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listen. i honestly do try my best to not be bitchy about stuff. but if you not-joking-joked that you wanted to watch a video essay from hbomb on the kendrick-drake rap beef. i think that you are obligated to watch fd signifier's 3 hour video essay. i KNOW the watch time is not the issue.

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Kid me: Omg SUMMER is THE BEST SEASON EVERRRRR!!! Teenage me: Ur dumb. Clearly Winter is superior Adult me: You're both wrong, beautiful and sweet, but wrong. Autumn forever!

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Hydrated commie bitch!!

Better habit Queen! Gonna start drinking 3.06L of water a day!!

Clear skin here I comeeee!!

Also working on going vegetarian again!! Then maybe vegan? :0

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Passing: Profiling the Lives of Young Trans Men of Color (2015).

[ID: Excerpts from interviews with two trans men. The first, Lucah Rosenberg Lee, has a shaved head and a trimmed beard. The second, Victor Thomas, has curly black hair and a trimmed beard, and is heavier-set.

Lucah, talking about gender dysphoria prior to transitioning, says, “I was in a heterosexual relationship. I was female. I would question this all the time. Am I attracted to these men, or do I just want to be them? That was a big turning point in my own self-discovery.”

Victor, talking about the transphobia he’s endured as a trans man of color, says, “You’re subjected to something because they don’t understand you. And you have to watch the way you react, because you’re a man now. People take you as a threat.”

Lucah, in another scene, discusses feeling erased as a trans man, and racism in trans communities. He says, “Being so invisible within the LGBT community can actually feel so isolating. When people don’t know my history as a trans person, I feel sometimes that I’m viewed as more of an enemy.” END ID.]

Trans men of color deserve to be loved and appreciated, and made safe. Trans men deserve access to our own spaces, no matter how masculine and cis-passing we are. We deserve credit and recognition for the contributions that we have made to trans history, most of which are erased nowadays.

Being a man is not dangerous or wrong. Being masculine is not dangerous or wrong. Being a black man is not dangerous or wrong.

Please support trans men of color.

Please support trans men.

Please support men.

Men belong in trans spaces. Men of color belong in LGBT+ spaces. Straight trans men belong at Pride. Men do not have to be feminine to be queer.

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Elijah... everytime i think ab you, i sob. Body-breaking sobs. You were such a beautiful soul. A magical soul. You were so amazing. I didnt know you, but I feel like I do. We are so similar; Autistic, gifted, bubbly.

I feel like we would have been friends... I love you Elijah. I love you so much.

I'm so upset that the jurors failed to give you the justice you and your family deserved.

You are so lovely and I remember you nearly daily. I think ab you so often that it FEELS like I knew you.

I love you Elijah. I love you so much. My heart holds so much sorrow but so much love.

Black lives STILL matter. Our lives are STILL important! Please keep talking ab these cases! PLEASE dont shut up just bc other things are happening. We CAN focus on more than one thing

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Dear Dexter Wade, I am so so sorry you were so failed by people. People who claim they are here to protect and serve the community (lies)

you shouldn't have been killed in the manner you were. you should have come home to your mom, your little girls, your family.

im so upset that no one is being held accountable for what happened to you. I am so upset that so many people will forget your name and face, while your family will forever live with a hole in their hearts.

you were so failed. i saw the pain on your mother's face as she stood by the sorry excuse for a grave you were given. you were so so loved. when i look at pictures of your face, i am reminded of my own father.

The father who doted on his little girl (me), my father also struggled with Bipolar and Schizophrenia before he died. My heart is broken, so many Black people die and are swiftly forgotten... I hope I never forget your name, I hope I forever remember your face.

I pray that your family is one day able to find some sort of peace. I hope you are at rest, and i hope that you knew how loved and valued you were and still are.

Tonight I will be thinking of you and my own father. I will lift your names to the skies above and plead with the universe that you are both granted peace in the afterlife.

I am so sorry that your story is far far too common. I pray that one day your story will NOT be the norm, and that we will not have to live in fear of the police.

~Signed, a very pissed off and sad Black Woman

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i hate megan kelley. i think she's a dumbass racist bitch. idc idc. she's a terrible person. and she's gross. i hate her sm. im so sick of racists being the voices of the country. fuck that dumb blonde cunt.

im sick of being nice. if you're mad at the language i use, i truly dont care. These people make a LIVING from disparaging Black people. They make it a MISSION to insult ANY Black person in a postion of power. EVEN the ones that agree with them and their rhetoric, bc you CAN NOT tell me that they dont talk shit ab how "ghetto" and "stupid" ALL Black people are. Regardless of where they lay their party lines.

I HATE racists, I HATE RACISTS. I HATE WHITE WOMEN WHO USE White supremacy lookism to bolster nazism/alt-right talking points

i truly do not care if you "lose respect for me" for speaking my Black ass mind. Bc you're a fucking pussy. idc idc. If you care more ab how I come across then white people/non-Black people calling Black people out they names, then you are a coward and are NOT ready for revolution imo.

I am NOT going to be kind in the face of my oppressors. I am a spiritual daughter of Malcolm X and Fred Hampton. I'm not going to be sweet and friendly to people who want to exterminate me. Fuck that. I will NOT go gently and passively. I will fight with tooth and nail if I have to. When they try and drag me off to my doom, I will do as much damage as I can.

Fuck you for being complicit.

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this Somali girl gave him the WORK when he tried to pull her hijab Reblog so you can bless every Muslim Woman with these hands

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If you love Disney, its parks, its media, and its merch, listen up.

So I work for Disneyland, and we are talking about striking very soon. So soon, in fact, that we've been hosting rallies just outside of the parks. Yesterday was the 69th birthday of Disneyland Anaheim... it was also a monumental rally.

I haven't seen anyone on tumblr talking about the impending strikes against Disney. Not even going through the Disney tags or searching tumblr for "Disneyland Strike."

Let's talk about why we're striking:

Cost of living in the immediate SoCal region is nearly 2x as much as we are getting paid.

Cast members that have worked for the company for long periods of time are still paid as mucha s new hires.

Disney has showed up to union negotiations with insulting offers, including at 25 cent raise. Most cast members make $19.90

Disney rarely schedules you. In some areas and departments, you are fighting with your fellow cast members for hours. I have heard of cast members who are only scheduled for 1 4-hour shift per week. Many of those cast members have upwards of an hour commute to and from work.

Disney Admin has told attractions castmembers [so: rides, rollercoasters, and anything fun you get to do and see at the parks] that we are losing them money, which is why they refuse to schedule us and pay us. In the words of my partner, who also works at the parks, Disney without attractions is an over glorified mall and a food court. Disney needs us, and they know it, but they do not respect us.

Disney has an unfair attendance policy. It can be very difficult to get a needed day off, even when it has been requested weeks or months in advance. When you do take a day off [with-out accrued sick or vacation time] it counts against you. You can have 3 a month, 6 in 90 days, 9 in 180 days, or 12 in a year. How do you accrue sick/vacation? Hours worked, which can be impossible with the scheduling practices mentioned above. (Most cast members trade shifts among themselves to get around this.)

Cast members feel unsafe and unsupported in the parks. Many cast members have felt threatened by entitled guests upset that they are following policy. Disney Leads and Managers have to say yes to these guests and make things happen, though. [Which only makes this behavior worse and more dangerous for cast members who are only doing their job.]

Cast members also report feeling threatened, or even being literally threatened, by management in the parks. Especially cast members who have a second job. Especially cast members who know their rights.

Further, cast members work in hazardous conditions with pay that does not reflect that. Many cast members report losses of hearing, sore throats, and severe back and shoulder pain. Cast members are also exposed to infectious diseases at a much higher rate.

https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/union-button-contract-dispute-19515296.php?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2u5o_mvU3i6jpIyHxBUZpEzD2GRSKFf5Pem4uRXqa6vKWDgZuffvINd1g_aem_AA1L0fI1phugJIluYMcDSw

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I don't have any special Palestinian insight or commentary right now I just want everyone in power to die no arguing no essay posts just get rid of them

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crazy how like, non queer people can talk about wanting to fuck monsters or fictional characters like bluey's dad or whatever and people just bump their shoulders and go on with their day but if a queer person said anything remotely horny relating to that stuff suddenly they are evil dirty queer that should be thrown into the sun, fuck offffff