Shame on Humans Of New York. Supporting street harassment behind religion. HONY has told 91,367 people that if you are a powerful religious man, we can forget that you propositioned a kind young woman to be your escort for the night. FUCK YOU HUMANS OF NEW YORK. Last night the usually fantastic…
The victim: a 17-year-old girl, reportedly mentally ill, the daughter of a domestic worker. The alleged perpetrators: boys and men aged 14 to 20.
As she cried and pleaded with them, they urged one another on, joked and speculated as to whether she was really crying. Then they offered her about 25 cents for her silence.
As she cried and pleaded with them, they urged one another on, joked and speculated as to whether she was really crying. Then they offered her about 25 cents for her silence.
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As much as the description and name of these reads as iffy, look at the price. 5$ to make your colouring more accurate and not disregard a character’s identity.
http://www.crayolastore.com/product/11932#back
They also sell crayons and coloured pencils, for 2.49$ and 1.99$ respectively.
http://www.crayolastore.com/product/11919#back
http://www.crayolastore.com/product/11955#back
I know there’s an additional shipping cost, but is 15$ really too expensive to keep from contributing to a whitewashed standard of beauty?
SoLDN:
You bring up a really important point
This mod LOVES makeup but its taken so much money and hard work just to find a foundation that matches. I can’t walk into a store and get a colour that matches me. For most women as dark as me and even darker we have to shell out on the most expensive foundations to get something that matches us. I have like 4 foundations that don’t match me
Even when you try to make things more fair the society we live in, there are always barriers to get in your way.
btw I want these so bad because crayola is best markers
THE GREAT RP-OC-CREATION-GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS!
made this because i’m tired as fuck from people making idiotic OC’s, so i made this. a small, sensible guide to create a basic OC.
(sorry for the poor writing, hand’s still healing)
please note that this is only to be used as a guide-line, not to be taken über seriously. but this is around the lines of how you should think.
for example: creating a oc using the guide.
Gender:Male. Age: young(19). Type: bold. past: troubled. Family: far away. present: lonesome/lonely.
and now you give it a name, some more personality, a body(that’s something i can help with), and some more personality, a proper story, and yer all set!
I want to create a digital graph for this.
As much as I agree with it for rp, I think it’s a little narrow for fan fiction. Fan fiction is a little more liberal in terms of alternate universe stuff. (Alternate universe rp is up to the mod, of course!)
Then again, my alternate universe includes quite a few ungulates as valid species/races… so maybe I’m a little biased.
I’m bringing this back to the forefront because apparently people on tumblr need another lesson as to why blackface is racist as all hell and why it is IN NO FUCKING WAY comparable to “whiteface”. I’m starting to lose fucking faith in humanity here. READ THIS WHOLE THING BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH TO SPEAK!
So, I saw this on my dash and the first line literally made me drop my phone and walk away. I’m going to try to explain this as calmly as possible because I want to believe the person that asked the question did not mean any harm.
For one, you can’t just paint your face, put on some stereotypical “ghetto” clothes and be black. For you paint yourself and “be black” for one day and just wash it off and go back to your privileged existence is very insulting. My skin color never goes away. No matter how many showers I take or how much soap I use, I will always be black.
I will always face discrimination based on my skin tone. By wearing blackface, white people can make fun of the stereotypical black person. I have to live that. Every time I go out with my son, I get the looks of disgust and pity. They don’t have to say anything, but I know exactly what they’re thinking.
“There’s another black single mother.”
“I wonder where the father is.”
“Does she know who the father is?”
“He’s probably in jail somewhere.”
“I wonder how many other kids she has.”
“She’s probably on welfare. She’s just abusing the system.”
Funnily enough, some of those things have been said to me. By painting your face black and pretending to be me, you belittle my experience. You make my existence as a black woman in America a joke.
Secondly, there’s the history of the practice itself. The practice of white men applying burnt cork their faces and pretending to be “black people” originated in the minstrel shows of the 1800’s. The practice became so ingrained in American culture that we still use terms originated in those shows today. For example:
- Jim Crow — This term originated in 1830. A white minstrel show performer Thomas “Daddy” Rice put on blackface and danced around on stage sing the song “Jumping Jim Crow”.
- Zip Coon — This character was first performed by George Dixon in 1834. It was meant to be a mockery of free blacks. He was arrogant, dressed in high style and spoke in puns that undermined his attempts to appear dignified.
- Coon — The characters Jim Crow and Zip Coon eventually merged into one stereotype and that’s where we get this term.
- Mammy — She’s the wise and very independent old black woman. You can still see her face on pancake boxes today.
- Uncle Tom — He was the good, religious and sober man. You can still see him on boxes of rice today.
- Buck — The big, menacing, proud black man who loves white women.
- Wench and/or Jezebel — She’s the temptress. In the minstrel era, she was played by a man in woman’s clothing.
- Mulatto — The mixed race male or female. They usually passed as white in the shows until it was revealed by another character that they had “negro” blood.
- Pickaninny — They were the children with unruly hair, red lips and wide mouths in which they usually had a slice of watermelon.
All of those stereotypes started in minstrel shows, carried over in to film and are most likely recognizable today. Blackface is not as simple as putting on a costume and having fun. It is a horrible act with a very painful past. The stereotypes started in the minstrel show era are the stereotypes that I have to fight against on a daily basis.
If you didn’t read all the way through this or don’t have the time, at the very least check out these links to see exactly why blackface is racist and harmful.
Seriously. Just google Blackface or type it into youtube. You’ll see in 5 minutes why black people hate it.
By this point, Chris Hemsworth was walking away, so my son shouted out “Thor!” Thor turned around, smiled, waved and left. But there was Loki, the God of Mischief. He saw my son, and smiled.
“Hi, Loki!” my wife said (100% sure she didn’t know Tim Hiddleston’s name). “Can my son get a picture with you?” she asked.
“Can I put him on my shoulders?” Loki asks.
“Um … okay?” is Jill’s response and hands Tom Hiddleston our son. He hoists him up on to his shoulders (I should mention that this guy is like 8 feet tall), and my wife takes out her Blackberry, only to find that it’s on its last battery leg. Nonetheless she manages to get a couple of shots. Hiddleston puts Edison down, shakes his hand and says goodbye.
Okay, one more for the night! I swear!
For the full story go here
I love stories like these. Actors are people just like the rest of us, so I love it when actors actually take the time to do something with their fans (especially when they’re enthusiastic like Tom here). Its just nice to see that not all actors are self-absorbed narcissists. A lot of them are generally really nice people.
I dunno, this stuff just always makes me smile :)
All my feels are spilling out my eyes and I’m making such loud giddy noises.
