societal issues

“Kinda feels like déjà vu I wanna get away from this place, I do But I can’t and I won’t, say I try, but I know that’s a lie ‘Cause I don’t and why, I just don’t know”

Eminem

wow its almost like women want to see themselves represented onscreen

when white europeans say “lmao americans are so dumb, how could they let this happen??”

Father and son have the most precious conversation about paris attacks (le petit journal)

This man helped his three year old son feel safe in the most beautiful way. 

I could cry his smile at the end, mi Heart

On a serious note, Muslims in France  have truly no free political and spiritual space to navigate through. We are being spied on, our mosques are being watched on or, worse, make the objects of violent raids (that is what is currently happening in France due to the state of emergency). On a symbolical level, the only political expression we are allowed to have is limited on “condemning” the attack. The only political mobilization we are allowed to do is to gather against the attacks, not as individuals capable of producing useful political analysis and initiatives and solutions but as this monolith category of Muslims whose only role is appeasing the white establishment. Some of us, like this Muslim man in Paris asking people to hug him, even go as far as giving up their bodily autonomy and their physical personal space to submit to this rule. Islamophobia is that pervasive, that we have to submit ourselves mind, soul and body to it. Being Muslim implies being spied on and being controlled in every single way possible. 

I do not begrudge those people on social medias or in real life limiting themselves to hashtags like #NotAllMuslims and/or  similar kind of expressions. I understand where that insecurity is coming from but we need to claim (and re-claim in some cases) political and spiritual spaces if we want to go on the path of being liberated of islamophobia. We deserve more than being stuck like this in a context where our only “prerogative” is mere condemnation of terrorist attacks. 

Tomorrow is a day of commemoration of MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Jewish refugees

I’m in shock that Orange Is the New Black killed off Poussey, a black lesbian. But I’m not too surprised by the people defending it. Even less surprised that the main people who are straight and/or white. That part doesn’t surprise me in the slightest because of course y’all would. And the excuses your making to justify her unjustifiable death are even less surprising…

Like first off, some of y’all need to stop telling others how to feel about this. We have every right to be upset. Regardless of the “context” you still had another black character killed. A black lesbian character.  We see black and LGBTAQ people be killed almost all the time, we’re tired of it. Can’t even watch TV without seeing our bodies be harmed. People have been talking about all the lesbian and bisexual woman characters that have been killed, OITNB just joined the list of Bury Your Gays. The unsettling part is y’all praising this. There’s nothing to praise when an innocent character is killed off.

This whole “oh it’s bringing awareness to start conversations” thing y’all keep saying is utter bullshit. Bringing awareness to something that’s been all over the news? This discussion of police brutality has been going on for years now. We’ve been talking, you just haven’t been listening. Did y’all really need a fucking Netflix show written by white people to tell you black people are getting murdered more than anyone else? Really now? Us talking about wasn’t enough, so you needed one of your fav fictional characters to be killed off to get it?  Our word wasn’t enough? You couldn’t empathize with a real human being but a fictional character is pulling your heart strings?

But even if I wanted to believe your “starting conversation” bullshit, OITNB writers did a poor fucking job. Out of all the shitty guards that could’ve killed Poussey, it was the timid guard, Bayley. Since he arrived the writers had us sympathizing with him. He’s young, intimated, and untrained. So him ACCIDENTALLY killing Poussey after showing us his flashbacks is to sympathize with him even more is worse. Having a likable character accidentally kill another likable character is bad because it makes you sympathize with both characters, not just the one who’s dead.

Let’s get one thing clear: Police Brutality is NOT an accident, it is a deliberate act of violence to establish control. 

If the writers really wanted to join the conversation, then they should’ve had Piscatella, who’s constantly shown he’s an asshole, PURPOSELY kill Poussey or any other black inmate. The writers could’ve shown us that gay white men can be just has misogynistic and racist as anyone else. That any cop regardless of their sexual orientation or race or gender can be on a power trip. That’s a conversation piece. No this. The conversation that is happening is that the writers didn’t quiet understand what they were doing. 

We didn’t see a death that was supposed to be about social awareness and our culture as a whole. We got the graphic death of character who’s finally happy after 3 seasons be killed off for shock value. 

Who wants to make unplanned pregnancies less common by the use of birth control? *hands down*

Who wants universal health care so pregnant women can get quality prenatal care? *hands down*

Who wants universal daycare to ease the burden on working mothers? *hands down*

Who wants to make sure every child has access to clean water? *hands down* Food? *hands down* Shelter? *hands down*

Pro-life is a fraud.

^

Since its debut in 1975 only 10 black women have hosted Saturday Night Live.

It’s actually really disturbing that kids falling asleep in school is viewed as them being lazy and not as the school overworking them to the point that they literally can’t stay awake.

i fell asleep in chemistry class once and my teacher got me a pillow and a blanket and made the class work in silence so i could sleep.

Best teacher ever.

will they ever make a war movie about what it’s like on the other side? what it’s like to have your home land invaded and have your family slaughtered by people that just pack up and go home and get worshiped for being murderers? probably not because the truth doesn’t sell

5 Planned Parenthood services that aren’t the least bit controversial

Every few years or so, in their fight against reproductive rights, activists refocus on Planned Parenthood as enemy #1. People who are against abortion hold it up as the representation of all that is wrong with America: “An entire medical practice set up to give women abortions! They must be stopped!” But what most of them don’t admit is this really important fact:

Only a measly 3% of their services are actually abortion-related.

Do they know that? Did you know that? Well, in an effort to combat the “big bad abortion wolf” narrative, here are five facts you should know about what Planned Parenthood really does. (via chescaleigh)

Homeless People Read Mean Tweets About Themselves To End Stereotypes

When celebrities read mean tweets about themselves, it’s funny. When homeless people do it, it’s heartbreaking.

In a powerful PSA by Canadian advocacy group Raising the Roof, people who are dealing with homelessness read actual tweets written about those living without stable shelter. See all of the emotional reactions here. 

Watch the full video here. 

this is important.

Crying right now.

Why are people such assholes to one another?

WHO WOULD MAKE THEM DO THIS

Ouch ouch ouch.