May 2012
Top 10 strangest phenomena of the mind
everythingisstupid:
1. Deja vu
Deja vu is an experience of having seen or experienced a new situation previously. It feels like if the event has already happened before. The experience is usually accompanied by a strong sense of familiarity and a sense of paradox or bizarre. The “previous” experience is usually attributed to a dream, but sometimes there is a constant feeling that it really has...
Update: 11 year old trans girl lost appeal →
gailsimone:
allyintraining:
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 haven’t signed the petition,...
“My partner Kenn and I have been in a committed relationship for almost 35 years....”
– Robert, California
Stand with Robert and supporters across the country today by making a contribution to President Obama’s campaign.
(via demnewswire)
“Anyone who knows the ability to see beauty never grows old.”
– Franz Kafka (via ikenbot)
The awkward moment when your friend leaves you...
sodamnrelatable:
via sodamnrelatable
karnythia:
NGL I feel some kind of way about how many of these convos turn to anti Black American even if they aren’t anti-blackness. And it’s not okay to ignore the sideways shit that gets spit at black Americans under the guise of “Oh they’re so entitled” while ignoring how much of this convo centers around excluding us from our own cultural products. Do you know how many times “Hip hop is...
myspacing:
I hate when people disrespect teachers for no reason
Especially the really nice ones that pass you just for showing up like really, are you that much of an asshole? They’re just trying to do their job
alleeexxxx:
avatarstateyipyip:
pizzaforpresident:
So in one week we’ve got three cannibal cases in Florida, a man spitting blood all over a highway patrol officer, another man disemboweling himself and then throwing his intestines at two police officers, and a woman beheading her infant and eating it’s brain…….
The mother eating her baby thing is from 2009.
“Being “anti-PC” is not sticking it to the Man, it’s sticking it to all the...”
– Baby-stepping away from racism: A guide for white people (via fangirlmarena)
Reblog if you have mourned the death of a...
Study finds TV can decrease self esteem in... →
If you are a white girl, a black girl or a black boy, exposure to today’s electronic media in the long run tends to make you feel worse about yourself. If you’re a white boy, you’ll feel better, according to a new study led by an Indiana University professor.
Nicole Martins, an assistant professor of telecommunications in the IU College of Arts and Sciences, and Kristen Harrison, professor of...
Create yourself as a Disney Princess →
“After the events of Deathly Hallows, Rita Skeeter was exiled from the wizarding...”
– the internet (via miraze)
“It took me a long time to realize that my partners were having sex with me in...”
– Fat Sex: What Everyone Wants to Know but is Afraid to Ask (via meandthestereo)
The first Latino president of the United States... →
generalbriefing:
political-linguaphile:
Henry Cisneros, the former San Antonio mayor who was secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration, made the suggestion three years ago in an interview with the Spanish-language news service EFE.
“I don’t know if he or she’s in elementary school or in law school or is already elected … to public office, but I...
bad-dominicana:
well im black and ive had a 100% racism free, fabulous life and ive never endured any kind of abuse whatsoever. will someone please remember me when you all are speaking on your oppression?
NO
i dont fucking care
get your derailing, railroading special snowflake ass the fuck outta here
How to deal with people who wear unflattering...
aoawaywego:
infinitetransit:
Realise all aesthetic choices are subjective.
Realise that they might think they look sexy as fuck.
Remove yourself from the vicinity until you’ve learned to get over your fatphobia/transphobia/misogyny/racism or combination of those.
and realize it’s my inner-fatphobia that makes me wanna look outwards for criticism and love myself instead. —RENEWED goal.
