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Yeah it’s…ugh. Books could be written on this topic (and probably have…I know The New Jim Crow talks a lot about colorblindness). It pisses me off though, that’s for sure. Not to bring “labels” into this but I’m pretty sure white people made this

I’m sure white people made it.  Probably white, straight, cis folks who are privileged enough to say shit like “labels like gay, black, etc are just labels!!!! We’re all human!!!” and honestly never have to think about it.

Like, being a woc is my IDENTITY not a label and TRUST it makes a world of a difference.  I could say, labels aren’t important till the cows come home but that doesn’t stop me from being treated differently because of my color.  I can’t ignore my identity. I don’t want to, but even if I did I literally don’t have that option because I’m still a woc living in a racist society.  Only people of privilege can ignore their race or sexual orientation or gender presentation or whatever and honestly go about their business unaffected.
And saying “labels are for clothes!!!!” isn’t going to change the system that fucks peeps over.  In my opinion it’s more of a silencer than a solution.
Just ugh.  *strenuous eyeroll*

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[[TRIGGER WARNING FOR RAPE AND CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE]]

Sexual assault centres in US colleges have said that more women are reporting anal rape, which Dines attributes directly to the normalisation of such practices in pornography. “The more porn sexualises violence against women, the more it normalises and legitimises sexually abusive behaviour. Men learn about sex from porn, and in porn nothing is too painful or degrading for women.” Dines also says that what she calls “childified porn” has significantly increased in popularity in recent years, with almost 14m internet searches for “teen sex” in 2006, an increase of more than 60% since 2004. There are legal sites that feature hardcore images of extremely young-looking women being penetrated by older men, with disclaimers stating all the models are 18 and over. Dines is clear that regular exposure to such material has an effect of breaking down the taboo about having sex with children.

She recently interviewed a number of men in prison who had committed rape against children. All were habitual users of child pornography. “What they said to me was they got bored with ‘regular’ porn and wanted something fresh. They were horrified at the idea of sex with a prepubescent child initially but within six months they had all raped a child.”

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So I’ve seen this “labels are for clothes” campaign and it has a moc with a tag that says “BLACK 100% Human  Labels are for clothes”
And it does the same for a gay man, and a muslim man.
Like??? I don’t understand why folks are so bent on getting rid of those “labels.”
((For those in the cheap seats, those “”“labels”“” aren’t the problem, the racism/homophobia/islamphobia/etc is))
A. My blackness is important to me.  It’s not just a “label” and if you see that as a problem, that sounds like you got beef with it.  Not me.
And B.  Can I not be black AND human?  Peeps seem hell bent on taking away the black in “black human”.  I cannot separate the two, why the fuck are you so hung up on doing so?

In my humble opinion, and correct me if I’m misguided but, being like “LABELS ARE BAD. STOP SEEING A PERSON AS A POC, IT’S RACIST” is really just a way to direct the focus on the identity in and of itself, rather than the system that’s fucking life up for peeps with these identities.

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tyleroakley:

Latrice reigns supreme.

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So, I’m watching Justice League and there’s a fight with Wondy vs Hawkgirl, Vixen, Black Canary, and Huntress.
And it’s making me a little emotional because MY BABIES.
DON’T FIGHT.  I LOVE YOU ALL.

….but, Black Canary and Huntress dip out and go fight some security guards which is funny because it’s like “I just got out of a fight with WONDER WOMAN what are you silly boys gonna do?”

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Zoom milkydayy:

the wife

milkydayy:

the wife

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And on that day, Janine sassed the shit out of some dumb boy on the internet~

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Zoom mad-as-a-marine-biologist:

Surprise!
A ‘cheer you up about your dead dog’ gesture by Dave Bretherton. 
Also a reminder to go and dive Lembeh Straits.

mad-as-a-marine-biologist:

Surprise!

A ‘cheer you up about your dead dog’ gesture by Dave Bretherton

Also a reminder to go and dive Lembeh Straits.

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