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Vedika. 22. NYC. "There are always going to be things you don’t like about yourself or reasons to compare yourself to others, but once you realize that you only get one you, it’s best to just love yourself.”

[theevangelion]

RE: Naya Rivera

I’ve seen a lot of people be told off for expressing their feelings over this situation by contextualising their sadness through how much the character, Santana Lopez, meant to them.

Naya Rivera is beloved by the LGBTQ* community, a longstanding ally who never dropped the ball, who showed up for us time and time again, who pushed tirelessly behind the scenes for Santana Lopez to have meaningful storylines rather than just flippant derogatory jokes about her homosexuality. 

Naya saw us during a time when nobody saw us, and we saw Naya during a time we had never before seen ourselves depicted on television living full happy lives. The last few days I have been reminded of her kindness and utter humility, whenever she was commended for her contribution towards the progression of LGBTQ* representation on television she never failed to acknowledge the community:

“It has been one of the great blessings in my life to receive such love and touching stories as a result of my portrayal of Santana Lopez on Glee. We are all put on this earth to be a service to others and I am grateful that for some, my Cheerios ponytail and sassy sashays may have given a little light to someone somewhere, who may have needed it. To everyone whose heartfelt stories I have heard or read, I thank you for truly enriching my life.” – Naya Rivera, 2017.

When I saw the headlines I felt instantly transported to being sixteen years old again, to the incredible impact this woman had on my life, and for the first time in longer than I care to admit I shed a tear and hoped for a miracle. Now, I hope for her to find her way home in the most respectful and dignified way possible.

Please, if you see people expressing their sadness or feelings by referencing Santana Lopez, don’t assume it’s virtue signalling or shallow commentary. We understand she was a real human, and I know for me personally it’s because of her humanity and generous kindness to my community that I feel personally touched and saddened by this tragedy.

Thank you, Naya. You didn’t let them make us the butt of the joke, instead you opened the door so we could laugh and share in just a little bit of the glee too.

[michaun]

We are all put on this earth to be a service to others and I am grateful that for some, my Cheerios ponytail and sassy sashays may have given a little light to someone somewhere, who may have needed it. To everyone whose heartfelt stories I have heard, or read I thank you for truly enriching my life.

[tr-apstar]

Yo sure you're a lesbian cuz you do not look like one! Sorry.

if I had a dime for every time I’ve been told this i’d buy a plane to fly to your house and fuck your sister

[pocblog]

[highwaytohell-a]

[femaleintimacy-deactivated20210]

[4i20]

[comedycentral]

Click here to watch more of Jordan Klepper and Jessica Williams’s safety tips for college students from last night’s Daily Show.

[hex-360a1b]

Republicans propose bill making it legal for police to kill protesters

The Indiana state legislature is considering an authoritarian bill that would essentially allow police to kill protesters with zero accountability. Republican senator Jim Tomes introduced Senate Bill 285 in January, though it was given its first committee hearing on Wednesday. The bill authorizes city officials to use “any means necessary” to break up a group of …

[betterbemeta]

The Indiana state legislature is considering an authoritarian bill that would essentially allow police to kill protesters with zero accountability.

Republican senator Jim Tomes introduced Senate Bill 285 in January, though it was given its first committee hearing on Wednesday. The bill authorizes city officials to use “any means necessary” to break up a group of 10 or more protesters blocking traffic, “even to the point of costing lives.”

[butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway]

Keep an eye on this bill. Keep an eye on it’s progress and it’s refutations and it’s inevitable day in court if it gets passed.

This is what I call a canary bill. If it passes both the legislative and judicial branches of the government, it serves as a hallmark on how far gone we are. If it passes the state and is deemed constitutional by the Supreme Court, then we have passed a point from which we cannot return.

Do not forget about this, please.

[thetrippytrip]

at first i thought this was some homophobic shit but then..

[theothersideofthelife]

DYING 😂😂

[lori-em]

She looks like a murderer but man that’s hot.

[transbearsofcolor]

Transgender people who killed themselves due to Trump being President

Chasity Rose - 19, sister, friend. Heart of gold. With hands of steel. Talented; she could sing anything. Artistic; she could draw anything. Murdered by the Donald Trump movement.

Kyla Reeves - 13, Transgender girl with a trans brother. Felt it was necessary to take her own life so that her brother could have his transition after her parents told her that, with this election, they can only afford to focus on one child’s transition.

Tyler Morgan: 16, Nonbinary. Took his own life after being told to do so by his community (a town full of white supremacists and Trump supporters.)

Michelle Earnest: Transgender woman of color, wife, and mother of two children.

Lorie Murrano: Transgender woman of Latin decent, girlfriend, and civil rights activist.

Alex Murrano: Transgender man of Latin decent, brother to Lorie, and civil rights activist.

Madigan Alvarez: Transgender woman of Latin decent, cousin to Lorie and Alex, and communist revolutionary activist.

Aiden Baxley: Transgender son of two white supremacists; boyfriend, brother, father of one son, and civil rights activist.

Reyan Fletcher: Transgender son of two highly supportive and very amazing fathers, fiance, father (fiance is 7 months pregnant), and communist revolutionary activist.

Ituha: A Native American two-spirit, beloved tribes councillor, and mother of three.

R.I.P. Angels

Gone but never forgotten

[chatofeliciano]

And it’s only been 3 days…

[theothersideofthelife]

🙏🏽

[theothersideofthelife]

That good New England sunset ❤️

[profeminist]

[horchata-and-chai]

Leslie Jones is a beautiful woman pass it on

[thugilly]

[theafrosubmissive]

SAY IT LOUD

[crazysmile87]

Word!!

[real-trans-advocacy]

Well it’s probably because no white person alive today actually killed native Americans or owned slaves and that black people are disproportionately the ones who are killing and murdering people despite being a minority in America. But whatever fuck stats

[naturalyfindingme]

^stfu

But also I feel this in my soul like every time me and my friends have a race discussion I bring this up like its wild

[ladytranquility]

@real-trans-advocacy First of all, your original statement is invalid. You said that “no white person alive today actually killed Native Americans.”

Guess what? That’s wrong.

Here are the names of SIX documented (key word: documented) Native Americans shot and killed by police in 2014:

-Joy Ann Sherman (Lakota) -Christina Tahhahwah (Comanche) -Myles Roughsurface (Navajo) -17 year old boy, name withheld by authorities (Hoopa) -Allen Locke (Lakota) -Naverone Christian Landon Woods (Gitxsan First Nation)

So it doesn’t matter that you believe no white people ALIVE killed POC nor was that the point of this post. The important thing is:

YOUR ANCESTORS WERE MURDERERS THAT KILLED NATIVE AMERICANS AND MILLIONS OF OTHER POC.

Period.

And look @ modern times. Y'all STILL continue to murder us EVERYDAY. I cannot tell you how many lives have been unfairly taken, how many hashtags have been created, how many destroyed lives I have seen that come from the crime and terror committed by white people.

We created #BlackLivesMatter to support and uplift ourselves from all the violence and terror committed against us and what do you do? Shout #AllLivesMatter.

But all lives didn’t matter until black lives did.

Black people are literally screaming at the top of our lungs for you to stop killing us, and white people are saying, “But…”

So PLEASE tell me how can you NOT understand our anger??

#Sandra Bland #Eric Garner #Trayvon Martin #Tamir Rice #Michael Brown

Do you want another hashtag of an innocent black life white people have killed?

Pick one.

2015: Jamar Clark (Minneapolis, MN) 2015: India Kager (Virginia Beach, VA) 2015: Christian Taylor (Arlington, TX) 2015: Sam Dubose (Cincinnati, OH) 2015: Sandra Bland (Prairie View, TX) 2015: Icarus Randolph (Witchita, KS) 2015: Freddie Gray (Baltimore, MD) 2015: Walter Scott (North Charleston, SC) 2015: Tony Robinson (Madison, WI) 2015: Anthony Hill (Chamblee, GA) 2014: Akai Gurley (New York, NY) 2014: Tamir Rice (Cleveland, OH) 2014: Victor White III (Iberia Parish, LA) 2014: Dante Parker (San Bernardino County, CA) 2014: Ezell Ford (Los Angeles, CA) 2014: Michael Brown (Ferguson, MO) 2014: Tyree Woodson (Baltimore, MD) 2014: John Crawford III (Beavercreek, OH) 2014: Eric Garner (New York, NY) 2014: Yvette Smith (Bastrop, TX) 2014: Donitre Hamilton (Milwaukee, WI) 2014: Jordan Baker (Houston, TX) 2013: Linwood Lambert (South Boston, VA) 2013: Ryan Stokes (Kansas City, MO) 2013: Barrington Williams (New York, NY) 2013: Carlos Alcis (New York, NY) 2013: Deion Fludd (New York, NY) 2013: Jonathan Ferrell (Bradfield Farms, NC) 2013: Kimani Gray (New York, NY) 2013: Kyam Livingstone (New York, NY) 2013: Larry Eugene Jackson, Jr. (Austin, TX) 2013: Miriam Carey (Washington, DC) 2013: Tyrone West (Baltimore, MD) 2012: Chavis Carter (Jonesboro, AR) 2012: Dante Price (Dayton, OH) 2012: Duane Brown (New York, NY) 2012: Ervin Jefferson (Atlanta, GA) 2012: Jersey Green (Aurora, IL) 2012: Johnnnie Kamahi Warren (Dotham, AL) 2012: Justin Slipp (New Orleans, LA) 2012: Kendrec McDade (Pasadena, CA) 2012: Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell(Cleveland, OH) 2012: Nehemiah Dillard (Gainesville, FL) 2012: Ramarley Graham (New York, NY) 2012: Raymond Allen (Galveston, TX) 2012: Rekia Boyd (Chicago, IL) 2012: Reynaldo Cuevas (New York, NY) 2012: Robert Dumas Jr (Cleveland, OH) 2012: Sgt. Manuel Loggins Jr (Orange County, CA) 2012: Shantel Davis (New York, NY) 2012: Sharmel Edwards (Las Vegas, NV) 2012: Shereese Francis (New York, NY) 2012: Tamon Robinson (New York, NY) 2012: Wendell Allen (New Orleans, LA) 2011: Alonzo Ashley (Denver, CO) 2011: Jimmell Cannon (Chicago, IL) 2011: Kenneth Chamberlain (White Plains, NY) 2011: Kenneth Harding (San Francisco, CA) 2011: Raheim Brown (Oakland, CA) 2011: Reginald Doucet (Los Angeles, CA) 2010: Aaron Campbell (Portland, OR) 2010: Aiyana Jones (Detroit, MI) 2010: Danroy Henry (Thornwood, NY) 2010: Derrick Jones (Oakland, CA) 2010: Steven Eugene Washington (Los Angeles, CA) 2009: Kiwane Carrington (Champaign, IL) 2009: Oscar Grant (Oakland, CA) 2009: Shem Walker (New York, NY) 2009: Victor Steen (Pensacola, FL) 2008: Tarika Wilson (Lima, OH) 2007: DeAunta Terrel Farrow (West Memphis, AR) 2006: Sean Bell (New York, NY) 2005: Henry Glover (New Orleans, LA) 2005: James Brisette (New Orleans, LA) 2005: Ronald Madison (New Orleans, LA) 2004: Timothy Stansbury (New York, NY) 2003: Alberta Spruill (New York, NY) 2003: Orlando Barlow (Las Vegas, NV) 2003: Ousmane Zongo (New York, NY) 2003: Michael Ellerbe (Uniontown, PA) 2001: Timothy Thomas (Cincinnati, OH) 2000: Earl Murray (Dellwood, MO) 2000: Malcolm Ferguson (New York, NY) 2000: Patrick Dorismond (New York, NY) 2000: Prince Jones (Fairfax County, VA) 2000: Ronald Beasley (Dellwood, MO) 1999: Amadou Diallo (New York, NY) 1994: Nicholas Heyward Jr. (New York, NY) 1992: Malice Green (Detroit, MI) 1985: Edmund Perry (New York, NY) 1984: Eleanor Bumpurs (New York, NY) 1983: Michael Stewart (New York, NY) 1981: Ron Settles (Signal Hill, CA) 1979: Eula Love (Los Angeles, CA) 1969: Mark Clark (Chicago, IL) 1969: Fred Hampton (Chicago, IL) 1964: James Powell (New York, NY)

Here are the names of OVER 200 INNOCENT, UNARMED BLACK PEOPLE that have been killed unrightfully by police since 1964.

And this isn’t even the complete list.

To count EVERY SINGLE UNARMED black person killed by police since 1964, you would have well beyond 5,000 PEOPLE.

That’s over 5,000 funerals.

Over 5,000 memorials.

Over 5,000 devastated families.

Over 5,000 burials and cremations.

Over 5,000 broken hearts.

Over 5,000 tears shed.

Over 5,000 memories.

Over 5,000 innocent black lives MURDERED at the hands of white people.

Since 1964. WELL beyond slavery days.

Yes, your ancestors like your great grandparents are long gone. But this is since 50 years ago.

That means your parents, your aunts, your uncles, your grandparents, your cousins, maybe even you yourself if you are old enough were alive and possibly STILL alive to witness this.

But I know you probably don’t care about black lives anyway, most of America doesn’t.

So here are the numbers of NATIVE AMERICANS your people have killed.

The Battle of Wounded Knee - (1890) More than 150 Indigenous men, women and children killed and 51 wounded of the Lakota tribe.

That’s TRIPLE the amount of the number of those killed in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. History (50, Pulse Orlando).

And that’s just one battle.

The OVERALL death toll of Native Americans in total since Christopher Columbus settled in “India”:

95,000,000 to 114,000,000.

Don’t believe me? Research it.

And here’s a very neat and informative website about the genocide of Native Americans by white people for all those screaming, “Source!”: espressostalinist . com

Also, here’s an interesting fact: Native Americans have had the highest mortality rate of any U.S. minority because of U.S. action and policy.

The Holocaust, the genocide of millions of Jews, during WWII was done by guess who?

A white man (Adolf Hitler).

But white people aren’t scary right?

And amazingly enough, us POC still don’t hate ALL white people. But we DO want you to acknowledge our struggle.

The moral of my post (which I’m sure you still won’t get) is this:

If white people can find POC (especially blacks) scary,

Then POC can find white people scary too. :-)

[meetcamilathere]

ladies and gentlemen, queen of drag, Lindsey Morgan