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I might be leaving this blog and making a new one. someone I know in real life followed me awhile...

Sun, 12 May 2013 06:36:52 -0400

I might be leaving this blog and making a new one. someone I know in real life followed me awhile ago and I thought I’d be fine “ignoring” them on here, but lately it’s gotten to be too much. I don’t like them seeing my blog or the idea of them getting information about me if I so choose to write about it on what’s supposed to be my PRIVATE blog. just some advice: if you find out someone you know has a blog and they tell you not to go looking for it out of respect for them, DON’T FUCKING GO LOOKING FOR IT. this was supposed to be my free space and for awhile now I’ve felt as if I can’t write anything on here. ok that’s all. if you want to keep following me just message me on here and I’ll send you my url when/if I make a new one.

electrichoney: undercoverhipster: brandybonin: Wreckless Eric...

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:17:09 -0400

electrichoney:

undercoverhipster:

brandybonin:

Wreckless Eric || (I’d Go The) Whole Wide World (1977)

Yes!

YES

hipsterloli: “Bring confortable clothing fit for physical activities” Me:

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:17:01 -0400

hipsterloli:

“Bring confortable clothing fit for physical activities”

Me:

matt-molloy: 186 photos of the sunset merged into one image...

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:16:33 -0400

matt-molloy:

186 photos of the sunset merged into one image using the lighten layer-blending mode in photoshop. I like the pattern in the clouds created from the interval between shots.

sincerelysarita: Nineteen-year-old Tarikuwa Lemma is a...

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:11:31 -0400

sincerelysarita:

Nineteen-year-old Tarikuwa Lemma is a survivor, of an international adoption scandal. When she was 13, she was effectively sold from her native Ethiopia to an American family. The corrupt “adoption agency” convinced her father, who was a widow, that Tarikuwa and her younger sisters were headed to the U.S. as part of an educational exchange program, and that they would return home every summer and on holiday breaks. Little did he know, his daughters had been placed with adoptive couples in the U.S., never to return. Tarikuwa’s name was changed against her will, and she was forbidden by her American “family” from speaking her native language. The issue of transnational adoption, its evangelical Christian component, and the exploitation of communities that sometimes results, is the subject of the book, The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking and the New Gospel of Adoption by Kathryn Joyce, who appeared, along with Tarikuwa, on last Sunday’s “Melissa Harris Perry” show on MSNBC. Below is Tarikuwa’s satirical look at the “rescue” of children from her home country, to “better lives” in America.

clutchmag:

Stop ‘Rescuing’ African Children Through Corrupt Adoptions

Tarikuwa Lemma appearing on Melissa Harris Perry Show April 28, 2013.

From The Grio — Nineteen-year…

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Sat, 11 May 2013 22:11:10 -0400

mrgolightly: Fergie, Q-Tip and GoonRock - A Little Party Never...

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:11:01 -0400

mrgolightly:

Fergie, Q-Tip and GoonRock - A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)

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Sat, 11 May 2013 22:10:47 -0400

brown femme, moon priestess: petitsirena: things that determine your sexual orientationwho you’re...

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:14:23 -0400

brown femme, moon priestess: petitsirena: things that determine your sexual orientationwho you’re...:

petitsirena:

things that determine your sexual orientation

who you’re attracted to

things that do not determine your sexual orientation

who you’ve fucked

who you haven’t fucked

what kind of sex you enjoy

how you dress

the porn you watch

what you look like

what the day of the week it is

what you ate for dinner yesterday

the length of your toenails

beyonce (no, not even beyonce)

OTHER PEOPLE’S OPINIONS

OTHER PEOPLE’S OPINIONS

OTHER PEOPLE’S OPINIONS

just because i have enjoyed penetrative sex with men does not negate the fact that i’m queer, and the idea that queer women cannot enjoy penetrative sex is pretty ludicrous (uh, have you heard of STRAP-ONS? or FINGERS? or VIBRATORS? a penis is NOT required!!! and what about people who aren’t male but have penises?!?!)

if you’re spending time policing someone else’s queer identity, it does not ultimately mean you’re more enlightened about someone else’s preferences than they are — all it means is that there’s some deficiency in your life where you feel the need to pick apart aspects of other people that have absolutely nothing to do with you, and that’s really, really sad

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Sat, 11 May 2013 17:13:36 -0400

mochafleur: tranqualizer: Lauryn Hill Ordered by the Court to...

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:12:58 -0400

mochafleur:

tranqualizer:

Lauryn Hill Ordered by the Court to Undergo “Counseling” Due to her “Conspiracy Theories”

The name of Lauryn Hill’s breakout album was The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill but it now appears that the powers that be would like her to record a new album called The Re-Education of Lauryn Hill. After appearing in court for tax evasion, Hill was sentenced to three months in jail PLUS she must attend “counseling” due to her “conspiracy theories”.

According to the IBTimes, Hill told the court: “I am a child of former slaves who had a system imposed on them. I had an economic system imposed on me.” Furthermore, Hill also believes that artists are being oppressed by (what the article calls) “a plot involving the military and media”. Because of these statements, Hill was ordered to undergo “counseling”, which is a way of saying that she is mentally ill and that she needs some sort of re-programming session regain “sanity”.

In 2012, Hill published a thoughtful letter describing the corruption, the oppression and the control of the music industry and her desire to escape it. In one part of the letter, Lauryn states

“It was this schism and the hypocrisy, violence and social cannibalism it enabled, that I wanted and needed to be freed from, not from art or music, but the suppression/repression and reduction of that art and music to a bottom line alone, without regard for anything else. Over-commercialization and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual. I Love making art, I Love making music, these are as natural and necessary for me almost as breathing or talking. To be denied the right to pursue it according to my ability, as well as be properly acknowledged and compensated for it, in an attempt to control, is manipulation directed at my most basic rights! These forms of expression, along with others, effectively comprise my free speech! Defending, preserving, and protecting these rights are critically important, especially in a paradigm where veiled racism, sexism, ageism, nepotism, and deliberate economic control are still blatant realities!!!”

(See my article entitled Lauryn Hill’s Tumblr Letter on the Music Business for the full letter).

wow, way to fucking delegitimize and pathologize the experiences of a Black woman by abusing mental health resources and language to avoid the real shit she brings up.

Conspiracy theories because oppression is not real.

thegoddamazon: bigcatrescue: BIG cats love boxes too! What...

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:12:54 -0400

thegoddamazon:

bigcatrescue:

BIG cats love boxes too!

What the fuck is it with cats and boxes.

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Sat, 11 May 2013 17:11:09 -0400

veganfoody: Peanut Butter Cup Vegan Cheesecake

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:12:57 -0400

veganfoody:

Peanut Butter Cup Vegan Cheesecake

sazquatch: When I stopped giving a shit about male approval, I became about twice as confident in...

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:12:44 -0400

sazquatch:

When I stopped giving a shit about male approval, I became about twice as confident in myself, and my insecurity levels went down substantially.

10/10 would recommend.

ferociousteethandclaws: me and stephanie best friends forever

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:12:26 -0400

ferociousteethandclaws:

me and stephanie best friends forever

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Sat, 11 May 2013 15:12:14 -0400

I hate when people don’t understand my sarcasm they ruin everything

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:12:05 -0400

I hate when people don’t understand my sarcasm they ruin everything

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Sat, 11 May 2013 15:11:58 -0400

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Sat, 11 May 2013 15:11:47 -0400