June 8, 2021

Put on your cha-cha heels and watch some good movies

"These 30 movies reflect elements of modern queer (LBGTQ) history—sometimes dramatized, sometimes documentary, and sometimes because the film itself made history." -The hyperbolically titled 30 of the Most Important Queer Movies Ever Made from Lifehacker. [more inside]
posted by hippybear at 9:24 PM PST - 29 comments

They still said no

You Ain't Never Been No Little Girl, Taylor Townsend "America hating fat Black women — it’s just part of life. It’s in the culture. It’s in the health-care system. You see it in Hollywood, you see it in sports. You don’t have to look around very hard." [more inside]
posted by misskaz at 3:19 PM PST - 30 comments

☯️ Benebell Wen is a pseudonym ♎

Taiwanese American tarot author, occult practitioner, deck creator*, and (day gig) intellectual property lawyer Benebell Wen has reviewed dozens of tarot and oracle decks on her blog, including decks by fellow Asian diasporic creators such as Way of the Panda tarot, Morning Calm Oracle, Witchling Academy Tarot and Tarot of the Divine. Check out her suggestions on Asian tarot readers , her critiques of reiki in the West and the tarot certification process, her video on cultural appropriation of spiritual practices, and her comments on cultural alienation at PantheaCon. [more inside]
posted by spamandkimchi at 12:15 PM PST - 14 comments

The Three Kichis

The first western documented1 Japanese to visit Washington State, in 1834, were three ship wrecked sailors. [more inside]
posted by Mitheral at 12:09 PM PST - 25 comments

A Texas Rainbow Cookies Story

Honestly I never thought a post that literally said more love less hate would result in this kind of backlash to a very small business that is struggling to stay afloat and spread a little cheer through baked goods. This story ends with a line around the block! A happy post some of us may need today. [more inside]
posted by Glinn at 6:39 AM PST - 31 comments

Inside the Tax Records of the .001%

ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. [more inside]
posted by infinite intimation at 5:08 AM PST - 146 comments

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