don’t think they can gouge out someone’s eyes, don’t start trying because you’ll attack better with something you can follow through on.

[satanstrousers]

crimelords I’m sorry I couldn’t not reblog this for you

[i-feel-fantastic-deactivated202]

The cheerful music makes it even better

[sadfatmummy]

This is kind of peppy.

[mooncustafer]

I’m no expert, but I’m wondering if these are W. E. Fairbain’s techniques— he was a legendary fight instructor, and he’d published a self-defence handbook for women in the 1940s.

[fuckyeahasexual]

So if you lived in a society where you had to secure your communication in order to be yourself around others, here are the apps that could help you do that.

[fuckyeahasexual]

Signal let’s you securely text and make phone calls.

Onion Browser allows you to surf the web without leaving a trail.

Duck Duck Go isn’t super secure but it won’t record your searches like Google.

ProtonMail is a email client that lets you email other secure email accounts.

Periscope allows you to stream live video.

Semaphor is there so you can securely make group chat rooms.

American privacy laws allow you to use these all. So that’s pretty cool.

[beaniebaneenie]

Because we’re currently living in the prologue of a cyberpunk dystopian novel, imma reblog this.

[winterayars]

FYI the feds can crack Signal when they’re sufficiently motivated, which means the rest of these are probably also done. Not to say you shouldn’t use them–you should–but don’t go around thinking you’re immune to snooping.

[queeranarchism]

True. These things delay, put up barriers that make you harder to follow and it takes more work and time to decrypt your messages.

That’s useful if you wanna pass on information that only needs to be hidden for a short time but if you need communication to stay secret forever no matter how hard the state tries, don’t use the internet at all. There is no encryption that is going to stay uncrackable forever.

[antivertigo]

pay attention to that last sentence. there’s a fallacy in thinking that if you lock something, it’s safe forever. in truth a lock is a deterrent, and anyone sufficiently determined will get through, it’s simply a matter of time and a lock makes it take longer.

think about what you want encrypted, and why, and what lengths you’re willing to go to, to keep it that way

[fuckyeahasexual]

When locking your phone use a pin, not your fingerprint or face. You’re pin is safe under the law, your fingerprint and face are not. Again, they are meant to delay things to keep you safer.

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[onlyniceandgaystuff]

some highlights

[darlingdany]

@blinksinbewilderment it’s two of ur favorite things: eggs and cats 

[spooniepumpkin]

Lulu is also the cat in this picture. He is an unstoppable force.

[wilwheaton]

[miseryxchord]

lolz

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[laughingsquid]

Vintage Deyrolle Style Posters of Curious Creatures