progressivemillennial:

“Well, maybe they shouldn’t come here illegally.”

I’ve seen this phrase used a number of times in response to outrage over the handling of migrants at the border, i.e. detention camps, putting people in cages and tents, separating children from their families, and so on.

I want to make one thing crystal clear: when you say that, you’re using the language of abusers. It is akin to:

• She wouldn’t have been harassed if she didn’t dress like a whore,
• If she didn’t want to get raped, she shouldn’t have drank so much,
• The other kids wouldn’t pick on him if he weren’t such a pussy,
• I wouldn’t have to beat her if she didn’t talk to that other guy,
• He wouldn’t have been shot if he didn’t break the law,
• If she were more trustworthy, I wouldn’t have to monitor her communication,
• If she was keeping his money from him, he should have left the relationship. He needs to own his decisions.

This is called victim blaming. It is abuse.

The truth is that America can enforce its borders without violating human rights and treating other people as subhuman. The federal government, and by that I mean the executive branch and its agencies under President Trump, does not need to execute the law in the way it’s doing. It chooses to do so proactively.

Stop the abuse, stop the language of abuse.

Good day,

Tom

labambinafantasma:

If you’re European, in a couple of weeks you will be denied any and all access to fandom contents on Tumblr and everywhere else on the internet. Here’s why.

On June, 20th the JURI of European Parliament approved of the articles 11 and 13 of the new Copyright Law. These articles are also known as the “Link Tax” and the “Censorship Machines” articles.

Articles 13 in particular forces every internet platform to filter all the contents we upload online, ending once and for all the fandom culture. Which means you won’t be able to upload any type of fandom works like fan arts, fan fictions, gif sets from your favourite films and series, edits, because it’s all copyrighted material. And you won’t also be able to share, enjoy or download other’s contents, because the use of links will be completely restricted.

But not everything’s lost yet. There’s another round of voting scheduled for the early days of July.

What you can do now to save our internet, is to share these informations with all of your family members and friends, and to ask to your MEP (the members of the European Parliament from your country) to vote NO at the next round, to vote against articles 11 and 13.

Here you can find more news and all the details to contact your MEP:

https://saveyourinternet.eu

Also, sign and share this petition:

https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-stop-the-censorship-machinery-save-the-internet?recruiter=50668942&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial

We have just a couple of weeks to stop this complete madness, don’t let them dictating the way we enjoy our internet.

#SaveYourInternet now!

phoenixcollective:

orangelemonart:

interruptmag:

Go to your nearest target. Buy a two pack of pushup bras (24$ for 2), and target’s bra inserts (12$). Then go to your nearest Walmart and buy the Vasserette Control Shapewear Panties (2.50 each), they do wonders for helping your tuck. There you go! You just saved yourself a lot of money, you can afford to buy enough to wear every day, and best of all you look fabulous. –@twidx

recs for trans women are so rare on tumblr!! spread this, people.

Please reblog this, in total it’s about $38.50 to make a huge difference for a trans woman/trans feminine person.