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thecouscousqueen: British-Somali songwriter, feminist, and...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:13:06 -0400

British-Somali songwriter, feminist, and musician Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, also known by her stage name Poly Styrene, is most notably known for being the founder of punk rock band X-Ray Spex.

She was born in Bromley, London, and ran away from home at the age of 15 with just £3 in her pocket, hitchhiking from one music festival to another. This adventure ended when she stepped on a rusty nail while bathing in a stream and had to be treated for septicaemia.

After seeing the Sex Pistols performance at the Pier Pavillion Hastings on her 19th birthday she thought that anyone could do what they were doing and so decided to form her own Punk Rock band, putting an ad in the paper calling for ‘young punx who want to stick it together’, and that was the beginning of X-Ray Spex. She eventually became a passionate feminist and posted a blog dedicated to women’s rights and defense of women.

She was described by Billboard as the “archetype for the modern-day feminist punk”; because she wore dental braces, stood against the typical sex object female of 1970’s rock star, sported a gaudy Dayglo wardrobe, and was of mixed race. She was “one of the least conventional front-persons in rock history, male or female”.

Needless to say, she was a total bad ass.

idg why this post doesn’t have more notes

hello

it’s poly fucking styrene omg

fuckyeahretailrobin: [Image Description: Background is several...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 12:48:53 -0400

fuckyeahretailrobin:

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right

Top Text: “YOU PUT ME IN CHARGER?”

Bottom Text: “YOU DIDN’T PUSH POWER BUTTON, SO I DIDN’T CHARGE”]

It’s awesome how the symbol guns in my store don’t actually start charging when you put them in the cradle… no they only start charging if you push power on the gun after cradling it. How non-intuitive.

this, a 1000 times this.

xanimekingdomx: love this

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 19:01:53 -0400

xanimekingdomx:

love this

romanticizing-death: sixcatsandtwodogs: gifcraft: Stop the...

Sat, 04 May 2013 12:30:29 -0400

romanticizing-death:

sixcatsandtwodogs:

gifcraft:

Stop the bullets. Kill the gun.

I held my breath at the last one.

IT WAS COOL AND THEN IT GOT SCARY AS SHIT

ourvaluedcustomers: To his friend… …its true

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:36:14 -0400

ourvaluedcustomers:

To his friend…

…its true

Photo

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:16:17 -0400

saveroomminibar: Gaming Bento Boxes

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:09:29 -0400

saveroomminibar:

Gaming Bento Boxes

gorgeous!

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:06:52 -0400

gorgeous!

fuckyeahretailrobin: First submission here! I thought for a...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:05:52 -0400

fuckyeahretailrobin:

First submission here! I thought for a while about all the crazy and awful things that have happened to me while working retail. For instance last week someone called the 911 because I wouldn’t give her a discount…? But this blog always makes me depressed/not feel so alone so I wanted to share a story that made me really happy. I work at a self service laundromat, but people also drop off their laundry; I do it, and they pick it up later. There’s a very sweet little girl who hangs out with me when her parents are there. (she never gets in the way though) I was very busy this morning and she was asking me a lot of questions about the guy who’s clothes I was folding (who’s name was Carlos), and we were having a jolly old time making up a story about who he might be. She then looked at the tip jar and asked me what that was. I told her sometimes if people thought I did a really good job they would leave me some money to let me know they appreciated me. She thought about that for a little while, then asked if Carlos had left me a tip. I said no. She thought about that for a little while longer then said: “Don’t worry, when Carlos gets here he is going to see how nice you are and how good you folded his clothes and how hard you worked and he is going to give you a dollar and everyone will clap because they are so proud of you!”

Thinking about that has never failed to cheer me up when I have had a thankless day.

PS Carlos did not leave a tip.

meerschaums: some days, some nights

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:03:48 -0400

meerschaums:

some days, some nights

Educate yourself

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:02:27 -0400

thisiswhiteprivilege:

nohetero:

calleo:

legitprivilege:

Tumblr Social Justice in a nutshell.

I fixed it

(✿◠‿◠)

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Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:04:18 -0400

mayoday: when you hate someone so much you just

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:21:48 -0400

mayoday:

when you hate someone so much you just

….the look she gives at the end tho

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:44:41 -0400

….the look she gives at the end tho

eddietg: The interconnectedness of the world that is Tarantino

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:28:56 -0400

eddietg:

The interconnectedness of the world that is Tarantino

are2: Want/Need

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:04:14 -0400

are2:

Want/Need

gamefreaksnz: GEAR Dreamcast WristwatchImport Reissue...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:04:29 -0400

gamefreaksnz:

GEAR Dreamcast Wristwatch
Import Reissue US$168.90; Shipping in June 2013

To celebrate the demise of the Dreamcast, Sega Direct re-releases the Dreamcast wristwatch that was originally sold on D-Direct many moons ago. A silver-colored DC console shell houses the timepiece with a lid that flips upwards by pressing the “eject” button on the lower left side of the console. When a stranger on the street stops you and asks, “Please sir, what time is it?” flick your wrist up, nudge open the DC watch with a gentle tap and impress the stranger with the magnificence of shiny² Dreamcast time telling. With newfound admiration, the stranger will cast his eyes upon you and regard you as a gentleman, a scholar, and a connoisseur of only the finest things that this mortal coil can provide. He will also whisper, “Bravissimo…” in a raspy voice filled with awe.
Preorders ship in late June 2013

grow-to-the-sun: wurwolf: browncoat-named-cauthon: excitableto...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:03:48 -0400

grow-to-the-sun:

wurwolf:

browncoat-named-cauthon:

excitabletortoise:

god bless america

I hope this the last remaining photos of our presidents

I think my favorite part is that Bill Clinton’s pants are undone and he might be aroused.

The Ben Franklin one may be the best thing I’ve ever seen.

candid gpoy

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:01:57 -0500

candid gpoy

inallthingsbalance: Names of Capoeira Techniques

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:32:03 -0500

inallthingsbalance:

Names of Capoeira Techniques