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Wednesday May 1, 2013 9:59 pm • 2 weeks ago

stfuconservatives:

cakeandrevolution:

americanfascism:

joerobsbanks:

freedomisahumanright:

cushitic:

That’s a given.
More population = more people = more people in prison.What you should look at is the percentage of people in jail and compare it with other countries.

Well then China would have the world’s largest prision population. But it doesn’t.

The US has 5% of the world’s population but 25% of the world’s incarcerated population. This should be common knowledge by now.

70% of the US prison population is People of Color, that’s as much as all of China’s prisons.

The United States not only has the worlds largest prison population, but we have the worlds largest per capita prison population at well over 700 of ever 100,000 people incarcerated.
China has 1 billion more people than the US, yet still imprisons about 1 million fewer people than the US.

cakeandrevolution:

americanfascism:

joerobsbanks:

freedomisahumanright:

cushitic:

That’s a given.

More population = more people = more people in prison.
What you should look at is the percentage of people in jail and compare it with other countries.

Well then China would have the world’s largest prision population. But it doesn’t.

The US has 5% of the world’s population but 25% of the world’s incarcerated population. This should be common knowledge by now.

70% of the US prison population is People of Color, that’s as much as all of China’s prisons.

The United States not only has the worlds largest prison population, but we have the worlds largest per capita prison population at well over 700 of ever 100,000 people incarcerated.

China has 1 billion more people than the US, yet still imprisons about 1 million fewer people than the US.

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Tagged: vomit usa imprisonment

Wednesday May 1, 2013 9:53 pm • 2 weeks ago

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eradicatedelicacy:

Amazing

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Tagged: art photography tiny awesome blood photo

Wednesday May 1, 2013 8:11 pm • 2 weeks ago

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Asking for donations to buy prom dress

love4tupacandaaliyah:

Please Reblog

Hey guys, I am a senior in high school and prom is around the corner for my school. I would love to attend my senior prom but financially it is a burden. I don’t have any money to buy a dress and my mom would love to help me but she can’t either, all her money goes to the bills. I don’t want to miss my prom. Prom is only a one time thing. Plus, I deserve to go to prom and enjoy myself because I have worked my ass off for 4 years in school while maintaining a 4.0 gpa.

I am not the type of person to ask for help because its embarrassing. But I am out of options. I’ve literally tried everything. I’ve asked around school. I searched online. Where I live they don’t have a prom dress drive. So yeah this is my last option. I really want to attend prom so if you can donate please donate.

Here is the link to my paypal:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=BFZS52E34NBWY&lc=US&item_name=Jazz%20Needs%20Money%20for%20a%20Prom%20Dress&currency_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donateCC_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted

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Tagged: signal boost donations prom prom dress

Wednesday May 1, 2013 7:57 pm • 2 weeks ago

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What you say: Misandry is just as bad as misogyny!
What you mean: I lack the critical thinking skills to differentiate between an oppressive system that's been upheld for centuries and a comically exaggerated response to oppression on a blogging website.

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Tagged: lol no really misandry

Wednesday May 1, 2013 5:15 pm • 2 weeks ago

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thebluthcompany:

I drew this as a Christmas gift for my best friend a few years ago. We’ve now been a couple for two years and plan to move in together soon. I never expected that I’d get to keep it on my wall but I will now. Funny how things turn out!

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Tagged: art arrested development aww

Wednesday May 1, 2013 2:30 pm • 3 weeks ago

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"Any challenge to the mainstream specter of “human trafficking” categorizes one as a miscreant, sort of like being a modern day Communist. So much so that every mention of trafficking must be couched among words like “heinous” which, combined with “trafficking,” renders over 4 million pages when paired in a Google search (more than “murder,” “child abuse,” “terrorism,” or “torture.”) So much so that statements challenging any aspect of the the discourse on trafficking must be preceded by an oath of loyalty to the cause. There’s some sort of implication in the requirement to swear allegiance, that people are not sufficiently opposed to brutality. Who is FOR forced slavery and torture? Ultimately one must prove one’s opposition by signing on to the most desperate strong arm methods. So that’s where the concern becomes a panic, and sex workers and all the other usual targets of government repression and state violence become collateral damage…

The contemporary trafficking ideology is a recycled version of the 19th century views of female sexuality, purity, and corruption of innocence, which were very much a part of the white slavery discourse. The imagery and content of anti-trafficking campaigns largely demonstrate how society feels about sex: that sex is dangerous and women mostly suffer from sex.

At the same time, the state is focused on controlling borders and controlling it’s populace with sexual control as a prominent strategy. As Ann Jordan explained, at “From Prosecution to Empowerment”, in anti-trafficking policy, suffering that happens in conjunction with crossing borders is privileged over forced labor in general. This distracts from the abusive labor practices on which the state relies.

To pathologize migrants, claiming they are forced, erases the nuances of migration and shifts society’s focus away from economic inequities often at the root of exploitation in migration to that convenient focus on sex and sexual fear. Of course as a sex worker, I think about sexual control as a form or means of social control quite a bit. People of marginalized sexualities or engaging in marginal sexual practices will be most at risk of state interference, coercion, and violence."

Carol Leigh on the anti trafficking discourse in my interview with her (via marginalutilite)

Great interview with an amazing woman.
And to push Carol’s point- when all sex work is now being defined as trafficking by the US government, maybe we as sex worker rights activists aren’t “against trafficking” anymore? Maybe trafficking is a useless bullshit law and order construct that we should ignore, whilst saying what we are for and what we are against. Like Carol states in this interview- Who is FOR forced slavery and torture?

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Tagged: sex work trafficking Carol Leigh

Wednesday May 1, 2013 11:45 am • 3 weeks ago

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bad-dominicana:

*dead*

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Tagged: LOL photo

Tuesday April 30, 2013 5:15 pm • 3 weeks ago

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"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect."

Mark Twain (via lefthandturnsignal)

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Tagged: quote food for thought mark twain

Tuesday April 30, 2013 2:30 pm • 3 weeks ago

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thenainattraxn:

blackmanonthemoon:

that last gif will always be everything lol

i just got pregnant tho.

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Tagged: prince damn gif black and white

Tuesday April 30, 2013 11:45 am • 3 weeks ago

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artemissherwood:

isaisanisa:

Oh Doctor my doctor

The Eleven Doctors
Saturday, Megacon 2013

MARRY ME

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Monday April 29, 2013 11:32 pm • 3 weeks ago

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kirstinthereckless:

Sketch Book- “Black Bird”

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Tagged: art awesome characters

Monday April 29, 2013 10:24 pm • 3 weeks ago

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Positive video game memory lane for the ladies

marrymejasonsegel:

sheiswolf:

lagertha-lodbrok:

bapgeek:

sourcedumal:

afewchainz:

sourcedumal:

Ladies!!!!

I want to know what video game got you into gaming?

My first gaming experience was Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis. The casino level was my favorite because of the music

i played alot of sonic the hedgehog, too. but what REALLY got me into adventure games was Banjo Kazooie on the N64.

I loved that game. Especially with the golden feather that made you invincible

the game that got me hooked was space invaders. had to sneak out to the pizza place after school to get in a good hour.

damn i’m old.

The original Super Mario on our NES. I was about 5 years old and I was obsessed with that game.

Super Mario Bros. 3! I would play that for hours when I was a child. I played a lot of other NES games as well back then, like Bubble Bobble, Metroid and Q*bert.

Pokemon Red, Ocarina of Time and Banjo Kazooie <3

oh jeez my parents got me a NES and a stack of games at a garage sale when I was 5 or so, I remember playing Super Mario/Duck Hunt for hours, this sweet Tiny Toons game was my favorite at the time, Mickey Mousecapade, I would play the first level of Contra over and over because I couldn’t get past it and didn’t really understand it but I LOVED the music and sounds… there were more but I’ll stop now hahaha I was very passionate about my NES as a child

Source: sourcedumal

Tagged: video games childhood yes

Monday April 29, 2013 10:11 pm • 3 weeks ago

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