Tales of a College Nothing

The name is Flor (as in Flower). Proud Chicana/feminist. I promote body positivity. Happily taken. I'm from sunny southern California. I am a Bio major at Cal State University San Bernardino. I'm currently minoring in Chicano Studies, but biology is sucking my life dry. My aspiration is to some day become a medical doctor in family practice; I'm still light years away from that. Simply, I'm a college nothing.

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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor

 

grav3yardbaby:

the-milk-eyed-mender:

pragnacious:

kkomi:

Team Rocket never gave a shit what kind of clothes they were wearing

Sometimes Jessie dressed like a man

Sometimes James dressed like a woman

Sometimes they were both dressed like men

Or both women

And they were never judged by their appearance

Why can’t we all be like them

James always looks so happy when he gets to wear dresses I love it so fucking much.

im james

I’m Jessie.

locsgirl:

queennubian:

odditiesoflife:

Hooker’s Lips

This rare plant is named Psychotria elata. It is more commonly known as the Flower Lips, Hooker’s Lips or Hot Lips plant. Some people refer to them as Mick Jagger’s lips. The plant forms bright red bracts (specialized leaves) resembling the lips of a woman wearing red lipstick. These plants are found in the tropical rainforests of Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador. Due to deforestation, these spectacular plants have become endangered.

O.O it’s not shopped…this is a thing

W.t.f.

Now even PLANTS have fuller lips than me?!!  Ugh, F these crappy thin-lip genes I got!!!!

These are pretty!!!

Wow! The Academic Advantage really are pieces of shit.

STILL haven’t gotten paid by them, because they’re STILL finding “reasons” to reject my paperwork. DON’T work for these assholes. They are a SCAM! 

(Source: larvitarr)

theysaytheheartisresilient:

So I have been missing home a bit. 

I am having a movie marathon by myself with all these gems.

I wish I had my friends here with me all these friends up here are weird white people.

Sancho: He's bilingual!

Secretary: Bilingual?

Sancho: Simon que yes. He speaks English! Johnny, give us some English. (snaps his fingers)

Johnny: Fuck you!

I don’t know about you. But I think I gave a pretty awesome response to this assignment:

3.  Discuss the use of stereotypes in at least two of this week’s readings.  Do they all function to support a message?  Or are there some unintended messages as well?  Be specific with page references in your explanation.

In the first act of Zoot Suit, there are some significant stereotypes expressed, such as the one on page 29, when the radio informed the audience of the 300 Chicanos who were rounded up by the police and taken into custody. The radio informs those who were victims of robbery, purse snatching and other similar crimes to report to the detention center to possibly identify any subjects. This emphasizes the stereotype that Mexicans steal, and that is why the chances of the public being able to pick out their aggressors in jail are high. Another example of the same stereotype is seen on page 31, when Henry was arrested and Lieutenant Edwards admits that in the past he had mistakenly arrested Henry for stealing a car, when in fact it was Henry’s father’s car that he was driving. These stereotypes help emphasize the fact that Chicanos are constantly racially profiled by authorities and always suspected of doing wrong. The 300 Chicanos were already unjustly arrested, yet they [the police] insist on finding more dirt on them to accumulate to their charges because the stereotype is that Mexicans steal. When Henry was seen driving his father’s car, the officer must have assumed Henry a car thief because he is young, Mexican, and that he couldn’t possibly afford a decent looking car. 
In Luis Valdez’s short play, “Los Vendidos,” the plot consists of one of Ronald Reagan’s secretaries looking for a Mexican looking person/robot to fit into their office, perhaps in order to make an image of themselves and claim to be “multicultural.” So the vendor, Sancho, is showing her the different models of Mexicans he has, each representing different types of common stereotypes perpetuated by society. The story is actually humorous, but it proves a good point, for with each model there was something specific that was not of the Secretary’s liking, and “unable” to meet their [the government’s] standards. First off, there is the farm worker, on page 293, who represented the stereotype of greasy, cheap, and hard-working. His inability to speak Spanish is what made him unqualified in the Secretary’s eyes, much to how it is in real life for migrant workers; their work ethics and eagerness to work at low wages may be convenient for their employers, but in the long run their inability to speak English is what holds them back from upward mobility. The second model, the Pachuco, on page 294, represented the stereotype that Mexicans are violent criminals and that they steal. The only good quality that the secretary saw in him was that he spoke English, but even then she was appalled at the kind of language he used, to which Sancho replied “He learned it from your schools.” This is making an underhanded jab at the American school system giving Chicanos low quality education compared to Anglos. The Revolutionary Mexican model, on page 296,  was not ideal for the secretary as well because he was too cultural/ethnic, which is not wanted in American society. Finally the secretary was “duped” to buy the college educated Mexican American who was cleansed of all his cultural background and assimilated to the American lifestyle. The model then malfunctioned and expressed Chicanismo and the destruction of all white people. As exaggerated as it was, it proved a point in the fact that Chicanos can strive to discard their ethnicity and become part of the melting pot we call America, but they will never fully fit in due to their race/ethnicity; they will always pose a threat to the ideal American society. 
HA!! 

HA!! 

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When the teacher asks you to write notes, and stands right in front of the board:

lolzpicx:

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deafmuslimpunx:

searchingforknowledge:

cynique:

towritelesbiansonherarms:

sad-teeth:

So today Angelina Jolie had double mastectomy, which is the removal of one’s breasts, to prevent Breast cancer. So instead of praising Angelina on her bravery, men on Twitter decided to ridicule her, even calling her stupid for removing her breasts. For those of you on Tumblr that are attacking Feminists about being delusional about sexism against women and misogyny here’s your fucking proof that sexism and misogyny exists. 

Here’s proof that horrible twats exist

hence why so many womyn are afraid of getting mastectomies in the first place. an operation that can virtually wipe out the cancer cells and the potential malignant ones.  

im thoroughly convinced that men h8 womyn and only just objectify them when they’re deem of use. 

men. are not. worth. shit.

I have so many foul, violent thoughts in my mind happening to these losers.

This pisses me off because my mom’s best friend died of breast cancer, and she also had to get a mastectomy. She was so insecure about her body afterwards. Not all men are assholes, but these certainly are and they deserve their scrotum cut off! 

Call me an asshole though, but I just don’t like how the media is making a bigass deal about this. Yes, Angelina did a BRAVE decision, and she should be recognized for it! But where is the same recognition for every other less privileged women who have braved the same thing? Just because she’s a celebrity/thin/white/pretty doesn’t make her the saint of mastectomies! Just saying. 

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owlday: Cuban Screech Owl

owlday:

Cuban Screech Owl

aragingquiet:

It’s funny how white people can cheer for civil disobedience during a fictionalized version of a Paris uprising, but as soon as POC protest around anything happening to them that great ocean of empathy evaporates.