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"Female toplessness is legal in a lot of places in the US (although not where I live), and I’d be meeting the letter of the law with a couple of Band-aids. But I have a gut feeling that if I go anywhere that there are people—and particularly anywhere there are children—nobody’s going to be too happy about my Band-aids. The enforcement is social; women just don’t go around topless in the US.
It bothers me because it’s unequal, but it also bothers me in its implications: that my body is inherently sexual, and a man’s body isn’t. It feels like men are being viewed through the first-person lens of “it’s nice to feel the sun on my skin, and I don’t mean anything by it” and women are being viewed through the distinctly third-person lens of “it’s inappropriate for me, a heterosexual man, to see her sexy parts.” It ignores the experiences of people who are turned on by male chests and somehow manage to contain themselves when they see one.
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"60% of black people experience what researchers call ‘Shopping While Black’ "
-What Would You Do Episode (via elegantlytasteless)
Yes! Like I am a grown man I do not need a melanin deficient chaperone to walk me around the store. Please, I don’t need to steal I work hard for my money, shit you are lucky I grace your establishment with my presence!
(via blackintellect)
^^^^^^ Truth!
(via elegantlytasteless)
My mom even gets nervous when I put my hands in my pockets at stores. She doesn’t want anyone fucking with me cause I’m black and being black means bandit.
(via babybutta)
ever time a store clerk offers to help me I tel they ass no and walk the fuck off. you didnt just decide to help my ass you sw that I was out of yo fucking sights and came to check on me
(via coldeyesthatburn)
This is precisely why I don’t go shopping @ malls. I try to do as much it online as possible, or @ local stores whose employees know me personally.
(via seanpadilla)(via bad-dominicana)
it is not your love, but your soul that tugs at my deepest desires and heaviest woes.
It exudes a familiar eternity. Dousing me with the reluctance of an uncontrollable love.
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thenoobyorker:
The White Savior Industrial Complex by Teju Cole [The Atlantic]
If Americans want to care about Africa, maybe they should consider evaluating American foreign policy, which they already play a direct role in through elections, before they impose themselves on Africa itself.
There’s no point in quoting the entire piece, just read it.
I really admire Teju Cole. Somebody needs to keep it real.
Whenever I see a picture of that IC guys I think that jacking it in San Diego song](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m18tt8Bvqd1qzs6yjo1_400.png)
The White Savior Industrial Complex by Teju Cole [The Atlantic]
If Americans want to care about Africa, maybe they should consider evaluating American foreign policy, which they already play a direct role in through elections, before they impose themselves on Africa itself.
There’s no point in quoting the entire piece, just read it.
I really admire Teju Cole. Somebody needs to keep it real.
Whenever I see a picture of that IC guys I think that jacking it in San Diego song
(via theuppitynegras)
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