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PEOPLE STILL SEE ME AS FEMALE?! WTF!
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check out this BART advertisement that’s supposed to make me want to use this app to find a place to live in the Bay Area instead of the emotion it actually invokes, which is horror, and a deep despair driving me out of this entire state
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The man accused of killing nine people in a historically black church in South Carolina last month should not have been able to buy the gun he used in the attack, the F.B.I. said Friday, in what was the latest acknowledgment of flaws in the national background check system.
A loophole in the system and an error by the F.B.I. allowed the man, Dylann Roof, to buy the .45-caliber handgun despite having previously admitted to drug possession, officials said.
Mr. Roof first tried to buy the gun on April 11, from a dealer in South Carolina. The F.B.I., which conducts background checks for gun sales, did not give the dealer approval to proceed with the purchase because the bureau needed to do more investigating about Mr. Roof’s s criminal history.
Under federal law, the F.B.I. has three days to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to deny the purchase. If the bureau cannot come up with an answer, the purchaser can return to the dealer and buy the gun.
In the case of Mr. Roof, the F.B.I. failed to gain access to a police report in which he admitted to having been in possession of a controlled substance, which would have disqualified him from purchasing the weapon. The F.B.I. said that confusion about where the arrest had occurred had prevented it from acquiring the arrest record in a timely fashion.
Mr. Roof’s application was not resolved within the three-day limit because the F.B.I. was still trying to get the arrest record, and he returned to store and was sold the gun.
Many major national gun dealers, like Walmart, will not sell the weapon to the buyer if they do not have an answer from F.B.I., but many smaller stores will.
“We are all sick this happened,” said the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey. “We wish we could turn back time.”
The New York Times, “Background Check Flaw Let Dylann Roof Buy Gun, FBI Says.”
God damn it all.
WSJSpeakeasy: HEDWIG on Broadway reads the The Wall Street Journal headlines!
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Noah (ft. Laura Dreyfuss) Cover of “Elastic Heart” by Sia
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"The wrong kind of guy to fall in love with is the guy who will let go of the steering wheel as a joke. A guy who finds it amusing to make you uncomfortable—which is more common than you’d think—is someone you want to avoid."
Anna Kendrick (via suedescripture)
Truth. Have dated this actual guy, who did this actual thing, on the roads up around Bear Mountain, going 80, sometimes with the headlights off at night. If you know those roads, you’re probably wondering why I’m not dead.
Me too.
(via lettersfromtitan)
Holy shit—I can barely stand to drive those roads in the daylight! You are lucky you’re not dead.
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(photos and article by Mariah Stewart)
“You are looking at two people that stood shoulder to shoulder, faced rubber bullets, tear gas and discrimination. … To be a black woman in America is an unfathomably deep struggle to go through day in and day out. And being a lesbian black woman in America — you just see how each level compounds,” Spann said. “These two women represent the idea of freedom. They represent the idea of love and that black lives matter and have power and passion. It comes full circle; it’s like watching poetry write itself.”
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Things nobody ever tells you about female bodily functions, so you have to google it to find out it’s perfectly normal:
Vaginal chemistry being acidic enough to bleach your black underwear.
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Yeeeeeep
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Laverne Cox attends the ‘Orange Is The New Black’ season two premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on May 15, 2014 in New York City.
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Finished this #paisley #tattoo today! #mandalatattoos #eternaldarkred #tattoos #vintagekarma (at shopvintagekarma.com)
Kuroshio Sea - Second Largest Aquarium Tank in the World (x)
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“Chris” created and posted on behalf of Chris Colfer Army for FACES, who’ve partnered with Karyn Colfer and NYU FACES to raise awareness for epilepsy research and care. For more information on how to donate toward this incredible cause, please visit their project page. Lastly, as a “thank you” and in honor of Mr. Colfer’s upcoming birthday, prints of this drawing will be gifted to donors from now until 27 May. <3
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One more digital drawing (apparently this is a thing I do now). Here, have a Kurt.
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In my Sociology class, we had to write every hurtful word we’ve ever been called on a sticky note and then stick it to our body. We then went around and took them off of each other. Most of us in tears…this is the aftermath.
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…I have no words for this post.
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Klaine hotel scene.
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Macklemore - White Privilege
Lyrics:
I see so many people lost who really try to pretend But am I just another white boy who has caught on to the trend When I take a step to the mic is hiphop closer to the end? ‘Cause when I go to shows the majority have white skin They marketed the windmill, the air flair and head spin And white rappers albums really get the most spins The face of hip hop has changed a lot since Eminem And if he’s taking away black artists’ profits I look just like him Claimed a culture that wasn’t mine, the way of the american Hip hop is gentrified and where will all the people live It’s like the central district, beacon hill to the south end Being pushed farther away because of what white people did, now Where’s my place in a music that’s been taken by my race Cultural appropriated by the white face And we don’t want to admit that this is existing So scared to acknowledge the benefits of our white privilege Cause it’s human nature to want to be part of something different Especially when your ancestors are European Christians And most whites don’t want to acknowledge this is occurring Cause we got the best deal, the music without the burden Of being black in a system that really wants you to rock Cause all you need is a program and you can go and make hiphop And we hate the mainstream cause we’re the ones that took it Now we listen to Aesop Rock and wear t-shirts that say Brooklyn But it’s not about black and white right I mean good music is good music regardless of what you look like But when you don’t give them props isn’t that selfish? That’s like saying rock was actually started by Elvis So where does this leave me? I feel like I pay dues but I’ll always be a white MC I give everything I have when I write a rhyme But that doesn’t change the fact that this culture’s not mine But I’m gonna be me so please be who you are This is something that’s effortless and shouldn’t be hard I said I’m gonna be me so please be who you are But we still owe ‘em 40 acres now we’ve stolen their 16 bars
Hiphop started off in a block that I’ve never been to To counter act a struggle that I’ve never even been through If I think I understand just because I flow too That means I’m not keeping it true, nope
Hiphop started off in a block that I’ve never been to To counter act a struggle that I’ve never even been through If I think I understand just because I flow too That means I’m not keeping it true, I’m not keeping it true
Now I don’t rap about guns so they label me conscious But I don’t rap about guns cause I wasn’t forced into the projects See I was put in the position where I could chose my options Blessed with the privilege that my parent’s could send me to college Now who’s going to shows the kids on the block starving Or the white people with dough that can relate to my content? Marketed the music now adapted to the lifestyle What happened to jazz and rock and roll is happening right now Where’s my place in the music that’s been taken by the media With white corperations controlling what their feeding ya I brought up aesop rock but I’m not even dissing dude We love hiphop and what do you think caucasians are listening to And I speak freely when I write this If a black emcee examined race there goes half their fan base, white kids And this is so true. and we didn’t even have to fight the system We just went and picked up the microphone too And we got good at it so we should be rapping But only supporting them is like burning Jimmy and buying Clapton Now Clapton’s incredible. but no Jimmy no foundation So here comes history and the cultural appropriation White kids with do rags trying to practice their accents From the suburbs to the upperclass mastering a language But hiphop is not just memorizing words It’s rooted in authenticity something you literally can’t learn But I’m gonna be me so please be who you are This is something that’s effortless and shouldn’t be hard I said I’m gonna be me so please be who you are But as I’m blessed with the privilege, they’re still left with the scars Hiphop started off in a block that I’ve never been to To counter act a struggle that I’ve never even been through If I think I understand just because I flow too That means I’m not keeping it true, nope Hiphop started off in a block that I’ve never been to To counter act a struggle that I’ve never even been through If I think I understand just because I flow too That means I’m not keeping it true, I’m not keeping it true