February 2012
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“‘Explore,’ Marghe said, surprised. ‘Go places I’d never...”
– Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
Feb 24th
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Reconceptualization
Basically: if one dream doesn’t work out, find a new dream. What I want to do is work with minority populations in a positive way. That’s a pretty big umbrella with which I can do so much. Sometimes things don’t work out, no matter how much we want them. My life is based around passion, not desire. As long as I’m passionate about my work, everything else is secondary. What...
Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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“Lou Ann hid a smile with her hand. ‘What?’ ‘Nothing.’...”
– The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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What I'm (Trying To) Teach Children (#154)
Three year-old girl: What's that on your arm?
Me: It's a tattoo.
Girl: -reaches over and touches my tattoo for a minute- Does it come off?
Me: No, it's permanent. It's gonna be there forever.
Girl: Oh. -pause- Why did you get it?
Me: Because I have a lot of conviction.
Girl: What?
Me: It means... I'm earnestly confident about a lot of things. And that those things are really important to me.
Girl: What?
Me: -laughs a little- I really, really wanted it.
Girl: Oh. Okay. -pause- Can I have a snack?
Feb 20th
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“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– - Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories) I might have reblogged this already but it’s so good I don’t care. (via stfufauxminists) Kyriarchy in action. (via transstingray) Also the study where they had women and men talking in a discussion and when women...
Feb 20th
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Feb 19th
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Feb 19th
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Feb 17th
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aiiim replied to your photo: Currently reading: The Bean Trees by Barbara… Madison….I started that book, that one you wanted me to tell you aboot. LAST NIGHT. It…it is glorious. also I think I am going to cry all the way through it. Wait. WAIT. Which book is this?? I’ve forgotten!
Feb 17th
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Feb 17th
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Feb 15th
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Feb 14th
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“Asexuals are very vulnerable to a certain kind of rape culture — the type where...”
– An Asexual Map for Sex Positive Feminism (via fivetail) This. I am almost certain that I would not have been sexually abused if I hadn’t been asexual. I wouldn’t have been blindsided by the reality of sexual desire like I was, because I would have experienced it myself. I wouldn’t have been told I...
Feb 12th
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“Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a...”
– Jeanette Winterson (via writingquotes)
Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 2nd
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Feb 2nd
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Feb 2nd
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January 2012
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Jan 31st
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“Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood. People assume we loners are...”
– Anneli Rufus  (via aubades)
Jan 31st
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“Most times, when I’m having sex, I’d rather be reading.”
– The Lover’s Dictionary, David Levithan (via asexyquotes)
Jan 31st
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“Love gets so sexualized in our world. We start to feel like there is no love...”
– John Green (on writing Will Grayson, Will Grayson with David Levithan)
Jan 30th
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“Language… has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone....”
– ~Paul Johannes Tillich (via thesearepeopleyouknow)
Jan 27th
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“Human sexuality- as opposed to biological functioning- only comes to exist once...”
– “Symbolic Interactionism and Sexual Conduct: An Emergent Perspective” by Ken Plummer
Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
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“The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.”
– Patricia A. McKillip, The Bell at Sealey Head (via bookaddict24-7)
Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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“In any given society, at any given moment in its history, people become sexual...”
– Human Sexualities by John Gagnon (1940s)
Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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“In my mind I am eloquent; I can climb intricate scaffolds of words to reach the...”
– Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion (via suzywire)
Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
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“I did a lot of research on asexuality for the episode. My original intent was to...”
– House writer Kath Lingenfelter on writing the eighth episode of season nine (“Better Half”), in a Twitter response to AVEN user cleuchtturm. (via lunasspecto)
Jan 24th
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aiiim replied to your post: Motivation: ARE YOU DONE YET?
Jan 23rd
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“I may be on the side of the angels, but don’t think for one second that I am one...”
– Sherlock Holmes (BBC Sherlock 2.3: The Reichenbach Fall)
Jan 23rd
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Motivation:
If I finish all my readings, I get to re-watch The Reichenbach Fall.
Jan 23rd
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“The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence...”
– bell hooks (via likeashowhorse)
Jan 23rd
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“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice:...”
– Paul Auster  (via reading-as-breathing)
Jan 23rd
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Jan 22nd
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Me: Am I free to assemble a protest of peaceful peers?
Government: Only with a permit.
Me: Am I free to travel?
Government: Only with a passport.
Me: Am I free to pursue my own ideas of happiness?
Government: Only within these constraints.
Me: Am I free to start a business?
Government: Only with a license.
Me: Am I free to marry who I wish?
Government: Only with my consent.
Me: Am I free?
Government: I'm legally obligated to say that you are.
Government: Stop asking so many questions.
Jan 20th
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Jan 19th
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OHAI.
Remember me? Now that the semester has begun, I’ll probably be on Tumblr a lot more again. (I SWEAR I’M A GOOD STUDENT.) I missed the insanity, :D
Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 7th
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