"Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of difference. They don't..."
"Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of difference. They don't have to make speeches. Just believing is usually enough."- Stephen King, On Writing (via nickmiller)
sinidentidades: CeCe McDonald TW: Racism, Violence,...
CeCe McDonald
TW: Racism, Violence, Transphobia, Murder
Around 12:30 am on June 5, 2011, CeCe was walking to the grocery store with some friends, all of them young, African American, and LGBTIQ or allied. As they passed a local bar, the Schooner Tavern, a group of older, white people who were standing outside the bar's side door began hurling racist and transphobic slurs at them, without provocation. They called CeCe and her friends 'faggots,' 'niggers,' and 'chicks with dicks,' and suggested that CeCe was 'dressed as a woman' in order to 'rape' Dean Schmitz, one of the attackers. When CeCe approached the group and told them that her crew would not tolerate hate speech, one of the women said, "I'll take you bitches on," and then smashed her glass into CeCe's face. She punctured CeCe's cheek all the way through, lacerating her salivary gland. A fight ensued, during which one of the attackers, Dean Schmitz, was fatally stabbed.
The only person arrested that night was CeCe. She was briefly taken to the hospital where she received 11 stitches in her cheek. While she was still suffering both physically and mentally from this traumatic incident, she was left alone in a room for three hours and then interrogated, and then placed in solitary confinement at the Hennepin County men's jail. She spent the next several months in jail and had to wait almost two months between her initial doctors' visit and a much-needed follow-up appointment.
After her arrest, CeCe was quickly charged with second-degree murder. In short, she was prosecuted for surviving a violent, racist, transphobic attack.
Banned TED Talk
Banned TED Talk
Alkaline Trio London Show
I'm going to stab people if that what it takes to get a ticket.
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T minus 37 hours to Alkaline Trio (w/ Bayside) at Irving Plaza, NYC!
“And I would wait for you ‘til the planets all collide…”
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APE IN A CAPE: Just repeating this because it wasn't rebloggable… there-was-a-girl...
APE IN A CAPE: Just repeating this because it wasn't rebloggable… there-was-a-girl...:Just repeating this because it wasn't rebloggable…
there-was-a-girl said: My big problem with comixology is they don't let me read them on my Nook. They are keeping out a whole market of people who aren't rolling around in Apple products. I can only read them on my phone (which is not…
Indeed.
Indeed.
migrated: change the direction of the train if you...
change the direction of the train if you concentrate
Freaky stuff.
"Now I'm not saying you have to like ABC, CBS, MSNBC or CNN—I really don't care whether you do or..."
"Now I'm not saying you have to like ABC, CBS, MSNBC or CNN—I really don't care whether you do or not. But Fox News is on a whole other level when it comes to worthless news coverage.
Because where CNN or MSNBC might sing the praises of how great a blue sky is—Fox News tries to convince you the sky isn't actually blue. And millions of people believe it.
"- Allen Clifton in Why Fox News if Total Garbage (via reallyfoxnews)
Very true.
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Star Trek Into Darkness ∟Uhura Character Poster looks...
Star Trek Into Darkness
∟Uhura Character Poster
looks like this'll be fun!
herochan: Free Comic Book Day is Here! Use this store locator...
Free Comic Book Day is Here!
Use this store locator to find your nearest participating comic book store.
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Take the kids! It's how I learned to read!
And buy one for yourself while you're there!
I recommend small press and creator owned books but the big publishers have some good stuff too!
Go on - off with ya!
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theophilus1979: This IS the GIF you're looking for…
This IS the GIF you're looking for…
The Craft (1996) Oh, yeah. Helllll, yeahhhh!
The Craft (1996)
Oh, yeah.
Helllll, yeahhhh!
venustus101: thewayistare: latinegrasexologist: cornersofthewo...
A beach for everyone: physically handicapped individuals took part in the "Praia para Todos" (Beach for Everyone) project on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil last week.
The project, run by volunteer physical therapists and students, offers a weekend at two of Rio's beaches to the physically handicapped, many of whom don't have the means to reach the beach, let alone swim in the sea.
Learn more: http://reut.rs/ZN2Ita
Beautiful!
thug tears. mama's gift is for all her children.
yes good
This is kind of amazing.
wilwheaton: kellysue: Lane. Lois Lane. I love the Fleischer...
Lane. Lois Lane.
I love the Fleischer Superman cartoons. Last time I checked, you could get them all legally and for free from the Internet Archive.
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Lots of great stuff on that site!
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Comics fan in NYC? Check out SVA's Fresh Meat!
Comics fan in NYC? Check out SVA's Fresh Meat!:SVA presents NYC's hottest student comic creators on Friday, April 26th!
Support the next generation of cartoonists by buying mini-comics from the stars of tomorrow!
lickypickystickyme: wizardry I tell you … Cool as...
wizardry I tell you
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Cool as hell!
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thepoliticalfreakshow: Surveillance Video Related to Boston...
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Daily Kos: Harry Reid must reform the filibuster or be replaced as majority leader
Daily Kos: Harry Reid must reform the filibuster or be replaced as majority leader:Despite Republicans abusing the filibuster at arecord pace, the attempt by Democratic Sens. Jeff Merkley, Tom Udall and Tom Harkin to reform the procedure and thus end the obstructionism was thwarted by their own majority leader, Harry Reid. For which the Republicans very quickly demonstrated their gratitude by continuing to abuse the filibuster.
In March, Senate Majority WhipDick Durbinsaid filibuster reform should be reopened, and less than two weeks ago, Reid himselfthreatenedto do exactly that. But does anyonebelievehe is serious? It's time for him to prove it. It's past time.
Despite overwhelming support, across the nation, the Republicans and a handful of complicit Democrats just killed a proposed new federal background check law. Other widely supported gun safety measures also will be filibustered away. It's time for Sen. Reid to lead or get out of the way and let someone else do it. Harry Reid must reform the filibuster or resign or be replaced as Majority Leader. It's time for the Democratic leader in the Senate to be a leader.
I am in complete agreement with Laurence lewis, who wrote this. It's why I created WE TOLD YOU SO HARRY, because we have got to do something to fix how broken and dysfunctional the Senate has become.
Yes, the system is broken but filibuster reform would go a looooong way toward fixing all the shit that's been laying around busted while the GOPeabrains try to legislate vagina control and protect a criminal's right to buy a gun at a gun show without the nuisance of a background check.
… Seriously, what the festering fuck, people?
liberalsarecool: We are giving up too much. We need to rethink...
We are giving up too much. We need to rethink our post 9/11 lives.
Russ Feingold, get your ass back in DC, please!
sabersandphasers: Glenn: +1 Any chance the FAUX News...
Glenn: +1
Any chance the FAUX News viewership could get a collective lobotomy and let the rest of us fix the stuff they keep fncking up?
Please?
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