laughterbynight:

blacknoonajade:

karkles-the-adorabloodthirsty:

sonofbaldwin:

I got dressed in my traditional Indian regalia, but there was a man, he was the producer of the whole show. He took that speech away from me and he warned me very sternly. “I’ll give you 60 seconds or less. And if you go over that 60 seconds, I’ll have you arrested. I’ll have you put in handcuffs.”

– Sacheen Littlefeather in Reel Injun (2009), dir. Neil Diamond.

They were MAD, CONFUSED AND PRESSED that Marlon Brando would betray White Supremacy in this way.

To this very day, they are TWISTED over this.

And when Littlefeather got up there and READ THEM FOR FILTH, they GAGGED. For eons.

So I imagine there are people like me out there who’ve never even heard of Marlon Brando and are extremely confused over why this is important.

Marlon Brando was the Don in The Godfather, and in 1973, he was nominated for and won an Academy Award for it. However, he was also a huge Natives rights activist, and boycotted the ceremony because he felt that Hollywood’s depictions of Native Americans in the media led to the Wounded Knee Incident (which I was always taught as “the second massacre at Wounded Knee” but apparently that’s not the real name). He sent Sacheen Littlefeather, an Apache Native rights activist, in his stead. Wikipedia’s article on her explains the rest:

Brando had written a 15-page speech for Littlefeather to give at the ceremony, but when the producer met her backstage he threatened to physically remove her or have her arrested if she spoke on stage for more than 60 seconds.^[5] Her on-stage comments were therefore improvised. She then went backstage and read the entire speech to the press. In his autobiography My Word is My Bond, Roger Moore (who presented the award) claims he took the Oscar home with him and kept it in his possession until it was collected by an armed guard sent by the Academy.

That is what this gifset is about.

You have GOT to read up on this. The Wounded Knee Incident, Marlon Brando and Sacheen Littlefeather, Anna Mae Aquash. ALL OF IT. 

Someone correct me if I’m wrong but she was also threatened with physical harm by actors that were there. I believe John Wayne aka the duke aka Marion Mitchell Morrison, was one of them. Reports said he had to be held back by others backstage.

animatedamerican:

you know, it is not very often that I see a gif and experience this strong a desire to put my hand into it.

severeni:

gahdamnpunk:

PLUS!!:

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Anise, Clove, Oregano, Tea Tree, Wintergreen

Safe for rabbits:
Lavender, lemon, orange, fennel,  eucalyptus and peppermint, all should be diluted with water!

Reblog to save a pet’s life

lodessa:

wheeloffortune-design:

podcastenthusiast:

Not my posts but an interesting thought.

THIS! READ THIS!

This is also true of marginalized/traumatized students in classrooms.   Their acting out and, to be honest, sometimes intentionally setting out to “break” their teachers is a desperate attempt to feel some sort of power/control when they don’t have it in their lives as a whole.   

We (teachers) are still human beings, though.  Understanding motivation doesn’t make actions “ok”.   It just makes them understandable and hopefully gives an insight into how to approach redirecting that impulse.

black-love-unity:

ithelpstodream:

Isiah Lopaz is a black American college-educated artist and writer living in Berlin.

http://himnoir.com

A lot of yall “allies” gonna act like yall never seen this post and keep scrolling cus yall see a shirt that has something you’ve said and still believe

killerchickadee:

You kiddos have no idea how groundbreaking this was. Like there’s a reason THE lesbian website for a billion years was called After Ellen. She changed everything.

steveharringtonbutch:

nixostorme:

What is the heterosexual explanation for this???

None they’re gay

archatlas:

Furniture Styles Through History

Furniture has been a part of the human experience for many thousands of years. Evidence suggests that furniture was used as far back as the Neolithic period and daily life without it is unimaginable. So how has furniture changed through the ages? From the exclusive and luxury furniture of Ancient Egypt, to the functional and streamlined design of the Bauhaus – these animations take you on a fascinating journey through the evolution of furniture design.

Learn more about each design following the source link.

kellyclowers:

“Alex they’re mushrooms” is the new “Harold they’re lesbians”