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Because Anna Silk…

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:05:22 -0400

Because Anna Silk…

continueplease: nbcnews: Teen’s invention could charge your...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:02:00 -0400

nbcnews:

Teen’s invention could charge your phone in 20 seconds

(Photo: Intel)

Waiting hours for a cellphone to charge may become a thing of the past, thanks to an 18-year-old high-school student’s invention. She won a $50,000 prize Friday at an international science fair for creating an energy storage device that can be fully juiced in 20 to 30 seconds.

Read the complete story.

Everybody, remember this face.
Remember this name.
If this becomes a commonly used & highly lauded discovery, at some point a White guy is going to take credit, even if he has to word it like “Improved upon a previous…”
No no no
Fuck that guy.
Remember this brown girl.
Remeeeemmmmmberrrrr

I think I may be in love with Emilia Clarke…

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:46:17 -0400

I think I may be in love with Emilia Clarke…

Star Trek Into Darkness: Too many dicks on the Enterprise.

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:33:37 -0400

Star Trek Into Darkness: Too many dicks on the Enterprise. :

jazuthewasianprincess:

verifascinating:

Into Darkness shows more racial diversity among cameos from alien species than it does among human characters in main speaking roles. Worse still, iconic Star Trekvillain Khan Noonien Singh was recast as Benedict Cumberbatch, possibly the whitest man on the planet.
In Khan’s original role, he was super-intelligent, super-strong, the head of a genetically engineered master race—and brown. In other words, the opposite of the usual racial stereotypes one saw in mid-20th century “foreign” or “exotic” villains. Whitewashing Khan into being an posh-sounding Englishman reinforces the message sent out by Kirk, Spock, and the morally ambiguous Admiral Marcus: Good or evil, everyone in power is a white male. Suddenly, the awkwardness surrounding one of John Cho’s publicity interviews makes sense. “Who is your favourite villain?” he is asked. “Ricardo Montalban,” he answers. “He was badass. And a man of color, I might add.” Nervous laughter. Next question, please.

Representation matters. Star Trek is proof of that. Kirk and Uhura famously shared US TV’s first interracial kiss, and Uhura went on to inspire the first black female astronaut to go into space. When Nichelle Nichols was thinking of quitting the show, Martin Luther King, Jr. felt that her position as a role model was so important that he personally asked her to reconsider staying on. [READ MORE]

Really good article, with great remarks like:

The message Into Darkness sends is that if you’re an old-schoolStar Trek fan (and particularly if you’re a woman), JJ Abrams doesn’t think you’re worth appealing to. The audience brought in by Alice Eve’s push-up bra is more important than the audience who spend hours online discussing the geeky details of the series, or attend the conventions that pay for William Shatner’s retirement fund.

SERIOUSLY GOD FUCKING BLESS THIS ARTICLE

Yup.

nickbaumann: Awesome icons of the Female Saints of Television,...

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:40:04 -0400

nickbaumann:

Awesome icons of the Female Saints of Television, by Spencer Salberg. Prints are available here.

Sarah Connor: Our Lady of The Future

blackproverbs: sheishurr: angryblackgirlsunited: Black Girl...

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:52:15 -0400

blackproverbs:

sheishurr:

angryblackgirlsunited:

Black Girl In Suburbia (documentary trailer)

Black Girl In Suburbia is a feature documentary that looks into the experiences of Black girls growing up in predominately white communities. This is a different look into suburbia from the perspective of women of color. This film explores through professional and personal interviews the conflict and issues Black girls have relating to both white and Black communities.

Black Girl In Suburbia intends to spark an open dialogue about race, identity, and perspective among all people, in hopes that these discussions will allow us to reconsider perceptions of ourselves, others and the communities in which we live and share.

Release date 2014
http://www.blackgirlinsuburbia.com

Your support is appreciated!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-…

I need this so bad… SUPPORT!

Last week someone asked me if I thought Black kids that grew up in White homes would have identity issues and I answered maybe and gave a cynical answer as to how they might feel about their Blackness. Anyhow, this is another side of the coin that I think is important to share and help support. So watch and support? Kthanksbye.

I am also concerned about the seagull in the oven…

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:45:43 -0400

I am also concerned about the seagull in the oven…

Don't Be A Ruiner: And I'll be the unpopular bitch about it: Mickey and Martha are the worst ship and I fucking refuse.

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:43:00 -0400

Don't Be A Ruiner: And I'll be the unpopular bitch about it: Mickey and Martha are the worst ship and I fucking refuse.:

nerdyhbic:

sourcedumal:

Fuck RTD for slapping the two Rejected Negroes (TM) together and making them a couple.

IDGAF

They should have never been married.

Martha Jones should have married Tom Milligan like they said she would (Or ended up married to fucking Jack Harkness) and Mickey should have found something new in life.

Fuck this “Smith and Jones” bullshit

I rebuke it in the name of Real Nigga Jesus

#Rejected Negroes slapped together does not make a ship

#Real Nigga Jesus

I accept your renouncement…

"The first draft of anything is shit."

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:37:50 -0400

“The first draft of anything is shit.”

- Ernest Hemingway (via canisfamiliaris)

the female of the species is more deadly than the male…

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:37:01 -0400

the female of the species is more deadly than the male…

The stage for The Thrilling Adventure Hour live.

Sat, 11 May 2013 19:31:22 -0400

The stage for The Thrilling Adventure Hour live.

Two questions. Why doesnt Wonder Woman have a whole page and why...

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:51:42 -0400

Two questions. Why doesnt Wonder Woman have a whole page and why ia no one on the cover reading a female lead book?

hungrylikethewolfie: hobanwashburnes: do you ever cry because...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:04:43 -0400

hungrylikethewolfie:

hobanwashburnes:

do you ever cry because gina torres

Do you ever cry because Gina Torres…

girlslovesuperheroes: Yes Commissioner Gordon? She’s on...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:17:02 -0400

girlslovesuperheroes:

Yes Commissioner Gordon?

She’s on the case… adorably…

Petition to get CNN to apologize for sympathizing with rapists

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:06:54 -0400

Petition to get CNN to apologize for sympathizing with rapists

"Who the hell you think you talkin’ to?"

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:02:28 -0400

“Who the hell you think you talkin’ to?”

- -African American Mother/Women’s Proverb

Generally an indicator that you have come out your face all wrong. The only proper response is “nobody”

(via blackproverbs)

Best description ever. Also, completely true…

hideway: pramp: you are holding 3 unopened beers is this some kind of text adventure GO...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:00:55 -0400

hideway:

pramp:

you are holding 3 unopened beers

is this some kind of text adventure

GO EAST

Upon walking east, you come to a split in the road. To the left, in the distance, a glowing purple bell is visible above the treeline. To the right, just down a way, a tree stump on which sits a gorgeous woman with a bottle opener…

Photo

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:56:25 -0500

That parrot though! I think most of us have had this feeling...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:20:35 -0500

That parrot though! I think most of us have had this feeling about watermelon…

phoenixfreak: garyoldmann: You poor summer child Winter is coming for your sweet...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:12:21 -0500

phoenixfreak:

garyoldmann:

You poor summer child

Winter is coming for your sweet innocence…