Because I'm a lady that's why

"You can close Guantanamo today!"

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:22:56 -0400

“You can close Guantanamo today!”

- Protester Medea Benjamin interrupts President Obama’s speech on National Security today as he offers steps to close Gitmo.

applause.

(via frijoliz)

the-science-llama: Super Moon— June 23, 2013Be sure to look out...

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:22:22 -0400

the-science-llama:

Super Moon
— June 23, 2013

Be sure to look out for the Moon these next few months as it approaches Perigee, because the full moons during these times will appear exceptionally large. The Moon will be at its Perigee, or closest approach, in July 23 and it will reach full moon only a few minutes after it passes this point in its orbit.

These ‘super moons’ not only appear larger because they are physically closer but, combined with a full moon, the mind can play tricks on you to think they are much larger. This phenomena is called the Moon Illusion. Try to catch these full moons as they rise/set because the illusion works when there is an object in the foreground, like a tree, building or mountains.

Stargazing Events for 2013

attains: attains: if i were a murderer i’d be the febreze murderer and lead my victims...

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:04:24 -0400

attains:

attains:

if i were a murderer i’d be the febreze murderer and lead my victims blindfolded to undisclosed locations and i’d ask them what they smelled and they’d be like “omg ocean air and tulips” and then i’d rip off the blindfold and it would be A PILE OF THE BODIES OF MY PREVIOUS VICTIMS

my mom made me go to a therapist because of this

rebekahloves: racemash: The classic doll color test performed...

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:54:36 -0400

rebekahloves:

racemash:

The classic doll color test performed with a white child, complete with the parent’s ~~excuses~~ reactions

The little girl even says she picked the white figures as the good child because it “looks like me” and the dark girl as bad because “she’s dark”. When Soledad O’Brien asks the girl’s mother about it, we’re met with quite a few colorblind based excuses and “well, we just don’t talk about race”.

its crazy, as you get older you realize that your peers are raising racist and sexist kids but they refuse to take responsibility for it.

Photo

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:53:52 -0400

oddpicturesoddpeople: kqedscience: Cleared of Charges of...

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:42:50 -0400

oddpicturesoddpeople:

kqedscience:

Cleared of Charges of Setting Off a School Explosion, Florida Honor Student Heads to Space Camp

“The explosion struck a chord with 18-year NASA veteran Homer Hickam, a former lead astronaut training manager for Spacelab, and later for the International Space Station.

In the late 1950s, Hickam had a brush with law enforcement for allegedly starting a forest fire. State police came to his high school and led him and his friends away in handcuffs, but his high school physics professor and school principal came to the rescue, clearing him of wrongdoing.

Back then, schools did not have zero tolerance rules. Kids could make their mistakes without the threat of a criminal record, or serving time in jail.

“I couldn’t let this go without doing something,” Hickam said. “I’m not a lawyer, but I could give her something that would encourage her. I’ve worked closely with the U.S. Space Academy, and so I purchased a scholarship for her.”

YES.

bon-dia-querida: i’m not a fan of racebent fancasts that change out canon poc

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:27:42 -0400

bon-dia-querida:

i’m not a fan of racebent fancasts that change out canon poc

ohformusicssake: M.I.A. - Paper Planes (DFA Remix) This gem...

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:02:19 -0400

ohformusicssake:

M.I.A. - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)

This gem just popped into my mind for no reason.

harikondabolu: Have you ever wanted to ask a white guy...

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:47:25 -0400

harikondabolu:

Have you ever wanted to ask a white guy anything? Well, we here at Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell sent Kamau & writer Ethan Berlin up to Harlem to ask the residents this very question.

latimes: An end to zero tolerance for willful defiance in L.A....

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:43:57 -0400

Manual Arts High School student Damien Valentine, 16, is photographed at Community Coalition in South Los Angeles.

Manual Arts High School student Damien Valentine, 16, is photographed at Community Coalition in South Los Angeles.

David Chinchilla, 15, of Augustus Hawkins High School in South L.A., was suspended for interrupting and cursing at a teacher.

latimes:

An end to zero tolerance for willful defiance in L.A. schools?

California schools have long brought about swift punishments for instances of so-called willful defiance, which have disproportionally led to suspensions of many minority students not just in our home state, but nationwide.

Take the case of Damien Valentine, a Manual Arts Senior High School sophomore fighting against the practice, who says that several such punishments earlier in his school accomplished nothing but setting him back.

So just what is “willful defiance?”

That offense is now widely criticized as an arbitrary catchall for any behavior a teacher finds objectionable, such as repeatedly tapping feet on the floor, refusing to remove a hat or failing to wear the school uniform. It accounted for 48% of 710,000 suspensions issued in California in 2011-12, prompting both state and local efforts to restrict its use in disciplinary actions.

A resolution moving through Los Angeles County would make L.A. Unified the first school district in California to ban suspensions for the aforementioned offenses.

Said Tonna Onyendu of the Liberty Hill Foundation, a Los Angeles nonprofit:

“This will be a transformational shift. Instead of punishing students, we’re going to engage them.”

Read more on the matter in Teresa Watanabe’s report.

Photos: Christina House / For The Times

tangiblesoul: trynabecarefree: That little girl at the end is...

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:36:59 -0400

tangiblesoul:

trynabecarefree:

That little girl at the end is like fuck yes

I’ve been waiting for this gifset lol

"A consent-based educational model isn’t just about responding to rape culture—it’s a proactive,..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:22:12 -0400

“A consent-based educational model isn’t just about responding to rape culture—it’s a proactive, comprehensive system where consent is integrated into the curriculum from day one. In the same way that rape culture ingrains certain messages about sexuality, responsibility and control that take on new meanings as we grow older, consent culture works by prioritizing consent and bodily autonomy long before they’re understood in the context of sex.”

- Teaching Consent: A Better Sex-Ed (via inseptica)

satanic2chainz: bougieblack: So Kanye’s got songs on the new album called Black Skinhead, I Am...

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:16:37 -0400

satanic2chainz:

bougieblack:

So Kanye’s got songs on the new album called Black Skinhead, I Am God, and New Slaves, and I’m just hoping every single song on the album has a title that makes white people uncomfortable. I’m talking shit like “I’m Having Sex With Your Little Sister” and “I Peed In The Back Of Your Toilet So Now When You Flush Your Pee More Pee Will Come Out.”

I honestly think the titles are just to prevent mainstream airplay

"Someone asked me, ‘When you do ‘SNL,’ are you going to do a skit about the paparazzi and humanize..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:58:41 -0400

““Someone asked me, ‘When you do ‘SNL,’ are you going to do a skit about the paparazzi and humanize yourself?’ What the fuck do I have to apologize for? When did I become inhuman? Or was it them demonizing me and harassing me that made me less than human?””

- Kanye West

Yeezy has really always been about that real talk and this is why this nigga ain’t afraid to name his album Yeezus. If black folks can’t be humans it must be because we’re gods.

(via satanic2chainz)

botoxheart: pleatedjeans: Six seconds well spent. It was. It...

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:58:10 -0400

botoxheart:

pleatedjeans:

Six seconds well spent.

It was. It was.

runenweib: Post-mastectomy tattoos by Tina Bafaro. Photos by...

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:38:24 -0400

runenweib:

Post-mastectomy tattoos by Tina Bafaro. Photos by Bafaro.

zuky: thegoddamazon: hamdoullahcava: Muhammad Ali on the...

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:31:54 -0400

zuky:

thegoddamazon:

hamdoullahcava:

Muhammad Ali on the Vietnam War Draft

The fact that this is STILL relevant should be very telling.

Immortal words…

“If I’m gonna die, I’ll die right here fighting you … You my enemy, not the Viet Cong or Chinese or Japanese … You my opposer when I want freedom, you my opposer when I want justice, you my opposer when I want equality … You want me to go somewhere and fight, but you won’t even stand up for me here at home.”

kiwimaddog2020: PJ Harvey - Sheela-Na-Gig

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:28:55 -0400

kiwimaddog2020:

PJ Harvey - Sheela-Na-Gig

Real-Life Documentarian: John Cho – on the infantilization of Asian Americans

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:12:43 -0400

Real-Life Documentarian: John Cho – on the infantilization of Asian Americans:

asamstudiesintro:

from Oliver Wang, “The Game-Changer: An Interview With John Cho,” Asia Pacific Arts 7.3.2009) <http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/090703/article.asp?parentID=110145>;

APA: Last question…for Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, Viva La Union recorded a song for the soundtrack with the line, “I want my own Chinese baby” — what’s that about?

JC: When I was thinking about it, I thought of a literal baby. There’s a kind of lack that children fill, that’s just the dark side of being a parent, I think. And there’s an accessory quality to Chinese babies in America, and I just think it’s funny. I just liked it. And you know, I would know people who would fawn over Asian babies more, and it got me to thinking, there’s this belief that Asian babies are really cute, and it got me thinking that our whole race is infantilized to some degree, and it manifests itself in different ways. You infantilize a woman, and she becomes eroticized. You infantilize a man, and he becomes emasculated. You infantilize a baby [laughs] — and it’s possible, it appears that you can infantilize a baby even more. [laughs] The babies need to be cuter than white babies. And it’s just a weird thing that I felt like said something about mainstream America’s relationship to Asians in general. So that’s where it came from.

longlivecharmander: Kanye…..as you’ve never heard him before....

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:57:31 -0400

longlivecharmander:

Kanye…..as you’ve never heard him before. (or maybe you have I dunno)