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Of course, all politicians say that they are dedicated to the interests and well-being of their constituents. But Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who had the support of progressive groups such as MoveOn and the Democratic Socialists of America, isn’t your average pol. She delivered an important message to the Democratic Party by running an explicitly populist, anti-establishment campaign. And, as the Party prepares for the midterms and the 2020 Presidential election, it would do well to listen to her.

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Places where reality is a bit altered:

playgrounds at night

rest stops on highways

deep in the mountains

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Moonlight (2016) dir. Barry Jenkins

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“Have you thought of what animal you’d like to be if you end up alone?”

“Yes, a lobster. Lobsters live for over one hundred years, are blue-blooded like aristocrats, and stay fertile all their lives. I also like the sea very much.”

The Lobster (2015) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

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bruised but never broken #IAmAPreexistingCondition #VoteNo #VoteNoAHCA #wordsplash

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Happy World Poetry Day ✨

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sensitivity and strength go hand in hand #wordsplash

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Heart - anguish, love, yearning, courage

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Frances Ha (2012) dir. Noah Baumbach

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Poster paint drawings on paper, drawn from life in my mom’s backyard  

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(art by Kimothy Joy.)

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The villains [in Get Out] aren’t southern rednecks or neo-Nazi skinheads, or the so-called “alt-right”. They’re middle-class white liberals. The kind of people who read this website. The kind of people who shop at Trader Joe’s, donate to the ACLU and would have voted for Obama a third time if they could. Good people. Nice people. Your parents, probably. The thing Get Out does so well – and the thing that will rankle with some viewers – is to show how, however unintentionally, these same people can make life so hard and uncomfortable for black people. It exposes a liberal ignorance and hubris that has been allowed to fester. It’s an attitude, an arrogance which in the film leads to a horrific final solution, but in reality leads to a complacency that is just as dangerous.

Get Out: the film that dares to reveal the horror of liberal racism in America (via thejusticethatissocial)

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"My stories are just trying to establish that we all have a place in the world." -Roxane Gay, who is every bit as down to earth and inspiring in person as she is on the page (at Women & Children First Bookstore)

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let's move forward Happy #InternationalWomensDay

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Female friendship is such a beautiful thing.

Brie Larson congratulating Emma Stone for her Win for Best Actress at the 89th Academy Awards.