dumbthingswhitepplsay:

“This article didn’t mention race! Calling it racism is a TOTAL AND COMPLETE STRETCH! The teacher was mean, not racist!”

Let’s look at some bits here.

The girl is Latina. Based on her mother’s appearance, probability says she’s brown and obviously so.

Based on the wording in the article, it seems as if this girl was the ONLY person who received this, because everyone else was laughing at her, and it’s clear she felt completely humiliated. So the girl was singled out.

A Latina girl. Singled out.

A Latina girl. Singled out. In Arizona.

I’m sure you remember Arizona, that state that wanted to be able to take away basic human rights for anyone who “looked illegal”? The state that has picked up many citizens and held them for hours griling them over and over because they “looked illegal”. And of course, by “looked illegal”, I mean “looked Indigenous Latina”. You might ALSO remember it as that state that wanted to abolish studies of Latin@ cultures? Yeah. That state. Glad we’re on the same page.

Now, some of you might argue that “she wasn’t given this award because of her race, but because she kept giving excuses for the homework”. One thing is for sure. She WAS given the award because of the excuses thing! No one is going to argue against that.

But, and I know this is way over your heads, so stick with me now, do you realize that there are studies PROVING that white people treat those of other races differently than they treat other white people WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING THEY ARE?

That’s right. Without even realizing it.

Shocking to know that even white-sanctioned science recognizes that people have inherent biases that they don’t notice, but white people still don’t get that when they’re enacting those biases.

Well. Doesn’t shock me.

Why? Because when enough people share the very same bias? We get to have a lovely thing called statistics. And what these statistics do is show trends in treatment by schoolteachers toward students of various races!

Here, have a link!

Have some motherfucking graphs.

What’s this? Does this say that Black and Latin@ students receive disparate discipline rates?

Why yes. It does.

Can you guess who is doing the disciplining?

Three guesses.

I’m not going to look up any of the other WELL KNOWN BIASES white people hold against PoC (*coughcougharrestandincarcerationratescoughcough*) but trust. This is no isolated random incident.

This is racism, plain and fucking simple.

(via bubblegumbea)

bustygirlcomics:

tattooed-love-boy:

BINDING: for trans*folk, genderbenders, cosplaying, drag, whathaveyou!

Bandages VS. Binders

Bandages:

• Don’t bind with bandages! Ever!
• Using bandages to bind is harmful and may cause: shortness of breath, bruising, broken ribs, fluid build-up in lungs, long term health effects, etc! Yuck!
• You have other options! Bandages are not one of them!

Binders:

• Bind responsibly!
• Proper binders are sold through the ‘Net with all the great effects of binding with (fewer to) no side effects!
• Wear longer! More breathability!
• Binders can be purchased relatively cheap; new, used, or through a big brother program!
• Never wear a binder that is too small!

Caution:

• Never bind for more than 8 to 12 hours at a time!
• Never sleep in a binder!
• If you feel sick or out of breath, take off your binder!

Let’s be honest, as I’ve spoken about before, I am sick and tired of seeing people glorifying Ace bandages as a method of binding. Be it through art, literature, photography, videography, or otherwise, it’s not uncommon to see trans*folk bound via bandages. Time to raise awareness on this matter is long overdue, and I’m hoping to spread the word.

Don’t use bandages to bind, Ace or medical or otherwise! It does not matter how stretchy they are, it does not matter if they were advised to you through a “professional”, they are not safe.

Stop glorifying Ace bandages to bind! 

If you cannot afford a real binder, look into used sales or big brother programs, there are dozens around tumblr that are eager to help! You always have options!

Spread the awareness, spread the facts, bandages are harmful to bind with!

Many of you BGC readers have asked me about Binders, either for regular or short-term wear, and I didn’t have any thorough sort of info on the subject. Hopefully this will answer the majority of questions and clear up some misinformation. 

(Source: cat-breath)

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EDIT: SEE TUMBLR NOW YOU’RE JUST BEING PETTY

tumblr hates when I blog yo 

bubblegumbea:

but why do you have such terrible taste in fonts

bubblegumbea:

#my blog is now vaginas 

let’s be real

as long as I’ve know you

your life has been vaginas

#EVEN IN SEVENTH GRADE I KNEW YOU HAD A DEEP CONNECTION TO VAGINAS. #EVEN BACK THEN. #BEFORE I UNDERSTOOD VAGINAS

this is why you are my friend

bubblegumbea:

failhappens:

bubblegumbea:

failhappens:

bubblegumbea:

Amanda wants a vagina tea cozy.

 STOP TRYING TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE IT’S WEIRD it would be adorable and tasteful and have little frills and ruffles and be all lacy okay 

#tasteful might not have been the best word to use

vaginas aren’t tasteful

#they might be tasty but I wouldn’t know

 omgbea

okay so I looked up vagina tea cozy and I just really need one so I can be classy when I have company.

#I think this is why I don’t have friends

that and the fact you make jokes about people throwing away babies

Yeah okay there are actually a lot of good reasons I don’t have friends

bubblegumbea:

failhappens:

bubblegumbea:

Amanda wants a vagina tea cozy.

 STOP TRYING TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE IT’S WEIRD it would be adorable and tasteful and have little frills and ruffles and be all lacy okay 

#tasteful might not have been the best word to use

vaginas aren’t tasteful

#they might be tasty but I wouldn’t know

 omgbea

okay so I looked up vagina tea cozy and I just really need one so I can be classy when I have company.

bubblegumbea:

Amanda wants a vagina tea cozy.

 STOP TRYING TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE IT’S WEIRD it would be adorable and tasteful and have little frills and ruffles and be all lacy okay 

rubywhiterabbit:

My little brother got into outer space and stuff so my step-mom bought him a place mat with all the planets on it. When I first saw it, I was upset, because it was newer and so Pluto wasn’t labeled. I was about to say something when I noticed something…

Pluto is there.

The artist remembered Pluto.

Guys…

The artist drew Pluto crying.

(via whattheskell)

breakthistrap:

That depressing moment when the things that get cut from Glee are better than I ever could have imagined, while the things that actually air on Glee are worse than I ever could have imagined.　

(via blainestan221b)

siriuslyslytherin:

allyoubeautifulfreaks:

the key to friendship is caps lock

#IF I SHOUT AT YOU IT MEANS I LOVE YOU DEARLY

(Source: grantsmchale, via blainestan221b)