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Racism 101: Are you a Racist?: Meet: Patrice Clark-Washinton
First officer Patrice Clarke never intended to write history. A UPS pilot. she never set out to be one of the first Black females to graduate from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida with an aeronautical degree. Nor did she plan to be the only female professional… Beautiful.
Think this shit’s funny?
Keep making rape jokes then.
It really gets me when people say things like “why didn’t you report them!?” or “it’s your fault, you let them walk free”. Statistically speaking, rapists will not be convicted, or tried or even brought in for questioning. The victim is lucky if their charges even get a second glance. Plus, the horrific things victims have to go through to prove that they’ve actually been victimized further damages their psyche and healing process, which should be their first priority above anything. It’s the sad reality we live in and rapists know this and it’s why they continue to be so prevalent. In addition, we live in a victim-blaming society where rape is considered a preventable situation in which a person can’t suppress their innate sexual urges instead of a violent, horrific crime. By saying things like “she was asking for it” or “they shouldn’t have been so drunk” suggests rape is something everyone is capable of if they’re tempted enough, which it most certainly is not.
These numbers need to change. This is embarrassing and disgusting, but we as a society, need to start rethinking how we even perceive rape before that can happen.
(via karnythia)
Esoterica: The 12 signs getting insulted
ARIES TAURUS GEMINI CANCER LEO VIRGO LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS CAPRICORN Leo is very true. I’m a Leo/Virgo/Libra I present startled, I’ll brush it off but push me . I’m laying you out and keeping it stepping Pisces, both that & Virgo are my reactions
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A New Way to Drink Wine: Try This Four-Pack Stack of Chardonnay
Musing on a favorite pastime, James Michener once declared that “to dine in harmony with nature is one of the gentlest and loveliest things we can do,” concluding that “picnics are the apex of sensible living.” It’s a mantra I’ve taken to heart, “for of this world one never sees enough.” My habit is to bring a bottle of wine, uncivilized prohibitions against imbibing it outdoors be damned. Usually I take a wine key too, but being a forgetful sort, I’ve had occasion to force corks down the necks of bottles with objects as varied as a cheap plastic pen, splintery driftwood, a friend’s lipstick container, and the curved metal protruding from a u-lock. This lifestyle hassle puts me squarely in the target demographic of Stacked Wines, a new company that’s offering a variation on the traditional wine bottle and betting that their container is going to be competitive with or surpass in popularity the box-enclosed plastic bladder, the Tetra Pak, the Wine Cube, and the PET bottle.
Read more. [Image: Stacked Wines]
sign me uuuuup!
Get the hell out, this is brilliant. I’ll take six cases, please.
I’m not sure how I feel about this… but I am sure I’m excited about getting free wine glasses w/my wine, so….
So, I want this in my life. Like right now. Stemless glasses ftw.
But can I get a Pinot Gris?](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22lejgamL1qcokc4o1_500.jpg)
A New Way to Drink Wine: Try This Four-Pack Stack of Chardonnay
Musing on a favorite pastime, James Michener once declared that “to dine in harmony with nature is one of the gentlest and loveliest things we can do,” concluding that “picnics are the apex of sensible living.” It’s a mantra I’ve taken to heart, “for of this world one never sees enough.” My habit is to bring a bottle of wine, uncivilized prohibitions against imbibing it outdoors be damned. Usually I take a wine key too, but being a forgetful sort, I’ve had occasion to force corks down the necks of bottles with objects as varied as a cheap plastic pen, splintery driftwood, a friend’s lipstick container, and the curved metal protruding from a u-lock.
This lifestyle hassle puts me squarely in the target demographic of Stacked Wines, a new company that’s offering a variation on the traditional wine bottle and betting that their container is going to be competitive with or surpass in popularity the box-enclosed plastic bladder, the Tetra Pak, the Wine Cube, and the PET bottle.Read more. [Image: Stacked Wines]
sign me uuuuup!
Get the hell out, this is brilliant. I’ll take six cases, please.
I’m not sure how I feel about this… but I am sure I’m excited about getting free wine glasses w/my wine, so….
So, I want this in my life. Like right now. Stemless glasses ftw.
But can I get a Pinot Gris?
Pop Culture and the Third World: Bollywood Star detained at US airport
Bollywood superstar, Shah Rukh Khan, was detained for 2 hours at a New York airport after landing in his private plane to speak at Yale University (Rory Gilmore’s safety school). The delay made him late for his lecture - it had to be rescheduled - and led to outrage across India for what has… maybe this is why he shills skin-lightening products? he’s tired of the profiling? …yeah, I said it.
mikkipedia: Makode Aj Linde (the artist behind "Painful Cake")
Can everyone see how this is not okay? Look, we talk all the time about how black women’s pain is often co-opted or turned into a gimmick for white people’s goals—and we’ve even had great discussion about how people of color will do the same to… still looking for a better cussword, because I don’t want to call him a bitch. I mean, that doesn’t describe anything, and I’m not trying to feminize him. It’s clear he’s comfy in his gender privilege. Can’t use bastard, I don’t care if his parents were married. ass just isn’t harsh enough. demon? maybe. just like everyone who justifies the “art” and acts like WOC are too stupid to get the “concept.” Damn your concepts and damn how successful it is. That’s the beauty of art criticism, right? I get your message, I just spit on it. Yay for doing to us what you want us to laugh at the rich white elites for. Loser.
It’s True
Sometimes writing out the thing that makes you angry helps diminish the hurt. I’m going to mail it, but I’m even gladder that I wrote it.
