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odinsblog:

bellygangstaboo:

at everyone asking you to define “white america”.

“When any white man in the world picks up a gun and says: ‘give me liberty or give me death’ the entire white world applauds. But when a black man says the same thing, word for word, he’s judged as a criminal (by whites) and treated as one. And everything possible is done to make an example of him, to ensure there wouldn’t be anymore like him.” ~ James Baldwin

I’m losing my job at the end of the month. My rent is also going up, so I have to find a new place to live. But I can’t even know where I have to move until I know where I can find a job so I have know idea how to even start looking. 

So basically, this is going to be the absolute worst birthday I’ve ever had. 

gimmie-dat-egbert:

once-a-polecat:

Note to Millennials from GenX:

So you know those news stories about how Millennials don’t buy enough breakfast cereal or paperback books or homes or whatever the hell that Boomers are complaining that “kids these days” don’t spend money on?  And y’all are like “LOL, no cash my pal”?  

I think there’s something more insidious going on.  You see, they thought they had you.  Forget the Saturday morning cartoons of my childhood, they had Disney Channel and Nickelodeon feeding you ads all day long.  Your generation got advertising in your schools.  Your parents took you to prosperity doctrine spewing MegaChurches (it’s Mega so it’s gotta impress the kids, right?).  

They thought you were going to be their generation of super-consumers.  

You are generations distant from the great depression, and the 1979 energy crisis.  Boomers want to pretend that the 2008 housing bubble wouldn’t affect the little kids.  And plus, we had grown past the era of Yankee thrift and hippie DIY frugality.  Right?  And there was no mopey Kurt Cobain glamorizing thrift-store flannel shirts.  You guys were going to out-consume the Boomer generation.  They were sure of it.

Those think pieces?  They’re Boomer disappointment that you have found value in something other than your place as a mindless consumer.

And yeah, I’m not going to pretend that y’all have more cash than you do.  It was fucking idiotic to think they were going to raise a consumer generation without having to pay them the money they would need to buy even life’s necessities.  And I could write a book about how my generation was complicit in destroying the old values around work and loyalty that left your generation screwed.  Really, I’m genuinely sorry for the mistakes we made.

But you guys have given a big middle finger to the generation who thought that they could manipulate you from birth into manipulable-money-spending-machines.  And I’m way fucking proud of you for that.    

always reblog the post about how millenials fucking killed capitalism

I don’t WANT to run a full time business. I don’t WANT to work for the state. I WANT a bottle of anti-depressants. Or adderall. Or just a diagnosis. I can’t help other people. I NEED help. Why are you not understand this?

theflailingfangirl:

de-profundis-url:

theflailingfangirl:

elphabelle-of-the-ball:

Repeat after me: Professional recordings of musicals are the key to the revival of musical theatre within popular culture

I mean, duh.

The only reason I got into RENT was because I saw the official cast recording.

If the only way to see a show that you MIGHT enjoy is to pay for the plane tickets AND the hotel room AND the theatre tickets, most folk won’t ever go see the show.
If you sell a HD recording of show for $20 or something, people will be more likely to give it a go. People who like it will then be able to easily share it with other future customers, and they’ll also be more inclined to fork over the money to go see it in person.

Plus you get a massive boost in revenue from the sales of the recordings.

Seriously, as much as I love Broadway musicals, the industry is so out of touch because they’re under the impression that if they record Broadway musicals and release them on blu ray, it’ll hurt ticket sales of the live musicals. Can you stop to think about how ridiculous that logic is? If fans are dedicated to a certain musical, band or artist, then they’ll pay to see them. I have a DVD of Little Shop of Horrors, but that didn’t stop me from seeing it when it came to my city. I saw it live because I was a fan of the movie. If they ever released a live recording of Hamilton on blu ray, I would buy it, and when a live production eventually comes to my country, I would fly interstate to see it. Lots of other fans would do the same thing. It’s the equivalent of artists and bands releasing blu rays of their live concerts. Fans buy the blu rays because they like their work, then when they find out their favourite artist is coming to their city, they’ll buy a ticket.

It’s like saying that musical artists shouldn’t release albums because it might hurt the sales of their concerts

My mom called me two hours ago, and I didn’t realize it so I just called her back and she told me it was about something bad but she’d call me back because they were eating dinner. My best guess is that either I’m losing my job or I’m not getting the house we looked at. But I have to wait until she calls back to find out. 

I think I’m going to be sick. 

hubblegleeflower:

madmadmadamem:

galpalsincorporated:

Stop asking little girls if they have boyfriends
Stop referring to the boys that little girls are friends with as their “little boyfriends”
Stop telling little girls they’re going to have boyfriends or be “boy crazy”
Stop raising children on heteronormativity and let them be children

Additionally:
1. It’s not funny
2. It’s not cute
3. You are embarrassing them
4. You are completely disregarding them when they tell you “no” and you insist

It’s possible that if you respect children when they say ‘no’ they might learn that no actually means no.