Confetti Already

stitchradical

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:12:20 -0400

stitchradical

thefrogman: [video]

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:54:11 -0400

thefrogman:

[video]

We call this a limb check (also known as gaining...

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:10:57 -0400

We call this a limb check (also known as gaining perspective).

The Moth Presents Anthony Griffith: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times

Video

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:00:41 -0400

imperfectwriting: I went to the mall, and a little girl called...

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:23:58 -0400

imperfectwriting:

I went to the mall, and a little girl called me a terrorist.

My name is Ela. I am seventeen years old. I am not Muslim, but my friend told me about her friend being discriminated against for wearing a hijab. So I decided to see the discrimination firsthand to get a better understanding of what Muslim women go through.

My friend and I pinned scarves around our heads, and then we went to the mall. Normally, vendors try to get us to buy things and ask us to sample a snack. Clerks usually ask us if we need help, tell us about sales, and smile at us. Not today. People, including vendors, clerks, and other shoppers, wouldn’t look at us. They didn’t talk to us. They acted like we didn’t exist. They didn’t want to be caught staring at us, so they didn’t look at all.

And then, in one store, a girl (who looked about four years old) asked her mom if my friend and I were terrorists. She wasn’t trying to be mean or anything. I don’t even think she could have grasped the idea of prejudice. However, her mother’s response is one I can never forgive or forget. The mother hushed her child, glared at me, and then took her daughter by the hand and led her out of the store.

All that because I put a scarf on my head. Just like that, a mother taught her little girl that being Muslim was evil. It didn’t matter that I was a nice person. All that mattered was that I looked different. That little girl may grow up and teach her children the same thing.

This experiment gave me a huge wakeup call. It lasted for only a few hours, so I can’t even begin to imagine how much prejudice Muslim girls go through every day. It reminded me of something that many people know but rarely remember: the women in hijabs are people, just like all those women out there who aren’t Muslim.

People of Tumblr, please help me spread this message. Treat Muslims, Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, Pagans, Taoists, etc., exactly the way you want to be treated, regardless of what they’re wearing or not wearing, no exceptions. Reblog this. Tell your friends. I don’t know that the world will ever totally wipe out prejudice, but we can try, one blog at a time.

Photo

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:19:10 -0400

bobaconfetti: Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:18:54 -0400

bobaconfetti:

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.

chainsawmascara: Stationery of Horror Holy mother of want.

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:18:35 -0400

chainsawmascara:

Stationery of Horror

Holy mother of want.

You're Either A Poet Or You're Dead: tagotartogus: Famous authors, their writings and their rejection...

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:18:03 -0400

You're Either A Poet Or You're Dead: tagotartogus: Famous authors, their writings and their rejection...:

tagotartogus:

Famous authors, their writings and their rejection letters.

ronstormer:

Sylvia Plath: There certainly isn’t enough genuine talent for us to take notice.

Rudyard Kipling: I’m sorry Mr. Kipling, but you just don’t know how to use the English language.

Emily…

Birdy - Bon Iver - Skinny Love

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 07:43:08 -0400

Birdy - Bon Iver - Skinny Love

chainsawmascara: Walter Van Beirendock, F/W 2012.

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:15:16 -0400

chainsawmascara:

Walter Van Beirendock, F/W 2012.

Daddy Yankee performing Ven Conmigo

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:18:16 -0400

Daddy Yankee performing Ven Conmigo

Don Omar performing Danza Kuduro

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:17:16 -0400

Don Omar performing Danza Kuduro

My ex-husband proposed to me in the shower after picking a fight about elbow macaroni. I went into...

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:54:19 -0400

My ex-husband proposed to me in the shower after picking a fight about elbow macaroni.

I went into the shower to calm down and he followed me- slipped the ring on my finger and asked.

How he got the ring in the shower without me noticing was by hiding it under his fat roll. It was his mother’s CZ engagement ring from her 2nd marriage-

…every day I wish I said “No.”

How to separate eggs. Plastic water bottle’s only saving...

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 13:44:35 -0400

How to separate eggs. Plastic water bottle’s only saving grace.

amazeballs

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:56:13 -0400

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 07:56:13 -0400

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 15:59:19 -0400

Just one of those days

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 10:31:48 -0400

Obama gif war

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 10:30:26 -0400

Obama gif war