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"[I had a friend ask me, ‘Are you gonna go on] SNL and you’re going to do like a skit about the paparazzi and shit and like humanize yourself?’ I ain’t here to apologize to no motherfuckers man. It ain’t about me humanizing myself. At what point did I become unhuman where I had to turn myself back? Or maybe I was demonized. Or maybe I was treated inhumane and not human in that kind of situation. I ain’t no motherfucking celebrity…Hell nah I ain’t doing no motherfucking SNL skits, this my goddamn life. This ain’t no motherfucking joke. That’s it. Stop that shit right there."

Kanye West (via tweepunk)

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lovestndrd:

Last year, Iran threatened to boycott the Olympics unless the organizers replace the official logo, which Tehran claims spells out the word “Zion.” Zion means Jerusalem, and Zionists believe they are the chosen ones and their land (Israel) was given to them by God.

- i thought the logo was weird (and ugly as a mfer) the first time i saw it.
- a part of the opening ceremony was a recreation from William Blake’s poem Jerusalem. “I will not cease…Till we have built Jerusalem, In Englands green & pleasant Land.” Uh. Huh.
- the olympics started the day before 9th of Av in Israel, is the Jewish holiday Tisha B’Av. That’s probably a coincidence. But who knows with these muh fuckas.
- this not really related but queen scary lookin.

if you didnt notice the shit load of symbolism and mkultra mind control techniques in the opening ceremony, this isn’t for u. u ain’t there yet. all i’m sayin is, ion trust these niggas.

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shadesoffantasy:

womenofcolorandsize:

irresistible-revolution:

feministdisney:

xelamanrique:

look who’s finally joined!

look who got pushed to the side

reason no. 12326543742624743 why i wasn’t super outraged about the Merida redesign

All the princess of color pushed off to the side like that…
Even Snow White got disqualified for being in the front with her black hair. What is this?

Honestly? Didn’t give a shit about Merida. The princesses of colour have been taking shit from Disney since day dot and you want me to care about this one white girl?

Where were all the tears and outcry when Mulan is barely allowed to be seen in her armour? When her official dress is the one she hated most? and why the HELL is Rapunzel still front and centre and Tiana is behind both Cinderella and Belle!

alostbird:

All these blogs are run by PoC. And where made for PoC or specifically for ppl in their own respective communities but they are also good for other PoC to follow. Some of these are really informative. Please read all the blogs “About” and “FAQs”, go through the tags, etc. before…

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fivelettered:

fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

New York City: Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, veterans of the Stonewall Rebellion and founders of STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries), march in the 1973 Pride Parade.

i think people do not really understand how POWERFUL these two were. in the early 70’s they became house mothers and revolutionaries for trans* people, especially TWOC.

and now they barely get a blurb because they weren’t nice to their oppressors and called their shit out and weren’t “nice t-words” like how cis gay white men wanna think of people like Christine Jorgensen or others. They didn’t want to be erased and shut up. They didn’t wanna sit in jail and wait for motherfuckers to help them in patronizing, erasing ways. They didn’t shut up about the violence against them.

just like…fuck anyone who doesn’t think they’re awesome. They inspire me everyday to get up and kick ass, even as a cis woman of color. 

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"i love lipstick. i want to write an essay about the politics of lipstick. i like lipstick that’s deep, deep red. i like lipstick that’s purple, lipstick that’s black and dark for when i want to dress up my melancholy. i like sharing lipstick with sisters. and i laugh at boys that think i wear lipstick for them to notice, i laugh, lipstick is an art you can’t ever understand. from picking out a color, testing it on the inside of my wrist, pursing my lips during the application of it. i like when i kiss a baby and leave lipstick on their cheek, when you hug someone and leave lipstick on their shirt, when it gets on your teeth and you use your tongue to get it off, when you sleep in lipstick and wake up with it on your pillow case. in 1997 mama left for ethiopia to see her mama for the first time in 12 years. i was six and i cried the entire way home from the airport. and when we came home there on the kitchen table was the teacup mama had been drinking out of. at the bottom a sip of tea and black cardamom seeds. and there on the rim of the cup the lipstick imprint of my mama’s kiss."

nomadmanifesto  (via azaadiart)

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nakedbeast:

faineemae:

oppressedbrowngirlsdoingthings:

Spotted: An extremely oppressed brown woman skating her way to Oppressedville.

Let me tell you about this oppressed girl though, she started her own international Hijab company online called Vela Scarves.

Marwa Atik was born and raised in the California to Syrian parents. Her passion for the veil (hijab), combined with her eye for fashion and design expertise, is apparent in her exclusive creations. Vela was born in 2009, when Marwa simply began incorporating her favorite accents, such as ruffles and zippers, into otherwise bland veils and advertising via word of mouth. Marwa also extended her creativity to designing actual techniques of how to wear the veils, based on their respective designs and style.

In 2010, Marwa and her sister, Tasneem Atik Sabri, partnered to officially launch their company and website to bring beautiful, elegant, and affordable veils to women globally.

Badass.

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sikssaapo-p:

A young Aboriginal boy has been reported missing from the SW part of Calgary, Alberta

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cishetssuck:

friendly reminder that:

• you are not weak if you want meds for your disorder
• you are not weak if you relapse once
• you are not weak if you relapse a thousand times
• you are not weak if some kinds of therapy don’t work for you
• you are not weak if some kinds of meds don’t work for you
• you are not weak if you have a mental disorder.

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