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carmenolivia:

Ella Fitzgerald & Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe fans probably know this story, but for those of you that don’t:

Marilyn was a big supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. Ella Fitzgerald was one of Marilyn’s idols and a major inspiration.  However, the Mocambo nightclub in West Hollywood, the most popular dance spot at the time, refused to let Ella perform there because she was black. Outraged, Marilyn told the owners that if they would let Ella perform, she would be there in the front row, every time Ella was onstage. She did, and the two became friends.

According to the great Ella Fitzgerald:

“I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt; it was because of her that I played the Mocambo, a very popular nightclub in the ’50s. She personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him - and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status - that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman - a little ahead of her time. And she didn’t know it.”

Awesome.

sofapizza:

fujiidom:

Louis C.K.’s Hilarious, (2010)

best ever

Haha

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misswallflower:

karmahasutra:

Yes. Those babies are lying on concrete.

Yes. That bottle is empty.

Yes. Those are mosquitos swarming their little bodies.

Yes. This is the condition of Pakistan, at the moment.

A couple of weeks have gone by since the floods in Pakistan have flowed and the number of people effected by this are staggering & record breaking.

Over 20 MILLION PEOPLE.

That is MORE THAN THE COMBINED TOTAL of the 2004 Tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the American Katrina disaster.

How many of you knew about this? It’s a shame at the extreme lack of coverage on this horrific disaster. Pakistan is getting MINIMAL help.

Ignorance never ends, a recent poll was taken in America on whether if they would donate or have donated to Pakistan or not. 67% DO NOT wish or want to help Pakistan. 67%.

And as for the donations that are being sent… 60% of aid needed now, has not been delivered. Who has them & why haven’t they reached the public?

I was born in Karachi, Pakistan. My city is located in the south region of Pakistan (Sindh province). I can not fathom the words….The amount of hurt I am feeling.

No one is helping.

I try to blog about it daily…only getting a few notes or so..I post a picture of myself and income the notes and comments. What I’m trying to say is, Please…take note of this. These people are innocent and now they are homeless and sick. Children are dying quickly due to the lack of care. People have drowned, crops are ruined..animals are dead, & homes are gone. It is being speculated that my city will eventually drown since it’s already low. The floods haven’t hurt my region yet but they have affected my friends & families home and so many other innocent people.

This picture breaks my heart..I want you all to look at this picture. What do you see?

Do you see terrorists? Do you see future killers? Do you see another plot against America? Do you see that in those mosquitoes that can possibly and most likely have left diseases such as malaria? Do you see harm in that empty bottle?

Extremists are the ones to blame, not Muslims. Why should we be left hopeless? We didn’t do anything.

And as for the Qu’ran burning this weekend in Florida, I believe….

The thought of that night makes me cry. Do you all understand the severity and ignorance of that act? Why isn’t anyone stopping them? My religion, my faith didn’t hurt you. EXTREMISTS DID. They are NOT religious. My faith is NOT a cult.

I don’t know what to do. I honestly don’t know. I’ve never felt this helpless. No one is helping, no one cares. Fuck neither do my own best friends know much about this.

Just look at this picture and think about what you’ve just read.

Help. Please.

If you can…I’m not asking for a shitload of cash. But please, try to donate. Donating to UNICEF will send aid to children. Donate to the Red Cross & the UN Foundation. I trust the most in these three foundations, they’ve actually managed to send and successfully help the victims. 

One-fifth of the country is under water; 20 million+ people are homeless. All I ask if for you to help a little and spread awareness.

reblog and spread the word.

reblog..

Reblog. Please.

Begging you all, please reblog </3 :’(

Please Reblog.

Reblog. seriously.

Here is FYFT good post for the year..

god bless all the effected….
i just don’t even know what to say.

this is just heartbreaking

Reblog every time.

This deserves a lot more notes than it has.

Help them.

Please.

20 are dead in Queensland floods. Meanwhile… ^

It has been amazing being here, where there is tragedy every day, it’s so common that people don’t even blink at it, let alone cry… meanwhile in my home state tragedy of a different kind is happening. I just can’t help but feel that racism or something is at play when we get so much more upset at white people facing hardship than we do for people of colour in poorer parts of the world.

It is no less tragic that 20 people died in my home state from floods, than it is that 20 people here die due to lack of access to health care.

We gave $20 US of our own money today, to a family with a daughter dying of malaria. The hospital is free. Their child would have died without our intervention because they could not afford to transport her there, buy food for themselves there, or access transport home. They would have taken her home on their borrowed unregistered motorbike to slip into a coma and die because the clinic we are working at couldn’t treat her, all for a lack of $20 to get to the hospital. I don’t even want to imagine what it would be like if these people were affected by natural disaster.

This girl and her family are just an example of what happens every single day in this country. I just can’t imagine what it is like in Pakistan now, after their floods.

Of course I feel for my friends and family in my home state too. Ugh, too much awfulness.

Don’t think for a second that Pakistan isn’t suffering under the weight of Islamophobic bigotry spouted by the mass media in the West since 9/11. Pakistan is an Islamic Republic, one which is equipped with nuclear weapons and which unintentionally harbours ‘terrorists’ that escape from Afghanistan across their borders. The borders are, after all, barely more than lines drawn in the dust in the mountains between the countries.

Don’t think for a second that 67% apathy to a crisis is to be expected, nor that the response has been anything like that for the Tsunami of 2004 or even the Haiti earthquake of 2010.

There is something seriously wrong when the response is not proportionate to the disaster. There is something seriously wrong when a country is chosen based on its alignment to Western, Christian ideals. There is something seriously wrong when millions are left to starve because we’ve learnt to associate their country with whatever anti-Western ideals we have been taught.

Horrific

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boyfriendreplacement:

Spinach and Tomato Quiche with Potato Crust…

Recipe

I’m going to try this!

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Love it.

kaitlinpayne:

blurmeaway22:

hahah truth truth

GPOY

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