January 2012
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December 2011
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“Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism is...”
– bell hooks (via sugaryumyum)
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you look great! have you lost weight? →
broadist:
ATTN: “You look great! Have you lost weight?” is not a compliment. I know it has been the go-to praise-route towards many women since the inception of puberty, but I’d like to put an end to it. Why do I hear this like a broken record every holiday?
Some alternatives:
You look great! How are your new jobs going?
You look great! How is your blog doing?
You look great! Things seem to...
cleaning house
People. Convince your parents to get rid of those VHS tapes now. Replace their favorite movies with DVDs Nobody will want VHS tapes when they’re gone and if you’re not careful you’ll find yourself filling SEVEN large garbage bags with VHS tapes on the day after Christmas. Better if they already did it themselves.
“I can’t turn on my computer or television without being assaulted by messages...”
– Take Care of Yourself for the Holidays, By: Twistie. (via rufflesnotdiets)
Fat and LGBT/queer acceptance
fatacceptancefrenchie:
Oh you are Fat and genderqueer and like to party?
Me too! What are you doing later?
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(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genderqueer)
“Here’s the thing: If you’re using the holiday season to go out of your way to be...”
– John Scalzi on The War on Christmas(tm)
““I’m not an unhealthy person and I feel like one of the most tiring parts of...”
– Beth Ditto (via fattypolitic)
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Ten Rules for Fat Girls →
One teachers approach to preventing gender...
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said:...
The Listening Party: Backburner - Heatwave →
rljd:
thelisteningparty:
This week we review an album that couldn’t be more of a monster if you added Nicki Minaj with a spotlight stealing verse. This album has too many East Coast Canadian artists to list, so I’ll add them in the tags section to bump us up in the search results. You don’t want to miss this album.
The album to which they refer is my crew’s Heatwave.
“@evajackie I hope u can read english, because your magazine is a poor...”
– -Rihanna’s response to Eva Kroes, editor of Jackie mag, about their “Niggabitch” article.
I think I love her.
(via femmenoire)
#team riri
(via bettacomecorrect)
I would love to meet Rihanna. She is of the Kick Ass persuasion.
(via charlottetheharlot)
Pro-Adultery Website Ashleymadison.com Endorses... →
stfuconservatives:
Billboard reads “Faithful Republican, Unfaithful Husband”
-Joe
Oh, snap.
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“[TW: Weight loss/diet culture] When a person is craving weight loss, they are...”
– Big Fat Blog (via charlottetheharlot)
One day I stopped wanting to change my body in favor of living my life the way I wanted to live it, without waiting to be in the “right” body. I have never been happier.
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