"It is a sign of white privilege to be able to “see” blackness and black culture from a standpoint where the rich culture of opposition black people have created in resistance mark and defines us. Such a perspective enables one to ignore white supremacist domination and the hurt it inflicts via oppression, exploitation, and everyday wounds and pains. White folks who do not see black pain never really understand the complexity of black pleasure. And it is no wonder then that when they attempt to imitate the joy in living which they see as the “essence” of soul and blackness, their cultural productions may have an air of sham and falseness that may titillate and even move white audiences yet leave many black folks cold."
- bell hooks (via wretchedoftheearth)

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ustani-zaqueer:
“ hello! this is my intro post! i’m zaqueer, a lil bi/trans kid living in chicago. i’ve been making music for 2 years. i try to fuse indian music, electronica, and hip hop influences.
i wanna break some rules and make some hecka trans...

ustani-zaqueer:

hello! this is my intro post!

i’m zaqueer, a lil bi/trans kid living in chicago. i’ve been making music for 2 years. i try to fuse indian music, electronica, and hip hop influences.

i wanna break some rules and make some hecka trans music!! the dream is to live in a big beautiful queer art network and make stuff that makes us feel good.

i’m trying to be the representation i wish i had, and enable ppl like me. if that’s you, lets be friends! my ask is open :)

this is where my music lives: https://soundcloud.com/zaqueer

the pic is a lil collage i made as cover art for a foley-heavy song, “bi badtameez”. 

thanks for reading :3

made a music blog! :D

(Source: zaqueer-cutie)

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micdotcom:

“Angels” block the Westboro Baptist Church from protesting Orlando victim’s funeral

When a handful of Westboro Baptist Church members showed up Saturday at the funeral of Orlando shooting victim Christopher Leinonen, counterprotesters donning large, white angel wings were there to shield mourners. Members of the Orlando Shakespeare Theater put together the wings as a symbolic but also literal screen between the WBC and funeral attendees. An Orlando Police tweet later proved the efforts to stop the WBC worked.

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