February 2012
“But then, the truth was never really the point. Thin women don’t tell their fat...”
– Kate Harding (via rhiannon-random)
another example of thin privilege, your body type doesn’t carry these negative synonyms
(via fatcatsandcurls)
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A note on the "friend zone"
vagabondaesthetics:
It’s a voluntary position to be in. Either ask the person out or remove yourself from their life. Otherwise, stop whining because you’re volunteering to be in a position of bitterness and emotional torment.
SMH, I really don’t understand people at times. You have feelings for someone, yet you expect that person to make the 1st move…when you’re the one with...
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Black Love: 9 Films You Should Know
naturallyblackandchic:
Nothing but a Man (1964) This film examines the relationship between a working-class man, Duff Anderson (Ivan Dixon), and a schoolteacher, Josie Dawson (Abbey Lincoln), as they attempt to build a relationship in the Jim Crow South.Nothing but a Man exposes how the stress of living under racial and economic tyranny can affect relationships and one’s sense of self. Duff and...
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Cultural Appropriation: Dreadlocks
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
curiouslycool:
racismschool:
Are Dreadlocks really cultural appropriation?
YES
Here’s why:
Dreadlocks originated first with Jamaican Rastafarians and then in Indian Sages and Yogis. Specifically it was started by holy men. These men renounced all of their worldly belongings (Including combs) and as a result their hair started (and remained) to turn into dreadlocks....
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World's saddest story
laugh-addict:
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I'm pretty much done with Nicki Minaj critiques
vagabondaesthetics:
It has nothing to do with me not thinking she doesn’t deserve critique. She does it is just very circular.
I’m not a big enough fan to constantly be delving into reading thousands of words worth of articles and comments on her.
The feeling that if Nicki Minaj was a white woman they would take her far more seriously with the same exact lyrics
From a lyrical point, they...
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My Teacher on Media (from the inside)
thememyheartknows:
rdetection:
So my teacher today was dropping knowledge involving the news, all I could do is sit there a nod and say damn people in 2012 America are still DEAD asleep. He was saying how the Gov. pays the news stations good MONEY to report news that might not be true in order to boost sales, For Example the “UPRAISING” of gas due to the Irani trade blockade that has stop...
so three things have happened today
deliciouskaek:
The map to Racist Manor was lost, causing racists to stumble around aimlessly, spilling their racist views all over tumblr. If anyone knows the whereabouts of said map, please come forward. Meanwhile, folks, please come and collect your cousins/people.
People have decided that being widely accepted by society for their body type is not a good thing, and have opted to throw in...
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Bey Stans & Rih Stans
Aka the Beyhive vs Navy are killing me on http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=153962&page=13 (the entire thread though not just pg13). So someone brought up the “What If Bey & Rih collaborate” idea, people getting crazy. Eg. I can’t imagine a song with Beyonce and Rihanna. Can any of y’all even imagine a conversation between the two?
“Hey Bey!”...
