bismuth:

bismuth:

listening to a radio interview rebecca did today, and when discussing the themes and origins of “stronger than you” and garnet, she spoke about how much the garnet/ruby+sapphire is based on her and ian’s love, an “interracial and gender expansive” love. and she spoke about how the song was somewhat inspired by a time in 2009, when her and ian were walking around their neighborhood, and several skinhead-looking types grabbed her, and pinned her against the wall, and asked “well, what do we have here?”. and said the song was about how despite that sort of persecution, they survived.

https://the1a.org/audio/#/shows/2018-07-09/the-mind-behind-americas-most-empathetic-cartoon/114886/ the part I was talking about was ~28 minutes in, but the whole thing is a good listen

odinsblog:

badcode:

The GOP tax bill—the amount of money that was given to corporations and the rich would have paid for Medicare for all and healthcare for every man, woman, and child in this country for the next five years. So it’s there. And additionally, we added several hundred billion dollars additionally to our military spending, when the military didn’t even ask for it. They didn’t even want that additional spending, but we lopped it on there—and that could have financed public college tuition for years as well. So we actually have the money for these things.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Interview with NowThis

We actually have the money for these things.

It’s not “ponies and unicorns”

It’s not “pie in the sky”

It’s not “unrealistic”

It’s not “too expensive”

It’s all about who has the courage to change the status quo and realign our priorities

We actually have the money for these things.

Source: badcode

Spinning Silver Foil Cover Giveaway

naominovik:

Hey all, I kept forgetting to post this, BUT if you either preordered Spinning Silver or buy it in a bookstore this week (in the US only, sorry overseas folks!), send in a photo of your receipt and Random House will mail you this limited edition amazing silver-foiled cover! I just got my own copies and it’s super shiny and beautiful and I am petting it with glee. 😀 

Spinning Silver Foil Cover Giveaway

thatdiabolicalfeminist:

not giving your money to a business that’s currently striking is literally an essential part of a strike.

Amazon brings in over 34 BILLION dollars every day. Even a one-day boycott could mean massive leverage for the strikers – especially if the boycott coincided with one of the most profitable days Amazon expected to have all year, as this one does.

Do not visit Amazon.com on 10 July 2018 (or July 15-16 in the US)!