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kickdrumheart: basilgenovese: Chocolate Buttermilk Cupcakes...

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:08:14 -0700

basilgenovese:

Chocolate Buttermilk Cupcakes with Earl Grey Buttercream & Salted Caramel

No one understands how much i am into sea salt & caramel.

flatbear: Tumblr: the comic…

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:31:28 -0700

flatbear:

Tumblr: the comic…

"The goal shouldn’t be to get women to focus on how we are all gorgeous in our own way. It should be..."

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:52:49 -0700

“The goal shouldn’t be to get women to focus on how we are all gorgeous in our own way. It should be to get women to do for ourselves what we wish the broader culture would do: judge each other based on intelligence and wit and ethical sensibility, not just our faces and bodies.”

- Beauty above all else: The real problem with Dove’s new viral ad - NYmag.com. (via futureabortiondoctor)

"Whenever I start feeling too arrogant about myself, I always make a trip to America. The immigration..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:05:51 -0700

““Whenever I start feeling too arrogant about myself, I always make a trip to America. The immigration guys kick the star out of stardom. They always ask me how tall I am and I always lie and say 5 feet 10 inches. Next time, I am going to get more adventurous. If they ask me ‘what color are you?’ I am going to say white.””

- Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on being detained at the U.S. Airport—twice. (Once, he was detained while promoting a film called “My Name is Khan” which was ironically about a person with the last name Khan suffering from repeated racial profiling.)

Multiple actors and other prominent individuals in the film industry with the last name “Khan” have been detained when entering the country. Irrfan Khan (The Life of Pi, Slumdog Millionaire, Spider-man) described the three times he was stopped—while on the way to receive honors for his roles in films such as The Namesake—as “humiliating.” Actor Aamir Khan was stopped and stripped searched in 2002. Director Kabir Khan, was reportedly detained at least three times in 2008 while filming in the United States. The New York Times ended up remarking on The Dangers of Fying While Khan

This much is clear:

Despite being an incredibly common surname, in the United States, Khan is a racialized last name and those who carry it suffer from additional, insulting, stigma and scrutiny.

There is no shortage of talented actors of South Asian descent whether from within the United States, from the UK, or Bollywood—and many of them even have the last name of Khan.

With Star Trek Into Darkness the name “Khan” is once again stigmatized as antagonistic, but the actors named Khan, the Khans of the world, and those who look like Khans once again have no voice about how they are represented in American media.

If you’re an award winning actor named Khan, you will still get stopped and humiliated at the airport. When that rare character in American media finally shows up sharing your name, he will be played by a white British man. That actor will wear your name for one movie and sneer and strut to great critical acclaim. You will wear your racialized name, your skin color, and hope you don’t get detained another time.

(via racebending)

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Fri, 24 May 2013 14:24:46 -0700

the-lost-amazing-city replied to your post: Yay arms!

Yayyyyy!

Thanks. :D

black-glance replied to your post: Yay arms! FLAIL FLAIL FLAIL FLAIL FLAIL OMG. \o/ I KNOW,...

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:23:51 -0700

black-glance replied to your post: Yay arms!

*FLAIL FLAIL FLAIL FLAIL FLAIL* OMG. \o/

I KNOW, RIGHT!?!?!?

thedailywhat: Cute Overload of the Day: Mia Grace Knows Her...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:17:13 -0700

thedailywhat:

Cute Overload of the Day: Mia Grace Knows Her Marvel Super Heroes

Mia Grace is a four-year-old who knows a thing or two about Marvel superheroes. This is the proud future of America.

sexyabach: (x)(x)

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:38:27 -0700

sexyabach:

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Troian Bellisario and Olivia Wilde by Photographer Andrey...

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:19:51 -0700

Troian Bellisario and Olivia Wilde by Photographer Andrey Korotich

This is not Troian and Olivia folks.

machtaholic replied to your post: Yay arms! YOU’RE LEAVING?? wibble I mean … yay!!!!! :D A...

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:00:41 -0700

machtaholic replied to your post: Yay arms!

YOU’RE LEAVING?? *wibble* I mean … yay!!!!! :D A reason for me to go to WA *wink*

:) I’ll be back occasionally. You’re totally welcome to come visit. I will have a fannish friendly abode. :D

Yay arms!

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:52:50 -0700

At the end of the summer I will be moving to Washington State! There are still a lot of logistics and specifics to work out, but I’ve set a timeline and will be moving. :D

shannonhutchins: Harvey….on tap. #suits - @iamsarahgrafferty-...

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:52:17 -0700

shannonhutchins:

Harvey….on tap. #suits - @iamsarahgrafferty- #webstagram

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Wed, 22 May 2013 21:59:15 -0700

LMAO! I love all the indignant responses on this when it’s...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:51:07 -0700

LMAO! I love all the indignant responses on this when it’s not even real.

physicalvocalist: fallen-angel-in-the-tardis: lembas-and-cram: concernedresidentofbakerstreet: re...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:33:01 -0700

physicalvocalist:

fallen-angel-in-the-tardis:

lembas-and-cram:

concernedresidentofbakerstreet:

rendezvousramen:

addictedtopunsandpizza:

macaronivevo:

jesuschristvevo:

is it data or data

is it route or route

is it caramel or caramel

is it either or either

is it read or read

is it lead or lead

Maybe its Maybelline

I hate how any English speaker knows exactly what’s happening here.

sulinars: Alabama city destroying ancient Indian mound for...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:35:19 -0700

sulinars:

Alabama city destroying ancient Indian mound for Sam’s Club

This is complete bullshit on SO many levels.

1) It belongs to someone else

2) It’s sacred to that someone

3) It’s against the fucking LAW

4) Wrong, just fucking wrong…I have no more words

Please boost

This is from 2009 folks. Says it immediately when you click the link on the pic.

"We [Fraction and his wife, Kelly Sue DeConnick] were pregnant at the time, and while I was out there..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:04:24 -0700

“

We [Fraction and his wife, Kelly Sue DeConnick] were pregnant at the time, and while I was out there I started to realize that if I had a daughter, there would come a day when I would have to apologize to her for my profession. I would have to apologize for the way it treats and speaks to women readers, and the way it treats its female characters.

I knew that if we had a daughter, because I know my wife and I know the kind of girl she wants to raise and I know the kind of girl I want to raise, she was going to look at what I did for a living and want to know how the fuck I could stomach it. How could I sell her out like that?” Fraction continued. “That conversation is still coming, and I’m bracing for it in the way that some dads brace for their daughter’s first date or boyfriend. I became acutely aware that I had sort of done that thing that lots of privileged hetero cisgendered white dudes do. ‘I’m cool with women, and that’s enough.’ It’s not enough. It’s embarrassing to say, because we somehow have attached shame to learning and evolving our opinions, culturally, but I became aware that there was a deficiency of and to women in my work, and all I could do at that moment was take care of my side of the street.

”

- Writer Matt Fraction on his role on expanding the profile of female characters in the Marvel Universe. (via goodmanw)

"Human beings shouldn’t be discriminated against based on where they reside. A body part is defined..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:28:31 -0700

“Human beings shouldn’t be discriminated against based on where they reside. A body part is defined by the common genetic code it shares with the rest of the body. An unborn baby’s genetic code differs entirely from the mother’s. It’s not part of the woman’s body. The fetus merely resides in the mother’s womb. While the baby does reside physically in the mother’s womb, biologically this unique individual human being is not a physical part or organ belonging to the mother. Therefore, the mother’s “right” to “control her own body” ends at the edge of the womb. The mother has the “right” to control the food she chooses to put into her body, but she does not have the “right” to kill another distinct human life in her womb.”

- Jackson, Greg (2011-07-13). Conservative Comebacks to Liberal Lies (Kindle Locations 367-373). JAJ Publishing. Kindle Edition. (via joshua-garcia)

“Based on where they reside.” Again, reducing a pregnant person and their body to nothing more than a location. I’m not a fucking geographical point. I am not a public building. I AM A PERSON.

(via antiprolife)

A fetus is LITERALLY CONNECTED to the pregnant person’s body. It is not just chilling there for 9 months. It is attached to them and entirely dependent on the parent for sustenance.

Science says no to you.

(via caffeinatedfeminist)

iPhone charger was NOT my first thought….

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:02:21 -0700

iPhone charger was NOT my first thought….

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Tue, 21 May 2013 10:02:30 -0700

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"The goal shouldn’t be to get women to focus on how we are all gorgeous in our own way. It should be..."

"Whenever I start feeling too arrogant about myself, I always make a trip to America. The immigration..."

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thedailywhat: Cute Overload of the Day: Mia Grace Knows Her...

Cute Overload of the Day: Mia Grace Knows Her Marvel Super Heroes

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Troian Bellisario and Olivia Wilde by Photographer Andrey...

machtaholic replied to your post: Yay arms! YOU’RE LEAVING?? *wibble* I mean … yay!!!!! :D A...

Yay arms!

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LMAO! I love all the indignant responses on this when it’s...

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sulinars: Alabama city destroying ancient Indian mound for...

"We [Fraction and his wife, Kelly Sue DeConnick] were pregnant at the time, and while I was out there..."

"Human beings shouldn’t be discriminated against based on where they reside. A body part is defined..."

iPhone charger was NOT my first thought….

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black-glance replied to your post: Yay arms! FLAIL FLAIL FLAIL FLAIL FLAIL OMG. \o/ I KNOW,...

machtaholic replied to your post: Yay arms! YOU’RE LEAVING?? wibble I mean … yay!!!!! :D A...