iwriteaboutfeminism:

The morning after the murder of 18-year-old VonDerrit Myers, Jr.

Thursday, October 9th

exgynocraticgrrl-archive-deacti:

Malcolm X on "Progress"

land-of-propaganda:

Shaun King’s latest story — (10/08)

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POLICE PEPPER SPRAY WAKE COUNTY TEEN INSIDE HIS HOME AFTER HE’S MISTAKEN FOR BURGLAR

The parents of a Wake County high school student are outraged thatpolice pepper-sprayed him inside their homeafter a neighbor mistook him for an intruder.

Fuquay-Varina police said when a neighbor saw DeShawn walk in; they called 911 to report a break-in. Soon, three officers were inside the house, all to DeShawn’s surprise.

“They was like, ‘Put your hands on the door,’” said DeShawn. “I was like, ‘For what? This is my house.’ I was like, ‘Why are y’all in here?’”

DeShawn said he became angry whenofficers pointed out the pictures of the Tyler’s three younger children on the mantle, assuming he didn’t belong there, because he was black and they were white. An argument ensued and DeShawn said one of the officers pepper-sprayed him in the face.

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queerboochananbarnes:

thepriceswepaid:

stormxpadme:

Friendly reminder that Rumlow kicked Steve in the back of the knee
when he was unarmed, had his hands up, was surrounded
and showed no single sign of resistance.

See the problem with this is, even when seemingly unresistant, Steve will always be a threat to any normal soldier. In the comics, Crossbones is one of few who can go toe to toe with Cap (who can in turn go toe to toe with Gods), but Rumlow hasn’t reached that point yet. He’s just a good soldier — HYDRA’s best yeah, but he’s still only human so to speak — following orders.

And Rumlow’s a goddamn professional. Look at his fingers. Not on the trigger. He even admonishes Rollins several times to get the gun away from Steve’s head in acknowledgement that at that point Cap is clearly subdued and no longer a threat. Before then, however, until he was secured, he was. Especially when his main weapon is less than four inches from his foot. (And we all know that Steve doesn’t need the shield to do some massive damage.)

Because Rumlow knows, has seen first hand, what someone of Cap’s strength and potential can do even when seemingly docile and unresistant. And don’t forget, they had him surrounded in a goddamn elevator with gun wielding guards on the other side of the doors and he STILL took them all out and got away,

Another thing, that kick. It’s aimed to push, not to injure. It’s too far forward to cause damage, and it’s aimed at the back of the knee, not the side (which it could hurt. Let me tell you, ow, fuck), especially at that angle. It’s meant to push him off balance so they can more easily subdue him.

Rumlow is a dick, but he’s also a badass who knows what he’s doing. He doesn’t need your help in making a name for himself in either category.

#YES GOOD#brock rumlow#tws#catws#minor spoilers#discussion#SERIOUSLY this is amazing— i couldn’t figure out why the first comment bothered me#but then indie spelled it out#he’s a dick but he’s also a damned competent soldier#his orders were to take cap from the public eye most likely#b/c @ this point all the public may know is nothing or that cap’s wanted for questioning or something like that#and Rollins shooting Cap in the head in the middle of the street with a helicopter overhead#most likely filming#was not what HYDRA needed#what they needed was to show that Cap may not be the good guy that everyone thought he was#because he’s being brought in#and restrained and incapacitated like he was a criminal#they needed to cast doubt on his character#not make him a martyr (via wilddragonflying)

missespeon:

honestly this isnt even a fair comparison because the one on the right is one of the more gentle meg jokes

mogmatt:

Fresh Dead In Bel Air

boyishdivision:

goddessofmusic:

elaran:

livelikedolphins:

unapolagetically:

a guide to some common and/or popular australian birbs by your friendly neighborhood australian 

emus always seemed more psychotic than stupid to me

DO NOT ENGAGE THIS BIRD

Anything from Australia will onyl be nice to you only if you have food

except the cassowary, you stay the fuck away from those demons

biologizeable:

dis u?

oh man u know it

misandry-mermaid:

stfueverything:

dbvictoria:

With all the heat Anita Sarkeesian gets for her Tropes series, you’d think it was a new topic, but Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert had a discussion on a similar theme when they were talking about the influx of slasher movies on their show in 1980.

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34 years later and this is STILL relevant

RIP to both of these great men.

twerks4loanpayments:

khadds:

plzstic:

akai-tori:

One of the best videos I’ve seen on this.

ZERO TOLERANCE

He’s the reason why I live sometimes

I literally had no idea this kind of stuff was happening on youtube at such a grand level. I’ve read racist comments and have seen questionable videos before but I never thought that it was so entrenched in not only the fans but also the youtubbers themselves. This is some very scary shit

runwithskizzers:

rebeccaschinsky:

99 Red Balloons played on 99 actual red balloons. This is why we have the internet. 

Jeez louise this is incredible

snapslikethis:

takeme-killmeinstead:

snapslikethis:

Look at this

LOOK

I’ve never made this connection before…at the beginning of DH Hermione tells Ron and Harry how a wizard who’d split his soul could heal himself, save himself…remorse

oh, harry

Harry James you precious baby

I’ve read this second bit before, the whole try for some remorse thing, and thought it was just a Harry stabbing in the dark, but nO

It was so calculated

He remembered that conversation

Hermione’s research

actual, possible redemption for Voldemort

he kept that hope, however slim, that Voldemort could be saved

before they cast their final curses, after all that happened, Harry was actually trying to get Voldemort to mend himself back together

Harry james potter you compassionate jerk trying to save your mortal enemy before he utterly and finally destroys himself

This is everything

Yes. Dh2 is the worst film adaptation I can’t.

little-bit-of-a-fixer-upper:

thesassylorax:

disneytoonland:

The Little Mermaid 1989

Do you guys know how long it took me to work out that he has seven daughters because there are seven seas?

Decades.

WHAT

thatseanguyblogs:

yourladydisdain:

hipstermoriarty:

mockeryd:

killbenedictcumberbatch:

peopleasproducts:

Sexism 60’s

jesus???????????????

What the fuck was wrong with men in the 60’s?

advertising is important as it’s the historian’s best resource for identifying the values of an era. but yeah, these were fucked. the 60s was generally as fucked as the 50s. people forget that. 

It literally says ‘men are better than women’ in bold type, what the fuck. I knew this was a thing, but that is a lack of subtlety I couldn’t have written into a spoof…

This is the generation that spawned most of our parents… People our parents’ age run Washington. Starting to make sense?

When you look to the past, the struggles of the present become a great deal more clear.