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Free Audiobooks and Ebooks on OVERDRIVE.

Free Graphic Novels (DC, Marvel, Image, etc), Music, TV shows, and music on HOOPLA.

Free music that you can KEEP on FREEGAL

You are PAYING for all this with your tax money - USE THEM. Most likely systems will have all 3 or 2 out of 3, so if you aren’t sure call your local library’s reference/information desk and how you can get set-up or started.

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Helpful links to all of the above:

Overdrive: https://www.overdrive.com/

Hoopla: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

Freegal: https://www.freegalmusic.com/home

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More places to find FREE EBOOKS:

Standard eBooks (basically stuff off of Project Gutenberg, but prettified)

Baen Free Library

Book Bub - Free eBooks and Free Kindle books

Bubblin Books

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Useful if you’re an ebook power user: Calibre

gayerluke

many libraries also give you access to KANOPY which has free movies (mostly documentaries but last i checked Moonlight was on there!)

magicalfreezerbunny

WHAT?!?!

I’m going to my library on monday. no joke…that’s awesome.

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Overdrive has an app called Libby and I love it!

labrownrecluse

Libby is the best tbh

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Black Velvet✨

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Model: @kingkesia

Photographer: @kylebabb

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California high schoolers reportedly created a “n*gger kill list” — but no one has been disciplined

At Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California, every single black student was reportedly put on a “n*gger kill list” created by between six and 10 nonblack students at the school, the Root reported.

Students shared the list on social media, but when those responsible were identified, no one was disciplined, community members say.

A spokesperson from the school district said that “appropriate disciplinary action” had been taken, according to the Root.

The high school is only 0.1% black, and the black community in Cupertino is still seeking justice.

Attorney Richard Richardson filed a lawsuit on behalf of one student on the list, who has since left school amid the racial tensions and threats.

The lawsuit accuses the school’s Fremont Union High School District of violating federal and civil rights claims and state education codes because they did not prevent discrimination against black students nor did they enforce anti-bullying policies.

Other black community leaders have accused the school of not properly notifying the students or parents about the discovery. Read more (6/15/17)

follow @the-movemnt

dynastylnoire

Booooooost

sourcedumal

Oh but I thought we just had to fucking wait for the older generation to die for racism to end?

lagonegirl

This!!!!

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Please help me escape my abusive relationship for good

If you’ve been following me for a while, you more than likely know what’s going on, but for those who don’t know: I’ve been in an extremely toxic, abusive relationship for the past 6 ½ years with my son’s father. We have a 3 year old together. While I did leave him last year, I (stupidly) came back in March under the promises of “things would change” etc etc. He has been emotionally, verbally, physically, sexually, and financially abusive. I am cooperating with the state in applying for all kinds of state assistance I am eligible for. I have an apartment and have our most basic needs covered. I need help with covering rent at the end of the month as I can’t do it by myself (my rent is $936), I have no consistent means of transportation (there is no bus/public transit in the city I live in) and I really realllyyy don’t want to have to allow my abuser into my home just to help cover these bills. I can manage on my own, but I need help getting on my feet and establishing my independence in the time being.

Any resources, encouraging words (I have virtually no support system), or other help is so much appreciated.

My PayPal is [email protected], or PayPal.me/bizaanideewin

Please please don’t send anon hate or criticism, I cannot stress how hard I am struggling with my own guilt and self-blaming right now

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theblasianbarbie

yall really need to stop coddling nonblack people like kylie jenner, zayn, etc. who continue to appropriate black culture and derail conversations about black oppression because they are young like literally yara shahidi is 16 years old and has an understanding of institutionalized oppression, zendaya actively discusses racism and the importance of representation and shes 19, amandla stenberg has been talking about this stuff since they were 15/16 too like…..yall need to stop acting like nonblack people in their late teens and early 20s are ignorant only bc they are young bc when they reach a certain point, you flip it and say “its too late for them to learn now” like honestly, youth is not an excuse when 12 year old tamir rice can get shot in a park, 18 year old michael brown can die with his hands up in the middle of the street, and 17 year old trayvon martin can get shot for holding a bag of skittles and arizona

nonblack privilege is having youth bc when youre black, innocence does not exist because your criminalized from birth

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Kalief Browder was arrested at the age of 16, on charges of robbery (for allegedly stealing a backpack) and imprisoned without conviction for three years.

Unable to post $3,000 bail, Kalief was sent to Rikers Island to await his trial.

After more than 1,000 days at Rikers awainting trial, over 800 of them in solitary confinement, Kalief was released and his case was later dismissed.

In June 2015, Kalief Browder committed suicide by hanging himself. The conditions of his detention were widely seen as having caused his mental condition and five or six prior attempts at suicide while incarcerated.

Kalief was 22 years old when he died.

Venida Browder, 63, the mother of Kalief Browder, died Friday at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx.

She died of a broken heart.

RIP to you both…

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y'all non black girls and white women want to be black women so bad. y'all don’t want to fucking admit it but y'all do ur make up and hair to look like a racially ambiguous or light skinned black girl. and y'all find black men to co-sign that shit. y'all are fucking racist and fucking worthless.

plannedparenthood

We mourn. We remember. We stand with the LGBTQ community against hate and violence.

basketcasemp3

does anyone else feel like….idk how to explain it….like completely disconnected from life around them? constantly going “these are my friends” and “this is my home” and “this is my life” and “this is my body” to remind yourself that you’re not just some timeless floating essence and even those mantras are completely useless and you almost never come down from it and you’re feeling like….everything is real but also completely fake at the same time