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Nobody ever listens to a teenager. Everybody thinks you should be happy just because you’re young. They don’t see the wars that we fight every single day. And one day, my war will end. And I won’t die. And I will not tolerate abuse from anyone. I am strong.

- Brandy, “Freedom Writers” (via paramarooner)

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6 hours ago on 19 May 2013 at 12:59am 53 notes

I got to meet Erin Gruwell, the woman behind the Freedom Writers.

jewishpolitics:

Awesome woman, very nice. And I’m glad that I got to chat with her, what she did is going far beyond the call of an ordinary teacher. Particularly when you take into account the hostility she received from the other teachers. She took druggies and criminals and gang members and showed them that they could be better. Those kids graduated high school and went on to college and more because of her.

She reinforced my goal of being a teacher.

tags Erin Gruwell Freedom Writers

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6 hours ago on 19 May 2013 at 12:59am 11 notes

doctorsyo:

you know what i find amazing

so in order of the pheonix imelda staunton played an evil teacher who was basically one of the villains

well in freedom writers she did

exactly???

the?? same/?? ?

and they both came out in 2007

order of the pheonix in july and freedom writers in janurary

like wow

tags Freedom Writers Imelda Staunton this is called pigeonholing >.>

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6 hours ago on 19 May 2013 at 12:58am 24 notes

black-skylines:

The Freedom Writers is on!!!! :) someone come and watch it wiff mehh

I watched it at the same time so it’s kinda like I did, right? :p >.>

tags Freedom Writers movies loves

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6 hours ago on 19 May 2013 at 12:57am 4 notes

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I’m lucky if I make it to 18. We’re in a war. We’re graduating everyday we live because we ain’t afraid to die protecting our own. At least when you die for your own, you die with respect. You die a warrior.

- Marcus, Freedom Writers (via robs-24)

tags why I respect this movie Freedom Writers quotes street wars gang life

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6 hours ago on 19 May 2013 at 12:56am 20 notes

tags Freedom Writers abuse bruises quotes domestic violence journal writing

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6 hours ago on 19 May 2013 at 12:55am 162 notes

quidditchfan:

her husband makes me so angry; he’s so unsupportive and… and just…. argh!

“I love you”

“You love the idea of me”

I just

I couldn’t stand him. He acted all supportive when she was still able to act “normally”, but when it started consuming her he just wanted out.

No. You stick with your partner. You make a life commitment. You think about these things ahead of time.

tags Freedom Writers relationships

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6 hours ago on 19 May 2013 at 12:54am 9 notes

sidekick-clecle:

okay Tim is the absolute sassiest dork I have ever seen in any comic ever

just

look

at

this

asshole

HE WILL LITERALLY EVEN SASS HIMSELF

THE GAME IS AFOOT

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tags Alfred Pennyworth Tim Drake DC Batfam sass

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6 hours ago on 19 May 2013 at 12:47am 219 notes

SEND ME TWO SHIPS AND I’LL TELL YOU WHICH ONE I PREFER

Source:aleclightwood

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6 hours ago on 19 May 2013 at 12:42am 50,860 notes

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Yes, false rape accusations happen. Run the protocol anyway. I’ve heard that perhaps the military has the highest number of ‘em. True or not, RUN THE PROTOCOL ANYWAY. Because in 15 years of investigating rape accusations, I can count those that panned out as false on one hand. Meanwhile, the one time I almost skipped the protocol, the one time I almost didn’t believe a petty officer, because I was naive as an investigator and a young woman, because her commanding officer described her as “a party girl, always late, always out drinking, don’t bother with this one”, she turned out to be the victim of one of the most brutal assaults I’ve ever investigated. She shouldn’t have still been -alive-, let alone up and making the accusation. So let me repeat: five false accounts in fifteen years. And one time I almost failed a woman ‘cause of the bullshit way it’s normal to talk about us. Take your shipmates’ word, and then run the protocol. Every. Single. Time.

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- JAG lawyer, speaking to my husband’s plant during Sexual Assault Prevention Month. (via circusbones)

Rape culture means being more worried about a handful of men being accused of a crime and then proven innocent than helping hundreds and hundreds of actual rape victims over the course of 15 years.

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6 hours ago on 19 May 2013 at 12:42am 5,907 notes