this whole situation is very funny

credit to @cryptvokeeper for the idea!

he is sitting and pondering

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This thread omg

Family doesn’t have to be blood related.

Sometimes family is a righteously angry little girl, her supportive brother, a random stranger with a thirst for chaos and justice, two foreign grandmas, and The Rest Of The Plane.

yasss this makes me happy like nothing else lol

anything that contains the phrase “secret BBC memo reveals” intrigues me automatically ngl but I want you all to know that as far as I can gather, the facts are even better than this headline

which is to say, this was part of an initiative in the early 1970s that not only featured marginalized groups on BBC programming, but made moves towards handing them editorial control – the BBC had to approve proposals, but after that, the station’s role was primarily to provide technical resources, facilities, and copyright handling. (another notable program under this initiative featured Black teachers discussing racism in the school system, and a link to that – plus discussion of the hurdles it faced – can be found here).

the program on trans experience was aired in 1973.

The programme, featuring trans women, began: “Jokes about ‘the operation’ are all that most people know about transexualism [sic]. Tonight’s group discuss their situation in a more serious and comprehensive way, and draw attention to the many difficulties they endure”.

you can watch Open Door: Transex Liberation Group here (as well as other archived LGBTQ programming from BBC). 

1: hell yeah

2: David Attenborough was a childhood hero of mine and i’m glad to see he was always a champ

3: look at these related articles

I WOULD PAY TEN TIMES AS MUCH FOR CHOCOLATE IF IT MEANT REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF SLAVES IN THE WORLD? HOW IS THIS ANY KIND OF PROBLEM. 

good news, you can! the company’s called Tony’s Chocolonely and their entire purpose is to make slave-free chocolate and reform the chocolate industry.

https://tonyschocolonely.com/us/en

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%27s_Chocolonely

Whole Foods carries it. If you don’t want to support an Amazon-owned company, World Market carries it. You can also buy it directly from the company. 

It’s the best chocolate I’ve ever had and it’s 100% slave free. Tony’s Chocolonely works really hard to push for transparency within the chocolate industry and actually has and is following an action plan to eliminate slavery within cocoa production. They’re good people who make good chocolate.

A list of slavery-free chocolate companies:

• Aldi
  
• Aloha Feels Chocolate
  
• Alma Chocolate
  
• Alter Eco Chocolate
  
• Amano Chocolate
  
• Askinoise Chocolate
  
• The Beach Chocolate Factory
  
• Belicious
  
• Black Mountain Chocolate
  
• Cacaoteca
  
• Caribeans Chocolate
  
• Castronovo Chocolate
  
• Charm School Chocolates
  
• Chocolate Cartel
  
• Chocolat Celeste
  
• Chocolate Tree
  
• Chocolate Troubadour
  
• Choconat
  
• Coco Chocolate
  
• Compartes Chocolates
  
• Dandelion Chocolate
  
• Dark Forest Chocolate
  
• Denman Island Chocolate
  
• Divine Chocolate Co.
  
• Eating Evolved
  
• Eat Your Hat
  
• El Ceibo
  
• The Endangered Species
  
• Equal Exchange
  
• Fairafric
  
• Forever Cocoa
  
• Fresco Chocolate
  
• Fruition Chocolate
  
• Gayleen’s Decadence
  
• GEPA Chocolate
  
• Giddy Yo Yo
  
• Grenada Chocolate Company
  
• Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate
  
• Guittard
  
• Habitual Chocolate
  
• Hagensborg Chocolates
  
• Health by Chocolate
  
• Hilo Shark Chocolate
  
• HNINA Gourmet
  
• Honest Artisan Chocolate
  
• Hooray  Tuffles
  
• Ithaca Fine Chocolates
  
• L.A. Burdick Chocolates
  
• La Iguana Chocolate
  
• Lake Champlain Chocolates
  
• La Siembra Cooperative
  
• Lillie Belle Farms
  
• Madecasse
  
• Malagasy
  
• Maverick Chocolate Company
  
• Max Havelaar
  
• Mayan Monkey
  
• Mayordomo
  
• Mia Chocolate
  
• Montezuma’s Chocolates
  
• Nayah Amazon Chocolates
  
• Newman’s Own Organics
  
• Purdy’s Chocolate
  
• Omanahene Cocoa Bean Company
  
• Ombar
  
• OpuLux Fair Trade Chocolate
  
• Original Hawaiian Chocolate
  
• Parliament Chocolate
  
• Montevérgine
  
• Patric Chocolate
  
• Plamil Organic Chocolate
  
• Potomac Chocolate
  
• Pure Lovin’ Chocolate
  
• Rain Republic
  
• Rapunzel Pure Organics
  
• Ritual Chocolate
  
• Samaritan Xocolata
  
• Sappho Chocolates
  
• Seed & Bean Chocolate
  
• Shaman Chocolates
  
• Sibú Chocolate
  
• Solkiki Chocolate
  
• Sweet Earth Chocolates
  
• Sweet Impact Fudge
  
• Sweet Riot
  
• Sun Eaters Organics
  
• Taza Chocolate
  
• Terra Nostra Organic
  
• Terroir Chocolate
  
• TCHO
  
• The Chocolate Wave
  
• Theo Chocolate
  
• The Original Chocolate Bar (Houston, TX)
  
• Tobago Estate Chocolate
  
• TONY’S CHOCOLONELY
  
• Vivani Chocolate
  
• Vosges
  
• Wei of Chocolate
  
• Xocolatl Chocolate
  
• Zotter

Taza chocolate is really good 

This is super important! Slave child labor is used in many many cocoa farms from big name companies like Nestle and Dove. Here is a good link discussing it: http://www.foodispower.org/slavery-chocolate/ .

 And here is an easy score card to see who the worst offenders are/who to avoid most: https://www.greenamerica.org/end-child-labor-cocoa/chocolate-scorecard