upworthy:

Our mission, now that we have chosen to accept it, is simple: We want to make meaningful things go as crazy-viral as Keyboard Cat (and now you have that song stuck in your head).

We believe that the world would be a better place if more people knew more stuff — not only that gay marriage should be legal or that women should have the right to choose, but that people should probably stop ignoring the TQ part of LGBTQ, that Neil Gaiman gives ridiculously inspirational graduation speeches, how Wall Street managed to get an extra $16 trillion (seriously, what the hell?), and that the word “fat” isn’t really an insult, among other things.

So, really, there’s no better place for us to be than Tumblr.

On this here blog you’ll find some stuff that isn’t on our website, some stuff that is, some stuff we made ourselves, and some stuff you might’ve found for us (we’re big on attribution). It’ll be a hodgepodge, but it’ll all be totally Upworthy.

If you’re still not sure what that will look like, we compiled this handy list of aspirations for you …

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Many of you have perhaps been asking what the HELL I’m talking about when I talk about Upworthy. Well, now you know! We branched out into Tumblr because it legit did not make sense for us not to. I run this blog alongside Editorial Fellow Rebecca, who is freakin’ great. 

So basically, if you’re progressive (and by that I mean you don’t hate women or gay or trans* people or people of color, i.e. you are a social justice advocate on Tumblr), you should follow this blog. It’ll be quality.

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blsq:

queerer:

While we both fall under the queer umbrella, our experiences differ greatly. Perhaps this challenges the idea of a queer umbrella to begin with—do we really have that much in common?

But that’s beside the point.

There are troublesome trends in the gay cis community that should be noted. Here’s a checklist. Gay cis dudes, spot these trends and stop it. To my followers: if you have items to add or I slip up, let me know!

• It is not okay to poke fun at vulvae or describe how much they disgust you. You’re mocking my sexuality by doing so. You’re mocking some trans* folks’ body parts by doing so.

• Being gay does not absolve you of other privileges.

• Speaking of racism, it’s awesome to be feminine. It isn’t awesome to joke about how you are secretly a “sassy black woman” when you are actually a white cis dude. It feeds into stereotypes about women of color.

• Being gay does not mean you may touch my breasts without asking. I am uncomfortable being touched without given permission, and I suspect it may trigger others too.

• Make sure your friends are okay being called sluts, whores, bitches, and so on. Not everybody is comfortable with historically misogynistic terms, however fondly you use them.

• Gay is not the new black. Queer rights are not comparable to the civil rights movement. To make these comparisons implies that racism is over, which is far from true.

I really wish someone had stapled this to my forehead when I first came out. I was a terrible human being. 

(via fatbodypolitics)

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