May 2013
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mynameiselly:
Looking up at the night sky, for a moment I wish I believed in the God you believe in,
because then at least I could pray for this to end, be comforted by some idea I read in a book that tells me it’s enough to place it in the hands of someone you can’t even see,
but I don’t believe in the God that you believe in, and clasping my own hands together and mouthing words while ...
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“One failed attempt at a shoe bomb and we all have to take off our shoes at the...”
– John Oliver (via azspot)
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jimgaffigan:
Ladies I hope getting your nails done feels good because not a single man notices you got them done.
maybe
just maybe
women do some things for themselves and not just for men
what a concept
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April 2013
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i think its really gross to say you HATE women who have sexist beliefs and say or do sexist actions when they haven’t been educated bc its a result of institutionalized sexism and like don’t get me wrong i hate when women slut shame and think they’re better bc they’re not as “feminine” as society says is normal but it’s misogynistic to hate all women who...
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“[TW: rape]
First you’re taught to fear a phantom, a man in black, a man with a...”
– The Female Gaze: SO MUCH PRETTY by Cara Hoffman - review Cara Hoffman’s really amazing, really important novel So Much Pretty at The Female Gaze this month. (via sssssophie)
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“Don’t worry about your body.
It isn’t as small as it once was,
But honestly,...”
– For My Mother When She Doesn’t Feel Beautiful (via damp-earth)
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“Social justice movements tend to spring up around issues that most people don’t...”
– A Thought on Social Justice and Being Whiny | Research to be Done (via brute-reason)
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grantaires:
let me fucking tell u a lil something something about the day of silence
when i was in 9th grade i joined my school’s gsa and found out that gay straight alliances dont really do anything at all
it was pretty much just an hour after school where obnoxious gay boys and self righteous straight girls making posters and shit that would eventually be torn down and vandalised the day...
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Transgender woman arrested for wearing sheer top,... →
daggerpen:
Ashley Del Valle is a transgender woman from New York who was arrested in Georgia for indecent exposure after she allegedly showed her breasts, but then was housed in an all-male jail.
I just.
You arrest her because her top is too sheer and shows her nipples, something that is only a crime for women.
And then you jail her as a man.
Fucking fuck.
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Boston Marathon Bombing Fallout: Bangladeshi Man... →
In an incident that echoes the 9/11 backlash in New York City, a Bangladeshi man was assaulted after the Boston Marathon bombings by four men in the Bronx on the mistaken assumption that he was an Arab.
The New York Post reported that 30-year-old Abdullah Faruque, who was born in Bangladesh but grew up in the Bronx, was having dinner at a Bronx restaurant Monday night when three or four...
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“I’m telling my daughter every day, you know you can be president, you know it’s...”
– Beyonce - Speaking in an inspiring new video as part of the Chime for Change campaign, the singer talks about female empowerment and how she is already encouraging her daughter to aim for the top, even though she is only one-year-old. (x)
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The bombing you didnt hear about
voodoo-acid-zombie:
U.S. pilot makes a mistake and drops a bomb on an Afghan wedding, killing 30. This happened today as well.
LINK TO STORY
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“We must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system,...”
– Martin Luther King Jr. (1963)
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