❝ Muslims make up just 6% of the population of Europe, and have consistently committed less than 0.5% of the terrorist attacks over the last 5 years. Much is still unknown about the attackers, yet already there has been a widespread consensus that this is the result of Islamic extremism. Today all Muslims in Britain are being blamed for the actions of two men. Particularly shocking was the BBC’s Nick Robinson rushing to say the men were of “Muslim appearance”, and the reporter on ITV news describes it as the “day that Baghdad style violence came to South London.”

The media’s repeated scapegoating of the Muslim population and its continual ‘clash of civilisations’ narrative must be challenged. It is time we recognise and fight against the distorted depictions of Muslims we see every day in the media. When a Muslim murders a white man it is denounced as terrorism and considered worthy of rolling news coverage but when a Muslim is killed in a racist attack, like the one on 75 year-old Mohammed Saleem in Birmingham earlier this month, it is treated as a one-off murder and largely ignored. These blatant double standards are not acceptable. ❞
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tallchips:

 

The Twist | Frightened Rabbit

I need company, I need human heat.


daydreamdenim:

The Trapeze Swinger by Iron & Wine 

One of my absolute favorites.  

A shitty boyfriend I had when I was 18 introduced me to some great artists who I still really love today. This was one of the songs on a long playlist he made for listening to while falling asleep. 


prochoiceireland:

Abortion in Ireland
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popculturebrain:

Leading Men Age, Leading Women Don’t | Vulture

There are more charts if you click through.

I’m so glad this info graphic is going around, because so many people don’t realize how ageism and misogyny play hand in hand and how the sexualization of young girls play into this.

Santoine: This is an important graph I felt you all should see and understand

Nicely done.

I dont know that these graphs represent the sexualisation of girls well, but it certainly demonstrates the removal of women from the film industry who are over a certain age.