I have this theory that the reason Berniebros hate Democrats more than Republicans is because of this shallow priority of authenticity. You see Democrats as being inauthentic. And you could make the case that being liberal in America means being checkered with inadequacies; your Prius doesn’t save the planet, your fair trade coffee doesn’t end third world poverty, your charities are insufficient in the face of a crumbling safety net. And because purity is what you care about the most, fascists don’t make you that mad. Because they’re not hypocrites, they talk about brutalizing everyone they hate and they do it with gusto. The fact that Democrats are the only party to make material gains for LGBT people, and are in fact the only party with LGBT people in any positions of prominence, means nothing to you because you sense there’s an inauthenticity to it. Maybe some of you even admire the right-wing, they’ve achieved a level of purity you can’t help but respect.
Tom Holland does Rihanna’s “Umbrella” on Lip Sync Battle
Considering that most of the comments in the notes of poll #510 “Umbrella” mentioned this performance in addition to all the messages sent to me to add it on the reveal, it’s only suitable to have it posted here too 😍 In case someone still hasn’t had the joy of experiencing this video. 💖
I’ve heard rumors that some people are tired of seeing this (how?) and while I know Tom and Zendaya are the main focus here, if you’ve never watched it purely for LL Cool J’s reaction, you still have not experienced it fully.
Maladaptive deeply held belief: nobody could ever love me. Im going to die alone
Positive counterthought: maybe someone has an exceptionally rare form of mental illness that would cause them to make the grave mistake of wanting to fuck me
This isn’t even a slight exaggeration. JKR has openly given at least £70,000 to For Women Scotland to campaign against trans rights and fund this exact supreme court ruling. xx
Her anti-trans Crisis Centre in Edinburgh has the director of For Women Scotland on the Board of Directors. x
We can presume she’s given more (financial) support off the record or in other ways.
Rowling consistently makes passive income on all Harry Potter products. Multiple sources have cited that Rowling earns anywhere between $50 million to a $100 million each year from royalties. Forbes estimated she earned $95 million in 2017 alone. xxx
It is a well-known fact that she earns net profit percentages on all her IP. Every time you buy any HP merch, from anywhere, she gets a cut. Every time you watch one of her films, even streaming or just on the tv, she gets a cut. Every time you visit Universal Studios or Harry Potter World, she gets a cut.
And she uses that money to do this. To strip trans rights at every opportunity.
People straight up do not realize that part of the reason manufacturing is not returning to the United States in massive waves is because we have things like “OSHA” and “environmental laws” and “minimum wages.”
It’s not even just about fair wages. It’s literally about the fact that you can’t dump industrial waste in a river here anymore.
Our cheap goods are so cheap because South American and Asians environments are being destroyed so you can buy a $40 pair of shoes every 3 months.
Cutting granite countertops has lead to a rapid increase in silicosis in the lungs out in California. All the working men and women in my family have died from pulmonary fibrosis. They were carpet layers, Post office workers, floor tilers. Staying safe in manufacturing jobs is annoying but also very, very expensive. Real manufacturing factories belch smoke and dust and grime that causes asthma and birth defects in surrounding communities. Everyone wants their manufacturing jobs back until they realize their kids are living directly under the Asthma Plant.
There will come a time when the workers in these countries rise up and demand better and things will start to even out, but if you want to honestly “do your part,” you gotta stop buying cheap shit for no reason.
Not every event needs to be celebrate with a baseball cap or a coozie or a t shirt or a keychain. Not every wall in the house has to have a picture or a cute phrase on it. The knickknacks are killing people.
Yo let me be very fuckin clear for a sec here. The problem isn’t that we global southerners have never risen up and demanded better - we have, we do, we will continue doing so - but that there is a concerted effort in the part of the usa and other so-called “first world” countries to keep us from organizing politically, and to keep our countries economically dependant and underdeveloped.
This is what US Aid is all about, this is the moving force behind NATO, this is why your country is always at war and why you have such a ridiculously militaristic culture, this is what your intelligence agency spends all their time coordinating, this is why Institutions like the IMF work the way they do.
From civilian puppet governments to coordinated military coups, from narc states to banana republics, from death squads to direct miliatry intervention. I cannot even begin to list all the methods the usa has made use of to stop the global south from effectively organizing, nevermind all the countries it has directly intervened on. And that’s without getting into the actions of the other imperial powers. Or the less direct actions, like economic blockades, or keeping countries dependant on foreign aid, or role of the dollar.
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