May 2012
25 posts
fuckyeahfeminists:
hermionejg:
dust yourself off
pull yourself up by your bootstraps
get on with it
sort yourself out
pull yourself together
keep calm and carry on
get it together
& other totally unhelpful condescending phrases.
A few unhelpful condescending phrases
“A friend of mine asked me recently, was I gonna go see the new Batman movie with...”
– Reginald D. Hunter (via crashbangtrollop)
BOOM
(via danny-d-danger)
“What I hide by my language, my body utters.”
– Barthes, A Lover’s Discourse (via kateemacneill)
“Certainly the most destructive vice, if you like, that a person can have, more...”
– (via fuckyeahstephenfry)
“if I broke my chest open now,
with a small hammer,
I assure you, there would...”
– Dionne Brand, from Ossuaries (via kateemacneill)
“But what if I did want to live together, or have children, or get married: would...”
– from Queer Enough #1
(via recklesschants)
UGH THIS ZINE IS MY LYFE
(via psychotropicpolitics)
Bossy Femme!: mmmajestic: “Our work of love should... →
mmmajestic:
“Our work of love should be to reclaim masculinity and not allow it to be held hostage to patriarchal domination. There is a creative, life-sustaining, life-enhancing place for the masculine in a non-dominator culture. And those of us committed to ending patriarchy can touch the…
Watchtheoutsideinside:
konagrown:
i am in love
this made me cry
I’ve never seen a sadder music video…
“Shame is the lie someone told you about yourself.”
– Anaïs Nin (via enajcosta)
April 2012
26 posts
and it has to be clever: my birthday can be a time... →
hastobeclever:
you know… i am not broken. i don’t need to be fixed. i have spent most of my damn life believing that shit. i am done with that. i apply for jobs all week. i work hard and smile nice and wear clean clothes. i compromise and sacrifice and suck it up. you know what’s broken? the fucking world. the…
Truth. Fucking rage on, my dear fellow and truly dapper friend. You deserve a...
“All distances are the same to those who don’t meet.”
– Offshore, Penelope Fitzgerald (via kateemacneill)
2 tags
STFU, Sexists.: The average life expectancy for a... →
stfusexists:
hoaxzine:
November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance
Last year, I did a special day of posts where I provided pictures and a more detailed obituary for all the 2010 trans murder victims I could find information for. It’s something I hope to do next year, but just couldn’t do again…
I’m really curious about this - as in, what study produced this information? I...
6 tags
and it has to be clever: Heckle: a zine →
hastobeclever:
i’ve been inspired to get this started through a number of conversations with friends, but also because i get heckled on the reg. let’s make a zine about experiences of being heckled - for gender, for body shape, for economic status, for race, for ability, for language or level of…
signal boost!
THAT'S SO MAJESTIC: pregnant-teen-mom: YO I REALLY... →
pregnant-teen-mom:
YO I REALLY HATE THE CONTEMPORARY DISCOURSE THAT PRIVILEGES ‘no feelings’ and is intensely suspicious of strong romantic connections (or really, almost any strong connection with another human being).
And people wonder why they’re numb all the time, and find it…
