January 2012
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“Body-shaming is ubiquitous and abhorrent; it happens everywhere, to pretty much...”
– WHAT’S WRONG WITH FAT-SHAMING?
http://www.xojane.com/issues/whats-wrong-fat-shaming
(via angstine)
“She did the Secretary of State job, she was a G, she held it down, she didn’t...”
– Ice-T, on why Hillary Clinton will be the first female president
—The best part about this story is that the Huffington Post decided to explain to us what a “G” is. In case you didn’t know — it’s “the hip-hop term for gangster (a positive thing)”.
(via newsweek)
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New Leonard Cohen album streaming... →
neil-gaiman:
I’ve been streaming the new Leonard Cohen album free from the Guardian site and loving it for days now. It just occurred to me to a) buy it, and b) point the link out to everyone else.
“I love your silences, they are like mine. You are the only being before whom I...”
– Anaïs Nin, Under a Glass Bell (via heymorticia)
First Listen: Ana Tijoux, 'La Bala' : NPR →
After an album dedicated to understanding herself, Tijoux is turning her focus to the world that surrounds her. La Bala, which was released in South America last year and will be available in the U.S. on Jan. 31, comes at an explosive and pivotal time in Chilean politics. Protests, catalyzed by a massive student movement advocating equal access to education, are causing a level of upheaval not...
Mental Illness is NOT
breakingstigmatism:
A weakness
Laziness
Something to be ashamed of
Nonexistent
‘All in your head’
Something to make fun of
Something to be ignored
A reason to dislike someone
A reason to judge someone
A result of a persons’ shortcomings
Simple
A persons’ selfishness
Impossible to overcome
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“[It’s said it takes seven years
to grow completely new skin cells.]
To...”
– Brett Elizabeth Jenkins, December 21st, 2002 (via holdonmagnolia)
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If you're vegan and you are telling other people...
a-bayani:leahxvx:andrewxvx:leahxvx:
~*~*~*~*~veganism isn’t accessible to everyone for a lot of reasons, so sfu *~**~*~*~*~*~**
~*~*~yay classism~*~*~
*~*~~ yay thinking you know better than someone else how to best take care of themselves/what that person can afford ~*~*~*
Why I agree and disagree with this. I you’re telling people they are “doing it wrong” by vilifying them and not...
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Thoughts on menstruation supplies
kichik:pirateskates:instrumentalsftw:lesbo-a-gogo:bubonickitten:
I refuse to call them ~*feminine hygiene*~ supplies.
Anyway… why are the boxes all dainty and soft? It’s all pastel pink, pastel blue, flowers, etc. Don’t get me wrong, I like pastels and soft colours, but I think there’s a lot of untapped potential here.
Think about it. I bleed for days on end. Without dying. That’s pretty...
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“No I’m not gay,
No I’m not straight,
And I’m sure as hell not bisexual,...”
– Andrea Gibson, Andrew (via keepmysecrets-hopetodie)
Watchpersistenceanthology:
Flamingo Rampant! Gender Independent Kids Books
Persistence contributor S. Bear Bergman has launched an amazing new project - Flamingo Rampant!, a children’s book series featuring trans characters. You can support this project through Kickstarter. Tell your friends!
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“In a development typical of Arizona, the students who walked out on Thursday,...”
– Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, Arizona’s ‘banned’ Mexican American books
This is what racism looks like.
(via mohandasgandhi)Oh God, this makes me sick. (via holatierra)
