where has this been all my life??
this is how you get tea to not be bitter. I didn’t like green tea until I learned not to brew it with boiling water.
my brother is obsessed with tea and gets really mad and lectures you if you dont brew it right … yikes
I had no idea.
Game changer.
if youre ever feeling bad just look at pictures of albatross chicks bc theyre adorable but also fucking hilarious like the parents look like they go to pta meetings in full makeup carrying gucci handbags and the babies look like funky little muppets and i love them
Please, reblog! IIt’s called self defense. Apart from having here, in the US, one of the highest cases of homicide and rape in the world and high rate of GBV, think about how this could help your mother or sister
Yesterday was Steve Irwin’s birthday, and his memory was celebrated internationally. Steve was an incredible man who contributed a huge amount to public awareness about reptiles and who inspired a generation of conservationists. But on a day when he’s so heavily featured in the media, we also need to be able to acknowledge and discuss the problems his legacy has unintentionally caused.
Steve’s show popularized a way of interacting with wildlife that isn’t appropriate for non-professionals, and which is now considered unacceptable in most other situations. His fame came from the fact that he purposefully went out and, as we say on this blog, fucked with wildlife. As a trained animal professional, he was able to do that with a high standard for safety and with consideration for the welfare of the animals involved.
Unfortunately, because the planning and welfare concerns involved in filming the show weren’t visible to the public, one of the lasting impressions it left is that it’s fine to go mess with wild animals if you love them and know a bunch about them. Instances where people try to emulate his behavior are frequently responsible for injuries, deaths, and the displacement or euthanasia of the animals involved. Bothering wildlife simply for the pleasure of interacting with it personally is widely recognized as detrimental to welfare, but people frequently justify that it’s acceptable because their idol acted similarly.
Had Steve Irwin lived, I fully believe he would have changed his practices with the times. I’m sure he’d be appalled by the people who go pet / purposefully get injured by wildlife to show off or go viral online in his name. Animal Planet just picked up a new show with an host who is famous for utterly inappropriate interactions with wild animals - getting hurt by them on purpose, or “conveniently” finding tame individuals that will snuggle with him on camera - and it’s being marketed as being inspired by Steve. I can only imagine how much he’d hate to see someone who purports to emulate him teaching public it’s acceptable to disrespect wildlife that way. He was always in it for the value of educating people about how incredible the animals on his show were, not for the personal glory of getting to interact with them.
But the thing is, he didn’t live. And so, with his death, he was canonized as a saint to the people who idolized him when he was alive. That’s left no room for anyone to discuss the other effects of his work and his TV show - because it’s normal for people to get mad when their heroes are criticized posthumously.
The problem is that we need to be able to have that conversation. The fact that people feel entitled to interact with / befriend / tame wild animals - even very dangerous ones - is a well known problem that viral videos are responsible for exacerbating. Any animal professional who interfaces with the public is familiar with how much effort is put into begging and cajoling the public to just leave wildlife alone.
A big part of being able to change the public perception of appropriate interactions with animals is understanding the cultural forces that influence their current actions. We can absolutely love the work Steve did and still remember what a wonderful person he was, while also acknowledging how his influence has shaped a lot of the harmful ways people currently interact with wild animals.
Guest edited by Janet Mock in honor of Womens History Month, our March issue marks the first time in almost three decades of publishing that Out features, is written by, photographed by, and styled by only women and nonbinary femmes.
Meet The Mothers and Daughters of the Movement, our cover story featuring the queer and trans women leading us towards our liberation on the frontlines of race, class, gender, and sexuality—from the ’60s until now.
“To sit at Miss Major Griffin-Gracy’s feet is a gift,” writes Janet Mock. “I’ve experience it firsthand.” Our March cover star—one of our fearless leaders—never stopped fighting for her girls.
Tourmaline isn’t just telling the stories of the women who came before her—she’s getting them placed in museums. Meet the artist-as-activist, profiled by Out Executive Editor Raquel Willis.
Barbara Smith’s life “has been a testament to radical Black love and sisterhood,” writes Janet Mock. “And I, along with millions of Black women, have been deeply affected by her contributions.” Get to know Smith, one of the movement’s first proud, out Black lesbians.
Alicia Garza is best known for gifting us the rallying cry #BlackLivesMatter, but her story is only just beginning. “It is undeniable that Alicia continues to set the tone for a more intersectional movement for Black Lives,” writes Raquel Willis.
“Fighting, for me, basically means demanding my humanity in the face of so many systems, institutions, and even individuals telling me I don’t deserve it,” says March cover star Charlene Carruthers. Now, the freedom fighter is amplifying her message.
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Everything about this is so fucking funny. The song. The chubby dances. The way he just gets fucking KIDNAPPED. The presentation of the guy in the white shirt in the picture when he returns. This is my favorite post.
Hey since TERFs buried the original, higher quality recording, here’s the only surviving recording of trans activist Sylvia Rivera’s infamous “Y'all Better Quiet Down” speech, along with full transcription, now free and open on Archive.org. The transphobic fucks can try their best to scrub us from history, but we’re not going anywhere.
Oh wow a piece of lgbt history..
If you call yourself LGBT+ or have even the slightest interest in equality, for the love of god watch this video
Didn’t they have to put her on suicide watch? When things got *really* bad? After she nearly threw herself out a window?
You *all* very nearly drove a young vulnerable woman to her death.
Over some stupid extra-martial fling.
Let’s think about that.
She was 19 years old. Let’s also think about that.
At best, what she did was stupid. Let’s think about all the stupid shit we all did when we were 19.
At worst, what Bill Clinton did to her was rape. He was in an extreme position of power over her. Calling what he did to her coercion is being lenient.
She was 19 years old. Society nearly drove a 19 year old girl to suicide because she was coerced into oral sex by a grown, married man who could have been her father. We like to talk about far away countries that kill girls who are raped and how uncivilized that is. We did the exact same thing.
She is still looked at as a joke (“he Monica Lewinsky-ed all on my gown”).
We continue to do the exact same thing, to her and to others. We need to be better.
I remember to this day the image of her leaving a restaurant surrounded by male reporters grabbing her and groping her and jerking her off her feet. Predators.
In her TED talk (link) she talks about how, when the scandal first erupted and her life fell apart, her mom spent every night by her bedside and insisted that she shower with the bathroom door open. For months. Her family was terrified that if she was left alone she’d try to commit suicide.
The whole second season of Slate’s Slow Burn podcast is a deep-dive into the scandal and resulting fallout. It’s really well-done and educational (especially since, for most of us, we either hadn’t been born yet or were too young to really be aware of it at the time), but I had to stop after two episodes because it was making me so incredibly angry.
The extent to which this young woman was betrayed by people she thought she could trust, abused by a system that claims to be a paragon of justice, and abandoned by a general public that was apathetic to her plight at best (and actively relishing/contributing to her abuse at worst) is, frankly, overwhelming. It broke my heart.
We treat her story (and Anita Hill’s, and many more) as though it’s the product of some sort of bygone era. As though we’ve evolved. That’s such a fucking joke - as anyone who watched the Kavanaugh hearings knows, something exactly like this could (and, in all likelihood, will) happen again tomorrow
Yea, Lewinsky.
And Lorena Bobbitt. Like damn.
Please keep boosting this, free knowledge is so important people.
Do yall also have these mutuals that you just??? Grew really fond of?? Like, you never properly talk to them and all you do is like each other’s posts but whenever you see them on your dash you’re like “hello sunshine, I hope you’re drinking lots of water and being happy your health and wellbeing is so important to me” and I hope that’s not weird because honestly that’s me all the time
But they aren’t documented so they wouldn’t be pa…..nvm
This is a huge misconception for regular Americans. When the government uses the phrase “undocumented” they’re using it incorrectly because if they were truly undocumented then they would’ve be in system. However these immigrants are in the system and they pay taxes, file tax returns and get no benefits that citizens and legal residents get. They also get to see ICE showing up at their doors because the government has their addresses. Fun fact. “Undocumented” workers pays $12 billion dollars every year in taxes. https://www.google.com/amp/www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2016/10/06/how-much-tax-do-americas-undocumented-immigrants-actually-pay-infographic/amp/
Reblogging for info.
“Undocumented” just means “without papers,” i.e. a social security card, valid visa, etc. They’re still on databases and whatnot, they just don’t have the documentation that allows them to reap the benefits.
so if it didn’t click- the government is aware of their presence and gladly taking their money under the table while simultaneously promoting the idea that undocumented people are a threat and encouraging hatred and distrust of them it’s super messed up, literally the scheme of an evil villain, and it’s really happening
🗣 undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles contribute more to the GDP than the state of Montana and like 5 other states
Also, for what it’s worth, even immigrants that are really undocumented – that is, not in the system at all – still pay taxes.
They pay sales taxes on the goods they buy, they pay property taxes on the homes they live in (or, more often, rent – the property owners pay the taxes and pass the costs on to the renters.) Depending on how their employment shakes out, they may still have taxes withheld from their paychecks.
Tax Identification Numbers are used in place of Social Security Numbers so income along with other applicable taxes are paid by undocumented people. These numbers can not be used for benefits such as Social Security or SNAP.
omfg the tears
found a new fucking favorite song right here
Evening made
2 seconds in and I reblogged.
its about time tumblr found this
I’m so glad I can share this here.
You know what’s sad, before I even read this article I was ready to refute this because I grew up believing Chuck Berry created Rock and roll. It’s said how so many knew of this great woman yet none spoke on her greatness.
I also discovered Big Mama Thornton, who’s another hugely influential early inventor of rock and roll — I’m pretty sure Hound Dog was originally popularized by her, before Elvis stole it.
Love Sister Rosetta Tharpe! #BlackGirlMagic
A few of her performances:
Also I heard she was bisexual…
She was a BEAST
How the fuck was this a children’s television character?!?
this always cheers me up.
I don’t know who played Mr Blobby here.
But that guy deserved a Best Actor in a Comedy Emmy Award here.
He is hysterical.
Jack still being so suspicious.
an anxiety attack
He gone
Bonus:
Jack: no fear
Mr Blobby: J̡̼̓̓ͮ͑ͩͭ̇͞A̧̬̙̹̝̻̼ͯ̑͆̉̿C̯̬̯̬̤̻̦̞̎̐̈̏́͗̀̐͘Kͭ҉̹̼̭̹̻͢
Jack: one fear
You ever realize all the millennial energy that Jessie, James, and Meowth give off? Case in point…
When we were kids, we all wanted to be like Ash Ketchum.
But we all grew up to be Team Rocket.
where has this been all my life??
this is how you get tea to not be bitter. I didn’t like green tea until I learned not to brew it with boiling water.
my brother is obsessed with tea and gets really mad and lectures you if you dont brew it right … yikes
I had no idea.
Game changer.
