Hypothetical Dystopia

I HAVE THIS DRESS!!! omggggg Does anybody know what brand it...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:40:00 -0400

I HAVE THIS DRESS!!! omggggg

Does anybody know what brand it is? The tag was cut out when I bought it :(

I have an exam tomorrow and I’m pulling a Jon Snow. I know nothing.

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:14:00 -0400

I have an exam tomorrow and I’m pulling a Jon Snow.

I know nothing.

there are two types of people people who think humanity can be reduced to 2 categories and people...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:42:51 -0400

there are two types of people

people who think humanity can be reduced to 2 categories and people who don’t

I CAN SMELL THE FUTURE explanation: i smelled burnt popcorn but no one else could smell it then...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:02:00 -0400

I CAN SMELL THE FUTURE

explanation: i smelled burnt popcorn but no one else could smell it

then someone from another kitchen used our microwave and burned popcorn 2 hours later

i can’t see the future

i can smell it

buzzfeed: Friendly reminder: The weather tomorrow should be...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:21:06 -0400

buzzfeed:

Friendly reminder: The weather tomorrow should be pretty nice.

When did wanting to have one real conversation per day start to mean being clingy?

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:21:42 -0400

When did wanting to have one real conversation per day start to mean being clingy?

Sacrifice means nothing when the cause is worthless

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:55:28 -0400

Sacrifice means nothing when the cause is worthless

"The girl really worth having won’t wait for anybody."

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:03:00 -0400

““The girl really worth having won’t wait for anybody.””

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

I lived by this quote for the past year, but I just realized that I don’t want anyone to have me. I don’t want to be a girl that someone has. I am not to be had.

"And though she be but little, she is fierce."

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:23:00 -0400

“And though she be but little, she is fierce.”

- Shakespeare

"It’s not my job to make you a better man and I don’t give a shit if I’ve made you a better man. It’s..."

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:42:49 -0400

“It’s not my job to make you a better man and I don’t give a shit if I’ve made you a better man. It’s not a fucking woman’s job to be consumed and invaded and spat out so that some fucking man can evolve.”

- Jenny Schecter (via slutevah)

We cannot celebrate death if we seek to value human life.

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:46:00 -0400

We cannot celebrate death if we seek to value human life.

i-need-a-new-heart: I love how we tell girls to respect their body but we don’t tell boys to...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:30:34 -0400

i-need-a-new-heart:

I love how we tell girls to respect their body but we don’t tell boys to respect girls bodies

"Love isn’t necessarily soft, right? Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘Power without love is reckless and..."

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:01:25 -0400

“Love isn’t necessarily soft, right? Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.’ The way that we think about leading with love is through a deep connection to everybody’s fundamental human dignity. There’s a real power in that, and a power in human relationships that are built on respect and recognition of one another’s humanity. Love and anger aren’t opposites, either. Sometimes you have to draw the line and fight, and that’s also about love.”

- Ai-jen Poo, director, National Domestic Workers Alliance. She’s responding to this question:

The idea that domestic workers are “just part of the family” often serves as a justification to deny them basic workplace protections. Is there a tension, when organizing domestic workers, in whether or not to employ sentimental rhetoric that could reinforce the idea that nannies or housekeepers are working out of love for the family?

(via thesmithian)

safercampus: The front of the UNC Tarheel Student Newspaper...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:30:41 -0400

safercampus:

The front of the UNC Tarheel Student Newspaper #SAAM

"Without [legal consent], sexual contact with someone is rape whether you intended to rape or not. A..."

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:01:56 -0400

“

Without [legal consent], sexual contact with someone is rape whether you intended to rape or not. A woman who is drunk, unconscious, sleeping cannot give legal consent. And it’s not about a woman simply saying “no,” it’s really about making certain she’s saying yes.

Jaclyn Friedman author of “Yes Means Yes”, coined the term ‘enthusiastic consent’, which flips the traditional lens with which we view consent on it’s head. She asks, “What if, instead of just the absence of ‘no,’ an enthusiastic ‘yes’ was required as a standard for sexual consent?”

[…] “Consent is actually easy to figure out. You have to ask. It’s your job to ask. It’s not gendered. Women also have the responsibility to ask. And if you can’t tell, ask.”

”

-
5 Ways We Can Teach Men Not To Rape

And if the “yes” you receive is obtained through coercion, and/or is not enthusiastic, that does not count as true consent.

(via justthinkingaboutcatsagain)

"I am an expatriate Kansan…Since moving away I have been asked to account for the assassination of..."

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:31:05 -0400

“I am an expatriate Kansan…Since moving away I have been asked to account for the assassination of Dr. George Tiller, the abolition of the Kansas Arts Commission, and the ongoing nastiness of Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church. The long struggle over the place of evolution in the state education curriculum followed me into my undergraduate years. Recently in the news we have witnessed the political success of the conservative faction of the state Republican Party: a first step toward eliminating the income tax; the privatization of Medicaid; and the introduction of a package of restrictive, even cruel anti-abortion legislation. Meanwhile, the most damaging conservative activity—the gradual dissolution of the state government—has garnered little national attention. The unmaking of the state has accelerated in the two years since Governor Sam Brownback took office, and during this legislative session is being pursued with redoubled fervor. Kansas wasn’t always this way.”

- Ben Merriman

and more.

(via thesmithian)

"Will the new guidance make it harder for writers? Perhaps just a bit at first. But while labels may..."

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:37:43 -0400

“Will the new guidance make it harder for writers? Perhaps just a bit at first. But while labels may be more facile, they are not accurate.”

- The Associated Press’ reasoning (in a nutshell) for officially dropping the term “illegal immigrant” from the AP Stylebook on Tuesday. Official AP style now calls for writers to specifically state that a person(s) is living in a given location illegally, rather than referring to the person(s) themselves as being illegal. source (via shortformblog)

BBC Radio 5 Fooled By Wrong Michael Gray

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:07:00 -0400

They did not interview the footballer Michael Gray, but the student from University of Glasgow.

I can’t stop laughing…

“At the end of the day it’s just a game.”

if you put cream cheese on 1 piece of bread and nutella on the other it tastes like chocolate...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:27:11 -0400

if you put cream cheese on 1 piece of bread and nutella on the other it tastes like chocolate cheesecake

Shailene Woodley offered part of Hazel Grace Lancaster in 'The Fault in Our Stars'

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:45:45 -0400

“Darn, I wish I were cast instead!” - nerdfighter girl proverb