February 2012
“And, yet, I ask again: what is so radical and controversial about believing that...”
– What is so ‘radical’ about being radical? (via satifice)
“Sometimes the one who is running from the Life/Death/Life nature insists on...”
– Clarissa Pinkola Estes (via girlinboyclothes)
Ugg… what happened to my stolen copy of this book? I can’t find it. :(
(via poemsofthedead)
“Life is purposeless. Don’t be shocked. The whole idea of purpose is wrong — it...”
– Osho (via nirvikalpa)
Osho, always so soothing for the soul.
(via dreams-from-my-father)
wow
(via theafrosistuh)
Octavia. Fucking. Brought. It.
Margaret Cho fires back at Karl Lagerfield! →
tessmunster:
“When you say we are fat, you murder our grace, and we’ve already lost so much to begin with. We’ve already lost everything, except weight. That we gain steadily, along with self hatred, and all you are doing is adding to our burden, pressing down on the scale with the long toe of your fine, elegantly tassled loafer. We don’t have millions of dollars to perforate our fat with...
“I like to think of myself as belonging to the tribe of the powerless. I was born...”
– The Dress Doesn’t Make The Priest - The Rumpus.net
Melissa Chadburn remains amazing.
(via champagnecandy)
“It seems to me that almost all our sadnesses are moments of tension, which we...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke (via creativedreadhead)
Today in things that made me rage-face, this... →
“The aftermath of that trauma could be seen in their brain scans, whether or not...”
– Maia Szalavitz, “How Child Abuse Primes the Brain for Future Mental Illness”
Yep.
(via unknowablewoman)
relevant to my job (depressingly)
(via isabelthespy)
“My opinion is”
– a white guy (via catbawse)
100 year old sex worker still going strong
latinosexuality:
here’s a story i really dig.
read in full about the life of Doris Borg.
“Back in my days they used bayer aspirin for contraceptives. The gals put it...”
– Foster Friess, Santorum Super PAC Backer - Buzzfeed (via brooklynmutt)
“I may at some point be moved to explain biology to my colleagues.”
– Nancy Pelosi (via ramou)
Democratic Women Walk Out of "Freedom of Religion"... →
cherrispryteaintsobrite:
Democratic Representatives Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District of Columbia and Carolyn Maloney of New York have walked out of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, titled, “Lines Crossed: Separation of Church and State: Has the Obama Administration Trampled on Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Conscience?”
Speaking to reporters outside the hearing...
Watch14kgoldnyc:
redhead-monster:
Okay, forget everything I have ever complained about or told you to do, politically. Forget if you don’t read political posts. Stop. WATCH/READ THIS RIGHT NOW.
For those of you who for some reason cannot or do not want to watch the video, allow me to summarize. Right now there is a law that has passed the Virginia legislature that would mandate a trans-vaginal...
“On a somewhat serious note today because of a conversation the other day:
I...”
– You Didn’t Thank Me For Punching You in the Face « Views from the Couch (via golden-notebook)
“I feel like talking always brings us closer to understanding, rather than...”
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Melissa Harris-Perry, professor of political science at Tulane University on talking about racism
(via thesporkreport)
Exactly why I care so much about bringing all sorts of shit up about racism, misogyny, rape culture, heterosexism, ableism, etc.
(via she-hulk-smash)
“It is my opinion that the combat exclusion policy actually increases the risk of...”
– Former Army Sergeant Kayla Williams dropped a lot of wisdom in an NPR interview earlier this week. You should go read/listen to what she had to say. (via thepoliticalnotebook)
“Who is wise? The one who learns from every person… Who is brave? The one who...”
– Talmud – Avot 4:1 (via crankyskirt)
“What if I forgave myself? I thought. What if I forgave myself even though I’d...”
– Into the Wild with Dear Sugar, aka Cheryl Strayed :: Books :: Reviews :: Paste
relevant to every conversation about allowing ourselves to be fucked up, lately.
(via champagnecandy)