(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday;this is the birth
day of life and love and wings:and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)
So today Angelina Jolie had double mastectomy, which is the removal of one’s breasts, to prevent Breast cancer. So instead of praising Angelina on her bravery, men on Twitter decided to ridicule her, even calling her stupid for removing her breasts. For those of you on Tumblr that are attacking Feminists about being delusional about sexism against women and misogyny here’s your fucking proof that sexism and misogyny exists.
This honestly is making me really fucking sad and making me want to cry
I hate everyone.
this BLINDS ME WITH RAGE. but even more so, as the granddaughter of someone who had a double mastectomy, this makes my heart ache so hard… :( UGH.
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I love how this makes more sense than doing 15 minutes of argumentative Trans 101 with an adult.
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Marry your best friend. I do not say that lightly. Really, truly find the strongest, happiest friendship in the person you fall in love with. Someone who speaks highly of you. Someone you can laugh with. The kind of laughs that make your belly ache, and your nose snort. The embarrassing, earnest, healing kind of laughs. Wit is important. Life is too short not to love someone who lets you be a fool with them. Make sure they are somebody who lets you cry, too. Despair will come. Find someone that you want to be there with you through those times. Most importantly, marry the one that makes passion, love, and madness combine and course through you. A love that will never dilute - even when the waters get deep, and dark.
N’tima (via rippedvanwinkle)
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For the last three decades many Americans have puzzled over a system that gives an R to a movie in which a women is carved up by a chainsaw and an NC-17 to one that shows a woman sexually pleasured. From such ratings one might conclude that sexual violence against women is OK for American teenagers to see, but that they must be 18 to see consensual sex. What message does this send to the kids the MPAA presumably means to protect?
Carrie Rickey
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“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product of a patriarchy-dominant society, which tries to control how women are depicted on screen. The MPAA is okay supporting scenes that portray women in scenarios of sexual torture and violence for entertainment purposes, but they are trying to force us to look away from a scene that shows a woman in a sexual scenario which is both complicit and complex. It’s misogynistic in nature to try and control a woman’s sexual presentation of self. I consider this an issue that is bigger than this film.”
-Ryan Gosling on the controversy around the rating of his film ‘Blue Valentine’
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I think a better definition of ‘flashback’ needs to be made.
It doesn’t have to be a visual memory. It can be auditory - the sound of a door slamming as an example - or even just a body memory. Like, your body just feels something that’s psychosomatic.
It doesn’t even have to hit you immediately. I want to communicate this because for the longest time, I didn’t think I was being triggered, even though I would feel like crap because I wouldn’t have a panic attack.
Basically, flashbacks are anything that brings you and/or your body back to the time of trauma. It doesn’t have to be conscious, and you don’t have to realize, “Oh, this is happening because of the trauma.” Just like serious nightmares don’t have to be the kind that wake you up crying in the middle of the night.
Anonymous on survivorrat.tumblr (via queerbeen)
Thank you, whoever wrote this. I’ve struggled sometimes because most of the descriptions of PTSD symptoms I’ve read talk solely about visual flashbacks. Not that I’ve had cause to doubt the PTSD itself, since I have almost every single symptom on most lists. But I’ve had a hard time recognizing my flashbacks as such because they’re almost always body memory, sometimes auditory, almost never visual. They’re scary, and it really helps to understand what’s going on when I feel like past trauma is happening again.
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COSIGNED. this is so fucking helpful. i don’t get like… violently triggered usually, so i can never really tell if i’m being “legitimately” triggered, which is fucked up because my feelings and experiences are mine and not anyone else’s so this is just super nice and validating to read <3
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this is my favorite thing tyra banks has ever said
Tyra Banks can be problematic as hell, but I really like this.
Amazing!
Brilliant!
wonderful <3
my dear followers please please watch this!!
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It is all about the money — the only reason dolphins are kept in captivity today is not for education, not for conservation, and not for science. If people did not pay to go see dolphins, dolphins would not be enslaved. There are plenty of alternative ways to enjoy the REAL ocean and wild dolphins without buying a ticket to see dolphins do dumb tricks that have nothing to do with their real lives.
Ric O’Barry (via freedomforwhales)
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Sometimes people have a hard time understanding what a happy relationship between two people who obvs think the other is awesome looks like.
We think this is one great (and holy bananas, so freaking hilarious) example.
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Shed your skin
Denise leaving for Hillman.
I can’t help but think of the pertinence in Clair’s “But because I like you”. Because parents are basically obligated to love their child. But like them? That is earned. Mamma Rashad, everybody!
*sobs*
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Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.
Hafiz (via viage)
sometimes this takes an astonishingly long time to figure out.
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don’t tell me “consent is sexy”
don’t you dare fetishize my inherent rights
i don’t care if it’s “sexy” or not, it is, above all, vital and necessary
there is nothing about my sexual freedom that needs to be made more appealing to you, my partners, or anyone by a catchy-ass slogan
goodbye
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have you ever stayed up late with someone texting or chatting and known as the hours ticked by that you’d be ridiculously tired in the morning but it didnt matter because it was really fun and totally worth losing sleep over just to laugh with someone and enjoy their company maybe and then the next day you keep tiredly recalling how much fun it was while you’re falling asleep in class and that makes it not so bad that you’re tired anymore
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