future-mrs-frost:

No one tag this as Leelah. Tumblr is removing all traces of her and her voice, which means they’ll be looking for anything tagged with her name. Just reblog. No tagging - keep her voice and her message safe.

actjustly:

Day 9 of #BlackHistoryYouDidntLearnInSchool - Sundown towns

Is your town a Sundown town? 

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celwinn:

pope-oprah:

glitter-and-metal:

ask-shadefire-midnight-elsa:

askpenstorysky:

enigmatictelemarketer:

too cute, can’t deal

Why do you own a lion

He’s part of care Texas. An animal reserve. That’s the vine account bigcatderek

I was expecting a cat or a dog chewing on a cushion…but no…LION.

that’s the cutest lion I’ve ever see

I could listen to this forever :3

mamasam:

trendgraphy:

SandStorm Photoshop by sevenstyles.

This is so cool, I can’t imagine some many details can be packed on one single Photoshop action.

Download it here: http://bit.ly/1LJ2ZEK

I DON’T EVEN HAVE PHOTOSHOP BUT FFFFFFFUUUUUUCCCKKKKK I NEED TO SAVE THIS LINK

cynicjovial:

I hate myself

femtoxic:

baetology:

postracialcomments:

The ACLU of Louisiana has come to the defenseof a Rastafarian boy who has been suspended from school and forbidden to return until he cuts his dreadlocks.

The boy was sent home from South Plaquemines High School when classes resumed Aug. 8 because his dreadlocks extended beyond the collar of his shirt, in apparent violation of the school dress code.

After he returned to school the following week with his hair pinned up, school officials told the student his dreadlocks remained in violation.

Rastafarians believeLeviticus 21:5forbids them to cut their hair, and dreadlocks are central to their religious beliefs.

“The wearing of dreadlocks for (the student) is akin to the wearing of a religious icon by another student,” the ACLU said in a letter sent Monday to the Plaquemines Parish School Board.

The student’s mother provided a letter to the school superintendent from the 1st Church of Rastafar I that indicated the boy’s family were members and explained the importance of dreadlocks to their faith.

The superintendent told the teen’s mother that was not sufficient to allow the dreadlocks, and when she asked what documentation would be required, he told the mother he wasn’t a lawyer.

“We would object if the school were to tell a Christian student they could not wear a cross or if it were to permit the wearing of religious icons of one faith and prohibited those of another faith,” the civil rights group said. “In discriminating against (the student’s) religious beliefs, the school is expressing a preference for certain religions, which is unacceptable.”

Although the school has not formally suspended the student, he has missed 10 of the first 11 days of the school year over his dreadlocks.

“The actions of the school and Superintendent (Denis) Rousselle are the equivalent of an unlimited suspension,” the ACLU said.

The ACLU said the school had violated the student’s constitutional rights, as well as Louisiana’s Preservation of Religious Freedom Act.

That 2010 law imposes “strict scrutiny” on any burden of religious liberty, which in this case would force the school district to demonstrate a compelling interest in requiring the student to cut his hair.

“(The student) will be able to prove that his dreadlocks and hair length are a sincerely held religious belief of his Rastafari religion,” the ACLU said. “It is also a method of self-expression, because it communicates to others an important fact about (the student): that he is a Rastafari for whom traditional religious practices are important to him and his family. By refusing to allow him to attend school, the Board is violating (his) statutory and constitutional rights.”

ACLU Letter

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This is the reason why Kylie Jenner’s dreads are wrong.

It should never even have to be religious. What the fuck is wrong with dreads?!??

officialsmashmouth:

this is the money cat. she only shows up once every year. reblog the money cat to have your 2015 filled with money

anjinblve:

sensei-aishitemasu:

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

sandandglass:

Kanye West explains that, no, him stormingthe stage for Beck’s album of the year speech wasn’t a joke. Like 2009 when heinterrupted Taylor Swift at the VMAs, he wanted to tell everyone that Beck didn’tdeserve the award and that it should’ve gone to Beyoncé. He also added a dig atthe ‘commercial advertising’ of the Grammys while plugging his clothing line.

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Beck hasn’t been relevant since the 90s and tho he was popular with the “alternative” music festival group, even then I think he was one hit wonder.

White guy with a guitar will more likely win Best Album of the Year over any r&b or hip hop artist because Black music is not respected as true art. They think it’s easy… Not skillful. We had to fight for these categories we win to even be included in the first place.. All for in 2015 Eminem to win rap album again and for a person like Beyonce… Who has like a million Grammys. … To never win Album of the Year.

#ProblematicWithAValidPoint2k15

real talk but has anyone else heard of beck who the fuck is beck

knargles:

itstheblacklights:

yup

the award was for “album of the year”, not “artist who plays the most instruments” or “resume of the year”. beck has absolutely been successful in the past, no one’s denying that, but his album did not sell even CLOSE to as well as beyonce’s album sold, which is truly amazing because beyonce literally dropped the album with no notice and had zero advertising, yet it sold over 300k in three days. his album did not contain incredibly empowering messages about womanhood, feminism, sexuality and race in an industry that tends to not encourage such concepts, especially when they’re coming from a middle-aged & married black mother. i mean, his album didn’t literally change the game the way beyonce’s “i’m not gonna use any prior advertising or social media or hints before i drop this digitally” album, and honestly, it was barely talked about in comparison. look at the hits beyonce’s music videos got. look at how many times her songs were played on the radio. look at how many people have begun thinking critically about feminism and sexuality and motherhood.

for an industry that consistently uses “the numbers” as a way of denying black female artists their awards, i’d say kanye was rightfully upset that now, these same numbers were being ignored and suddenly, beyonce’s loss was about the “music”, and a white man’s irrelevant past accomplishments. besides, someone playing 14 instruments doesn’t mean they somehow have more artistry than a woman who uses 4 writers for one song (an idea that demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of how the R&B music industry even works), so really, there’s no reason why kanye west defending one of his closest friends in the music industry should be a shameful thing. like, if even beck can admit that beyonce should have won, which he did, i think yall should get your heads out of your asses.

kaenith:

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charlesoberonn:

drinkyourfuckingmilk:

the-queen-geek:

drinkyourfuckingmilk:

“oi cunt if we’re going on a maccas run d’ya think we could stop to pick up some durries from the servo and then some grog from the bottle-o so we can get fucken maggot or nuh?”

What does that mean

“hey friend, if we’re going to drive to mcdonalds do you think we could stop to pick up some cigarettes from the gas/service station and then some alcohol from the liqour store so we can get really drunk, or would you prefer not to?”

“cunt” means friend

Cunt does indeed mean friend in Australian this is a real fact