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130519 Inkigayo - A.D.T.O.Y.

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:38:34 -0400

130519 Inkigayo - A.D.T.O.Y.

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kikismisandryservice:

womanwithaflowerhead:

ghost-of-algren:

punkpedagogy:

note-a-bear:

sugarplumsandgunshots:

thisiswhiteculture:

rhythmandblue:

Passive Resistance Training, SNCC, Atlanta, GA, 1960, by James Karales, courtesy Duke University Library

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/photo-tractatus/4915553610/in/photostream/)

people had to be trained to deal wit the evil of white people

I hope this makes it clear to folks that non-violence as expressed during the Civil Rights Movement was not simply a moral or political choice. It was a tactical application as well.

Do y’all think SNCC, SCLC, CORE, MLK, Jr. or anyone else wanted to witness their people being beaten, that they wanted to stay their fists and guns when their CHILDREN were being murdered? If you do, I suggest you go back to history class, because MLK, Medgar Evers, Bayard Rustin, almost any person you can think of who advocated non-violence had armed guards and personnel in place for their and their people’s safety.

Non-violence as a resistance strategy was an attempt at provocation. Recognize that. Recognize that’s why these folks are training. Because they’re performing provocation through passive resistance. By not striking back they were illustrating the madness and vitriol of white supremacy. They were exposing in the most dramatic manner possible the denial of their humanity.

Understand: This was not turn the other cheek, this was looking into the eyes of the Devil and not backing down.

this is a damn good point to counter all the nonviolence moralistic liberal bullshit going on continuously in activist spaces.

Can we also take a moment to talk about how important it was that the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee had the foresight to bring in a professional photographer to create a document of this sort of training. That the conversation taking place in this tumblr thread is only occurring today because of a photographic record created years ago is a testimony to the importance of the photographer to radical discourses.

Bolded for emphasis.

remind me to reblog this on monday

Cats… we are ONLY here for their entertainment.

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:49:37 -0400

Cats… we are ONLY here for their entertainment.

Throwback! Eve featuring Alicia Keys - Gangsta Lovin’

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:53:49 -0400

Throwback!

Eve featuring Alicia Keys - Gangsta Lovin’

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blackamazon:

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Eve - Grind Or Die

Bitch, go the fuck in!!!!!!

yes GAWD!

lord i hope this album does well cause I miss Eve.

reblogging again with absolutely no fucks given.

This made me shake my ass. SOLD!

the cheeks started started bouncing

yes eve yesss

GET IT!

itsallabout2pm: Award winning reaction to A.D.T.O.Y!

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:13:40 -0400

itsallabout2pm:

Award winning reaction to A.D.T.O.Y!

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Sat, 18 May 2013 22:50:52 -0400

onehottestb2uty:

2PM on Running Man

2PM on Hello Counselor

2PM on Happy Together

2PM Show Season 2

REAL 2PM to come back

2PM (any member) on Immortal Songs 2

2PM to show up on TV again and again and again and again~

2PM in my bedroom… Laugh if you want, we ALL thought it!

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Sat, 18 May 2013 18:50:34 -0400

thelondongirlblog:

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awkwardsituationist:

98 year old dobri dobrev, a man who lost his hearing in the second world war, walks 10 kilometers from his village in his homemade clothes and leather shoes to the city of sofia, where he spends the day begging for money.

though a well recognized fixture around several of the city’s chruches, known for his prostrations of thanks to all donors, it was only recently discovered that he has donated every penny he has collected — over 40,000 euros — towards the restoration of decaying bulgarian monasteries and churches and the utility bills of orphanages, living entirely off his monthly state pension of 80 euros and the kindness of others.

Wow.

people like this break my heart

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Law & Order: Special Victim's Unit

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Aiding the masses in enjoying their desires for the taboo, sexually perverse and morbid, in the safety of their homes, for 14 years and counting.

You KNOW it’s true…

That moment when you finish a drama...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:54:43 -0400

donnapie:

… and you feel like you’ve lost a part of yourself so you just sit there feeling empty.

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djavjr:

smileyfacewinkwink:

One of my favorite scenes from The Great Gatsby (1949)

special effects just ain’t what they used to be

I just spat water everywhere.

This……… oh this