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trungles: upgraders: a pack of “nice guys” should be called a fedoration I have never reblogged...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:21:18 +0100

upgraders:

a pack of “nice guys” should be called a fedoration

I have never reblogged something so fast before in my life.

When you hit your funny bone and you're just like

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:18:56 +0100

sodamnrelatable:

z1c: being 20+ on tumblr

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:18:28 +0100

z1c:

being 20+ on tumblr

apihtawikosisan: sincerelysarita: Nineteen-year-old Tarikuwa...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:17:13 +0100

apihtawikosisan:

sincerelysarita:

Nineteen-year-old Tarikuwa Lemma is a survivor, of an international adoption scandal. When she was 13, she was effectively sold from her native Ethiopia to an American family. The corrupt “adoption agency” convinced her father, who was a widow, that Tarikuwa and her younger sisters were headed to the U.S. as part of an educational exchange program, and that they would return home every summer and on holiday breaks. Little did he know, his daughters had been placed with adoptive couples in the U.S., never to return. Tarikuwa’s name was changed against her will, and she was forbidden by her American “family” from speaking her native language. The issue of transnational adoption, its evangelical Christian component, and the exploitation of communities that sometimes results, is the subject of the book, The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking and the New Gospel of Adoption by Kathryn Joyce, who appeared, along with Tarikuwa, on last Sunday’s “Melissa Harris Perry” show on MSNBC. Below is Tarikuwa’s satirical look at the “rescue” of children from her home country, to “better lives” in America.

clutchmag:

Stop ‘Rescuing’ African Children Through Corrupt Adoptions

Tarikuwa Lemma appearing on Melissa Harris Perry Show April 28, 2013.

From The Grio — Nineteen-year…

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Doesn’t seem to matter the background of the child, the methods of colonialism and assimilation haven’t changed.

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Sun, 19 May 2013 22:16:00 +0100

skyrimconfessionss: “I see all these confessions about people...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:15:27 +0100

skyrimconfessionss:

“I see all these confessions about people being unable to make anything but sneak thieves. I have a similar problem: no matter what kind of character I’m playing, they have to have some elements of a tank.”

http://skyrimconfessions.com

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Mon, 13 May 2013 17:27:53 +0100

welcome-beautiful-bitches:

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judyjetsons: kilo kish for flaunt magazineph. by michael...

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:46:47 +0100

judyjetsons:

kilo kish for flaunt magazine
ph. by michael schwartz

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Here are some weird facts about animals to freak you out!

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:37:58 +0100

Here are some weird facts about animals to freak you out!:

OMG. I will never look at these animals the same way

I KNEW IT THOSE FUCKING JELLYFISH ARE EVIL

Jellyfish are so creepy

so if I was a ferret i’d be pretty much dead by now

okay.. i think thats enough internet for me today

#7 There are 1,000,000 ants for every human in the world

omgomgomg

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Sun, 12 May 2013 22:36:38 +0100

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paris winkers, tian yi after chloé s/s 2013

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:35:26 +0100

paris winkers, tian yi after chloé s/s 2013

Photographs, Vandalism, and Catcalls

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:33:43 +0100

nerdloveandlolz:

I’ve been thinking a lot about this quote lately.

A catcall is entirely about reminding you that you are not yours. The purity myth is entirely about reminding you that you are not yours. The fetishization of female purity in a world where catcalls are an acceptable form of communication telegraphs one thing very clearly: Women, stop sexualizing yourselves—that’s our job, and you’re taking all the fun out of it.

It’s from an article on Jezebel called “Female Purity is Bullshit” and I really recommend you read it because it’s brilliant. The article isn’t really focused on the problem of catcalls, but the line stood out to me as a very interesting way to understand the “psychology” of catcalls. I mean, guys who say to women “Nice titties, can I suck on them?” (actual thing an actual guy actually said to me) and stuff like that can’t think that it’ll work, right? As Amanda Palmer puts it, “Has any girl in history/ said, ‘Sure, you seem so nice, let’s get it on’?”

Anyway, I’ve been thinking about this lately, and today I happened to witness three things in quick succession: a dude catcalling, a tourist taking a photograph of the Tiffany store sign, and a kid writing “I was here” with his finger in some dirt. Why did the man catcall every single woman who walked by, even though not a single one of them took him up on any of his “offers”? Why did the tourist take that photo, when there are tons of pictures of that sign on the internet? Why did the kid write “I was here” if he’ll never see that space again?

I was thinking about all this the phrase “you are not yours” came into my head, and the answer came to me. Ownership.

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Is It Bagel O'Clock Yet?: Theoretically, I should probably dislike selfies (| selfēz | self...

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:21:42 +0100

Is It Bagel O'Clock Yet?: Theoretically, I should probably dislike selfies (| selfēz | self...:

bageloclock:

Theoretically, I should probably dislike selfies (| selfēz | self portraits, usually taken with a camera phone) on principle.

For one, arrogance, vanity and neediness aren’t exactly my favourite personality traits. And in general, the majority of people who partake in selfies seem to suffer from…

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Sun, 12 May 2013 22:16:42 +0100

danhowellspenis: i was on this website about how to tell your...

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:16:22 +0100

danhowellspenis:

i was on this website about how to tell your gf shes fat and i was just like is this serious so i was looking at the comments and i saw this was written by a girl and when i started reading it i was like pls no but then it got 200x better

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Sun, 12 May 2013 22:13:26 +0100

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