May 2013
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The Nakba. May 15, 1948.
thelowercasearab:
Today marks the 65th year of Palestine’s Nakba. Palestine’s catastrophe. It’s been 65 years since the ongoing dispossession and theft of Palestine, the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, the expulsion of most of the Palestinian population - including many of our families for those reading this, and the destruction of towns, homes and villages, all carried out to make way for the...
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If you think that the nice guy ranting only happens on the internet, you’ve...
– It’s Not Just the Internet. It Never Has Been.
(via loveyourrebellion)
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April 2013
It’s easy to say “fuck cultural identities, we’re all human” when your culture is not the one being exploited, marginalized and oppressed. It’s easy to say “fuck borders” when your country is the one who puts up the borders. And it is really fucking easy to say “we all bleed red” when it’s not bodies of your people riddled with bullets because Western capitalism has a price.
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If guys were as mad about rape as they are duck face we wouldn’t have a rape...
– Jamie Kilstein (via stuzie)
Other things most straight white guys get way more upset about than they do about rape:
Taylor Swift
the song “Call Me Maybe”
girls who date “douchebags”
basically any music that isn’t played by white dudes with guitars
girls who are “shallow” or “fake”
girls who...
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Why is diversity in fiction important? Because diversity in life is important....
– Sarah Ockler talks to white authors about what doesn’t count as diversifying fiction, why certain fears hold some people back, and responsibility (via richincolor)
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daisyfairy:
my current mentality is “im sad and i hate myself but i have to get good grades”
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Reading 2013
Books I’m Reading
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs
Days of Blood and Starlight - Laini Taylor
City of Glass - Cassandra Clare (Gave up)
Books I Read (and Loved)
Anna Dressed in Blood - Kendare Blake
Graceling - Kristin Cashore
The Indigo Spell - Richelle Mead
Finnikin of The Rock - Melina Marchetta
Insurgent - Veronica...
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On Periods: Let’s put this shit to bed right now: Women don’t lose their minds...
– Shakesville: Feminism 101 (via andotherdoublemeanings)
BOOM
(via lagertha-lodbrok)
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bigrnac:
lets play “how rude can i be until you realize i dont like you”