December 2009
1 tag
gratitude
today i am grateful for:
seaweed salad
miso soup
green tea
family
great big hugs
snoring dogs
fat/happy cats
growing up
growing with someone
realizing new things about someone i love
printing my boarding pass online/not having to stand in line forever
patricia a. mckillip to read on the plane
warm sweaters
challenging myself
trusting myself
custom made clothing
new beginnings
...
My Etsy Shop →
FINALLY got it up & running. once i get back to massachusetts i will start posting more stuff (including my zine, eeee)!
“I think one of the reasons why kids today have quarterlife crises is because...”
– Twenty Something: Instead of traveling, writing and trying to figure out what we want, should we be marrying and having babies? (via robot-heart) (via bmckinney) (via purpleprimate)
Men wed in Malawi's first gay ceremony →
sexismandthecity:
Two Malawian men became the first gay couple to publicly tie the knot, the Nation newspaper reported on Monday, risking arrest in the conservative Southern African state where homosexuality is illegal.
Vegan Corn Tamales →
I have been looking everywhere for good tamale recipes, since they have always been one of my favorite foods…I cannot wait to try this!!
redguard:
Rage Against The Machine — Wake Up
...
Veils and Daggers, a feminist analysis of...
kimclit:
This is an excerpt from a short seminar paper I wrote last quarter as a quick summary of Veils and Daggers by Linda Steet. It’s an awesome book, pick it up if you have the chance.
“Decade after decade, Arabs were locked into predictable Orientalist interpretations as National Geographic, itself veiled and daggered, constructed the Arab world for its millions of readers” (Steet 152)....
Twelve Myths About Direct Action →
bradicalmang:secrets0ciety:
from Animal Liberation Front
Twelve Myths About Direct Action
Direct action - that is, any kind of action that bypasses established political channels to accomplish objectives directly - has a long and rich heritage in North America, extending back to the Boston Tea Party and beyond. Despite this, there are many misunderstandings about it, in part due to the ways...
“All that lives, lives forever. Only the shell, the perishable passes away. The...”
– Bhagavad Gita 2.18
“The beauty and charm of selfless love and service should not die away from the...”
– Amma
Who decided women should shave their legs and...
kimclit:fuckyeahwomynwhodontshave:
Dear Cecil:
Why do women shave their legs and underarms? When did this custom begin? If it’s for hygienic reasons, why don’t men to it too? Is it all a big conspiracy by the razor companies? I’ve heard some European women don’t shave. Please clarify this mystery.
— A., Chicago
Dear A.:
I knew if I procrastinated long enough on this often-asked question...
I get very angry at the hell so many LGBT teens... →
glitterbombing:tiredofbeingignored: ihatethismess:jadedhippy:telegantmess:meloukhia:
Trigger warning—this post contains discussions of suicide and descriptions of acts of violence committed against gay teens
A few months ago a man named Anthony reached out to me to tell me a terrible story. He knew of a teen in upstate New York whose family learned he was gay and threw him out. A few days later...
“Jesus did not say, ‘if I be lifted up I will draw some’.”...”
– Archbishop Desmond Tutu
“What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?...”
– Harlem - Langston Hughes, 1943 (via sexismandthecity)
“Blizzards of paper
in slow motion
drift through her.
In nightmares she...”
– Marge Piercy, Unlearning to not speak. (via sexismandthecity)
How to start your own consciousness-raising group →
sexismandthecity:
Reprinted from a leaflet distributed by The Chicago Women’s Liberation Union (1971)
Teenager Wins Science Fair, Solves Massive... →
dtronics:pathologia:soylentjoe:deadchique:robot-heart-politics:nmac:nolagrrlnyc:hippieflavor:
11th-grader Daniel Burd successfully isolated 2 types of bacteria that will eat plastic grocery bags, allowing the bags to biodegrade in months instead of hundreds of years.
Amazing.
fuck yeah, science!
“Yesterday the Israeli police accused the LGBTQ communities of prematurely...”
– The Alternative Information Center - A Response to the Murders at the Tel Aviv LGBT Center (via clingtomymouth) (via glitterbombing) 