#niqab #arabic
I am really loving the simplicity and colours in this picture.
(via thecouscousqueen)
"Suppose a man makes unwanted social advances to a woman in, let’s say, a restaurant or theatre, and she eventually has to tell him loudly or angrily to get lost. She is the one who will be perceived as rude, hostile, aggressive, and obnoxious. His verbal aggression and invasiveness are accepted and expected; her rudeness (or mere curtness) in getting rid of him is noticed and condemned. One of our great myths is that a “real lady” can and should handle any difficulty, defuse any assault, without ever raising her voice or losing her manners. Female rudeness or violence in resistance to male aggression has often been taken to prove that the woman was not a lady in the first place, and therefore deserved no respect from the aggressor or sympathy from others."
— D.A. Clarke, “A Woman With a Sword” (via foodbeersexwhatever)
(Source: wretchedoftheearth, via iridessence)
PSA: Women have wet dreams too
#stupid things my boyfriend and I argue about
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturnal_emission
*People with vaginas
*People with vaginas
*People with vaginas
On a serious note
Domestic Violence in the Pacific- Did you guys know women in the Pacific experience some of the highest rate of domestic violence in the world ?
- Two in three pacific islander women report abuse from their spouse or partner
- 68% of women in Kiribati have reported to be victims of violence
- Sexual violence in Fiji has increased by 155 %
- 1/4 of the reported beatings are happening during a woman’s pregnancy period.
- Over half of the young women in Tuvalu experienced forced intercourse as their first sexual encounter;
- Half of the whole population of Samoan women are physically abused by their partner on a regular basis.
As a person who has experienced domestic violence if you are currently in a situation like this - there is no point in staying, it will not improve, you cant change him.
Tell somebody in your life what is happening.
Learn where to get help - memorize emergency phone numbers.
If your not ready to leave yet - Think about where you would go if you need to escape.
Be ready -Pack a bag with important things you’d need if you had to leave quickly; put it in a safe place, or give it to a friend or relative you trust make sure you include cash, car keys & important information such as: court papers, passport or birth certificates, medical records & medicines, immigration papers
Boys this goes out to you to - a real lady would never raise her hand to you. I know of many of my pacific brothers who get their asses handed to them by their women - doesn’t matter if your a girl, it still hurts him and its abuse. I personally know a guy friend whose missus stabbed him while she was drunk and another one whose missus took to him with a metal pole when he turned up at a party when she told him to stay home.
Its never acceptable either way. Get help.
Jesus.
(Source: awkward-hapkas, via poly--nesian)
fuck yeah, hard femme!: fuckyeahcracker: Effects Of Thinking White People Are “All Like…
Effects Of Thinking White People Are “All Like That”:
- Literally nothing other than white people having their feelings hurt on the internet
- I’m not joking there is no real world consequence of this
Effects Of Thinking People of Color Are “All Like That”:
- Saudi student is literally surrounded by FBI for cooking rice under terrorist suspicions
- White people literally can not associate positive words with Black faces because of racism
- More white people use drugs but Black people are sent to jail for drugs at 10 times the rate that white people are
- Black people who “sound Black” earn less money than those who don’t because of associations with stereotypes. Black people who “sound Black” are less likely to get called back for jobs
- Black children grow up literally associating being Black with being bad and ugly
- White people when tested shot more unarmed Black subjects than armed and unarmed white subjects
- Hate crimes increase after Boston tragedy
- Moroccan High School Student is linked to Boston tragedy for being Brown
- Bangladeshi man is beaten by people out of racism
- NYPD Commissioner wants Black and Latino men to fear him after the police targeted literally 90 percent Black and Latino men in New York and humiliating them by frisking them in public under the assumption that they had weapons. Studies found that white men were the ones who overwhelmingly had weapons while Black and Latino men didn’t
- White people blaming and convicting Black men for crimes they never committed and everyone believing them because of racism
- Stop and Frisk, ruled unconstitutional was practiced by New York police disproportionately and unfairly affecting 90% Black and Latino men because of racism
- Universities throwing racist ‘Fiesta Party’ homogenizing culture with extreme racism
- Here are some of the numbers on hate crimes against People of Color and btw, Neo Naziism is increasing!
- Every 28 Hours an African American is Extrajudicially Murdered in the U.S.
- Black people 3 times more likely to be arrested for Marijuana
- Black people receive much harsher sentencing than white people for the same crimes do I need to go on?
But yeah, white people’s feelings :*(
(via iridessence)
Social Justice Problems
- on tumblr: guys we need to have a serious discussion about the erasure of nonbinary trans* people
- in real life: ok, I guess I have to explain to my entire class how "feminist" is not an insult
The Fijian Meke
Music is woven into the fabric of Fiji and the Meke embraces traditional song and dance to tell of legends, love stories, history and spirits of the islands. It can vary from a blood-curdling spear dance to a gentle and graceful fan dance.
There are two groups in the make - the orchestra (Vakatara), who sit on the ground and sing or chant for the second group, the dancers (Matana).
The instruments are percussion (hardwood gongs, bamboo tubes, beating sticks etc). For the Meke the performers wear garlands of flowers (Salusalu), the men wear full warrior costume and the women, in traditional clothes, glisten with scented coconut oil.
(Source: awkward-hapkas, via afrofijiansoul)
The eye tape is still visible and I have to get better at applying noses but overall not bad for my second ethnic study! This time around it’s Native American! #makeup #theatermakeup #ethnicstudy #nativeamerican #makeupbyapplez (at EI, School of Professional Makeup)
Curious what is an ethnic study and what does it involve? Is this how you think Native Americans look?
ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS RIGHT NOW WHITE PEOPLE
White people, I don’t.. I don’t understand. I just.. what?
What?
White people! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!Required coursework for my class that I would otherwise fail if I didn’t do
So unless you wanna give me the money for my entire school tuition, your commentary is irrelevant.
I don’t even know why anyone would pay money to do an ‘Ethnic Studies’ course that required you to put on a weird face mask and tag it ‘native american’.
White people… smh.
The eye tape is still visible and I have to get better at applying noses but overall not bad for my second ethnic study! This time around it’s Native American! #makeup #theatermakeup #ethnicstudy #nativeamerican #makeupbyapplez (at EI, School of Professional Makeup)
Curious what is an ethnic study and what does it involve? Is this how you think Native Americans look?
ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS RIGHT NOW WHITE PEOPLE
White people, I don’t.. I don’t understand. I just.. what?
What?
White people! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
I really need to take a dump but at the same time I’m really hungry, I don’t know which to do first….
I am so sorry for the trial you are going through right now.
:’(
YOU ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS STEPHEN
