I am not Mike Brown. I am white. I am middle class. I am female. I am small. I am not considered a threat. When police see me they see someone who looks like them. They see their mothers, their daughters, their sisters, themselves. I am not at risk of being shot by police for existing while black. I am not at risk of being shot while unarmed. I am not at risk of being shot while armed with nothing more than a BB gun. I am not at risk of being shot for reaching for my wallet. I am privileged.
But I am outraged. And if you aren’t outraged, then you aren’t paying attention. This is America in 2014. This is our reality. It’s so easy to get jaded and to ignore these atrocities, to act like this doesn’t affect us. It’s so easy to get apathetic. In the past it was the youth who protested. Where is the rage of the youth? Where is our rage?
Like I said, I am not Mike Brown. But I am outraged.
I wrote this the week after Mike Brown was shot. I naively thought that this case would be different. That Darren Wilson would be punished, at the very least fired or pressured to resign. I thought that public outcry would mean something. I have never been more angry. I have never been more outraged. I wish I could say I were surprised.
(via sailorspacecase)
if you aren’t outraged, then you aren’t paying attention
(via mysweetayngel)
I know how Mark Sheppard is in everything, but can we take a moment to appreciate James Marsters?
Torchwood and Buffy, of course:
But then there is also Warehouse 13 (With Anthony head to boot)
Andromeda
Smallville
Caprica
And let’s not forget Supernatural (with Charisma Carpenter)
Plus Northern Exposure
six styles
Sebastian Stan is all 99 of my problems
It should be clear by now that while, of course, Doyle is our absolute god, we have gone quite a long way away as well – we’ve introduced Sherlock and Mycroft’s parents [for instance], I don’t think they’ve ever been seen in any adaptation – so there are lots of surprises to come.
Mark Gatiss on Sherlock series 4 (x)
Confirmed.
(via waiting-for-garridebs)
or as willietheplaidjacket put it:
