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U sleep with like 3 girls and u think u have the authority to comment on their labia lips like lmaoaoaoaoaooaoaa byebyebyebuebye

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I like my men 6 feet, racialized and woke

[wayfarerofnight]

When u realize you haven't taken your birth control pills......

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[satorugojjo]

So Coldplay’s new video for “Hymn for the Weekend” is set in Mumbai and it features a wonderfully vibrant city full of color, laughter and happiness on the day of Holi (the festival of colors). Beyonce wears Indian-inspired clothing designed by an Indian who wanted to depict India in a fun and different way. And you can tell that people commenting on YouTube know nothing about cultural appropriation. Me and my Indian friends loved this video. Hundreds of Indians loved this video. And yet, people are accusing them of cultural appropriation when the truth is, the video shows Mumbai in a fantastic way, portraying the vigor and life of Indian cities without stereotypes. It was a video about Holi, and all the elements were there: temples, colors, fireworks, mythical plays, oil lamps.

This is not cultural appropriation. This is not wearing a bindi cuz “it’s cool”. This is Beyonce wearing Indian-inspired fashion designed by an Indian designer in a video where she is herself in a movie called Rani (Queen). This is wonderful! It shows my country in a beautiful light, it shows Western singers and actresses actually respecting my culture, my fashion, my festivals, and being a part of it with assistance from Indian people themselves. This did not whitewash locals, or stereotype them into Mumbai slums. This portrayed all the brilliant and beautiful things that you see during times of festivities around India. Please, please stop acting as if you think it offends us when it doesn’t. And if it does offend some people, I’m extremely sorry. You must have your own valid reasons, but in this case I believe it’s a personal thing. However, please don’t speak “for the majority of Indians” because so many of us do like it and believe it’s a celebration of authentic Indian culture during Holi. Stop trying to force social justice on everything, especially when for a change India is represented in an authentic and non-Hollywood manner when it’s never portrayed well. I understand that she is not a part of my culture, but I believe in this case, it’s more appreciation than appropriation.

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I personally think there was nothing wrong with the video

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Photos from the other day

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[ilovepeppers-deactivated2019122]

boys are a great concept but it’s jus not realistic

[rihlouded]

Oprah asks Rihanna what kind man she want in her life

[forgottengenres]

Ayn Rand Should Have Gotten Therapy Instead of Writing ‘Atlas Shrugged’

Today is Ayn Rand’s birthday. I wonder how she acted on her birthday. Was she extra selfish? Did she see it as a celebration of the self, or just another reminder that she’d one day die?

Her books and more accurately her ideology are still very much alive, but is that really a good thing? Her books took the political idea of limited government, pro-entrepreneurship, self-reliance, and turned them into an ideology. Atlas Shrugged reads more like a religious text parable than a work of fiction, someone full of anger and great trauma having a therapy session for 1000 pages.

Authors can use fiction as self-therapy and sometimes they create a beautiful story, but Ayn Rand is not one of those authors. She should have gotten therapy instead of writing Atlas Shrugged.

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New Nightly Show contributor Franchesca Ramsey can’t believe Hillary Clinton’s calling herself progressive.

Watch more on the Iowa caucus results here.

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[khofnak-deactivated20160409]

Academics. scholars, artists, musicians, etc. all contribute to/help maintain empires/imperialism. Said and Spivak make this very clear with their criticism of Jane Austen’s work, arguing that her novels were part of the British imperial imagination, and that she was an integral part of shaping the very Imperialist/Orientalist culture. So, my criticism extends to all people who benefit from/help maintain imperialism, and that can come in various forms. Often if you’re not working against imperialism, producing counter-knowledge, etc. you’re helping maintain it. I don’t underhand the argument that anti-imperialism criticism should only extend to politicians. 

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Yes it bothers me. But one day it won’t.

(via egyptianprincess)

[wayfarerofnight]

Its like the guys I date will never know how funny/ dirty I am because their humor is lame af

[mudras]

I SAID I LOVED YOU AND I WANTED GENOCIDE TO STOP I SAID I LOVED YOU AND I WANTED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND REACTION I SAID I LOVED YOU AND I WANTED MUSIC OUT THE WINDOWS I SAID I LOVED YOU AND I WANTED NOBODY THIRST AND NOBODY NOBODY COLD I SAID I LOVED YOU AND I WANTED I WANTED JUSTICE UNDER MY NOSE I SAID I LOVED YOU AND I WANTED BOUNDARIES TO DISAPPEAR I WANTED NOBODY ROLL BACK THE TREES! I WANTED NOBODY TAKE AWAY DAYBREAK! I WANTED NOBODY FREEZE ALL THE PEOPLE ON THEIR KNEES! I WANTED YOU I WANTED YOUR KISS ON THE SKIN OF MY SOUL AND NOW YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME AND I STAND DESPITE THE TRILLION TREACHERIES OF SAND YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME AND I HOLD THE LONGING OF THE WINTER IN MY HAND YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME AND I COMMIT TO FRICTION AND THE UNDERTAKING OF THE PEARL YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME AND I HAVE BEGUN I BEGIN TO BELIEVE MAYBE MAYBE YOU DO I AM TASTING MYSELF IN THE MOUNTAIN OF THE SUN

June Jordan, INTIFADA INCANTATION: POEM #8 FOR b.b.L. (via mudras)

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“POC people”