April 2012
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“I took all of the screams and put those together, and cut out everything else....”
– Tom Owen, biometric voice analysis expert • Speaking to the Orlando Sentinel, on his assessment of a 911 audio recording featuring sounds of screaming during the Trayvon Martin incident. In an interview with Piers Morgan earlier this week (which generated some heat from MSNBC’s Touré), George...
March 2012
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shows i watch that john munch's presence, actual...
nevertravelled:
hlots, the wire, the x-files, luther, all law & orders (appearances on the mothership and svu, plus ci by the chris noth transitive property). + arrested development as @imthefuckinglaw reminds me!
which means somewhere in the wire verse is a british detective who looks exactly like stringer who is breaking avon’s heart.
Oh my god. Now I sort of have my heart broken...
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Today We Observe a Self Proclaimed "Educated,...
sugaredvenom:
racismschool:
sugaredvenom:
This reads as fat-shaming to me. If it’s not could someone let me know how it’s not please?
Wow! REALLY? No, as you you will see in a later post, he went on a rant about how people were using a picture of Trayvon Martin that was from how ever many years ago to make him look “Innocent.” My point, was that this person was ALSO using a picture that...
Set Off Your Medical Pendant, Get Shot
liquornspice:
amaditalks:
A 68 year old black Marine veteran was shot and killed in his own home in White Plains, NY after police responded to a “medical emergency” call when the man accidentally activated his medical assistance pendant device.
In the middle of the night, police banged on his door until he was roused from sleep, demanded entry, when he refused (because he was not ill) they...
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puggbutt:
Update: 11 year old trans girl lost appeal
transawareness:
The above article is an update. Her mother went to appeal to keep her out of the psychiatric ward and lost. She will be institutionalized because of her expression of her gender. She will be held until she conforms to male gender and then released to foster care, not her mother who was supporting her.
Please, if you...
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“should be Caucasian, between ages 15 and 20, who could portray someone ‘underfed...”
– Just a reminder that casting directors asked only white people to apply for the role of Katniss Everdeen. A role of an “olive-skinned” woman, “caucasian” or otherwise. (via feministfilm)
Oh for the love of god. Of course they did.
(via suzy-x)
Ugh. See, I loved Jennifer Lawrence in the role, but...
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poemsofthedead:
In loving memory of the black girls who died because of street harrassment
usesforroots:
Please spread this. To not talk about gendered experiences of race is to erase the most subjugated voices.
It is TMI tuesday, and the ask box is open
So, yanno, if you ever wanted to get some TMI on, drop me a line.
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But whyyyy don't people ever talk about black on...
caffeinatedfeminist:
IDK MAYBE BECAUSE IF A BLACK PERSON COMMITS A CRIME AGAINST A WHITE PERSON THE JUSTICE SYSTEM GOES:
OH HANG ON WE GOT THIS.
DEATH PENALTY FOR YOU.
DEATH PENALTY FOR YOU.
AND A DEATH PENALTY FOR YOU.
Seriously, people. Come on.
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Watchjumpupgocrazy:
shadeismyperogative:
randomyouthramblings:
kirstinthereckless:
somepolitics:
leftist-linguaphile:
mohandasgandhi:
soupsoup:
reuters:
ABC News releases surveillance video of arrest of George Zimmerman.
Zimmerman said he had been bloodied badly, had the back of his head slammed into the ground, and was given a broken nose. Does that appear to be the case from this...
You want some receipts on this?
Hey ksplitintwok, and all you other vegans who got pissed at this post by moniquill (which was righteous and truth laden as all get out!).
Here’s one of those vegangelicals you were saying that you’re not like. Over here. Comparing eating meat to murder, thus saying that murder victims are totally the same as cattle.
I don’t know about you, but in watching the heartwrenching,...
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ksplitintwok:
Bitch, please.: Warning, I am about to obnoxiously practice psychology from this armchair without remorse.
moniquill:
ksplitintwok:
kiriamaya:
guerrillamamamedicine:
moniquill:
I swear, the majority of white people who are vegans* are vegans because they feel a deep need to create more problems in their lives.
Complication and problem solving are major human impetus. If...
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Warning, I am about to obnoxiously practice...
sugaredvenom:
kiriamaya:
guerrillamamamedicine:
moniquill:
I swear, the majority of white people who are vegans* are vegans because they feel a deep need to create more problems in their lives.
Complication and problem solving are major human impetus. If you don’t have enough actual problems, you will make problems for yourself to solve. Some people do it by taking on complicated projects...
karnythia:
holzmantweed:
karnythia:
So, am I the only one looking at that Allen Coon story & asking for receipts? Because I believe a lot of things, but doused with gasoline & 1st degree burns really don’t add up. That’s before we get into unknown black kids randomly deciding to spend their walk home setting him on fire. Somehow this feels more like kid playing with gas & not...
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Interesting... →
o0brownsugar0o:
intractableandadamantine:
racismschool:
“George Zimmerman is the son of retired Virginia Supreme Court magistrate Judge Robert J. Zimmerman. His mother Gladys Zimmerman is a court clerk. He has three closed arrests
7/18/05 for resisting an officer w/violence, and battery on a law enforcement Officer div 10
8/9/05 for domestic violence div 44
8/10/05 for domestic violence...
Why does nobody ever write fantasy/sci-fi where...
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
ellierantsforever:
rararamyeon:
Is that what we’re calling POC now?
i see what you did there.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHFLKSDJlggf
I’ve had an idea in my head about that for a while since I saw posts about how aliens must have helped non-Euro countries build their wonders. Which is nonsense because those cultures clearly had the means to do so, from...
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If you have burned a single calorie analyzing the...
THIS. IT IS ALL TRUE.
23andchildfree:
ABC7 Chicago - Travyon Martin Called 911 Shortly Before His Death
kit-kat-o-graham:
intractableandadamantine:
invisiblelad:
karnythia:
deliciouskaek:
abaldwin360:
The link goes to an audio file of the ABC7 Chicago Broadcast, more details as I can find them.
Huh.
Damn.
Have they even found his cell phone yet? There hasn’t been any information on that score as...
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baddominicana:
umm wow the sinead o connor quote going around? conveniently leaves out the part where shes sermoning the black youth for wanting to be gangsters, listening to rap and killing each other. how everyone needs to join hands, black, blue and polka dotted, and this killing was “unamerican” and “not representative” of amerikkkan reality. and you will all save yourselves w self esteem...
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i've been arrested before
alexandraerin:
deliciouskaek:
private-revolution:
theoceanandthesky:
strugglingtobeheard:
do you understand how much cops lie on police reports? how much they change everything for their own twisted view. how much they can get away with it? if you drink this fucking kool-aid, i hope it kills you.
me too. do y’all understand how much police will try to put words in your mouth? they will...
“I was stopped and questioned seven times by University police on my way into the...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson, on racism at the University of Texas, Austin (via sheikhmaat)
See also Sweatt v. Painter (1950)
The case involved a black man, Heman Marion Sweatt, who was refused admission to the School of Law of the University of Texas, whose president was Theophilus Painter, on the grounds...
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Breaking: NYPD fatally shoots 18 year old in the...
baddominicana:
occupyallstreets:
Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne said the shooting happened following a struggle with the suspect. He said an officer from the Special Narcotics Unit fired one time, striking 18-year-old Rahmarley Graham in the chest.
The shooting happened around 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon in the bathroom of the apartment house where Graham lived with his mother and...
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The Police are officially defending Zimmerman
baddominicana:
hamburgerjack:
Even on their website.
They claim Trayvon chased and hit Zimmerman on his way back to the car.
If this is true, how was it he’s on the phone the whole time with his girlfriend.
How is it, she stopped talking to him at 7:15 and the police claim they showed up at 7:17?
Did they do an autopsy on Trayvon?
Are there hospital records of Zimmerman’s injuries?
There...
[TW: Cruelty to animals, animal pain, animal mistreatment.]
ktempest:
DECLAWING: What You Need to Know
fuckyeahanimalwelfare:
Written by Veterinarian, Dr. Christianne Schelling
If you are considering declawing your cat, please read this. It will only take a moment, and it will give you valuable information to help you in your decision.
First, you should know that declawing is pretty much...
Stop desensitizing the struggles of those who have...
feministische:
[[TW: Abortion, slavery, Holocaust, child soldiers, rape, murder, infant loss]]
Abortion is abortion.
Abortion is not slavery. Stop desensitizing the struggles of our black American’s ancestors and the hardships people all over the world- even in America- face every day: even in 2012.
Abortion is not like the holocaust. Stop desensitizing the torture, murder and great losses...
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Listening to Melissa Harris-Perry show this...
newwavefeminism:
They’re building more jails based on test scores of FOURTH GRADERS in the Bronx? If that ain’t the school to prison pipeline I don’t know what is.
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moniquill:
moriartyistheworstkidsshowhost:
the-absolute-funniest-posts:
In third grade: Learn cursive, you will use it for the rest of your life Middle School: Write in cursive if you want, but make sure it’s readable High School: Please don’t write in cursive College: If you do not type it I will not grade your paper
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I’ve written...
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Race Card Benefits
sourcedumal:
So I’ve been seeing this little girl whinge and cry her white tears because she got told off about her racist ass little “race card,” because apparently, being not white has so many fucking benefits. So I decided I was going to throw out there all the lovely benefits of being a black person in America.
As a black person, you get the following benefits for being black:
More likely...
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Blogsite for Women/PoC/Queer/Trans* Folks and Our...
kinkyturtle:
zorascreation:
So I just discovered this little gem in my submission box:
regarding your post about needing a blogsite run by Women/PoC/Queer/Trans* people - this is highly possible to do if enough people are interested in getting together to do this :) there is a free software called ‘buddypress’ that can be used to set up this kind of site. if anyone is serious about starting...