January 2012
Letter from an emancipated slave to his master
Dayton, Ohio, August 7, 1865 To My Old Master, Colonel P.H. Anderson, Big Spring, Tennessee Sir: I got your letter, and was glad to find that you had not forgotten Jourdon, and that you wanted me to come back and live with you again, promising to do better for me than anybody else can. I have often felt uneasy about you. I thought the Yankees would have hung you long before this, for harboring...
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theafrosistuh:
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The true identity of Ludwig van Beethoven, long considered Europe’s greatest classical music composer. Said directly, Beethoven was a black man. Specifically, his mother was a Moor, that group of Muslim Northern Africans who conquered parts of Europe—making…
Whoa. As soon as I get up I am emailing my father this.
sentientcitizen:
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twelvefootmountaintroll:
When people say “But it (homosexuality/trans people/polyamory/gender-neutral parenting/whatever) will confuse teh childrenz!”
Dude. Confusion is a primary state of being for children. Children are confused by child-proof medicine bottles. A favorite pastime of many a child is asking “Why?” about any piece of information presented to...
boganette:
TW: Racism
Last night this white (obvs) doodbrah in town interrupted a conversation I was having about Gillard/Abbott and said “Look, the Aborigines just need a firm hand. They are lucky that Tony Abbott still wants to help them after they’ve been so ungrateful”.
Sometimes I forget that people are total fucking fucks. TOTAL FUCKING FUCKS.
NEVER forget that.
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“Slut” is how we vilify a woman for exercising her right to say “yes”....”
– angels-and-angles
this is an amazing quote
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[TW: sexism] man what do you bitches know about...
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beatmesa:
give me a reason not to treat you like inferior aesthetic hungry sluts that only know 2 batman villains and “the black green lantern” and I’ll honestly treat your opinion as a valid one
but until then, y’all are just posing to be a special snowflake
so prove me wrong if you can
what’s batman
Comics? What?
You mean like those things that have Bazooka...
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Rep. Barney Frank is a total BAMF
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cognitivedissonance:
His latest interview with The New York Times is fantastic. An excerpt:
Interviewer: You’ve long argued for the decriminalization of marijuana. Do you smoke weed?
Barney Frank: No.
Interviewer: Why not?
Barney Frank: Why do you ask a question, then act surprised when I give an answer? Do you think I lie to people?
Interviewer: I thought you might explain...
“What’s the worst thing you can call a woman? Don’t hold back, now. You’re...”
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Full frontal feminism: a young women’s guide to why feminism matters
By Jessica Valenti
“But no wait the odds ARE equal! and and and and — and men get oppressed just as badly!” Lul sure.
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Classic, and always bears a reblog.
-Jess
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“I am 100% opposed to SOPA and PIPA, even though I’m one of the artists they were...”
– -Wil Wheaton
Also, some good news.
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