elphabelle-of-the-ball:

Repeat after me: Professional recordings of musicals are the key to the revival of musical theatre within popular culture

wenchingwithshakespeare:

dukeofbookingham:

I know I run a book blog so maybe this isn’t the right platform for this, but girls: Please look out for other girls. Tonight I was stuck at a bus stop in Shoreditch circa 2 AM and saw another young woman getting harassed by a drunk, aggressive dude, and at first I thought, “She’s got it under control.” But then he started touching her and I went “No, that’s definitely not right.” So I barged over and shoved him out of the way and said, “Beth?? Oh my God, how are you, I haven’t seen you since grade school!” And this girl I’d never seen before in my life threw her arms around my neck and whispered, “You are an angel, thank God.” We talked for fifteen minutes, the creep lost interest, I watched her get on the bus and I will sleep so much better knowing she got home in one piece. If you see something weird happening, intervene. The worst that can happen is embarrassment, and I think that’s worth the risk when you consider the alternative.

Every platform is the right platform for this.

so-sick-of-bleeding:

phxndom:

the-grace-of-cas:

sonianeverland:

hey

hey friend

dont kill yourself tonight ok

you have a really pretty smile and i know its not always easy to manage one but itd be a bummer if we never had the chance to see it ever again

youre really important and you matter a lot so stay safe and try and have a nice sleep

I would like a moment to thank the people who reblog post like this so that it eventually shows on my dash.

It is keeping me alive

I actually really needed this tonight, thank you

this appeared at the indicated moment

letsplaysocialjustice:

kiriamaya:

solarpunkarchivist:

Unbiased journalism is not pretending both sides are equally valid. Unbiased journalism is reporting the facts even if those facts include that one side is irredeemably awful. False neutrality is propaganda.

Repeated for emphasis: False neutrality is propaganda.

if 99 experts say one thing, and 1 expert says another, presenting both sides as equal is misinformation

positive-pebble:

elrond50:

mewiet:

radio-freedunmovin:

amuzed1:

platholyte:

Vote 👏🏼 in 👏🏼 the 👏🏼 2018 👏🏼 Midterm 👏🏼 Elections 👏🏼

SERIOUSLY

If you vote in Democrats, they’ll be able to block Trump’s policies

It’s not just that they’ll be able to block Drumpf’s policies for the (hopefully only) remaining two years: the
entire House of Representatives is up for re-election in 2018. Whoever
wins the House in 2018 will still control it in 2020, when we have our
next census. This means we voting districts will get to be redrawn and if Republicans retain control of the House in
2020, they will make gerrymandering even worse than it is now, which
already favors them.

But the odds are severely in favor of Republicans for 2018. The election is ridiculously lopsided:
23 Democrat seats and both (there are only 2) Independent seats (who
Caucus with Dems) will be up for the taking compared to only 8
Republican seats.

Not to mention midterm election turnout is always far less than POTUS elections and Republicans consistently turn out for midterms while non-Republicans fail to show up worse than they normally do.

It gets worse. This is the Senate race in 2018:

1. Arizona – Currently Republican
2. California – Currently Democrat
3. Connecticut
   – Currently Democrat

4. Delaware
   – Currently Democrat

5. Florida
   – Currently Democrat

6. Hawaii
   – Currently Democrat

7. Indiana
   – Currently Democrat

8. Maine
   – Currently Independent
9. Maryland
   – Currently Democrat

10. Massachusetts
    – Currently Democrat

11. Michigan
    – Currently Democrat

12. Minnesota
    – Currently Democrat

13. Mississippi
    – Currently Republican

14. Missouri
    – Currently Democrat

15. Montana
    – Currently Democrat

16. Nebraska
    – Currently Republican

17. Nevada
    – Currently Republican

18. New Jersey
    – Currently Democrat

19. New Mexico
    – Currently Democrat

20. New York
    – Currently Democrat

21. North Dakota
    – Currently Democrat

22. Ohio
    – Currently Democrat

23. Pennsylvania
    – Currently Democrat

24. Rhode Island
    – Currently Democrat

25. Tennessee
    – Currently Republican

26. Texas
    – Currently Republican

27. Utah
    – Currently Republican

28. Vermont

    – Currently Independent

29. Virginia
    – Currently Democrat

30. Washington
    – Currently Democrat

31. West Virginia
    – Currently Democrat

32. Wisconsin
    – Currently Democrat

33. Wyoming
    – Currently Republican
    

All of the states in bold were awarded to Drumpf, 11 of which are currently held by Democrats. Republicans hold a 52 seat majority right now. If they can maintain the 8 seats they have to defend, they only need 8 Democrat and/or Independent seats to have a 60 seat supermajority and the power to pass basically anything they want under Trump for two years.

If you think it’s catastrophic now (and it is), imagine Drumpf and the Republicans with a 60 seat supermajority for two years plus a Republican House with the power to redistrict in 2020.

And that is why organizing now is critical. Getting people to run against every GOP House Member and tying every action by Trump to them. Make the 2018 elections ALL ABOUT TRUMP. This is also about taking back Governor’s Mansions. 

It is NOT impossible, but it requires effort. 2018 elections efforts SHOULD ALREADY BE UNDERWAY!

@ all my american followers

mujischolar:

concept: me, living in my dream city, speaking multiple languages, working at my dream job, having multiple nerd friends who I love and who love me