SERIOUSLY

I am going to print this out and plaster it everywhere I go

my heart just broke

Not gonna lie; I’m on the verge of tears right now. Because this is what I see every night when I come into work. I work at a Jewish-run elder care non-profit. Even in the memory care unit, we’re seeing a rise in the residents’ anxiety levels, to the point where they’ve had to stop turning on the TV news stations (and these residents still love the news). Multiple residents are direct survivors of the Shoah; some barely escaped, and almost all of them lost family members in death camps. One resident was one of the children saved by the Kindertransport. Many other residents tell me stories of when they were kids, how their neighborhoods were destroyed and relocated and of the siblings and parents they no longer have. One newer resident was finally starting to settle in when Charlottesville happened. Even though we immediately changed the channel, she was shaken. She was inconsolable for hours. When I left for the night, she was still crying and refused to leave her room. Even now, weeks after the direct event, she still is wary to come to programs, fearing that if she is away from her room too long that her possessions and place will be stolen from her like they were in 1938. Even with dementia, even with Alzheimers, these residents remember what happened. They cannot forget their lost loved ones. They cannot forget the things stolen from them. They cannot forget, period. Because this fight against Neo-Nazis isn’t just a theoretical thing. These groups know that people are forgetting about Shoah; they take great strength knowing that people from that generation are dying. When they regard WWII as a “dark cloud” hanging over the heads of this generation, it is not with a solemn regard, with they knowledge that we must not forget lest we repeat our mistakes. These White supremacists, these White Neo-Nazis, see Shoah remembrance as something they will gladly eradicate. When people gladly throw out the Nazi salute, chant the 14 words, or march under the banner of “hail victory,” they are two things and two things only – Nazi apologists and Nazi supporters. Shoah survivors are not gone. They are still here. We need to stop ignoring that this normalization of Nazis marching in the street harms real people. It’s not just ideas. It’s not just “free speech”. We cannot forget. We cannot forget. We cannot forget.

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Lighting a candle in honor of Tai and all the other trans siblings we’ve lost this year

Hey guys! So I’m getting ready to submit my graduate school application and I forgot how much the application fee is. On top of that, I apparently forgot to send my GRE scores to one of the two locations I needed to send them to and the cost of sending the scores a second time is RIDICULOUS.

Application Fee: $70

GRE score fee: $27

SO. For the month of December, I’m taking up to 6 discount price commissions: full color portraits for $20/ea for single character, $30 for two characters in this style. Details under the cut.

And also please signal boost the HELL out of this thanks!

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fucks me up how many musicals are about poverty and capitalism and human suffering and yet tickets are so expensive that they’re mostly available to rich people

Me- I don’t wanna go to class today. I feel out of it

*classes is cancelled *

Me- God???? Is that you???

Me: I️ don’t want to go to work today

Boss:

(Looks like God’s got both our backs today)

Bless this day ❤️❤️❤️

I swear this post is blessed or something because I said “I want a reason to go somewhere” while looking at this post and then pretty much just after, my mother asked me to go to the store to get some eggs since I used the last 2

Reblog this post to get something you want

one thing i really liked about thor ragnarok that i havent seen a lot of folks on my dash talking about was its critique of imperialism and the ultimate message that a nation founded on the violent takeover of others doesn’t deserve to exist and will be the author of its own destruction, though its people may be innocent of their country’s past crimes

another thing i really liked about thor ragnarok is jeff goldblum’s painted nails

Winter outfits

some really beautiful african architecture because honestly this site is so western-centric

mako

unknown

cameroon

burkina faso

mali

Ndebele

burkina faso

please add more if you can!

THUG LYFE

This is actually what you should say to an ICE agent who has come to your house looking for an undocumented immigrant.

Specifically, do not open the door; tell them to slide their warrant under the door. Read it carefully and check to see if it’s a JUDICIAL warrant, which will have specific information like the time and location where they’re allowed to search, and a specific description of who or what they’re allowed to search for. ICE practically *never* have this; they’ll have an ADMINISTRATIVE warrant, which is just their orders from their boss telling them to arrest a particular person. It does not give them the right to enter your house.

ICE *can* enter your house if they have probable cause, such as if they see the person they’re looking for through a window or door (which is why you don’t open the door). Other forms of probable cause include kids telling agents that they were born outside of the US. Agents will trick people into chatting with them, especially kids who serve as translators for their parents, asking things like “What part of Mexico are you from?” Staying silent keeps the onus on them to prove in court later that they had evidence someone isn’t here legally.

It’s important to remember that for now, at least, every person ICE wants to deport has to go before a judge, and ICE has to provide evidence that they know this person is undocumented and that they were arrested without violating the 4th amendment (against unreasonable search and seizure). We know that cops lie and that judges usually side with them, but agents would rather go for a sure bet from a targeted raid than risk wasting their time and energy on arrests that could be thrown out. Knowing your rights and being prepared makes you a more difficult target.

“I do not consent to entry without a warrant.”

(This information comes from notes I took at a workshop on being an immigration ally. Learn more at welcomingamerica.org)

In the mood to be hugged for an entire day

Taika Waititi for GQ Magazine (November 2017)

My name is Christine. I am a 36 year old trans woman who has been on hormone replacement therapy for over 3 years. Recently my doctor informed me that the medication I am taking (spironolactone) to block testosterone production is damaging my liver. My doctor recommending getting an orchiectomy,  a procedure I have wanted for a long time anyway, as a way to remedy this. However this surgery will cost between 4 and 6,000 dollars and is NOT covered by insurance. 

Because the spiro is damaging my liver I want to schedule this operation asap as I cannot go off of a t-blocker. I’m asking for help crowd funding this operation which will permanent improve the quality of my life and make it possible for me to stop the damaging effects of spironolactone. 

Any and all donations are appreciated.  ❤

We are close to 2k already. I’m blown away by the generosity and compassion folks have shown. If you’re able to donate, even just a few dollars, please consider helping out. If you can’t please share this everywhere. We absolutely cannot afford this surgery on our own.

Thank you. ❤

AIDS ISN’T OVER FOR ANYBODY UNTIL IT IS OVER FOR EVERYBODY! ACT UP 30th Anniversary Rally, NYC AIDS Memorial Park, March 30, 2017. Photo by Molly Gingras

Join the fight. ACT UP still meets every Monday at 7pm at the LGBT Center in NYC.

I asked one of my (male) friends to stop using the phrase “man up” and he has been using “fortify” for the past two weeks instead and it’s just a little thing but honestly it makes a difference

and tbh it’s also pretty funny when I start to deflate in the library and he leans over and goes “FORTIFY”

Dude, fortify is bangin’. That makes things like you’re some kind of RPG character. Fortify is way better than “man up.”

Denouement

Characters – Jonathan Crane, Edward Nygma

Concept -  Jonathan post-criminal career

Work count - 2933 [I am so sorry]

“The author Oscar Wilde once said that to live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. Perhaps we should judge the value of our worth on what we have accomplished with our time here, no matter how long or how short it is. Perhaps the one who has done the impossible is more accomplished than the one who has merely survived- “

A hand came down on top of the radio, silencing the broadcaster’s voice from continuing to fill the yard. The hand in question belonged to Jonathan Crane, who was kneeling on a pile of dirt with several plants beside him. The plants were not what you would expect to find in the average American garden; they ranged from Monkshood to Poison Ivy – plants you would expect to find secured in a greenhouse under some private ownership. However, the man who was planting them was a peculiar type, and felt that these plants were of more value than daisies and lilies that others would harvest. After all, lilies can only go so far in a lab.

“Bullshit.”

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Her saying ‘ye’ makes it seem like she’s speaking with a Scottish accent and now I can’t get it out of my head

Ye ever wanty just wrap yersel aroun an Electrode nice and cosy and then just fucking tel it tae seldestruct and blow yersel up tae fuck

I feel like these lines were written by a real life vet @drferox