“and then I learned to overarch my back”
“We were discussing homosexuality because of an allusion to it in the book we were reading, and several boys made comments such as, “That’s disgusting.” We got into the debate and eventually a boy admitted that he was terrified/disgusted when he was once sharing a taxi and the other male passenger made a pass at him. The lightbulb went off. “Oh,” I said. “I get it. See, you are afraid, because for the first time in your life you have found yourself a victim of unwanted sexual advances by someone who has the physical ability to use force against you.” The boy nodded and shuddered visibly.“But,” I continued. “As a woman, you learn to live with that from the time you are fourteen, and it never stops. We live with that fear every day of our lives. Every man walking through the parking garage the same time you are is either just a harmless stranger or a potential rapist. Every time.” The girls in the room nodded, agreeing. The boys seemed genuinely shocked. “So think about that the next time you hit on a girl. Maybe, like you in the taxi, she doesn’t actually want you to.” —
Homophobia: The fear that another man will treat you like you treat women. Andrew Sullivan.
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“We’ve all got to remember that we don’t have to justify our emotions logically (to ourselves OR anyone else). If we feel a certain way, there’s a reason and although it doesn’t always make sense, it’s the way we feel and we’ve got to go with that.” — (via stillglamorus)
i know i do
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“In a case in California where a teen girl’s gang rape was videotaped, the defense team called her “trash” and a slut who wanted to make a “porn” video. Never mind that she was unconscious. Never mind that she was raped with a pool cue, a lit cigarette, a can, and a Snapple bottle. Never mind that during the attack, passed out, she urinated on herself. At the end of the first trial, the cause was put on hold because of a hung jury. Now tell me that the slut-baiting doesn’t work. If you don’t fit into the “good girl” standard — or if people can convince others that you don’t — you’re in real trouble. If you’re a stripper, prepare to be disbelieved. If you’re a prostitute, forget it.” — Jessica Valenti, Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters (via her0inchic)
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Hahahaha so true 😂 repost from @shaaanxo 😄
“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” — Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums (via h-o-r-n-g-r-y)
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things i haven’t learned in high school
- how to pay bills
- how to buy a house
- how to buy a car
- how to apply for loans for college
but thank jesus i can graph a polynomial function
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SO THIS GUY IN MY ENGLISH IS DOING A PROJECT FOR BIO WHERE HE GETS A DUCKLING TO IMPRINT ON HIM SO HE JUST CARRIES IT AROUND WITH HIM TO ALL OF HIS CLASSES AND I SWEAR THIS DUCK IS THE MOST WELL BEHAVED FUCKING POULTRY IVE EVER SEEN IT JUST SITS ON HIS DESK QUIETLY AND SOMETIMES HE PUTS IT IN HIS POCKET AND IT JUST SLEEPS LIKE WOW YOU GO DUCKY
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When I was 10, I saw
my first episode of Law & Order, SVU
a woman screamed
and her pretty pink dress ripped
the scene cut to black but then
she sat in a station
hair mussed and mascara running
and she seemed broken
and empty
and that’s when I began to prepare
for the inevitable.
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