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littleredridingcat:

the-last-recall:

angryasiangirlsunited:

Was wondering if you could help get the word out about this.

This past weekend, on February 1, a fraternity at Duke University (my alma mater) called Kappa Sigma held an Asian-themed party called Asia Prime. The original invite (screen-capped above) includes the phrases ”Herro Nice Duke Peopre” and “Chank You.” Pictures from the event itself are also above. (More information here; student protest page here.)

Even more frustrating, fraternities at Duke has a history of hosting these sorts of offensive, insulting, marginalizing, dehumanizing themed parties, and a history of offering lame non-apologies for doing so.

Is this shit unbelievable, or is it unbelievable?

To all the privileged assholes I went to school with who told me that racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. were no longer a problem, especially on our college campus: What the hell were you talking about? Are you seeing this? Did we even go to the same school?

Here’s to hoping something will change here and on other college campuses too. In the meantime, please spread the word!

I’m a current Duke student and this morning I went with a group of other students to flyer the campus in protest of Kappa Sigma’s racist party. However, we were met with a coordinated effort to take the pictures down. Some of us had cameras confiscated by campus police and were forced by them to delete pictures. Almost within an hour, our nearly 1200 flyers were torn down.

[9:45 AM]

[11:30 AM - reported gone by 11:00 AM]

This absolutely cannot stand. That’s why this protest is so important. Even on our facebook page, people are telling us to be quiet, to shut up, to keep from bringing this issue and our university to ‘national attention.’ They tell us not to make such a big deal about it, that ‘it is understandable that some might be offended.’ By ripping down our flyers, they’re telling us to mute our voices because they’ll just be silenced anyway.

But we won’t. We won’t back down. This deserves attention and it deserves to be talked about. Duke’s history of demeaning and racist frat parties can’t be swept under the rug just so a school’s reputation can sit falsely pretty and pristine. 

Some tell us to hush up and keep the peace. But this is my campus too, and I’m not about to clip my own vocal cords to keep you comfortable.

To those on tumblr and twitter: tag your posts about this with #racistrager so we can track ‘em! Let your voices be heard.

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From the Protest Against Racist Kappa Sigma Party Page:

If you’re SICK AND TIRED of ASIANS BEING MARGINALIZED, and INFURIATED that RACIAL, SEXUAL, AND SES MINORITIES continue getting stomped on Duke’s campus, then come to the WEST CAMPUS BUS STOP to participate in a protest against Kappa Sigma’s “Asia Prime” party and ALL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST and SILENCING OF Asians at Duke.

***** Be at the West Campus Bus Stop at 1:00 pm sharp for a protest of Kappa Sigma’s repulsive party. *****

DO NOT BE SILENT.

OUR CAMPUS NEEDS TO KNOW.

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2012 party invitation: http://bit.ly/VH6l4m
2011 party invitation: http://bit.ly/VR89o9
History of frat party themes: http://bit.ly/VRPato
Student fliers protesting the party: http://bit.ly/VRMHzd

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Kappa Sigma’s condescending NON APOLOGY: http://bit.ly/YBaIuW

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DSG and The Asian Students Association (ASA) are co-hosting a dialogue TOMORROW in the UCAE for those who want to make their VOICES HEARD: 
http://www.facebook.com/events/125667780938752/?fref=ts

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The Chronicle’s coverage of the controversy: http://bit.ly/WN9C00
Angry Asian Man coverage: http://bit.ly/XmwzDA
Gawker coverage: http://gaw.kr/X0pFrb
Bro Bible coverage: http://bit.ly/12qXIN9

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Black Student Alliance (BSA) support : http://bit.ly/XLatfE
National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) support: http://bit.ly/XLdL2D
Center for Race Relations (CRR) support: http://bit.ly/14QjJVg

signal boosting for great justice

this is too familiar for me to ignore

too much like the mlk party bullshit

this shit needs to come to an end, now

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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xtoxictears:

coolfrikkinbeans:

fuckyeahtattoos:

Treestar from ‘The Land Before Time’ for my mother.

Done by Joe Ortega at Showdown Tattoo in La Puente, CA

Actually love this idea.

:O PERFECT

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cabinporn:

Cabin next to Senja Island, Norway in the Arctic Ocean.

Submitted by Nicolas Schoof.

vixyish:

kaijyuu:

queensquishy:

ms-mochyn:

hipoh:

i actually let out a tiny scream of joy

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Valais Blacknose sheep for those who obsessively need to know what an animal is when they see it certainly not me. Also the babies are pretty cute!

OMG THEY ARE LIKE MUPPET SHEEP

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fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast:

What she also mentioned “This is why Obama shouldn’t take our gun rights away”. And lots of people were agreeing with her. I almost cried

(Source: fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast)

BATMAN: AN ILLUSTRATED EVOLUTION

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ghibli-gifs:

Submitted by centerofmyuniverse

fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast:

A true doctor of history and philosophy, that Tolkien fellow.

cabinporn:

Off-grid log cabin in Sweden handbuilt by Eetu Puurtinen in 2008.

View more of his work here.

fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast:

Top: Only need one section of the book for your paper.

Bottom: Get so engrossed that you read all night without working on paper.

It’s just so much more interesting than writing right now!

My Tumblr

sdrake:

ungrammaticality:

nagromthewicked:

mypantsflewoff:

uncleorpheus:

“She makes these like needlework embroideries on set in the tedium of filming”, says MacFadyen, “but they are all: ‘You Are a Cunt’. And she gives them as presents. And it’s Dame Judi Dench. And she is doing this beautifully, intricate, ornate (work). You kind of see the work materializing as the shoot goes on. Like: ‘You Are a Fucking Shit.’ Knightley never received her embroidered cushion from Dench but remarks: “I love that! She gives this fantastic air. She just sits there and she embroiders and you think: ‘Oh, that’s so nice! It’s Judi Dench. It’s so quaint; she’s embroidering a cushion,’ and you go: ‘What are you embroidering?’ And (it says): ‘Fuck!’ Apparently she’s got hundreds of them just covered in swear words or rude sayings.”

so can i worship judi dench as a religion yet or something

i want to hang out with judi dench REALLY BAD.

I remember reading somewhere that she played D & D with Vin Diesel on the Chronicles of Riddick Set.

WHAT

Judi Dench is amazing. Can I be her when I grow up?

(Source: pemberley-state-of-mind, via digitaldressformreborn)

cabinporn:

National Forest Service cabin on Denny Creek, WA.

Submitted by Jesse Gallanar

cabinporn:

Alpine cabin on Velika Planina, Slovenia. Photo by Tone Češnovar.

fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast:

Or Queen Maude. Or Isabella of France. Or just about every Queen in history.