ThePrettiestOne

blessings-upon-thy-sociopath:

wrrench:

Don’t be sad look at these wolves with watermelons

I love you

I never realized how FUCKING BIG their mouths actually are. Holy shit

kuffly:

totallyfubar:

My biology professor said he likes my binder

Never thought I needed this in my life until now. ( U u U )

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orangeyouellis:

geeksandgaymers:

Our boy has awful taste in men.

NEVER EVER NOT REBLOG

Maybe he’ll be some jerk’s Emma Frost.

macleod:

micdotcom:

This is why we need to Fight for $15. (via Upworthy)

Remember, raising the minimum wage won’t increase prices, will add an additional 85,000 jobs to the economy, and will help small business’.

hebavsreason:

robbowmans:

robbowmans:

MY SISTER JUST GOT HIT ON BY THE CHEF AT THE RESTAURANT WE’RE AT VIA THE WAITRESS I’M DYING

THE WAITRESS GOT MY SISTER’S NUMBER FOR THE CHEF AND THEN PROCEEDED TO GUSH ABOUT HIM TO MY SISTER AND THEN A SECOND WAITRESS DID THE SAME AND THEN THE FIRST ONE TOLD US MY SISTER WASN’T ALLOWED TO ORDER DESSERT BECAUSE IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF AND THEN HE MADE HER A TASTING PLATE OF EVERY DESSERT ON THE MENU AND THEN HE CAME OUT AND HE WAS SO NERVOUS AND IT WAS REALLY SUPER SWEET.

More men should present dessert plates when trying to hit on a woman. 

This would 9999% work on me: delver the message via willing ladies. Then send dessert.

Elizabeth Warren launched a tweetstorm in response to an ad that ran frequently during Tuesday's GOP presidential debate that portrayed her as a Communist dictator and slammed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the watchdog agency that Warren launched before running for Senate. 

Midway through the debate, Warren decided to rebut the attack ad with a series of tweets defending the myriad ways the CFPB has helped consumers since the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, which created the agency, passed:

So... Can we talk about that ad that just ran during the #GOPDebate where I look like a Commie dictator?

— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) November 11, 2015

Wall Street has a problem: They know the @CFPB is working, & it's incredibly popular with the families it helps. #GOPDebate

— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) November 11, 2015

The @CFPB has forced the big financial companies to return more than $11B to people they cheated on credit cards, mortgages, etc. #GOPDebate

— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) November 11, 2015

Thousands of dollars on a TV ad is nothing compared to the money the big banks save if their GOP buddies go after the @CFPB. #GOPDebate

— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) November 11, 2015

Wall Street knows if they soften @CFPB support, the GOP will feel better undercutting the agency in closed-door deals. #GOPDebate

— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) November 11, 2015

So here's my message to Wall Street & their GOP buddies: we're ready to fight back to protect the @CFPB. #GOPDebate

— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) November 11, 2015

“What I can tell you is that works of art are the only silver bullet we have against racism and sexism and hatred. Joe Biden happened to see Hamilton on the same day James Burrows was here. James Burrows directed every episode of Will & Grace, and remember when Biden went on Meet the Press and essentially said, “Yeah, gay people should get married”? He very openly credited Will & Grace with changing the temperature on how we discuss gays and lesbians in this country. It was great to see Jim Burrows and Joe Biden talk about that, and Jim thanked Biden and Biden thanked Jim because that was a piece of art changing the temperature of how we talked about a divisive issue. It sounds silly. It’s a sitcom, but that doesn’t make it not true. Art engenders empathy in a way that politics doesn’t, and in a way that nothing else really does. Art creates change in people’s hearts. But it happens slowly.”

- Lin-Manuel Miranda, ‘Hamilton’s’ Lin-Manuel Miranda on Finding Originality, Racial Politics (and Why Trump Should See His Show) (The Hollywood Reporter)

dinosaursandzombies:

theawkwardlifeofapsycho:

Why is this not taught universally.

the man is terrified haha!

micdotcom:

At a fundraiser Monday evening, President Barack Obama ripped into the Republican candidates seeking to replace him. To roars of audience laughter, Obama called out the hopefuls with the above slam that brought down the house. Meanwhile, the GOP candidates have a lot more to worry about.

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Workers have filed dozens of lawsuits against Tyson Foods alleging millions of dollars in "wage theft" for its failure to keep wage and hour records and to properly pay workers for overtime as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). On Tuesday, Tyson came before the US Supreme Court and argued that the justices should make those lawsuits go away. Tyson Foods v. Bouaphakeo is truly a David-versus-Goliath lawsuit, with about 3,000 low-income, often immigrant workers going up against the world's second-largest meat processor, which has more than $30 billion in annual sales.

Tyson has asked the nation's highest court to throw out a lawsuit that resulted in a $6 million jury verdict against the company in Iowa for cheating its workers out of earned overtime. Tyson doesn't just want the case thrown out, though. The verdict at issue amounts to peanuts for the multinational corporation—a little more than two hours' worth of Tyson's annual profits. The company also wants the court to issue a broad ruling that would effectively immunize it against future class actions for wage and hour theft, and make it much harder for workers everywhere to join together to bring such claims. If it wins this case, Tyson could have it both ways: It could effectively continue to violate the FLSA and escape liability for it in court.

Tyson is one of three significant legal assaults on class actions before the court this term, waged by big businesses seeking to make it more difficult for workers and consumers to join together to sue them for misconduct. Weighing in on Tyson's side in the case are other corporate giants, including Wal-Mart, Dow Chemical, the US Chamber of Commerce, and the National Association of Manufacturers.

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Flying in the face of what most economists believe, GOP presidential hopeful Ben Carson announced that raising the minimum wage would cost America jobs.

"Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases," the retired neurosurgeon said during the fourth televised GOP debate. "If you lower those wages, that comes down,"

Only one problem: this claim is seriously contested. More than 600 economists signed a letter to President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders last year urging the government to raise the federal minimum wage.

“The weight of evidence now [shows] that increases in the minimum wage have had little or no negative effect on the employment of minimum-wage workers, even during times of weakness in the labor market,” the economists wrote.

There are some forecasts that support Carson’s view: the Congressional Budget Office last year said that raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 would cost the US economy 500,000 jobs.

But many economists disagree with these estimates and so does the US Department of Labor. State-by-state hiring data released last year by the Department of Labor showed that the 13 states that raised their minimum wages at the start of the year gained jobs faster than their peers.

The federal minimum wage was last raised in 2009.

Friends, Romans, country folks, let me tell you a thing. If you really want a bowl full of corks, unstained and unscented, just ask around at work. I guarantee you there is a 20 to 40 year old woman who drinks enough white wine she can fill you up in a week. Just rinse them in hot water and let them dry.

uglyfun:

just read it

Source: Behind Closed Ovens 11/09/15

dubiousculturalartifact:

fysw:

Star Wars: The Force Awakens / character posters.

I can’t get over these posters.

All of them are cool, yes, but the posters of Rey & Leia, especially, are amazing to me.

Because how often do we see this, in the PR for a genre movie? 

To see a mature woman, confident in her own power, wrinkles showing, greying hair, minimal makeup. Presented as herself, and as an important part of the story in her own right.

And a younger woman, again, with even more minimal makeup, and imperfect skin. Look at her sun-worn freckles, look at her fly-away hair, her determination.

It’s not to say that beauty standards still don’t apply (I hear Carrie Fisher was under massive pressure to lose weight for the role, which sucks royally)…

But neither are air-brushed to all hell to look perfect, they are presented in the same way as the male characters. Not in a boob & butt pose. Not looking like damsels. Not staring sultry & vacant eyed, pouty lipped & over-made-up & otherwise objectified & sexualized, no matter whether it fits their character or the narrative, or not. No shitty bikinis, here. 

They aren’t even showing their bodies, because it’s not relevant. This isn’t about anyone else’s gaze, these posters are about THEIRS.

Just as characters, as they should be. 

Poor, poor Ben Carson. He’s such a victim. No candidate has ever been such a victim. But at least he can use his victim status to do what his campaign does best and raise money. Talking Points Memo has a priceless Carson fundraising email:

If you’ve been watching the news, you’ve seen that the media is in full attack mode. They’ve been tracking down and interviewing my childhood friends and even accusing me of fabricating parts of my personal history.

Tracking down and interviewing your childhood friends … who are unable to back up the parts of your personal history in question, which is where the feeling that maybe you fabricated some stuff comes into play. But let’s continue:

Funny, because this was the same media that time and again declared it off-limits to dig into then-candidate Barack Obama’s background. 

Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers are like “Excuse me, now? For real?” Barack Obama’s birth certificate actually comes to sentient life and starts trying to track down Carson to have a conversation with him about just how loony that claim is.

The media’s double standard is incredible, but even worse is their viciousness and blatant disregard for the truth.

Where “the truth” is defined as “what Ben Carson chooses to say is true,” and not as, y’know, what’s supported by any other witness or documentation.

The thing is, a lot of Republican politicians would say all this but know in their heart of hearts that it was total bull. With Carson, though, you get the feeling that he really believes it, because in his mind, only things that happen to him matter, and only his point of view is reliable. He’s not just the center, but nearly the totality of the universe he’s able to perceive. Only things that happen to Ben Carson matter to Ben Carson. If he was just some incredibly self-absorbed individual, it would be comical. But a lot of Republican voters are nodding along with this email—and with the rest of Carson’s pronouncements. That’s scary.

starwarsgraphictee:

zodiastro:

Aries: I’m scared they won’t hear me \ So I scream louder

Taurus: I’m scared they need more \ So I’m giving my all

Gemini: I’m scared they won’t like me \ So I become another

Cancer: I’m scared they will leave me \ So I don’t let them in

Leo: I’m scared they’ll forget me \ So I keep reminding them I’m here

Virgo: I’m scared they‘ll find better \ So I keep being the best

Libra: I’m scared of their opinions \ So I silenced mine

Scorpio: I’m scared they will hurt me \ So I won’t let them know me

Sagittarius: I’m scared they will lock me \ So I keep running away

Capricorn: I’m scared they won’t be satisfied \ So I never rest

Aquarius: I’m scared they’ll make me one of them \ So I’m staying outside

Pisces: I’m scared they’ll devour me \ So I devour myself

Wow this shot me in the fucking heart

person: calm down
me: I was calm but now i'm going to throw this entire desk at you

This is a huge story that many progressives seem to be overlooking. In 2013 the Supreme Court allowed companies — Netflix, T-Mobile, rental cars, banks, private schools, medical practices, online retailers, etc. — to slip “arbitration clauses” into contracts for services and jobs that circumvent the court system entirely. If you have a legal grievance, you will be shunted into their private kangaroo court, presided over by often-laughably biased officials hired by the company. The NY Times has a must-read three part series on this truly incredible overturning of a fundamental Constitutional right.

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Women’s anger isn’t pretty or useful to men. It prevents them from cheering their male superhero on from the peanut gallery; it makes them unattainable in a way that’s not because the hero is being admirably noble. Also, it makes their faces go all scrunchy, and we can’t have that; never forget Jessica Alba being told to “cry pretty” on the set of Rise of the Silver Surfer, or, more recently, Joss Whedon telling Elizabeth Olsen to keep her face calm during Age of Ultron’s fight scenes because an angry, combative face was unattractive.

There’s a reason women love Agent Carter, a show powered by a subtextual engine of Peggy’s grief, frustration, and rage. There’s a reason Laurel Lance never clicked as a character until her largely incoherent but still deeply satisfying Season 2 rage spiral; life has done her wrong, and she’s finally, finally hitting back. There’s a reason so many readers are proudly labeling themselves non-compliant. We so rarely get to see our own anger reflected in mass media, and when we do, it’s deeply cathartic.

I’m so ready for Jessica Jones to be furious for a whole 13 episodes of her first season. I’m hoping Karen Page gets to be as livid as Foggy was when she finds out that Matt is Daredevil. I want Sara Lance to come back from the grave as spitting mad as she was when she went in, and I want Laurel and Thea and especially poor Felicity, sadly defanged by her romantic entanglement with Oliver in Season 3, to get and stay angry with Oliver when he inevitably does something dishonest or ethically dubious. Even Supergirl – as sunshiney as Kara seems, and as I want her to be, I also want her to be allowed to get pissed when the situation warrants it. Girl’s got laser-eyes for a reason. 

I’m so excited for this coming year of superhero TV to bring me Supergirl, and Jessica Jones, and Peggy Carter, and Speedy and Hawkgirl and two different Canaries. And I’m excited for the supporting stories of Iris West and Karen Page and Felicity Smoak and Caitlin Snow and Alex Danvers and Angie Martinelli.

But God, I hope they get to be angry this year. Because these women have been through enough to make them mad as hell. And I don’t want them to have to take it anymore.

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- SUPERHEROES AND THE GENDER POLITICS OF ANGER (x)

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Women’s anger isn’t pretty or useful to men. It prevents them from cheering their male superhero on from the peanut gallery; it makes them unattainable in a way that’s not because the hero is being admirably noble. Also, it makes their faces go all scrunchy, and we can’t have that; never forget Jessica Alba being told to “cry pretty” on the set of Rise of the Silver Surfer, or, more recently, Joss Whedon telling Elizabeth Olsen to keep her face calm during Age of Ultron’s fight scenes because an angry, combative face was unattractive.

There’s a reason women love Agent Carter, a show powered by a subtextual engine of Peggy’s grief, frustration, and rage. There’s a reason Laurel Lance never clicked as a character until her largely incoherent but still deeply satisfying Season 2 rage spiral; life has done her wrong, and she’s finally, finally hitting back. There’s a reason so many readers are proudly labeling themselves non-compliant. We so rarely get to see our own anger reflected in mass media, and when we do, it’s deeply cathartic.

I’m so ready for Jessica Jones to be furious for a whole 13 episodes of her first season. I’m hoping Karen Page gets to be as livid as Foggy was when she finds out that Matt is Daredevil. I want Sara Lance to come back from the grave as spitting mad as she was when she went in, and I want Laurel and Thea and especially poor Felicity, sadly defanged by her romantic entanglement with Oliver in Season 3, to get and stay angry with Oliver when he inevitably does something dishonest or ethically dubious. Even Supergirl – as sunshiney as Kara seems, and as I want her to be, I also want her to be allowed to get pissed when the situation warrants it. Girl’s got laser-eyes for a reason. 

I’m so excited for this coming year of superhero TV to bring me Supergirl, and Jessica Jones, and Peggy Carter, and Speedy and Hawkgirl and two different Canaries. And I’m excited for the supporting stories of Iris West and Karen Page and Felicity Smoak and Caitlin Snow and Alex Danvers and Angie Martinelli.

But God, I hope they get to be angry this year. Because these women have been through enough to make them mad as hell. And I don’t want them to have to take it anymore.

”

- SUPERHEROES AND THE GENDER POLITICS OF ANGER (x)

coffee-khaleesi:

When I was training to be a battered women’s advocate, my supervisor said something that really blew my mind:

“You can always assume one thing about your clients; and that is that they are doing their best. Always assume everyone is doing their best. And if they’re having a day where their best just isn’t that great, or their best doesn’t look like your best, you have to be okay with that.”

Any now whenever anyone in my life, either a friend or a client, frustrates me, disappoints me, or pisses me off, I just tell myself They are doing their best. Their best isn’t that great today, but I have days where my best isn’t that great either. 

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4gifs:

How to make a triple-bird for your haters. [video]

andyourhostkristenwiig:

Bad Girls

greenribbon:

the doctor complimenting donna

There are worlds out there, safe in the sky because of her. That there are people living in the light, and singing songs of Donna Noble, a thousand million light years away. 

jvpiterascending:

Jupiter Jones is not your damn mother.

Requested by anonymous. 

feel-better-cyr:

soft & squishy, sharp & pointy

Tamir Rice was 12 years old. In November of last year, he was shot and killed by Cleveland police in a public park. 

Tamir Rice was 12 years old. Tamir Rice was 12 years old. Tamir Rice was 12 years old. 

Since his death, his family has been mired in a prolonged quest to hold police responsible. They have relied on Timothy McGinty, the county prosecutor, to do his job and hold the police accountable. McGinty, however, has done everything he can to delay action and stand in the way of justice.

Now, he has the audacity to publicly insult Tamir Rice's family. ThinkProgress reports:

Ohio prosecutor Timothy McGinty accused the family of 12-year-old police shooting victim Tamir Rice of being “economically motivated” in their pursuit to bring the officer responsible to trial.

“They waited until they didn’t like the reports they received. They’re very interesting people… let me just leave it at that… and they have their own economic motives,” McGinty said during a community meeting Thursday, Cleveland’s WKYC reported.

This was not inadvertent, or even just inappropriate. This is another attempt by McGinty to manipulate public perception and frame Rice's family as undeserving of justice. Needless to say, it is disgusting for a public official to state that this family is motivated by money and not by the death of their son, brother, nephew, and loved one. 

Tamir Rice was 12 years old.

McGinty has been corrupted by his relationship with the police, and he's long showed signs of impropriety in this case. Keep reading for more examples.