February 2012
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“Why is it accepted that some people who eat a ton of food can stay thin, but not...”
– Some Things I Don’t Understand « Dances With Fat (via sixtyforty)
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Heterosexism is disappearing? →
clarityandchaos:
(What I’m about to say might be totally wrong. Plus, I’m really privileged as a cis-male in a heterosexual relationship headed for marriage. So I appreciate your input.. Also a content note: heterosexist/ableist slurs are mentioned in this text.)
Apparently homophobia is disappearing in the UK, claims sociologist Mark McCormack in an interview with Salon. To be more...
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“You are blessed with strengths. When explored and nurtured, they can be used to...”
– Owning Your Amazing: 12 Rules for Inner Confidence
This week: Concentrate on Strengths.
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Practicing Positivity
[[Each week I am taking time to focus on one of the 12 points from Molly Mahar’s article Owning Your Amazing: 12 Rules for Inner Confidence.
This last week was Practicing Positivity.]]
Considering I haven’t had any huge hurdles to leap through recently, I mostly practice positivity in the form of gratitude and satisfaction. In a culture/world that needs us to always want, want,...
“I’ll go to Coachella dressed as Pocahontas as long as I meet up with John...”
– Jennifer Jewels (via jenniferjewels)
How about you fucking don’t?
(via quelola) I seriously don’t understand how people don’t get how racist the things they do and say are. Is it not simple to see that dressing up as a character that tokenizes/stands in for the image of all First...
“Rape culture is telling girls and women to be careful about what you wear, how...”
– I might just copy and paste this so I can have this perfect answer ready when people say things like “but how does this “rape culture” actually affect women?” (via holdmecloser-tonydanza)
This. THIS. Read it. Now read it again. Now the next time you victim-blame, or rag on women for any of the...
