I Killed The Avon Lady

I'm so nice it hurts... other people. Also, I survived high school, several apocalypses, and a herd of stampeding alpacas.† I post whatever I want. Don't like it? Tough.† #PrayingForTheBasics Recently 23, male, annoyed by the world, and No Doubt stan 'til I die. Monster, as well. Pop Art and pop-tarts; Andy Warhol, Lord Byron and Coleridge. Awesomeness, copacetic, and kitsch. †"You'll love me. I promise."† SLYTHERIN { wear }

[nexttrickanvils]

*Sees the Dislikes*

UM EXCUSE YOU GAME!? WHAT THE FUCK!?

[meebochii]

People: [fangirling over the divine dragon]

Alear: Uh... could you not?

[shadovvlurking]

[satanasaeternus]

Thomas Satterwhite Noble (1835 - 1907) Skull Wearing a Wreath of Flowers

[o-ceti]

my one skill is expertly manipulating the shape of the eggs I’m cooking so that they fit perfectly onto my toast every time

[o-ceti]

Bow down to your king

[o-ceti]

I can’t stop outdoing myself

[crying-over-really-dumb-things]

Remember that post? The one that said “what if we all have super powers but they’re so mundane we don’t realize?” That post? This is proof that post was right

[yekkes]

Pride month reminder: Making fun of the Shatnez laws (the Jewish biblical prohibition of mixing wool and linen in the same garment) and using them as an example of why biblical homophobia is stupid is antisemitic. Many Jews still practice this and it's not a "crazy weird thing!" It's something Jews actually practice in real life and your ignorance is actively harmful when you're punching down on Jewish practice lol please fuck off

[yekkes]

I would encourage LGBT gentiles to reblog this

[juicetrump2]

[partisan-by-default]

(x) and a bit more detail:

[parlezvousladybug]

A whooooooole lot of evangelical places should get shut down

[afeelgoodblog]

“May I?” “You may.”

[callemreine]

I saw this last month on twitter and took a screenshot! Heres an addition

[oriolida]

[fuck-usag]

Sometimes real life beats the shit out of movies can you imagine LIVING THIS

[chiliger]

What's another few minutes of rest?

Avatar Zuko AU

Part 22

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[theanishimori]

Source: [X]

TL;DR – Twitter thread by a library worker on a news article about a woman who pulled hundreds of books out of a library dumpster and donated them to an underserved school. THOSE BOOKS WERE THROWN OUT FOR A REASON. Like outdated science, racism, and misogyny. #ContextMatters 

[thepunchingbag]

Sorry, book burning is ALWAYS bad.

Listen, even if the books are legit crap and promote the most horrible things in the world, I am against burning them. The kids should be able to read these books - with the understanding that these books are flawed and have racism/misogyny within them. And maybe it’s a good opportunity to teach them how to recognize propaganda and misinformation? Or to see how outdated science can evolve?

But book burning is the wrong move. Always will be. Don’t go down this road, it will end up backfiring.

[sir-libearian]

… books being discarded by a library is not equivalent to being burned or banned. To even be considered for removal, books will either be in very bad physical shape or will be ones no one has checked out in several years, or will be replaced by newer editions of the same biok. Copies of these books still exist in archives with the express purpose of being preserved, and can be gotten by the library through inter library loan if someone wants to read them.

Weeding and discard of books are very thorough processes, and as the thread says books in good condition that would be useful elsewhere are donated, or sometimes sold to fundraise for the library. Many libraries will also have a cart of free books for people to take if they want.

If, after all this work, and evaluation, and opportunities for reuse, a book is placed in a dumpster, it’s because it isnt needed or useful anywhere else.

Again, this is not the same thing as banning books or burning them. If that were the case we’d be talking about stuff like trumps autobiographies, not outdated books from the 70s that haven’t been circulating.

[xargon]

I also want to jump in to say that book burning is only bad because of the environmental impact. Book destruction however is fine. There are so many books that can and should be destroyed, from outdated textbooks and dictionaries, to phone directories, to books that are falling apart at the spine. 

Just because something is a book, that doesn’t make it holy.

[trevorme]

Six Witches: Ruth Gordon as Minnie Castevet / “Rosemary’s Baby”

[being-for-the-benefit-of-rock]

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

[babyanimalgifs]

[ororomunroedontpullout]

I love seeing videos of pandas being manhandled

[blackfemmejeanvaljean]

he loves you give him a hug you monster

[msburgundy-but-worser-deactivat]

whoever said diamonds are a girl’s best friend clearly has never met ibuprofen

[professorsparklepants]

diamonds can buy many ibuprofen

[starshipcaptainjojo]

explain how

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source

[kaijubluu]

So.

Another 751 unmarked graves were found at a Saskatchewan residential school.

Seven hundred fifty one.

[kaijubluu]

This school, The Marieval Indian Residential School, operated from 1899 to 1997.

It was one of the last residential schools to close in Canada. One of more than 130. 

In case you didn’t know, residential schools were created to “cleanse” the people of Canada. These schools operated from 1831, when the Mohawk Institute Residential School opened, to 1996, when residential schools were finally outlawed.

That is 166 years of cultural genocide.

An estimated 150 000 children attended these schools, and an estimated 6 000 children died at these schools (current records of death are incomplete) 

These children were beaten, sexually abused, even experimented on. They were treated like prisoners, like they were sub-human. 

A child’s likelihood of dying in a residential school was one in twenty-five. In comparison, a Canadian World War 2 soldier’s odds of dying were one in twenty-six. 

I am not Indigenous. I cannot pretend to know how painful this may be. But what I can do is speak out. This inhumane treatment of citizens of Canada must be condemned. 

The government of Canada, and The Catholic Church, must. make. reparations. 

[guerrillatech]

[peel-a-potato-with-a-potato]

I saw this on Facebook a while ago and a friend pointed out that the text on the bottom is very important. As it turns out, they aren't actually paying $18/hr for the life of your career there. It's a temporary thing, like 3 months or so, and then they drop your pay to minimum wage. It's another tactic to take advantage of people because that's all capitalism is really capable of.

[yinx1]

Y’all make sure you check that asterisk BEFORE applying.