February 2012
126 posts
Feelings
Ugh. Go away for a little bit. Come back in a few hours. Please and thank you :)
Indian High Court Rules That the Decision to Abort... →
somepolitics:
In a significant decision, the Punjab and Haryana High Court last week ruled that the right to abort a pregnancy in a marriage rests with the wife and not husband.
“A woman is not a machine in which raw material is put and a finished product comes out. She should be mentally prepared to conceive, continue the same and give birth to a child. The unwanted pregnancy would naturally...
“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– - Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories) (via stfufauxminists) (via transstingray)
Also the study where they had women and men talking in a discussion and when women spoke around 30% of the time, men perceived them as dominating the discussion. They didn’t...
I don’t like this lost and detached feeling.
“You are born of sex. Your every body cell is a sex cell, all your energy is sex...”
– Osho (via vaginastuff)
“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of...”
– Maya Angelou (via xxxi-i-mcmxcii)
How do I keep myself positive? How do I make sure that I keep on track?
I really can’t even begin to explain what is going on.
I feel like…there’s a part of me stuck within myself. And I don’t even know how to reach it. I don’t know what to do to get it out.
I love myself. I do. I don’t do a good job of showing it though.
I feel like…I need a LOT of...
I never got around to sorting out the things that I needed to sort out. So I fear that my head will be clouded as I go through the upcoming school week.
What oppression looks like:
agirlcalledhome:
For the oppressed:
you are expected to be familiar with and abide by the rules and customs of your oppressors, regardless of how this harms you or your culture
crimes committed against your community go unnoticed by the mainstream culture; crimes committed by members of your community are punished abnormally harshly
you are forced to walk on eggshells around your oppressors,...
Last Night
I learned that my state, Maryland, has passed a bill in support of gay marriage (it now has to go through the state senate so it’s not even OFFICIAL, but nonetheless a step in the right direction.) I also learned that I associate myself with someone that is pretty intolerant. I had always known that this person was religious, but never to the extent that they couldn’t see the complete...
Slowly getting back on track. Admittedly not ready for today. I’ll just do my best.
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quicksandftw:
whyyhellolovee:
brisasmith:
Reblog if you see Spongebob and Patrick! (:
Reblog if the first thing you thought was “boobs”…
^^ definitely thought boobs…
Shit I thought it was boobs even after I found out it wasn’t boobs lol
Something weird is going on inside. I just. I have….feelings…or something. I don’t know. I don’t want to acknowledge them. I want to sweep them under a rug. I just…I’m afraid I guess. But at the same time I’m curious. I want to know what they’re about. But I don’t want to face possible negative consequences for following them. I don’t...
“If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, that’s not progress. If you pull it all the way out, that’s not progress. The progress comes from healing the wound that the blow made. They haven’t even begun to pull the knife out. They won’t even admit the knife is there.”
—Malcolm X
