madbanshee:

nihilistcommunalism:

ska is good bc its the only kind of music where its acceptable to mosh to a fucking hornline

If you’re not starting a pit at your local jazz lounge then you’re weak and not a real fan

lord-kitschener:

Seeing some absolute fuck nonsense argument breaking loose your dash, but practicing Self Care™ by staying the hell out of it

newtsgeiszler:

badass-bharat-deafmuslim-artista:

endangered-justice-seeker:

Lesbian film Rafiki has shattered box office records in Kenya – after a government ban was lifted for one week only.

The lesbian love story from director Wanuri Kahiu debuted to international acclaim at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, but the film was banned in its home country after state censors took exception to the “homosexual” themes.

It was permitted to screen in the country for exactly one week in September, after a court ordered it should be permitted to meet the requirements for Oscars eligibility.

Under Academy Awards rules, submissions to the Best Foreign Language
Film category “must be first released in the country submitting it… and
be first publicly exhibited for at least seven consecutive days in a
commercial motion picture theater.”

From the first night of the film’s release on September 23, cinemas in Nairobi were surprised by an influx of fans, who queued around the block to snap up tickets and get a chance to see Rafiki.
Extra screenings were rapidly added and promoted by the film’s accounts
on social media, as cinemas struggled to keep up with demand.

The film is now again banned in the country, following the end of the
seven-day exemption – but in a final humiliation for state media
censors, it was revealed that the film dominated the country’s box
office in the period it was released.

Rafiki was the top performing film in Kenya for the week it was unbanned, edging out major Hollywood blockbusters The Nun and Night School.

The film grossed more than $33,000 in its week of release, with more than 6,500 tickets sold.

The start of the film was greeted by raucous applause at screenings,
while the crowds “laughed and booed” at the logo of the Kenya Film
Classification Board—the body that suppressed its release.

The re-imposed ban makes it an offence to even own a copy of the film in the country.

Homosexuality is illegal in Kenya.

I really admire Wanuri Kahiu (the filmmaker) and all the actors in the film who stood by it and fought for the right to show the film in Kenya. Much love and power to them!

bigmysteriousmoon:

bigmysteriousmoon:

combine big mood and same hat for the inexplicably powerful Big Hat

heres cyndi lauper perfectly encapsulating the spirit of Big Hat

elegguas:

Again it disturbs me that people in their early twenties are ashamed of being virgins as though it should be normal and expected for middle schoolers and high schoolers to be fucking lile crazy particularly when those are the most vulnerable amd likely to be taken advantage of by adults. This world’s fixation with sex is disturbing