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tia // 18!! // hufflepuff // super intoI TAZ and TRC // art tag is Tia Draws ICON BY @britishdaydreaminggirl

[nuckdewton]

most tv characters are archetypally colour coded- find out yours here!

a fun quiz I made, with a recommended playlist at the end :)

(find out which colour you represent the most!!)

[theslaybymic]

If hair braiding isn’t taught in many beauty schools, why does the government force black women to go (and pay thousands) to get a cosmetology license? What’s worse is not doing so could result in a $10,000 fine and a year in prison. Since the 1990s, the Institute for Justice has been fighting for hair braiders — and a new legal showdown in Iowa could be their biggest yet.

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[micdotcom]

“Of Iowa’s 27 cosmetology schools, not one school offers specific coursework on natural hair care for black women or braiding in particular.”

[cratercreator]

Update, they won:

African Hair Braiding No Longer a Crime in Iowa Thanks to Two Black Women Who Fought Back

Braiders in Iowa no longer need to get a cosmetology license to plait customers’ hair. Thanks to two Black women who brought a lawsuit again

Braiders in Iowa no longer need to get a cosmetology license to plait customers’ hair. Thanks to two Black women who brought a lawsuit against the state with a non-profit public interest law firm, stylists who practice unlicensed braiding will not face jail time. Aicheria Bell and Achan Agit filed and won a civil suit against the midwestern state with the Institute for Justice.

A law enacted July 1 made braiders exempt from Iowa’s cosmetology licensing laws. Before then, anyone who braided hair without taking 2,100 hours of courses at a cosmetics school – which can cost at least $20,000 – to obtain a license could be subjected to a misdemeanor charge. The citation was punishable by up to one year in prison. Now, braiders will simply need to register with the state.

[august-landry]

magic. it’s a cheap word now. put a quarter in the slot and get a magic trick for you and your friends. most people don’t remember what it is. it is not cutting a person in half and pulling a rabbit out. it is not sliding a card from your sleeve. it’s not are you watching closely?

[dykejeanjacket]

Please may a girl lie on top of me like a weighted blanket

[iridessence]

if you don’t think plus size bodies are capable of being divine, you have my pity. I see our shapes in the swells of fluffy clouds, the folds of luxurious and tufted pillows, round like pearls, but soft as cream. plush, warm, soothing to the touch. big bodies are like returning home.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[whitepeopletwitter]

[volcainist]

im on the floor

[mouseonvenus-deactivated2020053]

straight men in polygon’s comment sections when they see brian’s painted nails

[mouseonvenus-deactivated2020053]

[nightingem]

[nothing-more-than-hot-leaf-juice]

This moment in Sozin’s Comet where Toph and Sokka think ‘this is it, we’re going to die, we did everything we could’ is heartbreaking for so many reasons. Because it’s tragic and seems final and they were just kids. Sokka holding on to Toph with all his strength even though his leg is broken and Toph putting all her trust in Sokka because he’s the only thing saving her? Devastating. But can we think about something for a second? 

Can we think about how the last time Toph saw her parents they rejected her and wanted to put her in a box, hide her away from society rather than accept who she was. How she thought she was going to see her mom in Ba Sing Se but got locked in a small cage where she couldn’t bend. How she decided she hated them but deep down actually missed them despite everything. 

How she still wanted to have them in her life and did miss them and took the small step to send them a letter. That was the last time she interacted with her parents and for all we know, she never heard back. Hawky didn’t return. She never got her reply. Toph never got to know if her parents wanted her back. 

She could have died without anything resembling catharsis or closure. She’s crying as Sokka tells her “it looks like this is the end” and she believes him. That was going to be it. After everything they went through, they weren’t going to make it out alive. 

And then Sokka? 

The last time he saw Hakoda was in The Southern Raiders. They barely had time to spend with each other after The Boiling Rock and they didn’t even get a full goodbye. All they got was Hakoda telling them “it’s not forever” and a quick hug in the heat of battle. Sokka was so sure they were going to see each other again because he didn’t know about the plans for the comet and he didn’t know what was going to happen in the coming weeks. 

And right here? He could have died with this being the last time he talked to Hakoda. Sokka could have died with only this fleeting moment as the last time he talked to his dad. That could have been the end of it after years of separation with only a few weeks together in all those years.  

And they were kids.They shouldn’t have had to be the ones to save the world. They shouldn’t have had to invent metalbending or save their father from a high security prison or march into battle without knowing if they would live or die. 

Toph and Sokka were so sure they were going to die in this moment. They were so sure the quick goodbyes and attitudes that ‘it’s not forever’ were all they were going to get to leave behind to their parents. They thought they were going to die and had no idea if Suki or Aang would come out of it okay. They had no way of knowing if Zuko or Katara would live. And they never got the chance to get anything close to resembling closure with their parents. 

They just had this trust in each other. Just this grip. That’s all they were left with in the end. Because the world never protected them the way they protected the world. 

[guerrillatech]

[anistarrose]

here’s how rainer’s lich dad being barry bluejeans can still win —

[supernovaegf]

y'all: i love wearing baggy clothes that don't show my form and being completely shapeless!

also y'all: get uncomfortable around muslim women wearing an abaya/jilbab/other loose clothes that do the SAME THING

[supernovaegf]

pandemic addition! i’ve seen a lot of people talk about how they like wearing masks because they feel anonymous/not perceived/”like a ninja” and i know a lot of muslim women have discussed the irony behind mandating masks while banning niqabs, but i better not hear anyone talk about being uncomfortable with niqabis when this is over.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

the fact that society trains women from a young age to be excited about spending thousands of dollars on a dress they will wear in public once…feels a lot like cultural brainwashing 

[0grayspider0]

you put in the tags wedding but like also prom, and home coming, and basicly every dance ever

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

psst. it’s the capitalism 

[twitblr]

The dehumanization of our people is real

[lotad]

dont let my erection fool you i am actually very sad

[wilderwraith]

I’ve been thinking about Argo’s hair a lot