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youaintpunk: The riots also offered a glimpse into how...

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:13:42 -0700

The riots also offered a glimpse into how photographs can be used out of context:

‘Sir: In last week’s article about the poll-tax riot in Trafalgar Square (‘THE MOB’S BRIEF RULE’, 7 April) there is a large photograph labelled ‘A West End shopper argues with a protester’. The woman in the photograph is me, and I thought you might like to know the true story behind the picture.

I was on my way to the theatre, with my husband. As we walked down Regent Street at about 6.30pm, the windows were intact and there was a large, cheerful, noisy group of poll-tax protesters walking up from Piccadilly Circus. We saw ordinary uniformed police walking alongside, on the pavement, keeping a low profile. The atmosphere was changed dramatically in moments when a fast-walking, threatening group of riot-squad police appeared.

We walked on to the top of Haymarket, where the atmosphere was more tense and more protesters were streaming up Haymarket from the Trafalgar Square end. Suddenly a group of mounted police charged at full gallop into the rear of the group of protesters, scattering them, passers-by and us and creating panic. People screamed and some fell. Next to me and my husband another group of riot-squad appeared, in a most intimidating manner.

The next thing that happened is what horrified me most. Four of the riot-squad police grabbed a young girl of 18 or 19 for no reason and forced her in a brutal manner on to the crowd-control railings, with her throat across the top of the railings. Her young male companion was frantically trying to reach her and was being held back by one riot-squad policeman. In your photograph I was urging the boy to calm down or he might be arrested; he was telling me that the person being held down across the railings was his girlfriend.

My husband remonstrated with the riot-squad policeman holding the boy, and I shouted at the four riot-squad men to let the girl go as they were obviously hurting her. To my surprise, they did let her go – it was almost as if they did not know what they were doing.

The riot-squad policemen involved in this incident were not wearing any form of identification. Their epaulettes were unbuttoned and flapping loose; I lifted them on two men and neither had any numbers on. There was a sergeant with them, who was numbered and my husband asked why his men wore no identifying numbers. The sergeant replied that it did not matter as he knew who the men were. We are a middle-aged suburban couple who now feel more intimidated by the Metropolitan police than by a mob. If we feel so angry, how on earth did the young hot-heads at the rally feel?’

Mrs R.A. Sare, Northwood, Middlessex Source

youvegotamightybooosh: omg i miss this show so much

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:08:52 -0700

youvegotamightybooosh:

omg i miss this show so much

kateordie: deeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaadpool: I AM LITERALLY...

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:15:46 -0700

kateordie:

deeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaadpool:

I AM LITERALLY SCREAMING

Yes

rihronna: me at the end of the semester

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:14:41 -0700

rihronna:

me at the end of the semester

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Sat, 18 May 2013 05:13:36 -0700

"The hardest part about rape, my friend has said, has been the silence. The rape is part of her, it..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:12:57 -0700

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The hardest part about rape, my friend has said, has been the silence. The rape is part of her, it is something she’d like to refer to casually—‘Oh yes, I learned that law term after I was raped,’ or ‘I’ve become more alert after I was raped,’ and she can’t. She has to stop herself and gauge the audience. Do they know she’s been raped? If yes, will they be able to handle the reference? If no, does she want to tell them? She is the most socially graceful person I know, but she practices in her head before she tells people. How to introduce it? How to strike the right note of seriousness without verging into the melodramatic? She doesn’t want to be seen as ‘the girl who was raped,’ but she does want people to know because it’s part of her personal experience, because there’s far too much silence already.

She doesn’t want pity. She just wants to talk about it. It is surprisingly difficult to procure this combination.

”

- I’m crying because this is how I’ve felt for so long now, and I really thought that I was the only one. (via belle-de-nuit)

holdmyhat: iamtonysexual: This is the best usage of that gif...

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:42:14 -0700

holdmyhat:

iamtonysexual:

This is the best usage of that gif I have ever seen.

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Sat, 18 May 2013 04:40:47 -0700

listen ok: daniellemertina: most people like sex in some way or form. but the...

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:15:00 -0700

listen ok: daniellemertina: most people like sex in some way or form. but the...:

daniellemertina:

most people like sex in some way or form.

but the general way that hetero men go about liking sex is so dehumanizing and disgusting. because it’s like they’re not even having sex with a human being. they’re having sex with an object or a body part.

then there’s the way they incorporate their hatred of women into sex. “she’s just a ho” “i ran through her” “i beat the pussy up” turning a natural, mutual and physically satisfying act into a way to debase and disrespect women.

i’m just listening to/ reading what these men say like good to know so i can figure out what to stay all the way away from

it’s sick.

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Sat, 18 May 2013 04:13:49 -0700

botoxheart: pleatedjeans: Six seconds well spent. It was. It...

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:10:35 -0700

botoxheart:

pleatedjeans:

Six seconds well spent.

It was. It was.

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Sat, 18 May 2013 04:08:53 -0700

porndirector: i hate when i look in the mirror and i look OK, but then i take a photo and im like...

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:07:12 -0700

porndirector:

i hate when i look in the mirror and i look OK, but then i take a photo and im like far from looking remotely nice

rockpapertheodore: pan2dapan: cerberusdad: i like the word partners because no one can tell if...

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:05:52 -0700

rockpapertheodore:

pan2dapan:

cerberusdad:

i like the word partners because no one can tell if you’re dating or if you’re in a buddy cop movie

oddly enough, no one can tell if Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are dating or in a buddy cop movie.

Ok, so here's the deal.

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:04:25 -0700

indica-tor:

I really was just trying to give everyone a new perspective. New things come with change. I wasn’t trying to say I know exactly what it feels like for a POC. Of course I don’t!

But just because I’m white doesn’t mean I can’t give you a healthy new mindset to consider! Stop being so easily offended at what I did NOT say.

I love my current friends and followers <3 and I hope you guys don’t feel upset. Seems like I haven’t lost anyone so far!

Yes of course. Turn the other cheek. Be the bigger man. This idea is V. NEW. How could we not have thought of it ourselves? Thank you white savior, for this healthy new mind set. If only my ancestors had thought of this, slavery would never have been a problem! How silly!

Obscene Pop: lesighh: girljanitor: indica-tor: POC who live here in America: I...

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:50:25 -0700

Obscene Pop: lesighh: girljanitor: indica-tor: POC who live here in America: I...:

lesighh:

girljanitor:

indica-tor:

POC who live here in America:

I realize you’re hurt by the ignorant words of “white people” who don’t know what they’re talking about, and I’m sorry.

But I have a question for you. In this “land of the free”…aren’t you free? What are their words doing to you, unless you LET them affect you? I thought this was a free country, where people were allowed to speak their minds, and other people were allowed not to listen.

But maybe I was wrong. Maybe the words of people are so strong that it’s impossible to stand up against them. Which is sad, and basically means our country is full of weak people.

No matter what race or gender I am, I would never let people’s words affect me. Don’t you realize they’re just words? Words are not physical, they will not capture and torture you. They won’t keep you from getting a job (and if your race is keeping you from getting a job, that’s the owners problem, not every white person), and they won’t kill you.

Unless you let them.

So take pride in who you are and stop listening to stupid people. It’s that easy. Once you let go of worrying about what other people think, your life will be a hell of a lot easier. And a lot less stressful.

Empower yourself. Empower your own life.

“once you let go of ‘worrying what people think and say’, then magically all this will disappear! “

“RACISM CAN’T AFFECT YOU UNLESS YOU LET IT!!!”

class dismissed!

lizardsfromspace: Here’s a hilarious Helen Keller joke!Do you know what no one saw or heard...

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:42:35 -0700

lizardsfromspace:

Here’s a hilarious Helen Keller joke!

Do you know what no one saw or heard coming?

Helen Keller’s radical socialist activism for the rights of the poor, women, the disabled. And so people ignored and belittled her politics. They argued a deaf, blind person could not know what she was talking about. And so they reduced her to the safe story of a young girl who overcame disability, and nothing else.

Wait I mean haha she was blind! How funny.

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Sat, 18 May 2013 03:41:52 -0700

fuckyeahhotactress: Alia Shawkat

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:23:17 -0700

fuckyeahhotactress:

Alia Shawkat

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Fri, 17 May 2013 15:54:27 -0700