Go on and sing me a song.

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Thu, 23 May 2013 17:32:35 -0700

versatilequeen: daniellemertina: spartanbitch: realest shit i...

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:49:37 -0700

daniellemertina:

spartanbitch:

realest shit i ever heard

Rihanna is on point with this one.

I needed to read this.

muchadoaboutmusicals: The Original Broadway Cast of Disney’s...

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:48:23 -0700

muchadoaboutmusicals:

The Original Broadway Cast of Disney’s The Lion King

Mufasa :: Sarabi :: Young Nala and Simba :: Simba :: Nala:: Rafiki :: Pumba and Timon :: Zazu :: Scar :: The Hyenas (Ed, Shenzi, and Banzai)

"I’ve spent my whole life with anxiety issues over people not liking me. I wasted so much time..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:43:33 -0700

““I’ve spent my whole life with anxiety issues over people not liking me. I wasted so much time worrying about trying to save face for my fuck ups or being nice to people who were dickheads to me. This song is kind of a fuck you to everyone that stands against us. I don’t have time for it.””

- Soupy from The Wonder Years about “My Life As A Pigeon” (via socoamaralime)

heirofmedusa: No love for Biscuits and Burntbatch? LOL

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:29:19 -0700

heirofmedusa:

No love for Biscuits and Burntbatch? LOL

thatneedstogo: 14 Exasperating Parts Of The Job Interview -...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:32:27 -0700

thatneedstogo:

14 Exasperating Parts Of The Job Interview - Buzzfeed

shout out to the 90% of my followers that dont like reblog or message me at all but still follow me...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:29:32 -0700

shout out to the 90% of my followers that dont like reblog or message me at all but still follow me for some reason

heirofmedusa: geekscoutcookies: babydramallama: becuzbacon: k...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:28:08 -0700

heirofmedusa:

geekscoutcookies:

babydramallama:

becuzbacon:

kyssthis16:

areohdoubleb:

Lmaoo i wish i could use microsoft paint this good

I’m crying.

Done

STAHP!

OH MY GOD

OH FUCK

LMFAOMFOMAOFMAO

eat24: This bird has accomplished everything there is to...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:17:49 -0700

eat24:

This bird has accomplished everything there is to life.

dogshaming: I never eat a pair…only one from each set Cargo…....

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:44:35 -0700

dogshaming:

I never eat a pair…only one from each set

Cargo…. The sock thief…. Loves to keep one from each set as a trophy to remind him how many he has…

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"Yes, false rape accusations happen. Run the protocol anyway. I’ve heard that perhaps the military..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:10:54 -0700

“Yes, false rape accusations happen. Run the protocol anyway. I’ve heard that perhaps the military has the highest number of ‘em. True or not, RUN THE PROTOCOL ANYWAY. Because in 15 years of investigating rape accusations, I can count those that panned out as false on one hand. Meanwhile, the one time I almost skipped the protocol, the one time I almost didn’t believe a petty officer, because I was naive as an investigator and a young woman, because her commanding officer described her as “a party girl, always late, always out drinking, don’t bother with this one”, she turned out to be the victim of one of the most brutal assaults I’ve ever investigated. She shouldn’t have still been -alive-, let alone up and making the accusation. So let me repeat: five false accounts in fifteen years. And one time I almost failed a woman ‘cause of the bullshit way it’s normal to talk about us. Take your shipmates’ word, and then run the protocol. Every. Single. Time.”

- - JAG lawyer, speaking to my husband’s plant during Sexual Assault Prevention Month. (via circusbones)

This hits home for me.

(via heirofmedusa)

I don’t want to be your entire world, no. I would be happy just to be your morning coffee, your...

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:00:23 -0700

I don’t want to be
your entire world, no.
I would be happy
just to be your morning coffee,
your hanging car keys,
your wallet.

Something seemingly
insignificant,
but if lost throws off
your entire day.

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Thu, 23 May 2013 11:00:11 -0700

me at home: i've been wearing the same jeans and band shirt for the last three weeks but it still smells alright so i'll keep wearing it

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:55:47 -0700

me at home: i've been wearing the same jeans and band shirt for the last three weeks but it still smells alright so i'll keep wearing it

me going away: I NEED ONE SHIRT FOR EACH DAY AND EXTRA IN CASE IT GETS DIRTY AND THE SAME AMOUNT OF JEANS AND SOCKS ACTUALLY NO I'LL NEED EXTRA SOCKS IN CASE IT FLOODS AND DOUBLE THE UNDERWEAR IN CASE OF DISASTER AND ONE NICE OUTFIT IN CASE I GET INVITED TO TEA WITH THE QUEEN

"Most Whites find it easy to ignore residential segregation. I experienced a good example of this..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:55:28 -0700

“Most Whites find it easy to ignore residential segregation. I experienced a good example of this inattention when I told a lunch-table’s worth of White colleagues at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences about the linguist John Baugh’s project on “linguistic profiling” (Baugh 2003). Baugh has developed a matched-guise test in which a single speaker uses a “White professional,” a “Latino,” or a “Black” voice in making telephone inquiries about the availability of advertised rentals in the San Francisco Bay area. The “White professional” voice is much more likely to yield an invitation to make an appointment to look at the property, while the other accents are more likely to result in a response that the rental is no longer available. My colleagues, all sophisticated scholars, were genuinely surprised at this result; several mentioned that they had thought that this sort of discrimination had long since disappeared.”

- Jane H. Hill, The Everyday Language of White Racism (via wretchedoftheearth)

*****

This is like when me and my white soon-to-be husband were looking for places. I’d call up and they’d say, “Come on down! Get an application!”. Because I don’t “sound” black.

Then I’d walk in 2 minutes later and they’d be all, “Oh. Sorry, we just rented it.”

Then I’d send him in and he’d get an application.

The best part? Walking back in while he was completing the application. “Oh, they gave you an application? But they told me it was just rented. ODD. THAT. I’m going to report them so let’s just skip this place, m’kay?” The looks on their faces and the pathetic apologies were just too much fun.

Used to deal with the same thing with road trips. Hotels would tell me that there were no vacancies, but my white roommate would go in and get us a room, usually cheaper than advertised.

*****

(via faboomama)

I do similar stuff at restauants and other places of business with my white bf. At least it makes it easier to know where not to go!

(via 23andchildfree)

Reblogging again for the commentary

(via darkjez)

But we’re just supposed to *trust* and think everything is an *isolated* incident.

(via hamburgerjack)

Not so sophisticated scholars, were they? I mean this really, really shouldn’t be all that surprising.

(via stfunithingas)

It shouldn’t be surprising, but I guarantee that most white people find it unbelievable

(via wretchedoftheearth)

I’m going to reblog this every time I see it on my dash. My parents pointed out how this phenomenon worked when we were moving to PA (they’d get steered to crummier neighborhoods and have to insist on being shown others). Housing discrimination is still pretty widespread and the gatekeepers? Tend to either intentionally or due to unchecked bias reinforce the status quo.

(via invisiblelad)

It always floors me the things people are surprised at. Meanwhile, every person of color is sitting here like, “Oh. Must be another day that ends in Y, and in other news, water is wet.” Like, really, people are surprised by this, and whenever they show surprise at learning stuff that we go through, I have to poker face, lest I end up giving them the most disbelieving side eye in history because how do you NOT know this? But then, you know. Some people have the privilege of being able to be unaware it because it’s not a problem they have to deal with. :/ (via lori-jaye)

Reblogged again for commentary

(via covenesque)

Sounds like my friends when they were looking for a place in Midtown memphis(mostly white liberal middle class area)… they said people would invite them to see the places and then would either suddenly become unavailable or they would just ignore their phone calls.. but the Obama’s said “no more excuses.. work harder”…

(via jcoleknowsbest)

Sort of had this issue with an acquaintance of my boss. The application was approved and all systems were go until the potential tenant (a Black person) faxed in a copy of their picture ID. Suddenly, the landlord didn’t want to rent the home out anymore. A real estate agent on behalf of the client threatened to pursue legal action and the acquaintance asked us for advice.

I read the email and was like, “pbbft, your landlord fucked himself over. what do you want us to say? have fun getting sued, you should’ve known better.”

(via sara-huynh)

Officially in love with sara-huynh

(via carrionofcats)

The number of times this has happened to me are too many to count. My anglo sounding name and secretary voice throw white people for a loop every fucking time.

(via sourcedumal)

Happens to me every time I want to book anything, buy, rent, etc. Buy my problem is, my name is completely Arabic so I can’t hide my race behind a ‘white accent’.

(via heirofmedusa)

This hits really close to home right now especially.

I sound incredibly white (and while people usually ask me what I’m mixed with, most people assume I’m 1/2 white - which I am). I was looking for an apartment last week and there was this one that looked perfect. It was in my budget, close to work, etc. The only thing is, it was in a very white area of Los Angeles. The lady was all excited to have me some see it and then she asked for my full name (Anna Maria Susana Acosta) and when I gave it to her she suddenly goes quiet for a minute and then said that they required tenants to make at least 4x the monthly rent to live in their building (when I’d already told her how much I make and that hadn’t been a problem like 45 seconds prior). My name is Latina and that’s enough for me to not be able to live in a white neighborhood - which means I can’t live anywhere near where I work.

Even my pasty ass can’t avoid that level of racism.

onoasa: jeffersonstarshipshavethetardis: okay so we know about jesus when he’s a baby, and jesus...

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:44:12 -0700

onoasa:

jeffersonstarshipshavethetardis:

okay so we know about jesus when he’s a baby, and jesus when he’s an adult, but does the bible ever mention his rebellious teenager years?

‘jesus, go feed the donkey.’
‘yOU’RE NOT MY REAL FATHER’

the ground shakes a little, and a voice comes down from the sky

‘do what your stepfather says you little shit’

heirofmedusa: native-detroiter: patrickandmarcus: he been...

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:41:26 -0700

heirofmedusa:

native-detroiter:

patrickandmarcus:

he been throwing haymakers and not giving one fuck

that was such a dumb question. like folks weren’t already star trek fans.

Cho ain’t been giving a single solitary fuck about white people feelings.

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Wed, 22 May 2013 16:04:21 -0700

surkesh: i’m going to have so much fun with this

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:22:27 -0700

surkesh:

i’m going to have so much fun with this

May has kind of been the worst, and the life lesson I’m taking away from this is I...

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:54:00 -0700

May has kind of been the worst, and the life lesson I’m taking away from this is I didn’t know what real problems were when I was in high school. My problems were very real at the time and they caused me a lot of grief - but they have NOTHING on the shit adult Anna is trying to deal with. Oy.

Thank goodness for my family and friends. Without them I’d have quit life by now.