Black Nekomata

Actually, even though I don’t support violence, I support self defense regardless of gender. 

“men and women don’t have the same bodies” 

“men r ok if they get hit but women aren’t”

Just for a specific example of a man:

This is a picture of a man who was hit by a woman. Sucker punched actually. He doesn’t look fine to me. 

There are plenty of women who straight up RAPE men. KILL men. And here you are making excuses for women to be abusive. 

“Men are naturally violent” 

Most men have not been in a violent altercation by their own choice. Men are far more likely to be a victim of violent crime so of course they have gotten into more violent altercations than women. Once again, its called self defense. 

That being said women get into violent altercations all the time. Mainly with other women but they are attacking men more and more frequently due to excuses like yours.  

There are men who run from even verbal altercations.

A world full of women would eventually die off because there would be no way to reproduce and things would most likely be just as violent. 

Between partners? Twice as much, actually, given that 26% of gay relationships face some form of  Inter-Partner violence while 43.8% of lesbian relationships face IPV. 

Women are also pretty abusive to strangers, coming in at around the same percentage as men, sometimes worse

And abusive to male partners, too

They sang all six verses of “Amazing Grace,” the hundred or so neighbors and visitors who had gathered under gray skies to honor 24 men and women and one child who had died before the end of the Civil War. In life they had all been slaves whose final resting place was a patch of cleared earth about a mile from the master’s house in the small community of Quicksburg in the northern part of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

That cemetery was long ago abandoned and had disappeared beneath brush, vines and spreading woods. A century or more may have passed since anyone last visited it. Those buried there seemed to be as forgotten as the place.

“A lost community was found here,” was how Sarah Kohrs, director of the newly named Corhaven Graveyard, explained it at the solemn dedication ceremony April 30. More than a year of hard work by several teams of volunteers had returned the burial ground to cleared land. “A cemetery is sometimes the only record left,” she said.

The lost graveyard was found when the nonprofit Coracle wanted to expand its property to include a stretch of nearby Holman Creek. The plan was to create longer walking trails through the woods and along the creek for those who come to Corhaven, as the retreat farm is known, seeking solace or sanctuary, alone or in groups. A 10-acre slice of a former 600-acre, 18th century plantation named Edge Hill was purchased several years ago.

It wasn’t until after the deed was signed that the Rev. Bill Haley, the facility’s executive director, and his wife, Tara, who live with their children at Corhaven, began to hear rumors that the new property contained a cemetery. Eventually, a search was launched and an area containing field stone markers and depressions in the earth was found. County records identified it as “Sam Moore’s slave cemetery.” Samuel Moore, a slave owner, bought Edge Hill in 1846.

The graveyard, one of only three known slave cemeteries in Shenandoah County, is now a part of what Corhaven has to offer. It is a quiet but welcoming place, down the hill and out of sight of the Haley’s home.  A simple three-rail wood fence encloses the entrance, a walkway defined by rough mulch, and the burial ground.  Plain wood benches are provided in the graveyard, where paths skirt the few markers that have survived as well as the graves laid out in several rows. A brass plaque identifies the graveyard and reads: “The names of the unknown souls buried here were not recorded. Yet we know the names of some of the enslaved persons who once labored long on this plantation. Some may lie here. We recognize their dignity. We honor their memory.”

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 Cuban Lit

It’s been a historic week for The United States’ relations with Cuba. President Obama, with First Lady Michelle Obama and 39 members of congress,  visited the estranged nation and its President, Raul Castro – Fidel Castro’s brother. Not since Calvin Coolidge, 88 years ago, has a sitting President made such a trip. The moment seems ripe for showcasing some terrific titles about Cuba – nonfiction and fiction alike. Enjoy the visit through books!

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Fodor’s Cuba (Fodor’s Travel Guides)

Planet/Cuba: Art, Culture, and the Future of the Island by Rachel Price

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Cuba

The Distant Marvels by Chantel Acevedo

Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba by Tom Gjelten

Selected Writings by Jose Marti

Before Night Falls: A Memoir by Reinaldo Arenas

Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina García

The Island of Eternal Love by Daina Chaviano

Dancing with Cuba: A Memoir of the Revolution by Alma Guillermoprieto

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The Red Umbrella by Christina Gonzalez

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I drive an eight year old Toyota truck, not one of the big huge ones, but not one of the small ones. I do have all terrain tires, and I have certainly driven through pastures, over rocks, popped a curb or 10 in my time. My suspension is in good shape and have no problem treating my decade old truck like a truck.

Well as I get closer to my building there is a large speed bump in the street, effectively to get people to slow down as they approach the parking garage entrances. I look back and see asshole still riding my bumper. I remember thinking to myself I need to slow down for this speed bump, and looking back and thinking, if I hit my brakes, this guy is going to hit me.. The plan takes shape in my mind and I speed up..

I am doing about 45 when I hit that speed bump, and yeehaw.. I did a bit of a jump and land, never once touching my brakes. Didn’t even tap them. I gave him zero warning for what was about to happen.

I am watching my rear-view window intensely during this because I wanted to see his reaction. He was cradling his cell phone between his ear and shoulder when he hit. His hood bucked up behind me, then slams to the ground. I see him go flying out of his seat straight up. He slams his head on the roof of his bmw and his head rolls sideways from impact. Then he slams back into his seat violently. He has a total “wtf was that” look on his face as he grabs the wheel with both hands to recover.

pros: you’ll stop coughing

pros: you won’t want to kill yourself

William Tell Overture- Rossini (Most famous part at 8:45, but why not listen to the whole thing?)

Also Sprach Zarathustra- Strauss

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik- Mozart

Symphony 94, Mvt. 2 “Surprise Symphony”- Haydn 

Toccata and Fugue in d Minor-Bach

Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2- Chopin

Rondo alla Turca- Mozart

Sinfonie de Fanfares: Rondeau- Jean-Joseph Mouret

The Four Seasons: Spring- Vivaldi (I just linked to the whole thing because it’s great)

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring- Bach

O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana)- Carl Orff

Funeral March- Chopin

Orpheus in the Underworld: Infernal Galop (A.K.A. Can Can)- Offenbach

Pomp and Circumstance (You probably graduated to this)- Elgar

Gayane: Sabre Dance- Aram Khachaturian

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March- Mendelssohn

Carmen: Les Toreadors- Bizet

The Ride of the Valkyries- Wagner

Für Elise- Beethoven

Dance of the Hours- Ponchielli

Rigotello: La Donna e Mobile- Verdi

Night on Bald Mountain- Mussorgsky

Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme- Tchaikovsky

Entry of the Gladiators- Julius Fucik

Lakmé: Flower Duet- Delibes

Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King- Greig

Rodeo: Hoedown- Copland

Peer Gynt: Morning Mood- Greig

New World Symphony Mov. [2][4]- Dvorak

Ave Maria (You knew this, but did you know that it was by Schubert?)

Canon in D- Pachelbel

Flight of the Bumblebee - Rimsky-Korsakov

Finale to the 1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky

Der Holle Rache kocht in meiner herzen (aka the Queen of the Night aria) - Mozart

Libiamo ne’ lieti calici - Verdi

Largo al factotum - Rossini

Overture to The Barber of Seville - Rossini

The Blue Danube Waltz - Strauss

Moonlight Sonata (mvmt. 1) - Beethoven

Symphony No. 5 - Beethoven