Slip of a Girl

Got a text at 2am from my boss asking me to cover an emergency bond hearing at 26th & Cali...

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:53:40 -0500

Got a text at 2am from my boss asking me to cover an emergency bond hearing at 26th & Cali...

hoomieface: Just arrived at work after spending an hour talking...

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:20:43 -0500

Just arrived at work after spending an hour talking to my friend Parker’s freshman English class about being a defense attorney (and about Atticus in To Kill A Mockingbird, which I quickly reread in 2 hours last night).

It was so much fun. The kids were so great and precocious and respectful, and asked great questions. I ended up getting a little R rated: somehow I found myself talking about child pr0n and prison rape and all sorts of terrible things that I was planning to basically gloss over.

Gah, it was so fun though. So glad I had a chance to see Parker last week and that I accepted his invite to come talk to his kids.

Sorry for the cross post but I did this today! I had so much fun!

Now to get to actual work, which is going to be hell today because I fucking hate the government.

Women of color all over the world: We need feminism because we are told our naturally dark skin is unattractive and it needs to be lighter in order to have better economic opportunities, become more appealing to men (of all races), and treated with more respect by society.

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:04:31 -0500

Women of color all over the world: We need feminism because we are told our naturally dark skin is...

OMG my nightmare morning in court is finally OVER. Praise every deity that anyone anywhere believes...

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:16:37 -0500

OMG my nightmare morning in court is finally OVER. Praise every deity that anyone anywhere believes...

"My husband has expressedly forbidden me from going to that area at all times… that should tell you..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:58:45 -0500

“My husband has expressedly forbidden me from going to that area at all times… that should...

vvant: let’s play a game called “are you staring at me because im hot or ugly”

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:04:19 -0500

vvant: let’s play a game called “are you staring at me because im hot or ugly”

wake-up-kid: runwhenisayrunfightwhenisayfight: ahorsecalledhono...

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:02:45 -0500

wake-up-kid:

runwhenisayrunfightwhenisayfight:

ahorsecalledhonour:

fixthefisherking:

banjaxed:

nightlifemingus:

nosdrinker:

hypnotiqradiance:

If you don’t get this reference, you’re too young for tumblr.

are you fucking kidding me pixar puts out a movie ever year a baby would get this reference

it’s not pixar it’s a reference to that time in 1994 when lamps became sentient humanoids

many were lost that day

It was a grim day for mankind. My parents took refuge in a cave and thus saved us from certain death; we lived close to a lamp factory at the time and the surrounding region was utterly devastated in the conflict.

My brother fought one off using only an egg whisk and a pogo stick.

Only 90s kids remember the Lampocalypse

My father still has the scars from where one stole his kidney

Ironically, it was a dark time.

quixon: ejacutastic: how does she know that’s even aimed at...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:31:22 -0500

quixon:

ejacutastic:

how does she know that’s even aimed at her that is a public bathroom

She’s white.

The entire world is about her.

*snort*

thepensivebrony: “you shouldn’t be depressed, people have it worse than you” finally, after years...

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:16:09 -0500

thepensivebrony: “you shouldn’t be depressed, people have it worse than you” finally, after years...

stevenfresco: stevenfresco: it’s 2013 why can’t i delete friends in real life ok so it turns out...

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:36:50 -0500

stevenfresco: stevenfresco: it’s 2013 why can’t i delete friends in real life ok so it turns out...

searchingforknowledge: theravennest: ianthe: benedryl-pumpkinpatch: Butawhiteboy Cantbekhan i’m...

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:12:23 -0500

searchingforknowledge: theravennest: ianthe: benedryl-pumpkinpatch: Butawhiteboy Cantbekhan i’m...

Rosamund Pike is ethereally beautiful.

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:56:46 -0500

Rosamund Pike is ethereally beautiful.

barksysofetch: BEST SASS FROM THE BBMA’S THIS YEAR!!!! This...

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:31:36 -0500

barksysofetch:

BEST SASS FROM THE BBMA’S THIS YEAR!!!!

This is hilarious and kinda weird also because Taylor and Selena are BFFs why did I admit to knowing that.

areyoutryingtodeduceme: this will never not be hilarious to me

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:47:38 -0500

areyoutryingtodeduceme:

this will never not be hilarious to me

iamsix-teen: queen of all speeches ever spoken I don’t...

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:02:33 -0500

iamsix-teen:

queen of all speeches ever spoken

I don’t care much got her but dammit that’s really cute and sweet and you can tell from her eyes and smile that its totally sincere.

You go, Taylor.

ravidravidravid: I was at the grocery store when suddenly I saw...

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:57:53 -0500

ravidravidravid:

I was at the grocery store when suddenly I saw this and got really scared.

All it means is that you save yourself.

That’s not scary; it’s empowering,

vaginashavefeelingstoo: muzungus: shaytheworlddestroyer: thesc...

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:54:44 -0500

vaginashavefeelingstoo:

muzungus:

shaytheworlddestroyer:

thescienceofchic:

tomboylovesmakeup:

insanepoet9:

bisexual-genderfluid-christian:

fuckyeahbodypositivity:

wereallsexyasfuck:

lets play a game called ‘find a shade that would suitably match an African American or any person of any color different than white’. Very tired of white washing.

while there’s obviously a couple of shades for POC up here. there’s so so so so much whiteness. no one needs to wear make-up but anyone who wants to should have the option.

And even those that would work for POC are still on the light end.

Another thing I’ve noticed, which might be a microaggression, is that a lot of the darker skintones have food related names. The lighter shades will be stuff like beige, ivory, and nude (don’t get me started on the word nude), but the darker shades will be honey, chocolate, cocoa, caramel, etc.

If I wanted a caramel machiatto, I’d have just gone to Starbucks.

Sorry but I lol’ed, and you are very correct. Our shades usually have some sort of food attached to them, its annoying. They can take the time to find all these different names for beige but they can’t come up with a few names for brown?! Like maybe sienna, sepia, mahogany, bronze, sable…we come in a variety of brown shades and there are many ways to describe our skin tone without calling us chocolate or cafe au lait.

The drugstore is pretty much 50 Shades of Beige…

None of this drugstore shit is WHITE. It completely ignores all of us who are whiter than fresh snow. Don’t even get me started.

Drugstore makeup just sucks ass for everyone who isn’t in that specific color range.

I ragequit foundation.

Nope. You’re complaining about something completely different. They don’t have your exact shade but at least they try for you. My colour is not even on the colour chart. This whole industry caters to you, stop derailing this discussion. Shut up white women!

Whitey complains about how they are still falling short to cater to her beigeness on a thread of marginalised PoC talking about whitewashing cosmetic lines.

Cry harder.

I found Hard Candy under eye concealer, which I love. Great consistency, doesn’t make my skin react.

The darkest color is a deep beige.

Those fuckers are t even TRYING to cater to WOC. We don’t even exist for them.

So spare me your I’m Super Pale I’m Ignored Tooooo.

No, you’re not. They at least TRY to have your back. They don’t give a fuck for anyone darker than Selena Gomez.

Sunflowers are the best flower. All other flowers are so pretty and dainty. You can easily snap...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:07:52 -0500

Sunflowers are the best flower. All other flowers are so pretty and dainty. You can easily snap...

I’m about to embark on a grand, sweeping romance. I can feel it. Does that make sense? I can...

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:37:56 -0500

I’m about to embark on a grand, sweeping romance. I can feel it. Does that make sense? I can...

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Sun, 19 May 2013 19:46:19 -0500