November 24, 2011
autoimmunebodytattooedheart: so fucking true. girlfriend and i.

autoimmunebodytattooedheart:

so fucking true.

girlfriend and i.

(via hulksmashinstilettos)

(via theeoneandonlyknutt)

“ You really don’t understand the beauty in death do you? The atoms that make up your body become part of the earth and the universe. You aren’t becoming nothing when you die. You become everything. The purpose of life is to live. Who needs more than that? It is wonderful and it is enough.
babydali  (via floralnymph)

(Source: ignatius-m, via thedame)

canyallreallyfeelme:

listen i know it’s not cool to like thanksgiving but is it possible to enjoy myself WHILE being aware of my privilege?

i think so. i like thanksgiving because it’s time to reflect on the positivity in my life and tell my friends and family and girlfriend etc how much i love them and spend more time with them in that holiday-esque kind of way.

that being said, its history is deeply entrenched in racist awful crap, and i think with that awareness and with the goal of not propagating racist shit, it’s okay to enjoy it. i try to remember history today and honor those wrongly lost. and share that with others so they might also learn the fuckedupness.

but not celebrate the happy pilgrim-native dinner scene.

see also how to be a fan of problematic things.

“ Eve Ensler, I really want to be with you here. I am over years and years of talking about and being exhausted by rape too. But I gotta say: 1) there is no such thing as a global sisterhood of assault survivors. Things like colonialism and internalized oppression (racism, sexism, transphobia, homophobia, etc) make it impossible for people to connect, relate, and ally one another. 2) Sexual assault is a gendered crime, but women are not the only survivors. Focusing only on female survivors erases the experiences of trans and gender non conforming and male survivors of violence. 3) Rape is not the same across the world. I’m not sure you can compare rape as a tactic of war and rape in every developing country to the Herman Cain or Penn State scandals. That diminishes the nuanced ways different histories, cultures, policies, economies, etc construct varying forms of rape cultures. Let’s speak for ourselves and our communities, not for all women of the world. Let’s interrogate oppression without alienating those who don’t identify as women. Let’s work to end rape culture by understanding how every individual, ourselves included, participates in these cultures as well.
My sister (!) responding to this Eve Ensler piece.  (via iamdrtiller)

(Source: stephherold, via fuckyeahfeminists)

savannahbooo: girlinboyclothes: “Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men, we didn’t have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents. Without a prison, there can be no delinquents. We had no locks nor keys and therefore among us there were no thieves.When someone was so poor that he couldn’t afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift. We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property. We didn’t know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being was not determined by his wealth. We had no written laws laid down, no lawyers, no politicians, therefore we were not able to cheat and swindle one another.We were really in bad shape before the white men arrived and I don’t know how to explain how we were able to manage without these fundamental things that (so they tell us) are so necessary for a civilized society.” — John (Fire) Lame Deer, Sioux Lakota, 1903-1976.  i agree wholeheartedly

savannahbooo:

girlinboyclothes:

“Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men, we didn’t have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents. Without a prison, there can be no delinquents. We had no locks nor keys and therefore among us there were no thieves.When someone was so poor that he couldn’t afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift. We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property. We didn’t know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being was not determined by his wealth. We had no written laws laid down, no lawyers, no politicians, therefore we were not able to cheat and swindle one another.We were really in bad shape before the white men arrived and I don’t know how to explain how we were able to manage without these fundamental things that (so they tell us) are so necessary for a civilized society.” — John (Fire) Lame Deer, Sioux Lakota, 1903-1976.

 i agree wholeheartedly

(via thedame)

gqid: dot429 is an “an online and event-driven professional social network” geared toward the LGBTQ community - think of it as a queer LinkedIn. Although sex and gender are not separated in the gender box, I would like to note that they have trans*, intersex, and queer options. Sexual orientation could use some more options - currently available are lesbian, gay, straight, bisexual, and other. At any rate, it is rather refreshing to be able to use queer as a gender option, I’ll keep a look out for what’s going on with dot429 in the future. I’ve got a profile there now as well!: http://dot429.com/profile/marilynroxie

gqid:

dot429 is an “an online and event-driven professional social network” geared toward the LGBTQ community - think of it as a queer LinkedIn. Although sex and gender are not separated in the gender box, I would like to note that they have trans*, intersex, and queer options. Sexual orientation could use some more options - currently available are lesbian, gay, straight, bisexual, and other. At any rate, it is rather refreshing to be able to use queer as a gender option, I’ll keep a look out for what’s going on with dot429 in the future. I’ve got a profile there now as well!: http://dot429.com/profile/marilynroxie