lady-stoneheart replied to your post: it wd b easier 4 a rich man 2 get in2 the kingdom… 

holly listen to me very carefully YOU CANNOT LET A RICH MAN INTO HEAVEN. you can thread that fucking needle I BELIEVE IN YOU.

omg annie I meant 2 post this like a million days ago right after I finished it bc I finished it that night but LOOK I DID IT, I KEPT HIM OUT

every1 look @ this sock pup I made my friend, I kno it is kind of ugly-cute bc it was the 1st sock animal I’ve evr made n it was a very unplanned, haphazard project lmao but my friend loved it so yay!!!!

grrrlfever:

grrrlfever:

it’s a gallery of all these different boobs shown in a non sexualised way and idk it’s kinda damaging to be seeing the same conventionally perfect boobs in every kind of media so its a refreshing insight into how diverse breasts really are

wow notes when did this happen

feverworm:

meadow melody

Things PETA is not doing: 

licoriceplease:

• Getting rid of food deserts and making veganism more affordable for poor people
• Advocating for better working conditions for migrant workers and making their fruits and vegetables “cruelty free”
• Protesting and reforming the meat industry to keep it from harming workers and being less dangerous for consumtion
• Making organic food more affordable
• Giving grants to start vegan restaurants, soup kitchens, etc.
• Educating people on the nutrition of plants so people understand how to go vegan with their individual nutritional needs
• Funding community gardens
• Funding no-kill shelters (in fact, PETA is against no-kill shelters)

Things PETA is doing:

• degrading women and people of color
• renaming fish “sea kittens”
• throwing a hissy fit over Pokemon

davincismurf:

A floating boat bridge on the Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh

About TOMS being racist 

swintons:

growingintheweeds | esmeweatherwax | nappyedges | dionthesocialist | casual-isms:

toriathegadjeslayer posted a good article about this. The thing is TOMS is not a charity organization. It is a for profit organization. I repeat a FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION. For every pair you buy they donate one to a kid in “need” in Africa. There are several problems with this:

• TOMS run for about $50-$60. You are paying the price of both pairs of shoes. They charge you twice as much and make twice the money under the pretense of being a charity.
• They are perpetuating the myth that children in Africa can be saved by the white guilt/white savior complex
• How the fuck is having a free pair of shoes supposed to improve these children lives? Answer: it’s not. Being given free shoes does not change that fact that these kids are poor. They don’t need motherfucking shoes they need clean water, food, quality education, job opportunities, leadership training, mentors, books, internet access, laptops, etc.
• They are perpetuating the myth that all Africans are helpless, poor, and desperate. Like everyone lives in small wooden dwellings and has to catch rainwater in buckets to be able to shower. This is not true.The majority of Africans live in large cities that look just like Chicago or New York. They have running water and electricity and shoes and they even have fancy western luxuries like Facebook. I have numerous friends from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya who have explained that where they are from they are considered upper middle class, wealthy even. But byWesternstandards they are considered poor.
• In short it is rude, racist, and naive to assume that Africans
  A. Are poor and can’t afford “Western” luxuries
  B. Want western luxuries and western lifestyles. Some people are perfectly content to live their traditional nomadic lifestyles and catch rainwater and not wear shoes.
  C. Can be saved from the poverty caused by colonialism, capitalism and institutionalized racism by receiving a pair of overpriced shoes.

This forgot the most important part: TOMS ARE MADE IN ETHIOPA UNDER “LOCAL LABOR STANDARDS” FOR SOMEWHERE AROUND 50 CENTS A PAIR, WHICH MEANS THERE’S A PRETTY DAMN GOOD CHANCE THAT THE GROSSLY OVERPRICED (FAIRLY HIDEOUS) SHOES YOU’RE WEARING WERE PROBABLY MADE BY THE SAME CHILDREN YOU THINK YOU’RE HELPING.

nappyedges: WHAT WHAT WHAT?!!!! I didn’t know that. I really shouldn’t be surprised. A quick google search shows that TOMS are made in China, Eithiopia, and Argentina. (You have to click product and sizing questions and then where are TOMS made) Helping children with child labor. The ultimate fail.

Also Africa is not one big country.

Also Toms support anti-gay, anti-choice groups

Double also: the shoes that are donated often wind up being sold in local markets (I’ve seen a number of reports on this from Haiti, just for example), so Toms is actually making life harder for local shoemakers who are being put out of business.

"Today, the “savage nature” of Africa is still on display, in American headlines: “Uganda’s rebels in murderous spree,” “Congo a country of rape and ruin” “Africa’s Forever Wars.” Sometimes the savagery doesn’t come from the “savages” themselves. It comes from poverty—“NIGERIA: Focus on the scourge of poverty”—or disease—“AIDS at 30: Killer has been tamed, but not conquered.” Other times, all the savagery blends together: “Starving Babies, Raped Mommies, Famine in Africa—Do you care?"
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The problem with American news about Africa isn’t foreign writers. It’s the narrow American imagination. (via Boston Review)

In American newspapers and on American TV, Africans remain objects—of violence, of poverty, of disease, and ultimately of our own compassion. […] Being an object of compassion is not the same thing as being the subject of a story.

(via mehreenkasana)

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