tomvorikandharry:

a poll because i’m curious (and because this has divided everyone in our office over the last couple days). tell me in the tags where you’re from and if you peel your peaches before eating them.

i’m from florida and i don’t peel my peaches.

kedreeva:

greia:

politijohn:

Chills. I can’t imagine my own high school showing up like this less than a decade ago to protest disgusting legislation like Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill. The support Gen Z shows for the LGBTQ community is breathtaking.

The fight goes on. Keep it up.

I think you all need to know the consequences of this brave action.

The kid who started the walkout at the original school was indefinitely suspended, even though he had permission for the demonstration (their excuse is that he got permission for the walkout, but not for the little Pride flags he handed out). Other participating kids at other schools have similarly been punished.

Teachers who supported students walking out are also being punished, fired, blacklisted from working at other schools.

Homophobic kids are ratting out their fellow students and teachers for supporting the walkout to get them in trouble with school administrations.

The consequences are continuing.

So yes, applaud this - this is great, and it’s brave, and it’s inspiring. But be aware of what the reaction has been.

I agree that we do need to be aware of the reaction but like… why do you think we are talking about it being so chillingly brave? My heart stops every time I see people doing stuff like this, not because I am scared of their protest, but because I know the risks they are facing to do so, I know or can guess the possible consequences, I know what would have happened as OP said even a decade ago. Do you think everyone (anyone) sees this and goes “this was only done because there would be no consequences”? Where do you think we think the bravery stems from?

Bravery isn’t just about doing the right thing when others are doing the wrong thing or doing the right thing only when there are no consequences for doing so, nor is it only about being scared and doing something anyway. That “being scared” part? There is something legitimately there to be scared of- the consequences. And bravery in this instance is being scared of exactly that reaction and then doing it anyway because it is right. Bravery in this instance is a large group of people saying “I know this will likely hurt me, but I cannot let them hurt others without protest.”

I may not have heard the exact details of this particular situation, but it’s not hard to guess in general what they’ve faced to do this. And their protest is great, and brave, and inspiring because of what the reaction might have and has been, not in spite of it.

American Airlines

Boeing 737-800

Red

as I stick my hand into a newly opened bag of M&Ms, a part of me I like to pretend doesn’t exist hopes to pull out the color red.

I know that inside they’re all the same sweet, cheap chocolate

that made Mars Inc. rich,

but like a weed that leaves its roots behind, something so deeply lodged inside my mind my bare hands cannot pry it loose suggests, 

so quietly most of the time I forget to notice, 

that red is best,

better than any other color in the bag,

for no reason other than it happens to the uninvited guest that has so rudely imprinted itself into the back of my eye, glaring like the flag at a bullfight,

and I wonder why my tastebuds cheer the color red,

red of blood,of gunshot wounds in chocolate skin undeserved,

served by those charged to protect,

the red of anger aimed at every other color,

the scream of silence as the trigger is pulled

red,

the color splashed across the headlines of CNN

when yet another life has been slammed shut before the last page, because of the color of the cover,

red,

the red of my own lips, partedas my throat tries to open and let words pass,

but finds that it is too tight,

because underneath the red on the M&M is a white candy shell,

so easily crushed

between the teeth of a nation that feeds discrimination and makes it great again,

where cruelty trumps kindness,

and walls border more than our minds,

and red, the red that catches my eye when I hang my head in shame, painted onto my nails, a concoction of corrosive chemicals that harden when exposed to the light and air,

and red,the red that I have been infected with, the disease

coursing through my veins,  that seeps out when my wrists are sliced open.

Now, as I stare at the red M&M in my hand, sticky from being rubbed between my fingers,

I realize that maybe I’m only one person, but each ocean begins with a single drop. I let the red M&M fall to the floor, and watch it fade,

 then reach into the bag again. 

this time I close my eyes.  

antifainternational:

masked-up:

masked-up:

Trump supporters who were endorsing the January 6th protest in D.C just a few hours and days ago, are now backtracking and blaming antifa for the actions of people in MAGA hats, QAnon shirts, and those waving Trump flags. Despite Proud Boys openly declaring attendance and plans to dress as antifascists, despite videos and photos of known Trump supporters in attendance, people who know no better are dismissing the violence as antifa infiltration. Don’t let them get away with this through fake news.

If anyone has more photo or video proof of far right in attendance send it to me, or any additional info about the people in these screenshots.

Some more neonazis who were in attendance. One a proud boy with ”6 Million Wasn’t Enough“ shirt, meaning that Hitler should have killed more Jews. The other with a “Camp Auschwitz“ shirt.

Know who your enemies are

Niall Horan, Minnesota State Fair (2018) - Coloured

secretly-bruja:

West Side Story(1961)