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tagged by @deaineira yeah boi 

1. Avalanche - Leonard Cohen

2. Atlantic - Keane

3. Don’t Judge Me - Janelle Monae

4. Love Me In Whatever Way - James Blake

5. WhisperI’lllistentohearit - Spoon

6. No Grey - The Neighbourhood

7. quand c’est? - Stromae

8. Don’t Touch My Hair - Sloange, Sampha

9. Bunker - Balthazar

10. Marrikh - Mashrou’ Leila

1.      Babymetal - Megitsune

2.      Droeloe - Backbone (ft. Nevve)

3.      Ladybaby - ホシノナイソラ

4.      Ladybaby - Age Age Money

5.      Loona/Yeojin - Kiss Later

6.      Pristin - Wee Woo

7.      Red Velvet - Peek-a-Boo

8.      Reol - Yoiyoi Kokon

9.      Sakuzyo - Never Get to Heaven

10.    WJSN - Secret

Oh. My. God. I just found out about this movie called “In Between” which follows the lives of three strong, independent Palestinian women. And get this: one of the main characters is an ARAB LESBIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ll repeat it in case you didn’t hear me scream: THERE IS A MOVIE ABOUT AN ARAB LESBIAN!!!!!!!!

And not only is this the first Arab movie I know of that focuses (and I’m gonna say it again) on ARAB LESBIANS!!!! the actress herself is gay in real life and is an awesome woman who has been know for her art and work before. Her name is Sana Jammalieh and in case you don’t know her, I strongly suggest you check her out. 

http://ifttt.com/missing_link?1518425594 (via showerponderings)

Asians being ignored in racial discussions or even worse, lumped in with whites as if we were essentially the same

The utter lack of education on Asian directed hostility that has been a continued issue in the united states ever since we first started coming here.

People treating all race issues as just Black vs White

The assumption that since Asians have the  stereotypes of being smart, docile, and nonthreatening, that we lack a struggle other minorities have

The hypersexualization of Asian women and the complete desexualization of Asian men

No, and I sincerely hope you are specifically asking for books that crack jokes about Straight People™ rather than books that are actually malicious to people who happen to be straight, but in the off chance the later is correct here is why that is very problematic. We as gay people will crack jokes about the strange things we see straight people do and I believe that results from us as a community having been used as a butt of a joke for years. Overall, I don’t have an issue with that and I have made those jokes, but when ceases to be a joke and becomes actual judgment because of the sexuality someone is it becomes very hypocritical and not okay. We advocate for gay books because straight people have no shortage of books representing them, that does not mean that we get angry at books that have straight romances and that is because it is NEVER okay to judge someone based on their identity. No matter gay or straight. If we truly want equality we, as a community, have to be willing to let go of any resentment. 

I would also argue that there are queer people who are straight. If you are a transgender girl and you are attracted to men, you are straight. To insinuate that this person is gay because they were born with male genitalia and are attracted to people who are male is misgendering a person. So that’s another reason that this mind set that disparages straight people can me very problematic. 

However, I do believe you did just want books that align with your sense of humor and in that case I would recommend Simon vs. the Homosapien Agenda. I chose to respond in this fashion is because I have received things like this with clear bad intentions before and I just wanted to make an open statement as to why I refuse to feed that brand of negativity.

Thank you,