Flavia Isabel (AKA Medusaks)

Texas, the environment, the internet, fashion, immigration, breakfast tacos, irony, pop culture, gchat, Twitter, soccer, faraway places, and being happy.

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    Proposed commencement speaker: Mr. Burns

    Proposed commencement speaker: Mr. Burns

    (via le-kif-kif)

    — 1 day ago with 1659 notes
    Entertainment Weekly: Bruno Mars Says His First #1 Hit Was Rejected Because of His Race →

    nezua:

    rhapsodyincolour:

    Three years ago, Bruno Mars became a worldwide superstar with a string of smash hits.  But before that, he struggled for years to make it, and reveals that one of the barriers to his becoming a pop star was his race.

    Bruno is Puerto Rican, Jewish and Filipino.  In the cover story of the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, he says that when he and his songwriting partners came up with a song called “Nothin’ on You,” Bruno figured it was his ticket to the big time.  But when he brought it to a music industry decision-maker — a guy he won’t name — the reaction shocked him.

    “He goes, ‘Oh man, oh man, what a song,’” recalls Bruno.  But then, he says the guy told him, “You know what kind of white artist we could break with this?  Blond hair, blue eyes, we could make this kid the next thing!”

    “It was just kinda sad,” Bruno tells EW“It was like, ‘Man, what about the kid that played you the song and wrote it and produced it…what about that guy?’”

    That experience, Bruno said, made him feel like a “mutant,” and he says that was his lowest point. “Even with that song in my back pocket to seal the deal, things like that are coming out of people’s mouths. It made me feel like I wasn’t even in the room.”

    Thankfully, the story has a happy ending.  “Nothin’ on You” went on to become a #1 hit for Bruno and rapper B.o.B.  It was nominated for three Grammys, and it launched Bruno on what’s became one of the hottest pop careers of the decade.

    disease of the mind, these people with mouths full of blue eyes

    This is pretty horrendous. On a better note…success is sweet revenge!

    — 2 days ago with 1617 notes
    There Are So Many Wrong Things In This Piece →

    I hate to give this article pageviews…but…y’all should see this. 

    Maybe later this week I’ll feel that motivation to go line by line and pick it apart.

    — 2 days ago
    Listening to Random Access Memories.

    Listening to Random Access Memories.

    — 2 days ago with 2 notes
    #daft punk 
    Got Too Close to The Man

    All these little cocktail parties and polite small-talk…they have a way of doing that. And I got too comfortable.

    Just had a somewhat rude awakening. They were never on our side. They’re so comfortable. They’re so rich. Why would they ever care?

    — 3 days ago with 3 notes
    #power  #oppression  #privilege