January 2012
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Fuck yeah, feminists!: Some useful [white,... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
Some links that may be useful to you folks
White privilege [PDF]:
Peggy McIntosh, Associate Director of the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, describes white privilege as “an invisible package of unearned assets, which I can count on cashing in each day, but about which I was…
And perhaps the best example of all of these privileges is not needing to...
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Fuck yeah, feminists!: “Twilight” as a cautionary... →
Bella is warned by numerous people and events throughout the course of the story that she is actively pursuing her own destruction – but she’s so dependent on Edward and caught up in the idea of the romance that she refuses to see the situation for what it is. Charlie tells her Edward is bad…
I love reading feminist critiques of Twilight because it reminds that somewhere in the world...
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“Society’s wariness toward sex is highlighted by contrasting it with the greater...”
– Nadine Strossen (from ‘Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex and the Fight for Women’s Rights’)
Don't ever hesitate. Reblog this. This should be...
Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696 (UK: Depression Alliance, 0845 123 2320)
Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433 (UK: Samaritans, 08457 90 90 90)
LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255
Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386
Sexuality Support: 1-800-246-7743 (UK: London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard (serves all LGBTQ people), 0300 330 0630)
Eating Disorders Hotline: 1-847-831-3438 (UK: National Centre for Eating Disorders, 01372 469 493)
Rape and Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673 (UK: SupportLine, 01708 765 200)
Grief Support: 1-650-321-5272 (UK: The Bereavement Trust, 0800 435 455)
Runaway: 1-800-843-5200, 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-621-4000 (UK: Homeless UK, 0808 800 70 70)
Exhale: After Abortion Hotline/Pro-Voice: 1-866-4394253 (UK: Marie Stopes, 0845 120 3641)
Crisis Chat Online: www.crisischat.org
Domestic Violence: 1-800-799-7233 (UK: National Domestic Violence Helpline, 0808 2000 247, Broken Rainbow (for same-sex relationships), 020 8359 9507)
Get Connected (puts you in touch with appropriate hotline (UK only)): 0808 808 4994
“I hate how the phrase ‘have some self respect’ is used to shame women who are...”
– Unknown (via grrrlstudies)
TRUTH
“It is impossible to live without failing at something. Unless you live so...”
– J.K. Rowling (submitted by lostinthisdisguise)
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I hate irreversible choices.
I hate wondering “what if?”.
I hate never knowing if I’m doing the right thing.
I hate feeling like no matter what I do I am going to regret it
LGBT Laughs: How I Proposed to Michael: By Gabriel... →
thatirishbastard:
So I’m Gabe. Hi! Michael told me that some people that didn’t come to the Christmas party wanted to know how I proposed. I, Gabriel, the proposer, will tell you myself since Mike didn’t know what was going on the entire day anyway. I know this is going on a couple of…
This is just the sweetest, most beautiful, adorable, wonderful thing!
“I’m obviously flattered anytime somebody says something that heavy like, you...”
– Andrew McMahon (via f0rbrighterdays) i met him three years ago and my hands were shaking and i definitely said something along the lines of “iloveyouyou’remyhero” and he was so nice about it. i love that he recognizes how much his music means to his fans.
Jay Smooth on making pro-choice activism even more... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
Jay Smooth has a few words to say about “Until Abortion Ends,” a site where anti-choicers pledge to give up something they love until abortion becomes illegal all over America. And by “something they love,” it seems they mostly mean “junk food.”
Because nothing says “solidarity with unborn children whom I believe to have souls and full Constitutional rights” like giving...
“But there are moments when one has to choose between living one’s own life,...”
– Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan (via weirdmindwanders)
Fuck Yeah FTMs!: My mom doesn’t help me, she... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
fuckyeahftms:
My mom doesn’t help me, she doesn’t accept me. I don’t know what to do, guys, i’m totally lost. She thinks it’s just a phase, don’t care about anything. I think about suicide all the time, i’m depressed and she says “it’s a phase”. All the time she tries to make me wear girl clothes, she’s ashamed…
If possible, consider sending this person a word or two of...
“Anyone can become angry—that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to...”
– Aristotle (via burnthazel)
“It is ourselves we encounter whenever we invent fictions.”
– The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction, Frank Kermode