December 2011
91 posts
“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he...”
– Dead Poets Society, 1989 (via eganelizabeth)
Why being a girl isn't working out for me:
Body: Oh, guess what time of the month it is!
Me: Please, god, no--
Ovaries: ALL SYSTEMS GOOOOOOOO!!!
Brain: I quit. i quit. kittens and cupcakes and no one loves me. oh my god salty snacks i am furious
Me: Please, guys, calm down--
Face: TIME TO RUIN EVERYTHING YOU HAVE EVER LIKED ABOUT ME. I'M GROWING MOUNTAINS, BITCHES.
Brain: And now I'm ugly! shbdksdnksbn
Torso: Time to practice labor. cramp this bitch up. GO GO GO GO GO GO
Me: STOP IT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!
Stomach: lol clothes cant fit you anymore. you are bloated. you are now a balloooooooon!
Me: I hate you all
Brain: I KNOW EVERYONE HATES ME I AM SO DEPRESSED. we need to procreate.
Face: Lol, i'm not done yet.
Uterus: what did i ever do to deserve this?
Brain: you just wait uterus. they're going to make you hold a baby for like 9 months straight.
Uterus: You mother fuckers.
Torso: CONTRACT!
Me: I quit being female, I am now a llama.
Brain: Me gusta.
“My heart was a hysterical unreliable organ.”
– Vladimir Nabokov (via atomiclanterns)
girlieshoes asked: It's only been, like, a week since I've seen you, and I miss you like crazy.
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love...”
– Gandhi (via katelizabeth)
“I think women are encouraged to be into sex, but we’re encouraged to be into sex...”
– Clarisse Thorn (Interview with a sex-positive feminist — Feministe)
This makes me so very, very happy. Everyone read this, it’s short, sweet, and to the point: For First Time, Women Share First Kiss at a Navy Homecoming.
“There is a language older by far and deeper than words. It is the language of...”
– Derrick Jensen (via wistless, mythologyofblue) (via booklover)
“People talk sometimes of bestial cruelty, but that’s a great injustice and...”
– The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, p. 220. (via thisisntlisa)
Lisa Bloom: How to Talk to Little Girls →
Everyone should read this. It’s a really interesting article about the little ways we reinforce the “girls must be pretty” standard in our everyday lives. It’s got really good ideas.
