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Kazakhstan’s Minister of Communications and Informatics has blocked the Tumblr site because it contained 60 sites of terrorism, extremism, and pornography in 2015.
“This caused controversy” is an incredible understatement.
O’Connor was ahead of her time and consistently spoke out on issues related to child abuse, human rights, anti-racism, organized religion, social injustice, mental illnesses, and women's rights. But in specifically calling out the Catholic Church for its systemic culture of covering up child sexual abuse and protecting abuser priests, her career was effectively derailed by the media.
She unflinchingly spoke truth to power.
“I don't do anything in order to cause trouble. It just so happens that what I do naturally causes trouble. I'm proud to be a troublemaker.” —Sinead O’Connor
omg I would give anything to go back to this one shop I grew up going to. It enabled and helped to cultivate my witchiness as a child/teen. RIP one of the best hippie shops in the state.
And now some fond memories I have about the late, legendary Dragonball manga creator, Akira Toriyama…
I used to paraphrase some lines from a Season 7 sitcom episode of The King of Queens, where Doug only remembered the names of people in his own life, and not his wife’s. I’d paraphrase that I wouldn’t remember the names of political figures, and that I’d only remember the name of the Dragonball manga creator, and his son’s name, Sasuke, Sasuke Toriyama. The Season 7 King of Queens’ episode that I’d paraphrase the lines from in my head was called “Name Dropper”.