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![Birthday, Community, and Lesbians: maireddog:
Mark Ashton died on this day, the 11th of February, in 1987.
Mark
was born on the 19th of May, 1960 in Oldham, but grew up in Portrush, Northern Ireland. He moved to London in 1978, where he worked in
a bar in King’s Cross, in drag as a barmaid with a blonde beehive.
In
the 1980s, he volunteered for London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard,
campaigned for CND and joined the Communist Party, becoming the first gay secretary of the Young Communist League. Though Mark transformed the Party’s approach to LGBT rights, he and Mike Jackson, who he’d met through Switchboard, wanted to be active as openly gay people. They formed
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) when they collected donations for miners on strike at 1984 Gay Pride.
In the evening of 1984 Pride, a miner spoke at a rally, and they were struck by the similarities between the two struggle, of LGBT rights and the Miners’ Strike. Having collected about £150, they advertised a meeting in Capital Gay. 11 people turned up and from the meeting they made a leaflet to launch LGSM - the leaflet was accepted except with an amendment to ‘one in ten miners is gay.’
As LGSM, they supported the miners as lesbian and gay people. At the second meeting, they decided to focus on one community, of the Dulais Valley, as one of the members, Hugh Williams, was from there. They then met David (Dai) Donovan, who also had thought through the similarities of their struggles and how LGSM could help. A month later, 27 lesbians and gay men, arrived at Onllwyn village in Dulais Valley.
Other than some hostility (and confusion towards vegetarianism), they experienced warmth, friendship and solidarity. LGSM raised £20,000 for families of miners on strike, and based on The Sun writing that “a group of perverts” were “supporting the pits,” they organised the Pits and Perverts concert in December, 1984, headlined by Bronski Beat. The miners marched with LGSM at Gay Pride in 1985.
Mark was admitted to hospital on 30th January, 1987, and died 12 days later from pneumonia, aged 26. At his memorial, there were banners from the Communist Party, Anti-Apartheid, anti-nuclear, Caribbean and community groups, as well as from LGSM. The Mark Ashton Trust was created to support individuals
diagnosed with Aids; Mark is also remembered on the UK Aids Memorial
Quilt and by Terrence Higgins Trust, with the Mark Ashton Red Ribbon
Fund and a plaque at their London headquarters. In 2017, on what would have been his 57th birthday, he was honoured with a blue
plaque above Gay’s The Word bookshop.
[Images: 1. Mark Ashton at Gay Pride 1981. 2. Mark Ashton at Gay
Pride
1985, wearing a LGSM t-shirt and holding a pink “Communist Party” banner
with the words “pinko commie queers.” 3. Blue plaque reading: “Lesbians
and Gays Support the Miners. Mark Ashton 1960-1987. Political and
Community Activist. LGSM met at Gay’s the Word bookship on this site
1984/5.”]](https://pics.me.me/thumb_maireddog-mark-ashton-died-on-this-day-the-11th-of-42056555.png)
Meme, Too Much, and Captioned: GRINDS MY GEARS
MY
GEARS
WHEN THEİBOTTOMITEKTONISOMEMEMES GETS REALLY SMALLDUE
TO THE STUPID PERSON WHO CAPTIONED THE MEME NOT KNOWING
THAT WHEN THEY TYPE TOO MUCH DOWN HERE THAT THE FONT SIzE
HAS TO DECREASE TO FIT ALL OF THE WORDS ON TO THE PICTURE
imaur
Also when you cant think of a decent title
Also when you cant think of a decent title
Fall, Love, and Target: "I always think of you before I fall
asleep. The words you said, the way
you looked. The things we laughed
about, the silent moments we shared
And when I dream, I'll dream of you.
Because it's about you, it's always
about you.
remanence-of-love:
It’s always about you…
remanence-of-love: It’s always about you…
![Fall, Fucking, and Shakespeare: with his toga and let himself fall.' Suet-
onius adds that, according to some reports,
he said in Greek: 'Kai su, teknon' (which
Shakespeare turned into the Latin Et tu,
Brute?). It literally means 'You too, child,'
but what Caesar may have intended by the
words isn't clear. Tempest cites 'an import-
ant article' by James Russell (1980) 'that
has often been overlooked'. Russell points
out that the words kai su often appear on
curse tablets, and suggests that Caesar's
putative last words were not 'the emotion-
al parting declaration of a betrayed man to
one he had treated like a son' but more
along the lines of See you in hell, punk.
pomrania:
narramin:
what a fucking power move
[Image description: photo of some text (source not given) about Caesar’s last words. Transcription follows.]
Suetonius adds that, according to some reports, he said in Greek: “Kai su, teknon” (which Shakespeare turned into the Latin “Et tu Brute?”). It literally means “You too, child,” but what Caesar may have intended by the words isn’t clear. Tempest cites “an important article” by James Russell (1980) “that has often been overlooked”. Russell points out that the words kai su often appear on curse tablets, and suggests that Caesar’s putative last words were not “the emotional parting declaration of a betrayed man to one he had treated like a son” but more along the lines of “See you in hell, punk.”
[End description.]](https://pics.me.me/thumb_with-his-toga-and-let-himself-fall-suet-onius-adds-41975630.png)
![Fall, Fucking, and Shakespeare: with his toga and let himself fall.' Suet-
onius adds that, according to some reports,
he said in Greek: 'Kai su, teknon' (which
Shakespeare turned into the Latin Et tu,
Brute?). It literally means 'You too, child,'
but what Caesar may have intended by the
words isn't clear. Tempest cites 'an import-
ant article' by James Russell (1980) 'that
has often been overlooked'. Russell points
out that the words kai su often appear on
curse tablets, and suggests that Caesar's
putative last words were not 'the emotion-
al parting declaration of a betrayed man to
one he had treated like a son' but more
along the lines of See you in hell, punk.
pomrania:
narramin:
what a fucking power move
[Image description: photo of some text (source not given) about Caesar’s last words. Transcription follows.]
Suetonius adds that, according to some reports, he said in Greek: “Kai su, teknon” (which Shakespeare turned into the Latin “Et tu Brute?”). It literally means “You too, child,” but what Caesar may have intended by the words isn’t clear. Tempest cites “an important article” by James Russell (1980) “that has often been overlooked”. Russell points out that the words kai su often appear on curse tablets, and suggests that Caesar’s putative last words were not “the emotional parting declaration of a betrayed man to one he had treated like a son” but more along the lines of “See you in hell, punk.”
[End description.]](https://pics.me.me/thumb_with-his-toga-and-let-himself-fall-suet-onius-adds-42014759.png)
United, Page, and United States: sophaea
ou ever really focused on the words
United States? The United States is a union
of States, the several States joined together, the
ave
States united
sassafrasjungle
#the poison#the poison for ķuzco#the poison
chosen especially to kill kuzco#kuzco's
Olson#that poison
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Me trying to reach the essays page requirment
Me trying to reach the essays page requirment
Emoji, Internet, and Tumblr: ceaudia stell-tr 0 @ClaudiaStellar Mar 30
"Chinese feminists found a way around [#MeToo tj censoring-they began
using #RiceBunny in its place along with the rice bowl & bunny face emoji. When
spoken aloud the words for 'rice bunny' are pronounced 'mi tu,' a homophone
that cleverly evades detection."
How Feminists in China Are Using Emoji to Avoid Censorship
There are other ways to write #MeToo.
wired.com
kaible:
brucesterling:
Rice Bunny
Chinese internet users are in a class of their own in using wordplay to get around internet censorship
kaible: brucesterling: Rice Bunny Chinese internet users are in a class of their own in using wordplay to get around internet censorship
Target, Tumblr, and Blog: ou ever really focused on the words
United States? The United States is a union
of States, the several States joined together, the
ave y
States united.
sassafrasjungle:
#the poison#the poison for kuzco#the poison chosen especially to kill kuzco#kuzco’s poison#that poison
sassafrasjungle: #the poison#the poison for kuzco#the poison chosen especially to kill kuzco#kuzco’s poison#that poison
Emoji, Internet, and Target: ceaudia stell-tr 0 @ClaudiaStellar Mar 30
"Chinese feminists found a way around [#MeToo tj censoring-they began
using #RiceBunny in its place along with the rice bowl & bunny face emoji. When
spoken aloud the words for 'rice bunny' are pronounced 'mi tu,' a homophone
that cleverly evades detection."
How Feminists in China Are Using Emoji to Avoid Censorship
There are other ways to write #MeToo.
wired.com
kaible:
brucesterling:
Rice Bunny
Chinese internet users are in a class of their own in using wordplay to get around internet censorship
kaible: brucesterling: Rice Bunny Chinese internet users are in a class of their own in using wordplay to get around internet censorship
Http, Word, and Baby: ah, our baby is
saying his first
word
woo
woof woof
HE KNOWS ALL
woo THE WORDS!!
woof s
woof
Smol doggos first words via /r/wholesomememes http://bit.ly/2ETv9Cc
Smol doggos first words via /r/wholesomememes http://bit.ly/2ETv9Cc
Club, Head, and Shoes: Do you know how frustrating it is
n my head before I saý it
to have to translate ev
To have people laugh in my face because
I'm struggling to find the words?
You should try talking in my
shoes for one mile.
think you meant.
know whatimeant to mean
Do you know how smart I am in Spanish
of course you don t.
THE META PICTURE
laughoutloud-club:
Bilingual People Will Know the Struggle
laughoutloud-club: Bilingual People Will Know the Struggle
Dogs, Instagram, and Memes: INSTAGRAM | @lFACTS.DAILY
Dogs are capable of understanding up to
250 words and gestures. The average dog
is as intelligent as a two-year-old child
Several years ago, a dog named Willow became famous when she appeared on several popular television shows. Willow's owner had trained her to “read" as many as 30 different words printed on cardboard cards. Not only could Willow recognize the words on the cards, she could also obey the commands they spelled out! Other people have also reported success in training dogs to “read." While these dogs can't read full sentences and paragraphs like we do, they can learn to recognize the shapes of letters and simple words, as well as what those words mean.
Several years ago, a dog named Willow became famous when she appeared on several popular television shows. Willow's owner had trained her to...
Christmas, Scream, and Black: Betches
@betchesluvthis
betches
I don't mean to brag, but I don't need
Santacon to black out by 3pm and scream
the words to "All I Want For Christmas ls
You"
10:34 AM 7 Dec 2018
I can do it WITHOUT a Santa hat on. For everyone celebrating today, we listed the 6 stages of Santacon — link in bio or betches.co-santacon
I can do it WITHOUT a Santa hat on. For everyone celebrating today, we listed the 6 stages of Santacon — link in bio or betches.co-santacon
