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xplainthexmen

From Kitty to Kamala: The Heroes Who Made Ms. Marvel

rachelandmiles

This article does an awesome job of explaining why Kitty Pryde fans should probably be reading G. Willow Wilson’s Ms. Marvel. Or fans of Young Avengers or Runaways or good things in general. Do you like good things? Check out Ms. Marvel!

(Seriously, though - this book is exactly what the comics industry needs right now and puts a smile on my face every time I read it. Kamala Khan is everything I ever loved about Kitty or Jubilee, updated for the up-to-the-minute modern world in a way that somehow doesn’t make me feel old. Keep up the good work, Willow!)

-Miles

unfreshed

“ Carrie Fisher hiding in the trash cans on the backlot of the Star Wars set.
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Source: greenchimneys

takepart

Cabbie Ordered to Pay $15,000 After Telling Women to Quit Kissing or Get Out

takepart

When Christina Spitzer gave her girlfriend a kiss in the backseat of a cab, she wasn’t expecting the driver to demand the couple knock it off or leave.

“Keep that for the bedroom or get out of the cab,” New York City taxi driver Mohammed Dahbi told Spitzer and her girlfriend, Kassie Thorton. (Full disclosure: Spitzer is an employee of Pivot, TakePart’s sister company.)

That comment will cost Dahbi. After filing a complaint alleging discrimination against the couple’s sexual orientation, the women finally received their day in court in March, more than three years after the 2011 incident. A few weeks later, the residing judge recommended a ruling in their favor, awarding $5,000 in damages to each of the women, slapping a $5,000 fine on the city, and requiring an antidiscrimination course for Dahbi.

“The recommendation…for him to undergo some human rights training [is] for us the ultimate reward,” Spitzer told TakePart.

Under New York state law, public and private businesses are prohibited from refusing service based on sexual orientation. Yet, in Spitzer’s opinion, Dahbi doesn’t think he did anything wrong. Dahbi’s lawyer, Ali Najmi, claims that the driver often told heterosexual couples to quit fooling around in his cab because they were distracting him from driving. “My client never once mentioned anything about their sexuality and never threw them out of the taxi,” Najmi told the New York Post.

The women exited the cab after Dahbi’s comment and refused to pay the fare, after which he drove away hurling expletives at them.

Upset over how they were treated, the women contacted the Commission on Human Rights, which filed a complaint with New York City’s Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings. Dahbi’s rebuttal response puts the blame on Spitzer and Thorton. He alleged the women made offensive comments about his ethnicity, and that they practically disrobed during the drive.

“We’re not the type of people who would ever use that type of language or even think that way, or behave in the way that he claims we did,” said Spitzer.

While Dahbi claimed the couple was so entangled they were distracting him from driving, Spitzer is certain she wasn’t able to give her partner more than a simple peck on the lips. Spitzer had just had some serious dental work don,e and a full-on make-out session wasn’t in the cards, owing to what she calls “severe mouth trauma.”

Dahbi’s response made the women even more determined to continue with their case. “At that point, we just said that we’re going to continue to pursue this no matter what,” said Spitzer.

Because the case went through an administrative court, it’s up to the Human Rights Commission to make the final decision, potentially altering the decision or the amount of damages. However, the now-engaged couple isn’t too concerned about receiving payment.

“This has never been about any money,” said Spitzer. “We just want him to know that he did was wrong.”

Read similar stories at takepart.com!

justplainsomething

musicgal1206

“Can I kiss you?” is probably the cutest thing you can ever hear someone ask.

upholsterers

Yes. Yes, let’s romanticize actually asking for consent verbally. Let’s stop making it out to ‘ruin the mood.’ This is so important.

thewittyromantic

My boyfriend says “Can I have a kiss?” Every time he wants to kiss me, no matter if he just kissed me three seconds before that. As soon as we stop, he will ask again for another one. And if I just peck him on the lips but he wants a longer kiss, he’ll say “No, can I have a real kiss?” Today he asked me if it bothered me that he always asks.

No. This will never bother me. This means he respects what I want.

This, gentlemen (and ladies) is how you acquire consent. Even if you just had sex ten minutes ago, that doesn't mean consent is assured the next time. You must always have consent.

Asking “Can I have a kiss?” will not turn a girl off. I can pretty much guarantee it. If anything, it will do just the opposite.

bringithmebooks

Re-reblogging for that comment.

Source: musicgal1206

honeybeerevengeparty

afro-dominicano

you know ya movie trash when ruport murdoch white devil extraordinaire defends it

lajefadelasjefas

Damn he is so ignorant he doesn’t even realize just how ignorant he is.

swimmer117

Except that he’s right

allerasphinx

Except that he isn’t. Arabs did colonise Egypt at one point in history, but Egypt didn’t just appear on the map as a colonised nation and black people didn’t suddenly appear as slaves. There were certainly black pharaohs and queens, so the idea of black people = slaves/slavery was based solely on race—as opposed to poor or conquered peoples were enslaved—is inherently racist. There are still plenty of dark-skinned Egyptians in Egypt today. Rupert Murdoch is unapologetically racist so you might want to be careful what you agree with him on.

acceber74

Former (and assassinated) President of Egypt Anwar Sadat…

White people insist on claiming that Egypt is white (or at least not-black) because to this day they cannot accept that BLACK people established and created a civilation that has continuously existed for thousands of years. Maybe STOP getting your history from white washed Hollywood movies.

youwish-youcould

White culture smdh

chickenfriedaspirations

smh idiots

jeankd

Assyrian invasion didn’t occur until the era of 712- 325 B.C. which is long after the story of Moses. So, if you believe the story of Moses, you have to know he was black, and so was David, who was Ethopian and Jesus is of the line of David, by way of Mary and Joseph, who were both of the serving class and were consider dark… i.e. Solomn’s daughter, who is also of the line of David. But I’m still waiting for whiteness to be declared a mental illness. You folks do some amazing mental gymnastics.

rudegyalchina

Why does this only have 6k notes ?!!! YALL BETTER LEARN WHAT YOUR WHITE WASHED HISTORY BOOKS KEEP HIDING !

Source: wunderlogik

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halfbakedidea

What crazy national day falls on your birthday?

Really wishing I had been born 3 days earlier on Knife Day. Instead I get to celebrate Petroleum. Petroleum for everybody!!

waluigipinball

naTIONAL FAILURES DAY

gooddogbestfriend

National Hollerin’ Contest Day? Really? Can you GET any more southern come ON.

mazerunner5

Make …. your own … head day?

Well…

jellyfishcutie

i’M ON kNiFE DAY AAAAHAHAHAHAHHA

smashley211

White Tee-Shirt Day and Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day

verdelivres-blog

Teddy Bear Day
BOOM

Source: halfbakedidea

mostlysignssomeportents

Public-domain Pinnochio lives again in a beautiful Tor edition

mostlysignssomeportents

Pinnochio is one of my favorite children’s books. Like many of the great children’s stories that have survived history, it is a lot darker than most people realize. In fact, it’s a vicious little bastard of a book, and screamingly funny in places. It was from my re-reading of the Gutenberg edition of the text that I was inspired to write my short story Return to Pleasure Island), which appears in my new short-story collection.

In 2004, Tor Books brought out a beautiful edition of the public-domain text of the novel, designed by Chesley-Award-winning art director Irene Gallo (who is astonishingly good at her job, and who has a special fondness for this book, I’m told), and lavishly (and I do mean lavishly) illustrated by Gris Grimly, in sepia-toned macabre ink drawings that are as angular and jocularly grim as the text itself. I got a copy of the book in the mail last week, and I’ve laid aside the book I’m supposed to be reading to read this one – to devour it again. It’s wonderful to have this brilliant text married to this brilliant package. Link

justplainsomething

dappergains

Debunks all those arguments that say eating healthy is too expensive.

governmentnamedeactivated2015

Where the fuck do you live where a pound of chicken breast is 98 cents

cankrist

Eating healthy is still less expensive than regular fast food

blackfemalepresident

probably an upper middle class neighborhood. food is less expensive in fancy neighborhoods

healthy foods are not this cheap in the hood and im so tired of middle class white people acting like healthy eating is cheap & simple

come down to the “scary” part of town and shop for food and your perspective will change on some shit

s1uts

This whole post is bullshit and these prices are exaggerated af

howtobeafuckinglady

chicken breast by themselves are like almost 10 dollars wtf is this trash

spamberguesa

Next time I go to the grocery store, I’m going to get the actual prices on all this stuff. You haven’t been able to eat “healthy” foods that cheap since the early 90′s.

spamberguesa

Reblogging from self, yay! I made good on my threat and went to the grocery store. I chose items off the second “for about $20.00″ list. All of the items pictured are the cheapest I could find in the store (which is one of only two grocery stores in Wenatchee, unless you count WalMart, which is way on the other end of town). The nearest store is a ten-mile, fifteen minute drive from my house; getting to the WalMart is more like thirty.

96% lean ground beef not available

Price of broccoli was per pound, not per crown. The smallest I could find weighed a little over two pounds.

This is 8 ounces of cashews, not 16. 16 not available.

Total: $37.79

In summation: Bullshit. This post is bullshit, and I call bullshit on it.

I’m not a junk food eater myself, but I also don’t eat “healthy”, because I can’t afford it. This particular shopping trip would have taken over a quarter of my monthly budget, and kept me fed for less than a week. Imagine trying to feed a family like that. It’s not possible, unless you starve them all.

copesetic

Before i even scrolled down, i was hollerin’.

sensei-aishitemasu

Bless this post

trixstra

^^^^^^^^^^^All of this!!!!! I’m vegan and I have to use coupons for dear life in order to feed myself, let alone if I had a family of 3 or more people. Yes it’s cheaper than eating fast food everyday, but people need to stop pushing this false narrative that healthy eating is easily accessible for everybody because it’s not.

valentinus-aurelius

As a mad student of economics, all y’all forgot to add the expense and opportunity cost of 1. driving to and from store (time, gas, mileage,) and 2. time shopping and cooking (at least an hour for each). If you’re making say 8 bucks an hour there’s $16! That’s a whole meal spent just to acquire one meal. not a good trade off.

youaremynewdream

This. People also forget that time is money too, and if you work a job that takes you til 10:00 at night? You’re not going to want to make a full meal. I understand where this is coming from, but it’s way too judgmental and needs to freaking calm down.