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It’s Mother’s Day coming up, so I’m thinking of all the women in my life and all the awesome roles they play (mothers, non-mothers, and never-mothers alike).

http://everythingisgoingtobeokcomic.com/well-behaved-women

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I am LOVING your responses to the racism and white supremacy asks. Thank you for providing such a wonderful example of how to use your priviledge to educate. And in a firm but civil way.I hope it inspires others to do the same and still more to read up on all this - there are so many resources out there (but to anyone reading this, please don't expect BIPOC to be the ones to educate you. it's not their job. Find some books. Do some responsible googling.) ❤️

Thank you!! Xx

And yes, exactly -- I am a person with a lot of privilege, so it’s my responsibility, as you said, to share resources, educate my fellow white folks, and support BIPOC and amplify their voices. And I know you said it, but it’s important to say it again --

BIPOC people are not responsible for educating white people

There are a lot of great resources floating around the net these days and I love a book. Here are a few that I’ve been reading/have read/plan to read that I want to share. These are fiction and nonfiction and cover a variety of age ranges (though they’re mostly YA or Adult)

Brit(ish), Afua Hirsch

Let Me Hear a Rhyme, Tiffany D. Jackson

Ghost Boys, Jewell Parker Rhodes

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America, Michael Eric Dyson

How We Fight For Our Lives, Saeed Jones

That Hate U Give, Angie Thomas

Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates

Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria, Beverly Daniel Tatum

The New Jim Crow, Anders Walker

Unapologetic, Charlene Carruthers

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History, Vashti Harrison

Racism without Racists, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

White Rage, Carol Anderson

Killing Rage: Ending Racism, bell hooks

White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo

The End of Policing, Alex S. Vitale

I think it’s important, too, to just read books that centre other experiences. Jasmine Guillory writes romance novels with Black women heroines, Helen Hoang writes about neurodivergent Asian folks falling in love. Sadhya Menon writes about South Asian teens being teens and finding love. Nina Moreno! Don’t Date Rosa Santos!!! SO GOOD!!! S.K. Ali’s Love from A to Z! Brilliant! Elizabeth Acevedo, Tommy Orange, Alexia Arthurs, Tayari Jones, Zadie Smith, Kamila Shamsie, Arundhati Roy, Alex Gino, Mohsin Hamid -- SO MANY AUTHORS I CAN’T EVEN NAME THEM ALL. They have written stories that are vital and beautiful and you should google each and every one of them and then immediately request them from your library.

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What, and I mean this with all sincerity, in the FUCK, yall.

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god every day, daniel radcliffe gives me a new reason to love him. he just put joke karen rowling on blast for her shitty-ass terf beliefs.

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patriot act is back y’all and it’s as good as ever

https://www.dontgetkickedout.com/ 

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Atlanta | 1.09 “Juneteenth”

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Licia Ronzulli, member of the European Parliament, has been taking her daughter Vittoria to the Parliament sessions for two years now.

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Azealia spitting the truth once more

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COVID-19 self isolation moods

+ bonus

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Y’all !!!

LINK TO THE BOOK

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Headcanon: When Harry gets his first place after Hogwarts that actually has more than one floor, he comes home after getting a load of boxes to find Hermione using a sledgehammer on the drywall beneath the stairs. And Ron’s like, “Look, mate, I borrowed this stuff from my dad, I’ve got a DRILL and a - what’s it called again, Hermione?” “A stud finder.” “Right, one of those, and we’re going to fix your stairs.” Harry’s like, “But there’s nothing wrong with them.” “Yes, Harry, there is.” Harry’s just sort of standing there in total bewilderment while Hermione totally demolishes the wall. “We couldn’t have done that with magic?” “No, Harry, this is personal. You two take this mess out to the skip.” And then Harry stands around a while longer and Hermione puts in support beams in the appropriate places so the stairs don’t fall in, and Ron’s very excited about using the stud finder even though Hermione won’t let him use the drill. When they’re finished, Harry has this set of shelves. So he says, still completely confused, “I thought we picked this place because it had loads of storage.” And Hermione says, “Go get some of my books. I know it’s just shelves, but it’s not a bloody cupboard.”

And every time Harry moves for the rest of his life, Ron and Hermione are there on moving day and they knock out anything under the stairs, even if it’s just a wall. Hermione reads a lot of books. Ron learns to use a miter saw and a carpenter’s square and practices the nail hammering spell until he can do it perfectly on the first try. And sometimes it isn’t very practical but it looks nice…

And sometimes, when they all get older and have children, it’s cozy and has a purpose…

And eventually Hermione gets the trick of there being nothing under the stairs at all…

Which is the story of how Harry Potter never lived in a house with a cupboard under the stairs again for the entire rest of his life.

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god, GOD Freddie Mercury was such a fucking badass

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“Not everything is supposed to become something beautiful and long-lasting. Sometimes people come into your life to show you what is right and what is wrong, to show you who you can be, to teach you to love yourself, to make you feel better for a little while, or to just be someone to walk with at night and spill your life to. Not everyone is going to stay forever, and we still have to keep on going and thank them for what they’ve given us.”

— Emery Allen

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