Cerebral Leakings

"So that is the meaning of discipline, I thought, sacrifice… yes, and blindness; he doesn’t see me...."

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:37:03 -0700

“So that is the meaning of discipline, I thought, sacrifice… yes, and blindness; he doesn’t see me. He doesn’t even see me. Am I about to strangle him? I do not know. He cannot possibly. I still do not know. See! Discipline is sacrifice. Yes, and blindness. Yes.”

- Ralph Elison, Invisible Man (via bookmania)

mynameismokthanksalot: thefingerfuckingfemalefury: mutantlexi: ...

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:36:17 -0700

mynameismokthanksalot:

thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

mutantlexi:

thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

johannamanuela:

Xena’s amazing costumes.

LUCY FLAWLESS

SHE HAS THE MOST PERFECT WARDROBE EVER :D

Still love the “samurai” costume. So impractical, but so bloody sexy.

She is looking SO hot in that one, isn’t she? :D

Not that she ever DOESN’T look hot of course…

So much…..

I’m at a loss.

Xena rules.

justshy: housewifeswag: gpoy. Maya’s everything for that...

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:55:00 -0700

justshy:

housewifeswag:

gpoy.

Maya’s everything for that body roll

causeshescleva: awesomephilia: Trying to sell back books in...

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:49:44 -0700

causeshescleva:

awesomephilia:

Trying to sell back books in college

YUP Bastards!!!!!!

When you purchase a textbook at retail…never mind

theuppitynegras: norttron: fuckyeahmarxismleninism: Philadelph...

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:47:14 -0700

theuppitynegras:

norttron:

fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

Philadelphia: High school students walk out of class and march to City Hall to protest severe budget cuts and planned school closings, May 9, 2013.

The budget cuts are absolutely horrific. Here are some of the proposed changes:

Schools with more than 1,000 students would no longer be required to have librarians or librarian assistants.

Schools would no longer be required to have counselors, and counselors’ caseloads would no longer be capped.

Teachers could be assigned to unlimited classes outside their subject area, and high school teachers could be assigned an extra class without pay. There would be no limit on amount of consecutive time taught in a school day.

There would be no limit on class size

The district would no longer be required to provide copy machines, or “a sufficient number of instructional materials and textbooks.”

Counselors would no longer be guaranteed to have rooms with privacy and confidentiality, a telephone, a locked filing cabinet and a door.

There’s more here.

notice most of the posters are children of color

I just want you to notice

This is atrocious. Oh my word.

curveappeal: Black Halter Bikini at Swimsuits for All

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:37:19 -0700

curveappeal:

Black Halter Bikini at Swimsuits for All

curveappeal: Tara Lynn 38 inch bust, 34 inch waist, 46 inch...

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:32:58 -0700

curveappeal:

Tara Lynn

38 inch bust, 34 inch waist, 46 inch hips

for Addition Elle’s 2013 Summer Lookbook

bruhmanfif: ctron164: kat-with-a-kay: vegetasvajayjay: “In...

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:29:24 -0700

bruhmanfif:

ctron164:

kat-with-a-kay:

vegetasvajayjay:

“In response to Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries not wanting “not so cool” kids or women who wear size large to wear his company’s clothes, Greg Karber has come up with a funny and creative way to readjust the Abercrombie & Fitch brand.

He’s giving their clothes to the homeless.

After scouring his local thrift shop’s “douchebag section,” Karber heads to LA’s Skid Row to dole out the clothes among the homeless population. Watch the stunt and find out how you can be involved in one man’s troll-job on a company with some pretty unflattering business practices in the video above.”

S I G N A L B O O S T

GENIUS IDEA !!

Whoa…

badbitchdoubledees: Lmao reblog every time

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:07:50 -0700

badbitchdoubledees:

Lmao reblog every time

SAY THAT!

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:06:17 -0700

SAY THAT!

truebloodgifs: careymulligan said: let’s not have this conversation i can’t we need to accept...

Sun, 12 May 2013 10:54:49 -0700

truebloodgifs:

careymulligan said: let’s not have this conversation i can’t

we need to accept into our hearts that it’s all going to end someday.

I’m going to be so mad if they kill off Eric. SO MAD. Sounds like it’s going to happen though :(

sociolab: Do you ever think about the fact that the US has created and legitimized a system of...

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:16:52 -0700

sociolab:

Do you ever think about the fact that the US has created and legitimized a system of institutionalized inequality by funding schools through property taxes? That basically a child’s education is only as good as the value of the property in their neighborhood. Funny how education is so often viewed as an equalizing factor when there is nothing equal about it.

Yep.

ride-thischevy: The cutest thing ever

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:14:26 -0700

ride-thischevy:

The cutest thing ever

afternoonsnoozebutton: A student tweeted about a test, and the...

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:59:49 -0700

afternoonsnoozebutton:

A student tweeted about a test, and the next day it was the teacher’s desktop background.

Smart boards FTW

Photo

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:57:54 -0700

madlori: I bet you did. Did you estimate what mpg your car is...

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:56:04 -0700

madlori:

I bet you did.

Did you estimate what mpg your car is getting? Did you figure out how many hamburgers you could get for six bucks? Did you think about how long it would take you to get somewhere given the speed and distance? Did you plan a meal so all the components would be done at the same time? Did you encounter anything on sale? Did you figure out how many groceries you could get for how much money you had?

There are about a million other daily, unconscious tasks that use algebra or at least algebraic thinking. Just because you weren’t writing out an equation or employing variables doesn’t mean you weren’t using the skills that algebra and other math courses taught you.

Science and math aren’t important because you’re going to need to know the exact steps of photosynthesis or the quadratic formula. They’re important because they teach you scientific and mathematical literacy and rational thinking, and that is sorely needed in a world where charlatans and cheats or people with a political or religious agenda can get away with all manner of pseudoscience and bullshit because people don’t have enough scientific literacy or critical thinking skills to accurately weigh the arguments or even discern where they fail logically.

So study math and science, and art, and literature, and history, and politics, not because you’re going to need it or it’s going to do something specific for you, but because an uninformed populace is bad for the world.

lolsofunny: ajc804: sylvia-scarlett: dukeofmegadeus: here’s...

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:52:44 -0700

lolsofunny:

ajc804:

sylvia-scarlett:

dukeofmegadeus:

here’s to impatient assholes

i’ve been watching this repeatedly for the last 3 minutes and it’s still perfect

let’s have a toast to the douche bags

(lol here!)

Photo

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:49:30 -0700

thepeoplesrecord: The troubling viral trend of the “hilarious”...

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:47:56 -0700

thepeoplesrecord:

The troubling viral trend of the “hilarious” Black poor person
May 7, 2013

Charles Ramsey, the man who helped rescue three Cleveland women presumed dead after going missing a decade ago, has become an instant Internet meme. It’s hardly surprising—the interviews he gave yesterday provide plenty of fodder for a viral video, including memorable soundbites (“I was eatin’ my McDonald’s”) and lots of enthusiastic gestures. But as Miles Klee and Connor Simpson have noted, Ramsey’s heroism is quickly being overshadowed by the public’s desire to laugh at and autotune his story, and that’s a shame. Ramsey has become the latest in a fairly recent trend of “hilarious” black neighbors, unwitting Internet celebrities whose appeal seems rooted in a “colorful” style that is always immediately recognizable as poor or working-class.

Before Ramsey, there was Antoine Dodson, who saved his younger sister from an intruder, only to wind up famous for his flamboyant recounting of the story to a reporter. Since Dodson’s rise to fame, there have been others: Sweet Brown, a woman who barely escaped her apartment complex during a fire last year, and Michelle Clarke, who couldn’t fathom the hailstorm that rained down in her hometown of Houston, and in turn became “the next Sweet Brown.”

Granted, the buzzworthy tactic of reporters interviewing the most loquacious witnesses to a crime or other event is nothing new, and YouTube has countless examples of people of all ethnicities saying ridiculous things. One woman, for instance, saw fit to casually mention her breasts while discussing a local accident, while another man described a car crash with theatrical flair. Earlier this year, a “hatchet-wielding hitchhiker” named Kai matched Dodson’s fame with his astonishing account of rescuing a woman from a racist attacker. But none of those people have been subjected to quite the same level of derisive memeification as Brown, Clark, and now, perhaps, Ramsey—the inescapable echoes of “Hide yo’ kids, hide yo’ wife!” and “Kabooyaw,” the tens of millions of YouTube hits and cameos in other viral videos, even commercials.

It’s difficult to watch these videos and not sense that their popularity has something to do with a persistent, if unconscious, desire to see black people perform. Even before the genuinely heroic Ramsey came along, some viewers had expressed concern that the laughter directed at people like Sweet Brown plays into the most basic stereotyping of blacks as simple-minded ramblers living in the “ghetto,” socially out of step with the rest of educated America. Black or white, seeing Clark and Dodson merely as funny instances of random poor people talking nonsense is disrespectful at best. And shushing away the question of race seems like wishful thinking.

Ramsey is particularly striking in this regard, since, for a moment at least, he put the issue of race front and center himself. Describing the rescue of Amanda Berry and her fellow captives, he says, “I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a black man’s arms. Something is wrong here. Dead giveaway!”

The candid statement seems to catch the reporter off guard; he ends the interview shortly afterward. And it’s notable that among the many memorable things Ramsey said on camera, this one has gotten less meme-attention than most. Those who are simply having fun with the footage of Ramsey might pause for a second to actually listen to the man. He clearly knows a thing or two about the way racism prevents us from seeing each other as people.

Source

Now that you know this is a thing, please stop sharing these memes. Poor Black people speaking candidly about various serious incidents isn’t a hilarious joke.

chardline: It’s time be real about ourselves… don’t talk the...

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:05:12 -0700

chardline:

It’s time be real about ourselves… don’t talk the talk if you aren’t walking HIS walk.