May 2013
She asked what Patchouli smells like..
justpoisoninaprettyglass:
“It smells like Ringo Starr meets Buddha on a fine fall afternoon, they have a threesome with Jimi Hendrix and give birth to a dreadlock rasta in the middle of a forest surrounded by golden leaves and a stream,” I told her,
“You’re all wonderful! And I never want to see any of you again!”
– Robert Preston as Carole “Toddy” Todd in Victor Victoria, 1982. (via robertpreston)
“Feminine doesn’t equal female. Gender presentation is a completely separate...”
– My response to a cisgender person asking me about my Trans* status (they said they’ve always seen me as a “strong woman” who is very feminine)
“Masses of people think that feminism is always and only about women seeking to...”
– bell hooks (via riseabovethemadness)
“I don’t know how to save the world. I don’t have the answers or The Answer. I...”
– Leonard Peltier, Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance (via pandacake)
“How do you raise a young person in our simultaneously both porned out and...”
– Socialist activist & journalist for the Nation Dave Zirin this week on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry. (via thepeoplesrecord)
“If you think pubic hair on a woman is unnatural or weird, you aren’t mature...”
– Stoya (via farpegi) always reblog.
“Yes, false rape accusations happen. Run the protocol anyway. I’ve heard that...”
– - JAG lawyer, speaking to my husband’s plant during Sexual Assault Prevention Month. (via circusbones)
'Arise Sir Oliver': Dame Helen Mirren 'knights'... →
Oliver Burton, from Leicester, is battling cancer for a third time and top of his bucket list was a visit to Buckingham Palace. But when the Queen said she couldn’t meet him, Dame Helen stepped in instead.
Julie Andrews CU Boulder Commencement Speech →
smercanti23:
Julie Andrews CU Boulder Commencement Speech. May 10, 2013
“Wherever your paths take you, make the arts a meaningful part of your life in some way. Honestly, they are food for the soul, they revitalize us, they transport us, inspire us, shape us, humble us. They connect us worldwide in ways that nothing else can. They are the best common denominator for the proliferation of...
Rape culture in the US military →
”…the institution itself is predicated on a contempt for human life and the criminal violation of boundaries, both national and personal.”
“…a society founded on militarism and a culture that celebrates the destruction of life.”
princesslilitu:
when women are raped while drunk it’s their fault for drinking alcohol but when men rape people while drunk they couldn’t help it because they drank alcohol
“A gay’s apology for Christchurch earthquake
In the wake of the terrible...”
– John Graham, second-year sociology student. (Published in the March 10-16, 2011 edition of the Carleton Univeristy Charlatan newspaper.)