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Gladys Bentley was a Black blues lesbian singer, pianist and entertainer who became one of the most famous queer figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Performing in her signature white top hat and tuxedo during the 1920s and 1930s, She completely shattered expectations around gender and sexuality long before the modern gay rights movement even started. She was a massive headliner in Harlem’s nightlife scene, known for her incredible piano skills and her bold style. Instead of hiding who she was, she openly sang about her relationships with women and flirted with the crowd, becoming a beloved, unapologetic superstar.
Today, Gladys is a major reason why queer artists can be completely themselves on stage. Long before modern pop culture caught up, she proved that you didn't have to hide your identity or conform to traditional gender roles to be a successful headliner. Every time we watch queer musicians sing openly about who they love, celebrate diverse fashion trends or enjoy drag and gender bending performances in mainstream media, we are seeing her influence in real time.
Her husband told a court she was too strong to be a wife. The judge agreed and stripped Wangari Maathai of everything, her family, her job, her home.
She looked around and noticed women walking miles every single day just to collect firewood. So she handed them seeds instead. The government responded with arrests, beatings, and a padlocked office door.
30,000 women trained. 51 million trees planted across Kenya. Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. They handed her destruction. She turned it into an entire forest.
At the end of the day you can still have your own hcs, dont let stuff discourage you from whatever makes you happy
But also do not harass the staff for their canon sexualities. Lets just have fun
A professor in the U.S. was suspended for mentioning Palestinians, just days after Hasan Piker was barred from the UK for condemning a genocide.
Your rights are being stripped away in service of Israel’s impunity.
I used to baby sit and one time this boomer couple asked me my hourly rate and I told them $15 an hour and they told me they were thinking closer to $6
I had to hold my tongue because wtf, I told them I couldn't do it that low and the wife starts going off on me "You're the 3rd babysitter to turn us down, kids these days are so spoiled and entitled, expecting to be paid extortionate rates for such low skill work"
Boomers need to go.
my friend was violently sexually assaulted last night at work in front of a crowd of people and NOT ONE PERSON, including her large male coworker and even larger male boss, both of whom she thought were friends, did a damn thing. but tell me again how men are "protectors".
Vox is gonna be sedated as shit next season and when people ask him abt his crashout he's just gonna say "My therapist told me not to talk about thaaaaat"
@huskerfelidae I be feeling so welcome as a transmasc hazbin fan merch creator and then BAM. one slip up/mistake on a stupid card leaves me feeling entirely ostrasized from the community this shit is rediculous
Two things can be true at once. It is no secret that people are kept poor to encourage them to join the US military, at the same time, said individuals have the moral responsibility of finding a different way instead of supporting imperialism. There is no excuse for joining.
Well, we finally figured this out. My mom lives in a quadraplex apartment and they've been renovating the building as people moved out these last few years and every time they renovated an apartment they consolidated the power onto her unit, hence it basically quadrupling over the years. We found out because my sister walked around trying to find the meters and could only find one and then talking to the neighbors and finding out electric was included in their rent. My sister is taking point on talking to the landlord for now to get reimbursed but since that's probably going nowhere it looks like we're getting the utility company and a lawyer involved about theft of services.
This is what's happening to the children the people in Palestine/Lebanon but it's being ignored. We worry about who's getting the next F*cking vote just to still f*ck us over. Please everyone remember 🎩 is about to Join our US military who you think the next targets primed to be
"You don't get freedom peacefully. Anyone who is depriving you of freedom isn't deserving of a peaceful approach." —Malcolm X
These words that still resonate today.