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setheverman:

setheverman:

emotions? just throw those right out! we’re having lasagna for breakfast

and? so?

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weathervanes:

so here’s what made me really upset to Rupaul’s behavior at the reunion towards The Vixen and Asia

- he basically corned the Vixen and made it seem like she was responsible for not only the fights she “picked” (like the aquaria x miz cracker drama), but also about the fights she didnt pick, pushing the “you’re the angry one” narrative

- when Vixen tried to explain herself Ru just kept saying that she should keep it quiet and then when the vixen gets quiet and gets like “ok, so i wont respond to it” and walks out, rupauls throws a fucking fit

-When Asia tried to defend, Rupauls constantly interruped her and made it about herself, about her experiences and about howthe vixen should respect her “house” and all that shit (like calm down sugar, is a reunion on a reality show and Vixen ain’t your child, she has the right to walk out)

and that to me is not only messy, is also abusive. Maybe is a harsh word for it but when someone tries to manipulate someone else and create this narrative, blame them for not reacting they way they wanted to and for not bowing their heads, make it about themselves and then get mad when the other person decides to remove themselves from that , it reads like abusive to me . I dont know if its because i have a personal issue with that, but it was painful to watch.

And as the vixen said, that sends a very disturbing message to any poc watching the show bc Rupaul wasnt saying like “there are better ways you could have talked about this” which would be fair, but she said that Vixen should have stayed quiet, so is like “suck it up, buttercup”. Rupaul needs to understand that he is a 55(?) year old man that lived on a different time where he had to “suck it up” and people like The Vixen are “coming to fight” so they dont have to. (not to mention they are two different people so is not her job to act like he thinks she does)

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duanekuiper:

You wanna get a nerd to talk to you? Ask them about their D&D characters

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dabblingindissent:

“Never believe that they are stronger than you. They may be buff and trained to kill. But they don’t have the convictions that the protesters do, like that lone man standing in front of the tanks in Tiananmen Square. Sometimes you can tell that cops don’t quite know why they’re there. They’re paid to be at the protest. Protesters are there of their own volition. That’s what revolution is.”

— Adam Bregman; Preparations for the Next Riot (1993)

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thepioden:

elf-kid2:

confessionsofbirthmothers:

onlyblackgirl:

If you’re adopted internationally into the United States, BY adoption LAWS you’re legally a citizen, but you still have to apply for documentation and if it’s not done by the age of 18 you have to pay over $500 and get a judge to reopen your adoption case. 

Even More Fun Fact: No one actually tells adoptive families, this so many find out after they’re 18 when their kid needs to get a passport, wants to apply for financial aid, get certain jobs, vote or some other shit that requires proof of citizenship and now it’s too late because they’re 18 or over. 

AND EVEN MORE FUN FACT! You can sometimes even be deported because you can be considered foreign-born, non-citizens! 

Oh and they won’t accept adoption papers or a birth certificate as proof. 

Adoption is FUN. 

Do it now! Seriously. Even if you think you are safe. Do it.

Many people are finding that even a birth certificate is not valid proof anymore. Texas birth certificates are notorious. So notorious that I have 3 friends who can’t use them to get passports! Don’t think everything is hunky dory. You must nail down your citizenship.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/filling-out-form-n-600-application-certificate-citizenship.html

Plus the cost for your citizenship certificate is almost doubling this fall.

SIGNAL BOOST.

Some Naturalization/Citizenship Certificate tips from me, the person who front-end processes these forms for half the country: the passport people are absolute garbage at sending your Naturalization Certificate back to you. Unfortunately, they also require it for you to get a passport. If you don’t get it back, whine at them about it and they will probably cover the cost of the replacement.  

Also! It takes up to 12 months to get a replacement certificate. If you urgently need your Natz Cert to visit your dying relative in another country, the word you want to use is ‘Expedite’. Not ‘ASAP’. Not ‘rush’. Expedite. Write a letter explaining why you need it expedited, if you do. Otherwise the USCIS data-entry grunts (me!) aren’t allowed to throw it into the expedite line and it gets relegated to the Backlog Crypts. 

Also! You need to get a new Naturalization Certificate if your name and/or gender legally changes, because a lot of places want your proof of citizenship for things like Social Security and student loans and Medicaid/EBT/welfare benefits and drivers’ licenses. 

ALSO ALSO both the N600 ($600) that you use to apply for your Naturalization Certificate in the first place and N565 ($345) that you use to apply for a replacement certificate are eligible for FEE WAIVERS. It’s called an I912. Learn it, love it, use it. 

Please for your sake make sure you are using the current version of the form. The most common reason I have to reject an N565 is because someone sent me something that expired in 2013. The current one is seven pages long. Please send the government all seven of them. 

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