February 2012
“your silence will not protect you.”
– audre lorde, “the transformation of silence into language and action” in sister outsider: essays and speeches (via barbiehighheels)
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Woman: Can I have birth control?
Government: No.
Woman: I got pregnant because I didn't have birth control and I don't want the fetus. Can I have an abortion?
Government: No.
Woman: I gave birth to my child but since I wasn't expecting it, I can't afford daycare. Can I have help paying for it?
Government: No.
“I think we can all recognize that the “it’s a joke excuse” is the most...”
– Loose Talk: You can take your “just joking” and shove it. (via barbiehighheels)
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“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow...”
– Pablo Neruda (via stellablu)
onlyslightly:
iwillmissthetrainridein:
I hate this notion that slut-shaming is a bad thing. Being a slut is bad. I mean, hey, if you want to sleep with every person you encounter, go right on ahead, but don’t get mad when people look down on you or judge you for it. If you don’t like it, then stop being so sloppy and disgusting.
Hear that, tumblr? People who shame others for their sexual...
“Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so...”
– Sogyal Rinpoche (via heartmindspirit)
“Slut” is how we vilify a woman for exercising her right to say “yes”....”
– (via camgirl98)
cuddlebeans:
Growing up is a pain in the ass but the more you ignore it the more it comes after you. I guess it’s better to just turn around and face it head on.
this.
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You don't actually think a fetus is a human being,...
nessfraserloves:
abaldwin360:
religiousragings:
like-an-echo:
When you hear that a woman gets an abortion, you go nuts about the fetus having rights. You feel sorry for the poor baby. You feel angry because the baby was done injustice. It’s about the baby.
Taking the trigger word here (abortion) out of the equation, it becomes a little more clear what you should think logically.
When...
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scream everything you think, feel and believe, because no one will listen anyhow.
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I kinda hate the, "Online activism isn't real...
whencylonsdream:
Mostly because omg I have learned soooo much just reading things online and conversing with people.
I also think people are much more open about things online and usually don’t sugarcoat BS. Like for example irl if I call out cissexism I’m typically much more passive about it because I don’t want to deal with hostile cis people irl. And while I also don’t want to deal with...
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godspeedtoyou:
i always wake up five minutes before my alarm goes off