May 2013
Woman: I'm smart
Patriarchy: Well you're probably ugly then
Woman: I'm creative
Patriarchy: You mean unattractive right?
Woman: I have all these incredible accomplishments
Patriarchy: Yeah but look how ugly you looked doing them
Woman: I have value
Patriarchy: Not if you're ugly lol
Woman: I'm conventionally-attractive & posted selfies on my blog
Patriarchy: I'm so sick of these empty-headed chicks only caring about their looks. Just because you are attractive and get attention from men doesn't mean you are special or deserve respect. Why don't you read a book or do something productive with your life you dumb slut
April 2013
World of Tumblr! I'm leaving for Italy in 2... →
Dish gonna be amazing. 8 weeks in Italy learning about sustainable communities. Wahhhhh.
amortaldothapproach:
I don’t understand why, when they find out you’re vegan, people say “I could never be vegan, I like [insert food here] too much.” Is it supposed to make me think better of you? Because you just couldn’t do it? Lead to a conversation that anyone wants to have? Make me sympathetic? I get that response nearly every time, and I just don’t even.
To non-vegans reading this: Don’t...
March 2013
8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back: How...
disquietingtruths:
Student-Loan Debt.
Psychopathologizing and Medicating Noncompliance.
Schools That Educate for Compliance and Not for Democracy.
“No Child Left Behind” and “Race to the Top.”
Shaming Young People Who Take Education—But Not Their Schooling—Seriously.
The Normalization of Surveillance.
Television.
Fundamentalist Religion and Fundamentalist Consumerism.
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saddeer:
i can’t wait to not have kids and spend all my money on myself
sandousy:
If you ever feel stupid just remember that some people think jesus was white
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Working so hard on everything but school
and I think I’m seriously going to regret it. This has been the most non-motivating semester academically. All I care about is the work I’m doing with my internship and getting people on board with that is seriously like pulling teeth. Not pulling teeth nowadays, but pulling teeth back in the day when there was no such thing as novocaine. This semester had been so great and productive,...
February 2013
I’m never gonna wait
that extra twenty minutes
to text you back,
and I’m...
– Andrea Gibson (via crimpity)