[paper-mario-wiki]

scrolling twitter today and then coming over here is like walking out of a burning building and then walking into the calm remains of a building that burnt down 5 years ago and has been reclaimed by nature.

[kkulmoon]

200126 Namjoon broke some hearts 💔

[xasilooni]

“I pray that God will bless you in everything that you do. I pray that you will grow intellectually, so that you can understand the problems of the world and where you fit into, in that world picture. And I pray that all of the fear that has ever been in your heart will be taken out.”

— Malcolm X, El-Ḥajj Mālik El-Shabazz (via theconsciousmuslim)

[ursulaklegun-deactivated2024122]

i know i said “don’t get me started” re: tswift, but it’s too late, i have been started

[ursulaklegun-deactivated2024122]

she’s pivoted to talking vaguely about removing statues and acknowledging privilege in vague reformist ways, now that that’s a good pr decision for anyone with a young fanbase. it’s so hollow. 

i mean, being criticized for a music video where she larped being a colonist in africa wasn’t enough for tswift to address her privilege–which goes way beyond race, given her generational wealth–in any way. being criticized for using black women as props in the video for shake it off wasn’t enough. being criticized for acting personally victimized when nicki minaj pointed out that she and beyonce were snubbed by the mtv vmas in 2015, using the classic white feminist refrain of “pitting women against each other” to paint nicki as the angry aggressive black woman, wasn’t enough. (i’m not even a fan of nicki minaj, so don’t start lecturing me about her wrongdoings. i’m aware.) being criticized for comparing the negativity she receives to homophobia, while appropriating black gay slang, in you need to calm down wasn’t enough. having a very active and large white supremacist fanbase didn’t prompt any meaningful action, either. no, the only thing that could bring tswift to speak out is marketability.

swift built her career on two things: 1) her generational wealth, and 2) being a paragon of all-american white womanhood. pale, blond, skinny, surrounded by a cadre of equally skinny famous women, always the victim of a black woman or man. victimhood is integral to white womanhood; i’m not saying that white women are never victims of injustice, obviously they can be. but to be recognized as a victim of anything in the first place, it helps to be a delicate white cis woman with a mostly family-friendly image and a privileged background. 

swift was country back when growing up on your plutocrat father’s christmas tree farm was a more profitable image. she had a faux rebellious image when that was what sold albums. her visuals and her music change to fit what sells best–more than your average pop star, which is saying something–because her music, her image, all of it, is so tightly calculated to represent the most marketable white girl next door. now that there’s a massive public discussion around racism and being gay or bi is more socially acceptable in the US than ever before, she’s pivoted to surface-level reformist anti-racism (if you can even call it that) and putting rainbows in her visuals.

it is hilarious and kind of surrealistically absurd that so many white gay women think swift might be hinting at being attracted to women and not that they’re being intricately baited by her and karlie kloss’s pr teams. 

[sistertaxon]

straight friend groups are like: *blonde girl* *chad* *the funny one* *kyle* *brunette girl* *frat boy*

gay friend groups are like: *the feminist mom friend* *ex-pro wrestler* *disgraced prince* *living reincarnation of the earth spirit born into the body of a young boy who was frozen in a glacier for a century and awoke to find that his people were the victims of a genocide and he is the sole survivor* *sokka*

[legendoftherisingtide]

It fucking took me till *sokka* to realize what this fucking was im crying i just fucking accepted disgraced prince and living reincarnation bc the gays be like that sometimes but my god yes

[sacredstem]

i love when you have a papercut or something and you go to sleep then wake up and it’s noticeably smaller. cell division <3

[aspergersissues]

[oldearthaccretionist]

THIS!

[notchainedtotrauma]

I’m not subbing anyone nor am I angry nor I am amongst the gays who are bothered by the term “queer” in any ways but can we start calling Angela Davis what she came out as, which is a lesbian ? Quiet as it’s kept, there are only four prominent Black female members of the BPP For Self Defense left: Elaine Brown, Kathleen Cleaver, Assata Shakur, Angela Davis. Of those four, most people know Angela Davis and Assata Shakur, and the latter is a fugitive. I think it’s significant to insist on the fact that Angela Davis is a lesbian, because it breaks up with the typical image of the Black militant woman.

[notchainedtotrauma]

Hey if you could reblog this version instead:

“in the spirit of respecting Angela Davis and correcting misinformation about her it’s important to clarify that she was never a member of the Black Panther Party. she was a member of the Che-Lumumba Club, an all black sub-organization in the Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA). She worked with the Panthers for sure but she’s said that she was always weary of their misogyny, homophobia, and adherence to black nationalism in the early days of the party.this is a mistake a lot of ppl still make bc there was a concerted effort to flatten all black radicals together to cheapen black Americans contributions to marxist thought/practice and american leftism. George Jackson is also known as a Panther even though he founded the Black Guerilla Family the same year as the BPP (1966). These organizations and ppl worked together and built coalitions together but they had deep political and ideological differences.Also, the Panthers abandoned “for Self Defense” around late1967/early1968, after the Mulford Act (67) banned open carry, the adoption of the 10 Point Program (67), the implementation of the survival programs and when the party moved from nationalist politics to internationalism but absolutely we should refer to Angela how she identifies.“ All credits go to @dizzymoods

[kingpinnn]

[thelingerieaddict-deactivated20]

I don’t know music, so I don’t understand what I’m looking at (though I do like it), but I just showed this to my husband, and his jaw hit the floor.

[testimonialpictures-deactivated]

How she do that

[fightcapitalism]

She just shat all over every guitar player in the top 40 with a bent guitar that’s not even tuned correctly (and missing its top e string)

[fiercepierced-deactivated201602]

Oh my goodness. Wow. Ive never seen something so amazing. Who is this woman?

[travissmokes-deactivated2015091]

Make her a superstar.

[alienatedmartian]

This gave me shivers.

[gwynthemoose]

Let this serve as an example that very rarely is there a “correct” way to make music. Traditional fingerings not working for you? Fuck em. Make your own. As long as you’re having fun and producing good sounds, you’re doing it “right”. (YMMV with violins, bagpipes and most wind instruments)

[hearts-hunger]

not to be positive on main but sometimes things really are ok. sometimes you really will be happy and safe and warm. sometimes you really will be giggly and blushy and full of love. sometimes the night is chilly and your home is cozy and your tea is perfectly steeped and your phone lights up with a message from someone you love. sometimes life really is quite lovely.

[coyotesmokebreak]

guys shut the fuck up this is the only thing im gonna talk about for the rest of all time 

(publicly shared video of a sweetheart’s dance from Rodney Stanger on fb)

[marxism-himboism-deactivated202]

— MALCOLM X, “MESSAGE TO THE GRASSROOTS”

[halalameme]

I just really want to say that the BLM movement is not a 2020 disaster by any means. I know a lot of ppl keep saying that this year keeps getting worse but I think that black voices finally being heard is a sign of improvement

[saying]

[sartorialadventure]

Paolo Sebastian, fall 2018-19 haute couture, “The Nutcracker”

[pretentiousfork]

[royaltealovingkookiness]

This is so good!!! I love that their arcs have them survive matching wounds, both caused by Azula and both healed by Katara.

Then there is the symbolism of their placement: Aang’s is on his back, because his main conflict was running away from the destiny he didn’t want and Zuko’s is on his chest, because his main conflict was rushing towards a destiny that he was desparate to embrace.

And the how: Aang got his when he let go of his attachment to Katara to save the world, Zuko got his when he let go of his attachment to the world to save Katara.

[theambassadorposts]