stormgarden

Listen to it all here:

“good cops” lose their jobs for doing the right thing.

“good cops” die mysteriously after whistleblowing.

The problem is that parents view all possessions as not really belonging to the child. A part of them always seems to think that the adult who provided the money is the real owner

If a parent breaks a dish they see it as breaking something that already belonged to them, but if a child breaks it they see it as the child breaking something that belonged to the parents

When I got my phone back that Monday, my teacher said it was important for me to learn this lesson now since in college they wouldn’t tolerate phones going off. Fast forward to when I was in college, any time someone’s phone went off, either the professor would tell them to turn it off, or they would say, “Oh, my bad,” and turn it off themselves, and everyone would move on. I even had a professor who danced around while someone’s phone went off, and it was a welcome moment of levity during the lecture.

A few times between the ages of 4 and 18 I broke things. I broke my grandma’s favorite Christmas ornament. Her first question was: “Are you hurt?” and when I apologized profusely she said “I’m just glad you weren’t hurt.”

I broke a few plates. I broke a couple glasses. Every time my dad’s first response was “Did you get cut?” the second step was cleaning up the broken bits, and the third was a discussion of what led to me breaking it and how I could avoid doing that in the future.

Same with spills. Same with stains. My biggest “punishment” from my immediate family was being taught how to clean up the mess I made and being shown in detail how to avoid the same mistake in the future if it was avoidable. There were consequences for my actions, but they were the direct result of those actions and nothing much beyond that.

My family tried so hard to teach me how to deal with accidents in a healthy way. They were patient. They treated every slip-up as a learning opportunity. They showed me a lot of love. The other adults still got to me. Teachers still punished and publicly shamed me and other students for our mess-ups. Extended family members outside of my small supportive circle still yelled at me. My friends’ parents still got mad.

To the point where whenever I messed up my first instinct was that my dad or grandparents were going to punish me, or yell at me, or hit me, even though they never did. They just didn’t. They always responded with patience and an attitude of “I’m glad you’re safe and I want to help you learn from this.” And I was still afraid of messing up. Mortified. Expecting the worst every time.

It is perfect!

Even ones for the specific areas in the LGBT community 

How the fuck is this any different? Why is it everytime black people come up with something for themselves y'all have to come out with this show your entire asses with this “"segregation” shit. 

Ive seen like, 3 flags minimum for asexuals. There are also at least 4 variations on the trans flag for specific identities. There are like fucking NINETEEN “official” lesbian flag designs (NOT counting the hundreds produced online in the past year because it literally became a meme how many flags they had.) Do you think anyone gave these people flack about their design skills? No.

Ive seen two (2.) SEMI- recognized flag designs for all LGBT POC before this. Not even just for one identity. Just, purposeful uplifting for all POC. And white gays got their panties in a twist about both of them. And bitched and complained about “exclusivity” every. single. time.

The artist 

it’s a powerful project

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

The ENTIRE LEFT circle is “women.” The ENTIRE RIGHT circle is “people who can become pregnant.” ONLY The OVERLAP between the circles is “WOMEN who can become pregnant.”

Here is an example:

Here is the original Venn Diagram, but with additional color coding:

Anthony Mackie Wants to Register One Million Men to Vote

Watch a grown ass man break down talking about doing amazing things.

Goal is to register a million men to vote- https://iamaman.vote/

In an effort to share a little black and queer history during this turbulent Pride month, here’s a comic about one of my favorite musicians, Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Why Is A Curfew Damaging:

1. A vast majority of white people work 9-5 while many immigrants and POC work night shifts, making them easy targets to be out past curfew.

2. The Mayors broadcast was sent out only in English, with no subtitles, in no other languages. Makes it very hard for non English speakers to receive this information.