“Oprah seemed like she was giving me the cold shoulder. She was with Iman (Bowie). Iman was always dancing with me, hugging and kissing me, but Oprah seemed really p*ssed off with me. Also she made this huge speech at the ball praising Lady Gaga and about how she (Lady Gaga) is helping Americans to be the best of themselves. There’s millions of other Americans who represent that for me. Is (it) about numbers? About how much you’re selling? Is it truly about the journey? Because (Lady Gaga’s) journey isn’t that difficult: to go from the f*cking Upper East Side to a f*cking performing arts school and on to a stage at the museum of f*cking wherever. That journey’s about four miles.”
—M.I.A. (via pluristhereward)
June 2013
“Rape culture is a culture in which people who have survived a violent crime are asked to laugh about it because other people think it’s funny.”
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Rape jokes are unacceptable and should not be tolerated under any circumstances.
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coping.
hourlycomic.com contains a wealth of ideas to try / things to think about while trying to cope with life. they have helped me to cope, maybe they can help you to cope too. here you can see some of them in a filtered narrative that might make it easy to relate to, follow and feel like you are progressing along with him while you both cope with things.
I have had some of these thoughts word-for-word
uhm all of this
People who have to ask Black women why they are anti-white
the fact that you don’t know
and have made it this far in your life
is one of the reasons why
The Lame Dame: i-need-that-seat: As long as people say things like “differently... →
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As long as people say things like “differently abled,”
As long as workplaces and employers turn down people for jobs they’re qualified for because the applicant uses a wheelchair,
As long as there are still buildings without ramps, elevators, and other accessible…
Don't ever hesitate. Reblog this. TUMBLR RULE. When you see it, REBLOG IT.
- The original post only has US helplines. I've added UK helplines underneath. It would be great if people could add numbers from everywhere in the world.
- Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696
- Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433
- LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255
- Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386
- Sexuality Support: 1-800-246-7743
- Eating Disorders Hotline: 1-847-831-3438
- Rape and Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673
- Grief Support: 1-650-321-5272
- Runaway: 1-800-843-5200, 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-621-4000
- Exhale: After Abortion Hotline/Pro-Voice: 1-866-4394253
- Child Abuse: 1-800-422-4453
- ** UK Helplines:
- Samaritans (for any problem): 08457909090 e-mail jo@samaritans.org
- Childline (for anyone under 18 with any problem): 08001111
- Mind infoline (mental health information): 0300 123 3393 e-mail: info@mind.org.uk
- Mind legal advice (for people who need mental-health related legal advice): 0300 466 6463 legal@mind.org.uk
- b-eat eating disorder support: 0845 634 14 14 (only open Mon-Fri 10.30am-8.30pm and Saturday 1pm-4.30pm) e-mail: help@b-eat.co.uk
- b-eat youthline (for under 25's with eating disorders): 08456347650 (open Mon-Fri 4.30pm - 8.30pm, Saturday 1pm-4.30pm)
- Cruse Bereavement Care: 08444779400 e-mail: helpline@cruse.org.uk
- Frank (information and advice on drugs): 0800776600
- Drinkline: 0800 9178282
- Rape Crisis England & Wales: 0808 802 9999 1(open 2 - 2.30pm 7 - 9.30pm) e-mail info@rapecrisis.org.uk
- Rape Crisis Scotland: 08088 01 03 02 every day, 6pm to midnight
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“But everyone was racist back then! All our favorite historical figures were racist compared to today’s standards! It’s not fair to judge them based on contemporary ideas!”
Let’s debunk this favorite derailment spawned from the headcannons of the White History fandom.
1. “Everyone was racist…
This... is White Privilege: tw: assault, miscarriage →
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Pregnant Muslim woman attacked in Paris loses baby
The 21-year-old Muslim woman, who was four months pregnant, was physically attacked by two men. The attackers first tried…
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Turkish government says it may use army to end protests →
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Turkey’s government has said it could use the military to end nearly three weeks of unrest by protesters in Istanbul and other cities.
Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc told A Haber TV that the state would use “all its powers” and the armed forces if necessary to “establish peace”.
It is the first time the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party has raised the prospect of deploying troops.
Later, Mr Arinc complained that his comments had been taken out of context.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told hundreds of thousands of supporters at a rally in Istanbul that the protesters had been manipulated by “terrorists”.
Uh oh.
Nice move, Turkey. Because bullying governments have been doing so well, lately. Fucking moronic.
To be honest I keep wondering why something hasn’t happened in England/if it will. But we’re just not all that revolutionary, are we? The way the government has been handling protests the last few years… it feels like something could happen. They (the governement) must be aware of that. They most be towing the line between protecting corporations/property etc through encouraging the police to be utter scumbags, and making sure we’re not made quite angry enough to really react.
The police handled the Stop the War protests pretty well (holy cow I can’t believe how long ago that was now), and they must have been instructed to. You can’t treat that many people badly without sparking unrest. Why is the government letting the police behave so disgustingly now? Have the Tories simply made a success of dividing us all?
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I think the only theme I was working with was empathy.
There’s a story in the book called “Thief,” which is an exercise in empathy that I’ve given writing students that I got from my friend Sam Ligon, who I think got it from Francine Prose or Amy Hempel or somebody. You take something from your past that you’re somewhat ashamed about and you write about it from another character’s point of view. So I was writing this detective story about a father trying to figure out which of his kids is a thief, and I was, of course, the thief. For me they were writing exercises in empathy, often. If that can be a theme, that’s a theme that bubbled through: looking at these hard lives and finding some human connection that we would all share.
” —The Rumpus Interview with Jess Walter(via therumpus)
I wish I could tattoo this to people’s foreheads. Empathy: how to make your stories suck a shit ton less.
(via writeswrongs)Oh. Oh man I need to do that. Just the thought of doing it makes me want to cry.
