1. Aishwarya Rai for Dabboo Ratnani

    I will always crush on her.

  2. She’s fuckin’ adorable.

  3. modelsofcolor: Vipasha Agarwal

    modelsofcolor:

    Vipasha Agarwal

  4. latinagabi: thegoddamazon: oldmanasante: Aisha Tyler just owned all the trolls hating on the fact that she was selected to be a presenter at the Ubisoft E3 press conference. In the form of an open letter. I think I’m more infatuated with this woman than ever before. ==== Dear Gamers I play. I’ve played since I was a little kid.  Since I begged my dad to buy me a Nintendo LCD Donkey Kong, Jr. Since I blew through three weeks’ allowance playing Defender at the laundromat. Since you were a twinge in the left side of your daddy’s underoos. I’ve been a gamer since I made friends with a girl in the 5th grade just to get at her Atari. Since I missed the bus playing Galaga after school. Since I missed the start of Return of the Jedi playing Tempest in the theater lobby. You think you know. You don’t know. I’ve been a gamer since before you could read. Since I aced midterms after staying up all night playing Evil Tetris. Since I became dorm champ at Leisure Suit Larry. Since I double-wielded on Time Crisis 3 at Fuddrucker’s. I was a voice in not one, but two major video game titles. I hosted the Reach Beta tutorial. I was a Gears of War superfan panelist at ComicCon. I hosted the Ubisoft presser at E3 2012. I didn’t do any of it for the money.  For most I got paid next to nothing, and for some, less than that. I did it because I love video games. Because I’ve dreamt since I was a kid of being in one of the games I love. How many games have you done voices for? How many cons have you repped at? Your buddy’s Unreal Tournament garage deathmatch doesn’t count. I go to E3 each year because I love video games. Because new titles still get me high. Because I still love getting swag. Love wearing my gamer pride on my sleeve. People ask me what console I play. Motherfucker, ALL of them. I get invited to E3 because real gamers know I’m a gamer. I don’t do it for the money. I have plenty of money. I don’t do it for the fame. Fuck fame. I do it because I love video games. I don’t give out my gamertag because I don’t want a mess of noob jackholes lining up to assassinate me on XBL.  I don’t give a shit what you think about my gamerscore. I don’t play to prove a point.  I don’t play to be the best. I play because I love it. I play. I’ve been playing my whole life.  I’m not ashamed of it. I don’t apologize for it. It’s who I am. To the core. I’m a gamer. So to all the haters out there who claim I don’t play; To the GAF dicks,  Gamespot trolls,  To every illiterate racist douchebag on Youtube: Flame away. Go nuts. Post every jackass comment your heart desires. I’ll still be playing when your mom’s kicked you out of her basement and you have to sell your old-ass console and get a real job. For now, I say to you respectfully, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, GFYS. And I just fell in love with Aisha Tyler. I mean, she’s the voice of my favorite character in Archer so how could I not? But she’s a gamer and a nerd and she reps it hard. I fucking love her. omg she’s amazing EEEEEE, AISHA TYLER AND/OR LANA KANE, I LOVE YOU.

    latinagabi:

    thegoddamazon:

    oldmanasante:

    Aisha Tyler just owned all the trolls hating on the fact that she was selected to be a presenter at the Ubisoft E3 press conference. In the form of an open letter. I think I’m more infatuated with this woman than ever before.

    ====

    Dear Gamers

    I play.

    I’ve played since I was a little kid. 

    Since I begged my dad to buy me a Nintendo LCD Donkey Kong, Jr.

    Since I blew through three weeks’ allowance playing Defender at the laundromat.

    Since you were a twinge in the left side of your daddy’s underoos.

    I’ve been a gamer since I made friends with a girl in the 5th grade just to get at her Atari.

    Since I missed the bus playing Galaga after school.

    Since I missed the start of Return of the Jedi playing Tempest in the theater lobby.

    You think you know. You don’t know.

    I’ve been a gamer since before you could read.

    Since I aced midterms after staying up all night playing Evil Tetris.

    Since I became dorm champ at Leisure Suit Larry.

    Since I double-wielded on Time Crisis 3 at Fuddrucker’s.

    I was a voice in not one, but two major video game titles.

    I hosted the Reach Beta tutorial.

    I was a Gears of War superfan panelist at ComicCon.

    I hosted the Ubisoft presser at E3 2012.

    I didn’t do any of it for the money. 

    For most I got paid next to nothing, and for some, less than that.

    I did it because I love video games.

    Because I’ve dreamt since I was a kid of being in one of the games I love.

    How many games have you done voices for?

    How many cons have you repped at?

    Your buddy’s Unreal Tournament garage deathmatch doesn’t count.

    I go to E3 each year because I love video games.

    Because new titles still get me high.

    Because I still love getting swag.

    Love wearing my gamer pride on my sleeve.

    People ask me what console I play.

    Motherfucker, ALL of them.

    I get invited to E3 because real gamers know I’m a gamer.

    I don’t do it for the money.

    I have plenty of money.

    I don’t do it for the fame.

    Fuck fame.

    I do it because I love video games.

    I don’t give out my gamertag because I don’t want a mess of noob jackholes lining up

    to assassinate me on XBL. 

    I don’t give a shit what you think about my gamerscore.

    I don’t play to prove a point. 

    I don’t play to be the best.

    I play because I love it.

    I play.

    I’ve been playing my whole life. 

    I’m not ashamed of it.

    I don’t apologize for it.

    It’s who I am.

    To the core.

    I’m a gamer.

    So to all the haters out there who claim I don’t play;

    To the GAF dicks, 

    Gamespot trolls, 

    To every illiterate racist douchebag on Youtube:

    Flame away. Go nuts.

    Post every jackass comment your heart desires.

    I’ll still be playing when your mom’s kicked you out of her basement

    and you have to sell your old-ass console

    and get a real job.

    For now, I say to you respectfully,

    and I mean this from the bottom of my heart,

    GFYS.

    And I just fell in love with Aisha Tyler.

    I mean, she’s the voice of my favorite character in Archer so how could I not?

    But she’s a gamer and a nerd and she reps it hard. I fucking love her.

    omg she’s amazing

    EEEEEE, AISHA TYLER AND/OR LANA KANE, I LOVE YOU.

  6. Building upon what I said last night about vocality of stuntin’.

    We, especially women of color, are always bombarded with reasons why doing so is wrong.

    While other people’s self-esteem, and recognition of attractive qualities are rewarded. They’re given none of the side-eye reserved for us. Their worth is precariously balanced above ours: inverse and dependent on our stunted acceptance of self. It really kills motherfuckers to see a woman of color shirk those mental bonds.

    So fuck all that. Modesty and humility can only take you so far in a world hellbent on destroying our ego.

    On the flipside, this vocality should not mean one disregards all flaws they possess. If you are capable of objectively viewing your flaws alongside your strengths, THAT is confidence .

    If degradation, constant affirmation and others’ insecurity is vital to your living, that’s frankly just shit behavior.

    We are shit on daily but can STILL STUNT EFFORTLESSLY 99.9% OF THE TIME. AIN’T NO ONE CHECKIN’ FOR YOU.

    So get the two right. And get your life.

  7. robertcooper1127:

    A day in Brooklyn….

    Why doesn’t this have 10,000 notes?

  8. I seriously have so many feels right now, all of this women of color pride on my dash.

    Can we march arm in arm, be fabulous and destroy white hegemony together?

    CAN WE?

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