Motion In The Ocean

just so you know

the US minimum wage that we all agree is too low to live on ($15,080/yr) is far more than many legally disabled people receive in benefits

the maximum SSI for a single person is $8,796/yr if a disabled person marries another, each drops to a max of $6,600/yr

while you’re fighting for 15 maybe look at that too

Punch bus!

You may not recognize their names, but these women are medical pioneers. In 1885, they became the first women from their respective countries to get degrees in western medicine.

Hear their stories

1970-1979 Camilo José Vergara’s New York

Star Wars: Rogue One places Asian heroes at the core of its revolution

by Kelly Kanayama Star Wars: Rogue One is a rare thing in mainstream media: a movie about revolution that actually tries to be revolutionary. Taking place right before the original Star Wars movie…

Rogue One foregrounds Asian visibility in a) a story about how there are no half measures when it comes to standing up against oppression and b) a franchise which has previously failed to provide any sort of remuneration for its appropriation from Asian cultures. Although the movie is a very recent addition to the Star Wars canon, its position in the franchise’s narrative timeline means we have always been part of that galaxy far, far away. At a time when we cannot afford to ignore issues of race and the civil liberties of the marginalised, this matters a great deal.

This. THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS. THIS ARTICLE IS EVERYTHING TO ME RIGHT NOW. 

Someday (maybe this year? idk) I will actively put a bunch of words down on paper about why I care so damn much about representation in popular culture. There are millions of words already out there, but…I can add a few more.

A group of young men hang out near Simon Rodia’s Watts Towers, in California, 1966. (Bill Ray—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #tbt

some FUCKING MORON accidentally paypaled me some money when they meant to send it to someone else. i am a nice person, so i forwarded the notification email to them saying, this seems like a mistake, i don’t want to keep your money for no reason. they then flagged the payment as problematic - which removes my ability as a receiver to issue a refund - and now have sent me TWENTY EMAILS demanding that i return the money immediately. a) i don’t have it, paypal is holding it, and b) paypal won’t let me return it and c) now i’m on hold with paypal trying to resolve this, ALL THIS GUY’S FAULT.

BATMAN CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS VOTE BATMAN

A visual comparison of approximate sizes of different rocket boosters

Source: https://imgur.com/ywGOVI6