notenoughtogivebread:

alwaysbewoke:

posting to share the great work these black women are doing. NOT to start some stupid ass “black men vs black women” argument. keep that bullshit to yourself coon.

read this great story here 

nyti.ms/2QuTf7V

I’m working in my city to register voters and engage with folks who just don’t believe their vote counts. The energy of the black women who are my comrades, be they teens or great grandmothers, is inspiring. They are the foot soldiers in the struggle for justice. There’s nothing like watching a 80-yr-old woman walk into a room on two canes to spend the afternoon phone banking.  

jumpingjacktrash:

commandtower-solring-go:

juneboba:

twiststreet:

!!!

This is incredible because it is super difficult to visualise how much 6 feet actually is and most people don’t bother to try

HOLY SHIT ok first of all that is a brilliant use of technology, and second, that activated my flight response bigtime and i bet it convinced people to evacuate that weren’t gonna, which would’ve saved lives. so good job folks, worth the effort.

nanoochka:

virtualsilver:

fanfictionwriter101:

I’d like everyone to see this

{Credit to amalasrosa on Twitter}

#real #not to be salty but this is what ive been saying#like everyone out here really still acting like fanfic isnt really writing#like its subpar and like it cant be good and have amazing lines#even fanfic writers treat it like its LESS and like theyre PLAY writing and not actually writing#like friend buddy ican ASSURE YOU that fanfic is every bit as real and good as writing from books#the only difference between fic and actual books is that books go through several stages of processing and editing and filtering#and are worked on by professionals who studied the craft of editing#while fanfiction cuts that filtering and everyone gets a chance to be heard and to be read#and instead of editors we have peer editing and reviewing#dont be fucking tricked by the mass notion that anything that young girls and queer people are interested in is immediately bad and subpar#bc it is fucking not #i will FIGHT for it #fanfiction (tags by @crossroadswrite bacause they add so much to this post)

The real irony is there is plenty of fanfiction that goes through more rigorous editing than some published fiction. So the difference in quality between fanfiction and “professional writing” is totally arbitrary and made up. Except that some things that are more expensive are worse.