December 2009
“or to put it another way: white skinny bodies are allowed to be art. you see...”
– isabelthespy’s response to an LA Times article about Lady Gaga’s “grotesqueness”.
Very, very good read.
(via kittenbear)
There are a bunch of tumblrs that have quirky/pensive/melancholic women in various poses (and sometimes clever/sappy caption) and the vast majority of them are white, thin...
Shawts!
pluseyes:
Oh my goodness. I got the most amazing shorts for my birthday yesterday, from the ever-reliable Dotty P’s. I was apprehensive, since I’d never worn shorts before - mostly due to my tremendously big thighs, worries about if they’d look feminine enough, and other such hangups - but they’re AMAZING. Honestly. They’re a smart grey pair with a tie-waist (see above) and I’m wearing them...
ya twitterin' baby, go 'head baby →
“Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.”
– Oscar Wilde
My third eye stay open! And that's some Sinsurr...
Nobody likes the feeling of someone else having a one-up on them. Especially on a moral level. I know I don’t like that shit. So I understand.
I sometimes feel like the media image of black South Africans has not changed since the height of Apartheid in the 1980s. It continues to be a grim picture but in post Apartheid South Africa it has taken a new shape. From where I’m standing it...
Reblog if your house will be clean before New...
andhegetsthegirl:
iloveminnie:
Cause you have parents who believe it’s bad luck to ring in the New Years with a dirty house!
Germany refuses to return Nefertitis bust to...
andhegetsthegirl:
sararants:
Queen Nefertiti was known as one of Egypt’s most renowned beauties. Her bust was stolen over a century ago by the Prussian state. (Which they now claim was acquired legally). Egypt has been unsuccessfully campaigning for the repatriation of the stolen artifact for a number of years now. The bust is a star attraction for the Egyptian collection as the Berlin Museum....
i know a chick named Barbie.
andhegetsthegirl:
drewknows:
she looks like James Earl Jones.
I honestly just spit out everything i had in my mouth during that laugh! LMAO
i eat the pussy & i will always be a man about it...
andhegetsthegirl:
imjussayinq:
its a beautiful thinq
AMEN
“The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole...”
– Quentin Crisp (via western-aristocracy) (via tobia)
“This is the essence of the white guilt fantasy, laid bare. It’s not just a wish...”
– [I’ve seen neither Avatar nor District 9 (which apparently I should, as it is a South African production), but this take is interesting… race permeates everything and nothing…if you want it to]
When Will White People Stop Making Movies Like Avatar? (via bg5000) (via sade)
(via...
“Whites often confuse comfort with safety and state that we don’t feel safe when...”
– My Class Didn’t Trump My Race: Using Oppression to Face Privilege [via] (via anthropophagous) (via ihatethismess) (via seaponies) (via garconniere) (via medonner) (via tobia)
