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charlotteinherlunarpark: Fiore Parfums Also available in Eau de...

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:49:09 -0700

Fiore Parfums

Also available in Eau de Toilette

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS GIFSET ALL MY LIFE

queensassyofthefatties: callingoutbigotry: lightspeedsound: l-...

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:47:12 -0700

callingoutbigotry:

lightspeedsound:

l-brick:

americanapparel:

Click here to visit our online store and shop our Nail Lacquer collection!

Hi everyone! Maybe you’ve seen this floating around tumblr via the American Apparel blog. They took an image from my nail art blog and are using it as an ad for their nail lacquer line. I’ve been attempting to communicate with them privately, but have gotten little response other than a form e-mail telling me they’re looking into it and they’ll get back to me. Right.
It’s okay - I have no problem pursuing other avenues of contact.

If the concept of a large corporation taking an artist’s image for their own gain without the artist’s permission doesn’t bother you, maybe the fact that none of these nail polishes were from AA will. I used 12 different colors from Wet N Wild, Revlon, Confetti, CQ, Sinful Colors, Spoiled, and Maybelline. I have never used/owned AA polishes.

It’s like AA made me a sandwich where the bread is made out of false advertising and the lunchmeat is made out of copyright infringement. It tastes bad.

Special thanks to my friends and to the wonderful folks over at Reddit Laqueristas for all the support!

lol OP should contact wet n wild and revlon etc. and have them handle the legal shit s2g them’s fighting words

reason number 10 billion why American Apparel sucks and needs to just fucking stop it forever

American Apparel can just fuck right off a cliff.

sexhaver: “don’t play the race card,” you start to say. but it is already too late. my Race Card is...

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:41:46 -0700

sexhaver:

“don’t play the race card,” you start to say. but it is already too late. my Race Card is face-up in attack position. you scream as your body is sucked into the Shadow Realm

Bless this person. (at Trader Joe’s)

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:44:56 -0700

Bless this person. (at Trader Joe’s)

John Scalzi matched my excitement in meeting him. (at...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:42:01 -0700

John Scalzi matched my excitement in meeting him. (at Borderlands Cafe)

tranqualizer: [photo: image of a Black homeless man wearing a...

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:43:20 -0700

tranqualizer:

[photo: image of a Black homeless man wearing a white t shirt and holding a white Abercrombie and fitch branded t shirt in front of him.]

Why Fitch the Homeless is a Really Bad Idea

In response to some comments made by Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries about not wanting large people in A&F clothes because he prefers “attractive…cool kids” in A&F clothes, there’s been a pretty big backlash, which is understandable. Most recently, I’ve learned about some “activism” aimed at giving Abercrombie and Fitch a “brand readjustment’” by giving Abercrombie and Fitch clothing to the homeless.

Because wouldn’t it be so awful for Abercrombie and Fitch clothing to be associated with homelessness and homeless people, because homeless people are so gross and disgusting, amirite? The video above says that it is striving to make Abercrombie and Fitch “the #1 brand of homeless apparel”. Maybe you’re thinking there’s no issue here because at least homeless people are getting some new duds and they were purchased from Goodwill, so what’s the big deal?

The big deal comes in when homeless people are being exploited to prove a point. Many homeless people are already widely disenfranchised and lacking a platform to be heard or to get access to the resources they need. By attempting to make a brand look bad by associating it with homelessness, the message is that homeless people are so gross, dirty, shameful (insert negative attribute here) that by associating the brand with these types of people, we are really making the brand look shitty, because these people are so shitty! get it? It’s all such a laugh! This type of “activism” is a farce. It contributes to and propagates a culture wherein homeless people can be used as props to further an agenda. This isn’t how you treat people. This is how you treat disposable objects. It isn’t funny, noble, or helpful to try and stick it to Abercrombie and Fitch by using homeless people as the medium for your message. Would the American population at large be comfortable with any other minority group being used to make a brand look “bad” by associating their clothing with that group? Sub out “homeless” for any other minority group and see how that sounds and feels. Pretty shitty, right?

Giving clothing, food, needed sundries, time, and other resources to the homeless or people who are in need is an awesome thing. But this isn’t about giving to the homeless. I don’t see any real or actual concern for homeless people in this “movement”. I see homeless people being used as the butt of a joke. The punchline? “Hahaha Abercrombie! You want cool and attractive people in your clothes and you claim to be exclusionary, so we’re going to give your clothes to homeless people because you would hate that!” The implication here is that homeless people are not cool or attractive and the brand can’t be exclusionary when worn by an already excluded group. This only “works” because homeless people are already part of an othered and excluded group, often left out of mainstream society, denied access to basic resources and the ability to have their needs met. Can’t.Stop.Laughing.

People who want to give to the homeless can do so at any time. Do it today! But giving a certain brand of clothing to the homeless in an attempt to make that brand of clothing look bad or unsavory or less-than-desirable is only possible when the population or group receiving the clothing carries the stigma you are trying to attach to that label. This doesn’t make Abercrombie and Fitch look bad. This makes Greg Karber and everybody supporting this “activism” look like an insensitive douche canoe who thinks homeless people are disposable props to be used to further an agenda, and that’s pretty sad and disappointing. Wanna help the homeless? Try not furthering the stigma surrounding homelessness by insisting that a brand being associated with homelessness would surely be less desirable or wanted. Wanna stick it to Abercrombie and Fitch? Easy Peasy! Don’t give them your money! It’s a simple solution that doesn’t involve stepping on the backs of the homeless in place of a soapbox.

(click through the link to watch the youtube video)

thank you so so so much for this. a beautiful and incisive analysis of why fitch the homeless makes me feel so awful

knowledgeequalsblackpower: kronosinasuit: Kerry Washington...

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:39:49 -0700

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

kronosinasuit:

Kerry Washington being amazing as always.

Understand colorblinders out there. Please get it.

ilu kerry washington

africanfashion: For those of you who criticize Janelle’s...

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:41:08 -0700

africanfashion:

For those of you who criticize Janelle’s signature monochromatic look.

From her speech on “Black Girls Rock”:

“When I started my music career, I was a maid. I used to clean houses. My mother was a proud janitor. My stepfather, who raised me like his very own, worked at the post office and my father was a trashman. They all wore uniforms and that’s why I stand here today, in my black and white, and I wear my uniform to honor them.

This is a reminder that I have work to do. I have people to uplift. I have people to inspire. And today, I wear my uniform proudly as a Cover Girl. I want to be clear, young girls, I didn’t have to change who I was to become a Cover Girl. I didn’t have to become perfect because I’ve learned throughout my journey that perfection is the enemy of greatness.

Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.” - Janelle Monáe

janelle

janelle

i love u

Lucy Liu Talks Candidly About Racism And Stereotypes In Hollywood

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:18:47 -0700

Lucy Liu Talks Candidly About Racism And Stereotypes In Hollywood:

ossianistic:

asiansnotstudying:

One of my favorite US actresses, Lucy Liu, is in Net-A-Porter’s Graphic Issue, which has me all kinds of excited. Because the only thing better than watching Liu at work is seeing her in fantastic frocks and reading interviews with her; she often has sharp, insightful comments on Hollywood and acting, while remaining quite modest and mellow.

She seems like she would be a lot of fun to hang out with.

(Lucy, come over some time! We’ll have tea and cookies!)

So Lucy Liu. At 44, she’s got a fair amount of experience in Hollywood, starting in the time-honored traditions of small guest roles and working her way on to “Ally McBeal.” She’s flitted back and forth between film and television, but as she herself points out, a lot of the roles she’s taken on have been really, really stereotyped.

You see, Lucy Liu is perfectly happy naming, and talking about, the elephant in the room: racism is a problem in Hollywood. Liu’s been cast as a Dragon Lady (Ling Woo on “Ally McBeal” for example), martial arts star (“Charlie’s Angels” and “Kill Bill”), and, of course, mysterious sex worker with links to the Chinese mafia (“Payback”).

Lucy rockin’ it at the “Kung Fu Panda” premiere.

Photo credit: Eva Rinaldi.

What she’s not often cast as is a woman who happens to be Chinese-American, a role where her race could be acknowledged and wrapped into the plot, without turning her into a total stereotype.

I wish people wouldn’t just see me as the Asian girl who beats everyone up, or the Asian girl with no emotion. People see Julia Roberts or Sandra Bullock in a romantic comedy, but not me.

She rightly notes that race confounds any casting decisions, making it impossible for her to be seen neutrally as an actress who might fit well in a role. Instead, her race is front and center in any discussions about how to use her in film and television:

it [becomes], ‘Well, she’s too Asian’, or, ‘She’s too American’. I kind of got pushed out of both categories. It’s a very strange place to be. You’re not Asian enough and then you’re not American enough, so it gets really frustrating.

Liu’s experiences in Hollywood, of course, mirror that of larger society, where Chinese-American women can find themselves in a strange social bind as they straddle multiple communities.

The daughter of immigrants, Liu has close ties to the Chinese community, but she’s also not entirely of the Chinese community, as she tells readers in the Net-A-Porter interview. She defied her parents to pursue an acting career, for example. Yet, at the same time, she’s not viewed as wholly “American” because of her race.

I love that her two favorite roles have been in “Lucky Number Slevin” (well worth checking out if you haven’t already) and “Watching the Detectives,” because both roles mark a departure from what people might think of as Liu’s ouvre, a reminder that actresses are often sandwiched into specific types of roles against their will. It’s not that Liu wants to be an action star or a Dragon Lady, but that these are the roles offered to her, and the ones she’s forced to take.

The fact that she’s getting more established and fighting to be on projects that aren’t pushing her into the stereotype corner is awesome, and I love seeing her in those roles. Her latest project, “Elementary,” definitely doesn’t cover stereotyped ground. As Joan Watson, she’s breaking all kinds of boundaries for an old and much-beloved classic. A companion to Holmes who’s not just a woman, but a Chinese woman?

Lucy Liu at a USAID Anti-Trafficking conference.

Photo credit: Crespo Events.

Her casting in that role wasn’t without controversy, though. While the producers were very committed to exploring the Holmes/Watson dynamic as a friendship, with her race reflective of larger racial diversity in New York, fans were explosively angry about the decision to put Liu in the role. Considerable racial hatred was dredged up by people lobbying against her casting. Liu’s response when asked about it kind of encapsulated the many reasons why I love her:

If I didn’t try anything different, I’d still be doing a Calgon ad. You have to be a pioneer, which means doing things that are not scheduled and different. When you do stuff, it’s not always to please other people–it’s to please yourself. For me, the more individual you make something, the more universal it can be. You have to be a pioneer.

Lucy Liu is rocking on with her bad self in an environment heavily dominated by older white male decisionmakers, where white actresses have the pick of the roles and the paychecks, where it’s still acceptable to cast white people in roles of color, and where actors of color often find themselves pushed into boxes it’s very, very hard to escape. She’s fighting all the things actresses need to deal with in an industry where sexism is still a looming issue, plus the tangle of racism in Hollywood.

I love and admire her frankness on the issue, and her willingness to confront it through her career and the projects she works on. Thanks for being a pioneer, Lucy.

God I love her. I can’t wait for school to end so I can get caught up on Elementary. All haters know where the door is.

bless her

oh my god

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:16:56 -0700

oh my god

melissaanelli: leakynews: LeakyNews EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Rapp is...

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:22:31 -0700

melissaanelli:

leakynews:

LeakyNews EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Rapp is coming to LeakyCon Portland!

Ain’t no news like a Leaky news. :) Without Leaky in the title, it is not confirmed. :)

NOPE

I WILL BE PRESENTING AT THE SAME CON AS ANTHONY RAPP

I CAN’T DEAL WITH THIS

H E L P

dreamdefenders: On April 22, 16-year-old Kiera Wilmot was...

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:20:59 -0700

dreamdefenders:

On April 22, 16-year-old Kiera Wilmot was arrested at her Polk County high school for conducting a science experiment. The teen, who has no criminal history and maintained good grades, suddenly found herself trapped in Florida’s insidious school to prison pipeline; which has continually funneled mostly youth of color out of Florida’s schools and into the criminal justice system.

According to a report by Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice, over 57% of the state’s 96,515 youth incarcerated in 2012 were Black and Brown. In Kiera’s home of Polk County, Sheriff Grady Judd has presided over a system in which youth have continually been cycled through county jails in which severe abuses have been alleged including the use of pepper spray and the holding of juveniles in cages.

During the 2013 Florida Legislative Session, Dream Defenders worked with allies in the Florida Campaign for Juvenile Justice to reform Florida’s broken juvenile justice system. Despite repeated community visits to the state capital, briefings and press conferences by advocates and sponsoring legislators, the 2013 Legislative session closed with no action on critical bills such as SB 1374/HB 1039 which would have reformed Florida’s Zero Tolerance law at play in this case.

While Kiera navigates the legal ramifications of her unjust case Polk County Superintendent John Stewart has made the decision to place Kiera in an “alternative school” as he considers expulsion proceedings. Dream Defenders find these actions by Superintendent Stewart reprehensible. Dream Defenders demands that Stewart drop all expulsion proceedings against Kiera Wilmot and allow her to return to her enrollment at Bartow High School.

Dream Defenders calls upon all local, state and national allies to TAKE ACTION to ensure Kiera does not become another casualty of the school to prison pipeline.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Sign the petition to get Kiera back in school

Spread these images by tweeting them, reblogging them and posting them on instagram.

Contact Polk County Superintendent John Stewart by calling: (863) 534-0521

Sample Script:

Superintendent Stewart,

My name is _____________ and I am calling to express my concern about the expulsion proceedings against Kiera Wilmot. Florida has been among the national leaders in furthering a school to prison pipeline; with zero tolerance policies being used to lock up, expel and divert youth from their right to an education. Ms. Wilmot’s case is another example of the state and your office criminalizing and derailing the future of a girl of color. Your handling of her case has been irresponsible and reprehensible. Ms. Wilmot’s actions and intent simply do not warrant expulsion or placement in alternative schooling. I am calling on you to immediately drop all expulsion proceedings against Kiera Wilmot and allow her to return to her regular enrollment at Bartow High School.

In order to make an impact in this case we will need the support of thousands.

Please share this message with family and friends. Let’s ensure there is

#JusticeForKiera

beautone: On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police...

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:51:01 -0700

beautone:

On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped explosives containing C-4 on the roof of a house where members of the black liberation & social justice organization MOVE lived.

Right before, police attacked the house with 10,000 rounds of ammunition in 90 minutes, knowing that children were inside. The house burned for 45 minutes before hoses were turned on.

Eleven people, including founder John Africa, five adults & five children were killed. The incident also destroyed 65 homes in the area, leaving 250 homeless. Witnesses reported police officers shooting at those trying to escape from the fire that ensued.

MOVE continues to advocate for prisoners’ rights & for the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal & nine MOVE members who were found guilty of the murder of a police officer in 1978.

US: Philadelphia Mayor to sign landmark LGBT protection bill into law

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:13:20 -0700

US: Philadelphia Mayor to sign landmark LGBT protection bill into law:

thewayistare:

the-bitch-goddess-success:

whathappenedtocharlotte:

aspookypandaforamanda:

isincerelyhatetheinternet:

“The Mayor of the US city of Philadelphia is to sign a city-wide ordinance offering protections, and benefits for LGBT citizens into law, in a ceremony on Thursday.”

Go read the whole article

It’s not just focusing on gay and lesbian partnership rights anymore

I mean look at this

“It will make city forms gender neutral, and makes it easier for transgender residents to request gender markers on some records, and name changes. Gender-neutral bathrooms are also required in city-controlled buildings, as well as access to buildings based on gender identity.

“Healthcare discrimination against non-union transgender city employees will also be banned, and the legislation ensures that employees in Philadelphia will be able to dress in accordance with their gender identity.”

No one’s ever cared before and now it is just like “here is a windfall of unexpectedly amazing things now go live your life in happiness”

Way to go Philly!

WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THIS.

GET ‘EM, MIKE!

love this

and i like and appreciate that the discourse is changing from the dismissive “idc who somebody sleeps with” to a whole gang of aspects of life discriminated against/made harder by one’s sexuality/gender

glintglimmergleam: theuppitynegras: infamousnfamous: minutes-t...

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:57:50 -0700

glintglimmergleam:

theuppitynegras:

infamousnfamous:

minutes-till-midnight:

I’M ON THE FLOOR DYING AND I DON’T THINK I’LL LIVE.

OMFG

they should have never gave y’all the internet

!!!!!!

i am sitting at my desk with my head down and there are tears and this is the funniest thing on the internet right now

i love you

i love the person who made this

i can’t

crackerhell: tastefullyoffensive: [completelyseriouscomics] we...

Sat, 11 May 2013 09:06:49 -0700

crackerhell:

tastefullyoffensive:

[completelyseriouscomics]

werddddddd

oh my god

sexhaver: baby boomers out here talking shit like they didn’t elect reagan

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:46:42 -0700

sexhaver:

baby boomers out here talking shit like they didn’t elect reagan

'PARKS AND REC' RENEWED

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:48:55 -0700

'PARKS AND REC' RENEWED:

“Parks and Recreation” has been renewed. Long live Pawnee!

BLESS

kaaayrutledge: There’s a new Hyperbole and a Half, you guys,...

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:58:15 -0700

kaaayrutledge:

There’s a new Hyperbole and a Half, you guys, and it is spectacular.

crying

deliciouskaek: panasonicyouth: fuckyeahlost: Under the Dome,...

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:15:59 -0700

deliciouskaek:

panasonicyouth:

fuckyeahlost:

Under the Dome, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, premieres Monday, June 24, 2013 at 10PM on CBS.

I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS!!!!

i am too! i’m really curious to see how they make it work. i may reread it just to prepare, though i’im sure there will be quite a bit of departure from the novel

Oh god, and there’s so much I’m worried they’ll cut. Like… well, the ending. I enjoyed it, it’s super Twilight Zone kinds of fucked up. I’m hoping a lot of the characterization, specifically of Big Jim Rennie, stays the same, though. I think it’ll be super relevant, given that his character is this scathing commentary on a lot of terrifying things in this country.

ugh aisha hinds and natalie martinez are still in the cast I’M SO EXCITED FOR THIS. and dean norris as big jim is SO PERFECT IT HURTS

if anyone is interested, the trailer came out yesterday and it is pretty damn good.