this is not a duet

When white people try to talk to you about reverse racism

Stop making celebrities out of white killers and suspects out of black victims. (x)

Please keep this circulating. Cops are getting more and more brazen, know your rights!

good to know

ANNIE - Official Trailer (2014)

I’m not gonna lie, I teared up a little bit when I saw the trailer. I’m sooo excited for this… cheese fest and all!

this is so freaking adorable and yes i cried. I can’t wait.

I CAN’T WAIT

So I’ll probably get slammed for this (because, tumblr) but here goes anyway.  Ask box is open, slam away.

When the original Little Orphan Annie was written, chronologically we were a lot closer to a time where there was a strong bias against Irish people.  By making Annie red haired, it was implied that she was of Irish descent, and by extension, the audience would have inherently known that was part of the bias against her.

Changing Annie’s race to African American replicates this same dynamic in modern society, and that’s a big part of why so many people were upset by it.  A BLACK orphan?!  Nooooooo, keep her white and red haired and cute I DON’T WANT TO DEAL WITH HOW THIS IS MAKING ME UNCOMFORTABLE.

Casting Annie as black in 2014 is a much more true to the original character than casting her as a caucasian red head.

I was asked my opinion on fame.  A good question, and one I’m sure you guys are interested in, so I’ll sketch out the details.  Fame and infamy are both recognition.  Recognition of something, an idea, a person, a place, a thing, serves a purpose to humans, whether we know it or not. 

By sharing a memory with someone, in this case I’ll use the MS paint adventure Homestuck, you include yourself into a group.  Two groups are created through the idea of Homestuck, the group of people who like the game, and those who don’t.  What Homestuck does, through this mechanism, is create cohesion, agency among people, grouping them together, allowing them to get along with eachother but also disagree with the opposing side. 

This force, the creation of agency among humans, is the most powerful in the symbolic world.  It breathes love and hate into people.  Fame and infamy (recognition to be more encompassing) is the most powerful thing in the human realm of existence and will inevitably be the thing that undoes us as Hominids, or brings us together to end global strife.  Whether you hate me or love me, what I serve to do as a symbol of culture is bring you together.  And so you can call me whatever you want, as long as it brings you closer to other people, than I have succeeded. 

in other words………Haters gonna hate.  :)

Profound.

What I'm running from is something I can't see But in my heart I know it's you that's chasing me I don't want to fall for you, baby But still I slip, loosening my grip subconsciously. I'm watching for a change, Waiting for a change, Wanting things to change, Even though I know you're void of love But still I have to walk away...

Lyrics are relevant to my life right about now.