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moving to @lavendertwns

i’m officially moving over to @lavendertwns where I’ll be posting a bigger mixture of things (other musicians as well as other interests), so y’all are welcome to follow me there! not getting rid of this blog or anything as i may come back to it in the future idk

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the fact that “abolish the police” went from a fringe, radical stance that no one took seriously to a national talking point after just 7 days of protests is itself a massive victory. keep pushing.

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im just gonna say. if taylor does get online today after the grad thing. i want her dash to be filled with blm posts. i swear to god if yall immediately forget everything and start self reblogging or whatever....... nah fam. keep posting blm and keep pressing for her to step up and really use her platform like she said she was going to do.

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Could you recommend some anti-police literature for a newbie?

This [link] has a really good collection of articles on alternatives to police and how to create a world without police.

Here are some more articles and books:

The police: the case against - Polite Ire

Rebellion against police violence - toward community defense, dual power and revolution - First of May Anarchist Alliance

Stop kidding yourself: the police were created to control working class and poor people - Sam Mitrani

Our Enemies in Blue - Kristian Williams

Kropotkin - Law & Authority

Angela Davis - Are Prisons Obsolete?

Foucault - Discipline and Punish; the Birth of the Prison

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10 YA books ft. trans character by trans authors

@anonymousalchemist said it best when she said JKR truly embodies “let’s kill the author” so instead of reading harry potter why not read these YA novels about trans characters by trans authors:

felix ever after by kacen callender

cemetery boys by aiden thomas

pet by akwaeke emezi

maiden, mother, and crone: fantastical trans femmes edited by gwen benaway

dreadnought by april daniels

the black tides of heaven by j. y. yang

when the moon was ours by anne-marie mclemore

i wish you all the best by mason deaver

if i was your girl by meredith russo

the brilliant death by amy rose capetta

and in case you’ve read everything on this list, why not check out this massive spreadsheet of books by trans authors?

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omg you guys!! taylor’s graduation speech for youtube’s commencement leaked early. click this link to watch

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(created by Anna Edwards (dwardslife on Instagram))

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WATCH ALL OF THIS!!!!

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please sign this petition against a law that is being enacted in Alberta against indigenous peoples’ rights to protest + could infringe on their rights to hunt,  fish etc on their own land

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I don’t think I’ve seen anything about Shukri Abdi being posted on tumblr yet. She was a 12 year old Somalian refugee. She has only been in Britain for a year when she was bullied by white kids and forced to go into a river, she didn’t know how to swim and drowned.

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halsey being soft

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Hey everyone! If you’re looking for another way to passively donate, Hozier recently pledged all future royalties from his song Jackboot Jump to go to Black Lives Matter and NAACP.

Stream it here: YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, Apple Music, Google Play.

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black lives matter means that black artists matter. we must hold our broadway community accountable. here’s a very minimal list of black-centered educational resources that theatre folks can utilize:

Things to read/watch/listen to

american son on netlfix- adapted from the broadway play, stars kerry washington and directed by kenny leon (a raisin in the sun, a soldier’s play). discusses anti-black police brutality, raising biracial children, black cops, & more. bring tissues and take notes. (tw: gunshot noises in second half). (1.5 hours)

“broadway is racist”- video made by actor and playwright griffin mathews (witness uganda/invisible thread) regarding his experiences as a black creator on broadway. includes issues with “diverse” shows, his play’s name change, and white creatives in power who do not speak up for black voices in the arts. (7 min)

“broadway’s jelani alladin explains why white silence is so painful”- I encourage you to not only watch this video, but also follow jelani (frozen, hercules) on his socials to further your education on anti-black issues that broadway regularly ignores. (3 min)

#starsinthehouse episode- seth & james shift their twice-daily show to raise money for the NAACP defense fund, talking about broadway silence and black equity issues with schele williams (original cast of aida and set to direct the revival) and afro-latinx actor robin de jesus (in the heights, the boys in the band). parts of this made me smile and laugh, and others made me stop and asses. a part of this is also recognizes appropriate etiquette regarding non-black LGBT folks and black allyship. (1 hour)

this list of black-created plays you can use as a resource to research or purchase to watch. some well-known names include: a raisin in the sun, schoolgirls: or, the african mean girls play, eclipsed, choir boy.

@blackonbroadway - a blog dedicated to spotlighting black artists and achievements in theatre.

“black lives matter: a virtual celebration of black theatre artists”- broadway sessions held a virtual fundraiser for BLM on june 4, but this video is still relevant in centering black artists and their thoughts on anti-racism and police brutality. features artists from: six, hamilton, tina, ragtime, and more. (3.5 hours)

HIGHER- a playlist amplifying black artists and stories in theatre, both on stage and behind the scenes. please read the caption before listening.

Organizations to support, donate, and sign 

NAACP legal defense fund

Broadway for Racial Justice / direct links to the Nederlander petition (who continuously donates to tr*mp) and BFRJ donations

Broadway Black / direct links to donate and sign

Broadway Diversity Project 

Black Lives Matter resource card

petition to make the apollo theater an official broadway house- there are currently zero black theatre owners. contribute by signing to make the change.

Broadway for Black Lives Matter- held by the broadway advocacy coalition from june 10th-12th. register now.

I encourage you to reblog and add more resources which amplify black voices explicitly and primarily, so that we can collectively hold ourselves accountable and educate one-another as an “inclusive” community. with all of this being said, it is not the job of our black friends to educate us. what matters is that we seek out the work ourselves, to speak up so that our black friends don’t have to. #blacklivesmatter

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THE COCOAPUFF GIRLS

So about this project. For awhile now I’ve noticed almost every single time I see a darker skinned black woman “going viral”, she’s half naked, oiled up, and/or sexualized in some way shape or form. It’s very rarely ever “Look at this amazing dark skinned woman who accomplished this thing.” Or “Look at her smile, she’s gorgeous”.  Please don’t misinterpret what I’m saying. There is nothing wrong with darker women and black women in general being free and expressive about their sexuality and provocative features. BUT that is NOT ALL they are. They are so much more than sexual beings, but for some reason, that seems to be almost the only thing that grabs viral appreciation. So here’s my attempt to have darker skinned black women go viral for just being cute, creative, stylish, bubbly, beautiful, and black. Aside from the videographer EVERYONE involved in this project IS A BLACK WOMAN. I hope you guys like it. I ask that if you enjoyed this and agree with my objective, share it with a few people please.

A special thank you to @aggienes, I couldn’t have done this without her.

INSTAGRAM PAGES OF THOSE INVOLVED Photographer & Creative Director: @ohpenmike @ohpenmikephotos Stylist: @ohpenmikephotos & @aggie_hair Hair-Stylist: @aggie_nes @aggie_hair Graphic Designer: @pepitapepper MUA: @chidi.mma Models: @kristiatolode @misskellykel @chiepodeu @yanjusofine_

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VIBE CHECK! *yearns deeply for you from an unfortunate distance*

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