18 year old Tania Harris was shot twice by police in Robbinsdale, MN yesterday. Police were called to the scene to protect her from a potential fight and are claiming she had a knife but her mother and witnesses are saying that her mother had taken the knife from her before police shot her.
Tania was cuffed and put in the back of the squad car after being shot.
She survived the shooting and is in stable condition.
The local activists are already planning actions around supporting her.
…i cannot believe the notes…i appreciate everyone who has been sharing this
“Heil this, motherfucker,” says Captain America, shooting off a rocket.
Steve and Bucky find out Hollywood has been busy since they went away. A historical survey, including but not limited to: one set of exploded genitals, a brief interlude in France, Mel Gibson and other masterworks of casting, eight Academy awards, several dinosaurs, and something Tony Stark has ominously dubbed “the masterpiece.”
I’ve had this rant building for a while, so here goes.
I have no use for works that must depict increasing cruelty to hold an
audience’s attention. If all you have to say about suffering is “can you
top this?” I am not impressed. And I resent the implication that this makes me too weak-willed or emotionally involved to properly form an opinion.
There is a fine line between doing something brilliant that generates controversy, and generating a controversy in the hope of appearing brilliant. The former should not be used to make excuses for the latter. The mere act of pushing the envelope does not, in and of itself, result in an artistic triumph above criticism. Indeed, the point of pushing the envelope would seem to be to risk failure, incite emotions, and invite criticism. If you poke the bear, you don’t get to whine that the bear is taking it too personally, or that the bear should wait and see where you’re going with this.
It’s a free society and stuff, so I’m not gonna tell anyone they can’t wallow in their sadism or creepy shit. But people who do that crap don’t get a free pass, that says it’s ~*~art~*~ so nobody can say anything bad. Art is supposed to pull you in and tell you something. If a work tells me “this artist is just trying to fuck with people,” it’s not my job to apologize and learn to enjoy that.
as pride season rolls around let me remind fellow het-partnered bisexual people:
Pride really isn’t for you, so don’t act like you deserve to be there as much lesbians and gay men. Really, just don’t go at all, because there are no resources there that are for you. what are you proud of? being in the relationship literally everyone expects you to be in and that introduces no actual oppression into your life?
but at the very least, if you must go (and god knows hell nor high water will stop you) please, please, please
don’t
bring
your
het
partner
^^^^
THANK YOU.
This just in- Bisexuals not welcome at Pride. I guess I’ve been reading LGBT wrong this entire time.
Hi. CHECK YOURSELVES. Don’t cut people out of a community because we aren’t “gay enough” for you. Pride is a chance for everyone in the community to come together and SUPPORT EACH OTHER. This ain’t a competition it’s PRIDE. ITS SHOWING PRIDE IN OUR IDENTITIES. DONT TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY AWAY FROM PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO PUT YOURSELVES ON A PEDESTAL WITH A GOLD FUCKING MEDAL FOR HAVING IT THE WORST.
And all that aside. Pride is for the whole lgbtq community and its supporters. Christ.
What do you people think the B in LGBTQ+ stands for? Bumblebees? Brussels sprouts???
and people say biphobia doesn’t exist.
Pride is exactly that–
pride in who you are.Being in a het-partnered relationship doesn’t make a bi person any LESS bi. Seriously fuck you OP.
I actually nearly cried when j read the first part I just felt so dehumanised by it. IT DOESNT MATTER WHO I SHOW UP WITH, IF ANYONE, IM STILL FUCKING BI AND ILL SHOVE MY FLAG UP YOUR ASSHOLE THANKS
This drives me mad. I used to work in a bookstore, and was talking to my coworker and he just yelled out “stop flirting with me!” at this ridiculous volume and it was humiliating because 1. I wasn’t 2. I got in trouble for acting unprofessional 3. He embarrassed me in front of a line of people 4. And he only stopped insisting that I was flirting when my boyfriend (who is now my husband) said, “dude, trust me, she’s not flirting with you” to him
That asshole respected my BOYFRIEND saying I wasn’t flirting more than he respected me saying it and I was the one who was talking! The whole scene got me in trouble at work. And the most ridiculous part is we were talking about a fucking book. In a bookstore.
One time, my ex boyfriend had a crush on some girl, and said that he thought he might have “a chance” with her.
When I asked him what made him think that, he said “Well, she talks to me.”
And this is why it is so difficult to be a girl and be friends with men who are attracted to women.
Can we also add that this is why a lot of women do the resting bitch face when out in public. Cause dudes swear a glance or a smile is flirting.
So yesterday something that perfectly illustrates this happened. I work at a fast food place and this guy comes in at 7am on a Sunday, still probably drunk from the night before, and when I smiled and said goodmorning he said “Did you just say that because you’re being paid to say that?”
I repressed my urge to sarcastically answer, and said “Nope, I just enjoy saying hi to everyone!” To which he responded, “Oh, so you weren’t flirting with me then.”
Dude, I’m not flirting with your gross 7am-on-a-Sunday-ass, trust me.
My defense mechanism when I’m uncomfortable at work is to smile, so I did that and said “Is there anything I can get you this morning?” to which he responded,
“There, you just smiled! What does that mean?”
At this point I was fed up, so I said,
“I smile at everyone sir, its just what I do. What can I get you, coffee, a bagel?”
And he said “I’m gonna be watching to see if you smile at everyone. I don’t like it when girls lie to me” and then ordered a coffee and a muffin like he hadn’t just said something at 11 on the “Is this guy a serial rapist” scale (where 0 is ‘no’ and 10 is ‘Yes, run away as fast as you can right now.”).
Then he sat there for another hour and a half, staring at me from his table. When he got up and left he came back to the counter, and said “You do smile at everyone. That’s fucked up.” and walked out.
I can’t even be innocuously polite and pleasant to people at my job (where customer service is the number one thing we are supposed to be focusing on) for fear of this shit happening. What happens if he had decided to wait until my shift was over?
New Rule: If she’s at work, SHE’S NOT FLIRTING WITH YOU.
Guys, stop bothering women while they’re working. You’re just being annoying. People have jobs to do that aren’t related to you, and the world doesn’t revolve around your fragile, desperate egos.
and please don’t ask us when we get off. It sends the creep alarm all the way off.
Here’s my story: I was in a bookstore as a customer, with my partner. I went to the counter to ask for a book and my partner trailed along behind me. The guy tells me where I can find it and as I walk away to get it he says to my partner “did you see that hot chick flirting with me, I’m gonna hit that later” to which my partner replied “that’s my fucking wife.”
Asking you to do your job is not flirting.
One time at work I found out that a male coworker thought I was “in love” with him. I literally just had conversations with him like I would with all my other coworkers. But no, apparently that meant I must be in love with him. I don’t understand why guys think that being civil is flirting?? Every time I have been friends with a guy there is always a point when they’ll either ask me “are you flirting with me?” or “do you have a crush on me??”. Why do you assume that just because I’m treating you like a human being then I MUST want to jump your bones. Your egos need to calm the fuck down tbh.
When I was a barista as Starbucks I constantly had guys taking drinks and giving me a creepy smile or asking if I made it special for them.
Trust me dude, your half-caf vanilla latte is no more special than the person behind you.
This is such a long post but YES. I got this for 10 years and retail. You’re trained to smile and be polite. You HAVE to or you get in trouble. The amount of dudes that have mistaken that for flirting… Boggles the mind.
