March 2012
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“A predicament already present in the politics of sexual social change is brought...”
– “Publicity Traps: Television Talk Shows and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Visibility” by Joshua Gamson
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“Because it’s a story that reminds us of the worst part of humanity. We’re living...”
– Jennifer Lawrence on The Hunger Games (via sharetheturnips)
February 2012
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"I'm Not the Kind of Man Who's Into Looking...
I pulled on some of my favorite socks and went for a long walk this morning, taking a very roundabout way to my first class of the day. I played my favorite band, listened to the muscles of my thighs as I walked, felt the pain in my shoulder from my heavy messenger bag. I let the cold wind grip my jaw and make my eyes water and tried to appreciate its chill instead of shy away from it, as...
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“I don’t want to screw you. I just love you. When did who you want to screw...”
– Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan (via perpetuallybroken)
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You know you're a lit nerd when as soon as you...
Oh lord. If I finish one book, I have to at least finish the first chapter of the next one before I go to sleep at night!!
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“‘Explore,’ Marghe said, surprised. ‘Go places I’d never...”
– Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
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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...
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“Lou Ann hid a smile with her hand.
‘What?’
‘Nothing.’...”
– The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
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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?
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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.
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Kyriarchy in action.
(via transstingray)
Also the study where they had women and men talking in a discussion and when women...
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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!
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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...
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“Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a...”
– Jeanette Winterson (via writingquotes)
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