February 2012
40 posts
5 tags
“Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely...”
– Zora Neale Hurston Via Je suis perdu (via picaresquity)
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“It’s so clever of you, knowing what you want. I’ve no idea what I want. Except...”
– Sebastian, Brideshead Revisited (via unejeunedemoiselle)
“My two kids at home almost lost their mother because someone decided that my...”
– Mikki Kendall, who almost died because an ER doctor refused to perform an abortion that was needed to save her life. (via letterstomycountry)
corrected!
(via chauvinistsushi)
“Long-term monogamy is not for the faint of heart, but for the right person, you...”
– — Ask A Queer Chick, TheHairpin.com
But I know the person I’m with now is the person I want to be with for the rest of my life, and that is worth giving up on every other possibility to focus on this one, this one that is right.
“I’m pretty sure that it’s a human condition to have the desire to expand, to...”
– Chloe Park, 5 Tips to Love Where You’re At Right Now (via thesumofmypartss)
naufragous
(adj) Causing shipwreck.
‘Naufragous’ is Latin in origin: ‘navis,’ ship, plus ‘frango,’ break.
Example:
“It is the most dangerous shipwreck, that this naufragous world can give, the shipwreck of faith.”
- The works of Thomas Adams
from Wordnik.com’s word of the day, 10 February 2012
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The Dame: Ways Gender-Privileged Men Can Challenge... →
meeca:
(This list will be forever in-progress. Please add on as you see fit).
Challenge sexist jokes, such as dumb blonde jokes or jokes about rape.
Avoid using words such as “bitch”, “ho”, “slut.”
Recognize when you “zone out” when women are speaking, when you value a man’s opinion…
“Go after her. Fuck, don’t sit there and wait for her to call, go after her...”
– Harvey Milk (via thatkindofwoman)
“In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed:...”
– John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900)
January 2012
46 posts
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