February 2012
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I would’ve been picked on more in school, but everyone realized I was better at insulting myself than they were.
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: The unintuitive evolution of counter culture... →
cleanasdirt:
I wish tumblr was around from 2000 - 2005 to document the mass of emo babes and high-schoolers in non ironic sweaters, because back then you actually wore sweaters as a real thing. Our dashboards and news feeds would be littered with girls in thick rimmed glasses, short hair, and tshirts from the car dealership 3 towns over that had an event that gave away t-shirts for free,...
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BBU / Bell Hooks mixtape →
In contrast to that fucked up bakery video yesterday, here is what inspires my fierce pride in being a Chicagoan.
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“Unlike the Earth, we’re intelligent, and we can actually manage things.”
– Rick Santorum, during a campaign stop in Ohio, criticizing liberals and environmentalists that he believes are putting “Earth above man.”
(via manicchill)
I agree. We can manage things, as long as one of those things isn’t the Earth.
basednigel:
Science resurrects singer Aaliyah to do cool Supreme photo shoot then puts her back to sleep
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Victims of abuse in California school silenced by...
univisionnews:
After finding legal representation, eight undocumented families are coming forward in the case against a Califonia school teacher accused of committing lewd acts on children. (Screenshot) By JUAN GASTELUM Channel: Immigration
Eight families affected by child abuse at an Elementary school in California say they were afraid to come forward because they are undocumented immigrants,...
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To all my organizing/aspiring filmmaker peeps -... →
If you’re planning on applying, drop me a line. I’m looking to get to know more people nationally who are into socially conscious media. we can even talk about how to raise funds outside of having our home organizations do so.
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Whisk my heart away, immigration journalist I always see but am too shy to talk to.
Whisk it into our seemingly overlapping group of friends.
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OH MY GOD THEY TOOK DOWN MEDIAFIRE WHERE WILL I GET MUSIC I’VE BURNED SO MANY PRIVATE TORRENT TRACKER BRIDGES I CAN’T LOOK BACK NOW
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The DREAMer Yanelli Hernandez who suffered... →
January 2012
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Help stop Yanelli's deportation
Find out how to take action by looking here.
If you’re in Chicago, please join us in front of the ICE headquarters today at 6:00 pm. Find out more about the event here.
This is how I feel today.: Study: DREAM Act would... →
univisionnews:
The cost of tuition subsidies would be around $6.2 billion a year, but experts believe that Dreamers would pay for this and more over the long-term (Photo: flickr.com)
By TATIANA SANCHEZ Channel: Economics, Immigration
With California’s recent approval…
BUT THEY’RE STEALING OUR JOBS!
leftist-linguaphile asked: La revolucioncita mexicana. It's actually really, really, really good.
I should host a party only for people that look like me.
Because I seriously can name five off the top of my head.
What a sorry party that’d be.
On Being White-Passing →
fuckyeahethnicwomen:
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ihavethisblog:
As white-passing people of color, we have our own set of struggles.
We have to hear all the horrible, racist things that our white friends (and sometimes even our not-white friends) say about people of color that they wouldn’t dare say if we were visible poc. And because we look white, we are expected to be okay with it. We are...
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YANELLI NEEDS TREATMENT, NOT DEPORTATION!!! →
iyjl:
Urgent: Yanelli has attempted to take her own life twice, now she has been ordered deported to Mexico where she has no one. Please take immediate action to demand that Yanelli, DREAMer, be released to the care of her family!
We do not need another Joaquin Luna on our hands.
http://action.dreamactivist.org/yanelli/
slutsgetcut asked: I feel like I should clarify that I'm joking so that I don't get hate mail.
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toasterwaffles replied to your video: Mayor is willing to eat tacos to show Latinos he’s…
I made it 30 seconds and got too uncomfortable!
The reporter handled it so well. I would’ve just grimaced into submission after he said that.
mazungu replied to your video: Mayor is willing to eat tacos to show Latinos he’s…
I think I’ll go help the American community by having a pizza...
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“Hispanics understand, either personally or through close family members, what it...”
– Jeb Bush • In an Op-Ed for the Washington Post today. The full piece is well worth reading, as it recognizes a fact which has been blindingly obvious to political science types — changing demographics in the American electorate have given Hispanics a much greater influence than ever before, and that...
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If God were to exist, I feel like he’d use the phrase “Just a bit of spilt milk” a lot.
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I would pay so much money to watch an Ol’ Dirty Bastard bio-pic that’s not really a bio-pic.