Figure It Out

INFJ / UW-La Crosse '15 / Ethnic Studies Graduate Student @ MNSU / Pioneer Color Guard 2011-2014 / Lux Independent Winter Guard 2016

[theforce]

name one native american intellectual off the top of your head, name one native american actor or actress off the top of your head, name one native american senator, one native american news anchor, or an author or a tv personality or a singer or a poet or a comedian, name a single native american teacher you’ve had, can you? probably not 

ok so now think of one native american cartoon character you know of or a sports team relating to native americans whether it’s their actual name or their team logo, or a town you live in or near with a “native” name bet a lot of these things came to you right away i bet you didn’t even have to think 

needing native representation in media, education and government are not decoy issues, the commercialization and appropriation of native cultures are not decoy issues, the lack of native representation is institutional oppression at work 

[travelingstargazer]

White people specifically need to reblog this, I don’t CARE if it makes you uncomfortable–that’s the point. Listen to Native voices about Native issues PLEASE

[bimbocracy]

every single negative stereotype about women was dreamt up by men who were projecting. fight me about it.

[bimbocracy]

“women can’t drive”

It is so well known that women are better and safer drivers than men that OUR CAR INSURANCE RATES ARE LOWER. Women get into fewer accidents, get fewer DUIs, and receive fewer speeding tickets than men.

“women never shut up”

Several scientific studies have shown that not only do men talk more than women, they also think that women have been talking for much longer than they actually have. Men interrupt and talk over women, dominate conversations, and still think women talk too much.

“women are shallow”

Lol next

“my wife is my ball and chain lmao”

Multiple studies have shown that marriage between men and women: Increases male lifespan, decreases female lifespan Decreases male depression rates, increases female depression rates Decreases male stress levels, increases female stress levels Increases male health and happiness, decreases female health and happiness Increases a man’s chance of getting a raise or promotion, decreases a woman’s chances of getting a raise or promotion

“women are too emotional”

Men love to say this about women after hurting them, in order to shift the blame and dismiss their feelings in one go. In reality, women are taught to hold our tongues and control ourselves quite literally from birth. We’re taught to put men’s needs and wants ahead of our own emotions regardless of the personal cost. Men are taught to do more or less whatever the fuck they want to women. Men take their emotions out on women while women are expected to shove theirs down.

I could go on and on but I don’t really think I need to.

[please-unfollow-this-blog]

“women can’t drive” (The Guardian) (CBS News) (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)

“women talk to much” (PBS, resources included)

“women are shallow” (just read the book, Dataclysm. by okcupid founder (?) that includes data about sex, gender, race, in finding online romantic partners)

“ball and chain” (University of London)

for all you pissbabies crying about sources

[swishyfins-blog]

You've heard of "Thanks Obama", now get ready for

“Dammit Donald”

[rulenumbernine]

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[rulenumbernine]

If the Zodiac Killer could do his thing and target Donald, that’d be great.

[nypost]

NYU students who back Trump afraid to show their faces. 

“They’re afraid of losing friends, being ridiculed in class, getting worse grades and are even afraid of being assaulted and physically hurt.”

[railroadsoftware]

good

[lingeringfingers]

no, not good. because if we hate them as much as Trump and his supporters hate certain groups, we are no better than they are.

[railroadsoftware]

yeah I am

[fandomshateblackpeople]

“if you hate these bigots you’re just as bigoted as they are”

[bogleech]

This “we’re no better than them” mentality makes the critical mistake that hate itself is the problem.

Hate is not the problem. At all. Hate can be constructive. Hate can be defensive and come from righteous outrage.

The problem is irrational hate towards innocent people.

Hating a racist is COMPLETELY fucking different from hating a race. A whole race didn’t do anything wrong. A racist did. Hating the racist is 100% proportionate, justifiable retaliation.

[thepunkprophet]

Fucking. Mic. Drop.

[rainnecassidy]

The reason that hate groups like the Klan have been driven so near to extinction is because of this exact thing. It became unfashionable to be publicly racist, and the backlash against those kinds of groups became unbearable for them. It drove them out of the limelight and into the very fringes of society.

This postmodern “hating the hate makes you just as bad” bullshit is what’s allowing them to re-prosper.

Fuck that.

Expose them. Make them lose their friends. Ridicule them in classes. If you can get away with it, beat their asses. Show them what it means that we will not go back to that way of life again. It’s time for the racists to be the ones who live in fear.

[i-eat-men-like-air]

Hating bigotry does not a bigot make.

[kindbloodedarlanna-deactivated2]

Imma just leave this here

[lotad]

[kittyspellbound]

Is this real 😱👏

[r0secolor3d]

IT IS

[fandomsandfeminism]

….This is real. God damn.

[valeria2067]

Hey, Mr. & Mrs. Alcorn: The flipping Vice President of the United States just publicly recognized your DAUGHTER by HER real name. Chew on that.

[gehayi]

Confirmed. This is real, and here is the link.

[nyxara]

this is so nice

[baeron-tveit]

[surlydad76]

It’s like going to see RENT and complaining about someone bringing up gay rights

[ralphspina-blog1]

I really enjoyed Jesus Christ Superstar until it got all religious :/

[surlydad76]

Next To Normal was great until they wouldn’t stop with all the mental illness stuff

[ralphspina-blog1]

You know what other show really shoehorned in politics where they weren’t needed? Evita.

[popculturebrain]

Into The Woods was my favorite until they went and ruined it with fairy tales

[blindbee]

[avodaco]

me when i get my student loan

[g8dtier]

this is the money cat. reblog in 30 seconds and you will find yourself with more wealth

[strikercorbie]

#this is the only money cat i will reblog because it’s actually doing the manekineko pose151,646 notes (via lolwhutninja)

OMG YOU’RE RIGHT

[nonespark-blog]

and it has its right paw up! the correct paw for this. and from the markings on its ears, it looks like it might be a calico cat. which is the luckiest kind!

[carrionbeast]

extremely lucky cat

[ladynorbert]

I don’t even care if it actually works, I’m mostly reblogging because it’s freaking adorable.

[sweet-cherry-fairy-deactivated2]

cute cat and need money, good post, 10/10

[allthenamesilikearetaken]

in case anyones interested in the other versions

http://www.namaii.com/manekineko/maneki-neko-types.html

[mmusclechan]

Y’know I reblogged this a bit ago and was saved from financial probation and getting kicked out of school because of it, just mere months from graduation. Got a call from the financial aid advisor telling me that they made a mistake with filing my account (or some other sort of clerical error) and said that, basically, they owe me money. Welp.

[winjennster]

Last time I reblogged the money cat, I won two $100 gift cards at work.

[the-perks-of-being-black]

[williamhandler]

Republicans are literally the dumbest people I’ve ever met.

[coffiocake]

The Birds Have Spoken

[no-chill-at-all]

[hormoaning2-deactivated20170617]

“Planned Parenthood confirmed that yes, people are putting their money where their tweets are. Of 160,000 donations made to Planned Parenthood since the election, 20,000 have been made in Mike Pence’s name, according to a spokesperson. That’s 12.5 percent of all donations.”

loves it

[lemonstars]

From what I’ve understood, making them IN his name is a bad idea—Planned Parenthood donations are tax deductible, and he may end up with a tax write-off.

From the PP site: “Your contribution to Planned Parenthood Federation of America is tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowable.”

When donating, select the box which says “Yes, my gift is in honor or in memory of someone special.”

Making them out to Mike Pence in the “IN HONOR” section still gets a notification to his office, while not running the risk of giving him any tax deductions. Plus, you’ll get a deduction for yourself.

[prokopetz]

Nope - American federal tax law specifically forbids “giving away” charitable deductions. Donating in someone else’s name has no effect whatsoever on who gets to claim the resulting tax deduction. Mike Pence would be committing tax fraud if he attempted to claim a writeoff for donations made in his name by third parties.

[heartbeatemoji]

any white at a protest who tries to go against police and deliberately provoke a response from them is not to be trusted and does not have the safety of black and brown people in mind.

[telegantmess]

there is a good chance that they are police too. if anyone, especially a white dude, ever randomly gets your attention and conspiratorially tries to convince you to jump a police officer, then dude is a cop. They have been using this technique and script for at least 30 years.

[prasejeebus]

I’m on the fucking floor

[pokemoneggs-deactivated20150801]

high school musical 2s “I dont dance” is a metaphor for homosexuality/bisexuality and here’s why:

in the song, dancing (stereotypically associated with women and gay men) represents same-gender attraction and the more “masculine” sport, baseball, represents heterosexuality. Ryan tells chad “I’ll show you that it’s one and the same” - that being gay is as valid as being straight, and that it is nothing to be ashamed of. ryan is clearly proud of being able to dance

Ryan encourages chad to “swing like him”, bearing in mind ryan is strongly implied to be gay and the word swing is often used with regards to sexuality, ie “I don’t swing that way”

Chad displays a stereotypical masculine bravado, he is clearly trying to impress Ryan, he tells him “I’ve got what it takes… so you better spin that pitch you’re gonna throw me”, while reasserting his definite heterosexuality, he adds “I’ll show you how I swing”

Chad also implies that he experiences gay feelings but represses them. When ryan tells him “You’ll never know if you never try”, chad replies “there’s just one thing that stops me every time”. this shows his fear of social rejection and his own internalised homophobia

as the song progresses this becomes more obvious, chad goes from saying he “doesn’t” dance to saying he “can’t” even though it is clear that he is actually a good dancer while also being skilled at baseball

from this we can guess that chad is bisexual and that ryan is either bisexual or gay, though we can assume his preference lies with men at this point

on top of this there is the obvious underlying sexual tension running throughout the song. they switch between confrontational and flirty; there’s a lot of smiling and eyebrow waggling going on, and when they do dance they get all up in each others personal space

the song ends with ryan falling on top of chad. in the following scene, they are wearing each other’s clothes

[venusianbarbie]

THIS TEA!! THIS EXPOSÉ!!

[theawesomeadventurer]

Why does no one recognize the KKK as an actual terrorist group??? As an actual WHITE and CHRISTIAN and AMERICAN terrorist group?? Is it because they’re white? Is it because they’re Christian? Is it because they’re American? Or is it all three? Hm……….Guess we’ll never know………………

[theawesomeadventurer]

Keep reblogging this please I’m getting so much hate from racists it’s hilarious

[realdowntomarsgirll-deactivated]

I think the southern poverty law center does