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Six Facts About Harriet Tubman That Have Nothing to Do With Russell Simmons

1. Harriet Tubman’s birth name was Aramita (“Minty”) Ross. She was born enslaved in Maryland sometime in 1820.

2. Tubman escaped slavery with her brother, Ben and Harry, on September 17, 1849.

3. Tubman is most famous for her role as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, in which she led escaped slaves to freedom. Estimates vary, but Tubman is said to have helped anywhere from dozens to hundreds of slaves reach freedom. She was once quoted as saying, “I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.”

4. During the Civil War, Tubman worked for the Union army as a cook, nurse, and spy. She was also the first woman to lead an expedition in the war and guided the Combahee River Raid, which freed 700 slaves. Decades later, the raid would inspire a groundbreaking group of black feminists called the Combahee River Collective.

5. Tubman’s life has inspired countless works for art, including poems, comic books, and films.

6. This year marks that 100th anniversary of Harriet Tubman’s death. Maryland has a series of commemorative events. 

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Kaep in GQ (US), September 2013. Photos by Ben Watts.

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Many trans girls, including me, have a habit of romanticizing the cisgender experience. A month or two into my transition, I told my girlfriend that I couldn’t wait until I could look in the mirror and see a pretty girl staring back at me. “You realize that’s never going to happen, right?” was her response. “You’re going to look at your reflection and feel unsatisfied — just like every other woman.” And it’s true: Even the most gorgeous of my friends can list a dozen things she’d change about her appearance. So the next time you’re feeling unattractive, don’t blame yourself; blame capitalism and a beauty culture designed to make you feel that way.

Annika Penelope, 10 Things I Wish I’d Known When I Started My Transition  (via rosadefuego)

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Jessica Williams proposes applying New York’s Stop and Frisk policy to Wall Street bankers. 

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Black women and girls lost to gun violence, police brutality, intimate partner violence and transphobia:

Dana Larkin

Kassandra Perkins

Rekia Boyd

Tarika Wilson

Aiyana Stanley-Jones

Adaisha Miller

Brandy Martell

Deanna Cook Patrick

Tyisha Miller

Ashley Sinclair

We remember your names and we honor your lives.

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It is painful to say this: Trayvon Martin is not a miscarriage of American justice, but American justice itself. This is not our system malfunctioning. It is our system working as intended. To expect our juries, our schools, our police to single-handedly correct for this, is to look at the final play in the final minute of the final quarter and wonder why we couldn’t come back from twenty-four down.

Ta-Nehisi Coates, on Trayvon Martin and the George Zimmerman trial. (via theatlantic)

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I decided today that until the Stand Your Ground law is abolished in Florida, I will never perform there again. As a matter of fact, wherever I find that law exists, I will not perform in that state or in that part of the world. As I said earlier, you can’t just talk about it, you have to be about it.

Stevie Wonder

I included the map to show just how much touring money he’s about to lose over this. It’s a pretty big sacrifice.

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A noble sacrifice. My respect for him just sky rocketed.

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he will always be my number one. i love this man, have loved him since my mother played him while i was in her stomach.

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if “white entertainment television" and “heterosexual awareness month" both became things and formed a partnership it would be called WET/HAM and i think that describes the palatability of those concepts pretty well

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"Yes, I fall in love with myself and I want someone to share it with me. I want someone to share me with me."

Eartha Kitt (via whatthefucksarainee)

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Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, Sean Hayes, Dave Foley, and John Goodman voicing lines for their characters in Monsters University.

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In all the years I’ve been blogging/online, I’ve been pretty strict about not allowing my real name or image into the public sphere. I have usually used either my blogging name (brownfemipower) or a fake “real” name. I have given a few interviews for...

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i went to church on a monday