January 2012
have started following a couple of blogs run by survivors, who talk about survivor type issues and things
it’s…idk. it’s important to me but also I’m kind of nervous. I spent so much time telling myself and everyone that nothing happened, or saying that something else happened that wasn’t nearly as bad, etc etc etc and Not Dealing
I spent so much time doing all that...
gosh cillian murphy is so arresting
his looks and his voice and the way he speaks
wow!
gah I’m going to see jon tomorrow for the weekend and I’m really looking forward to it
this has been, frankly, a hard week
I’m really looking forward to some niceness
Teen Dating Violence [TW: dating violence,... →
slutrockerbitch:
Violence isn’t just relegated to domestic married couples—unfortunately, it’s just as prevalent among teenagers. Teen dating violence is just as real and serious as domestic violence. According to the Alabama Coalition of Domestic Violence, one in three teenagers have experienced violence in their relationships. Teens may be especially vulnerable to violence because of their...
Article | How to Talk to Little Girls by Lisa... →
ichaseelephants:
I always bite my tongue when I meet little girls, restraining myself from my first impulse, which is to tell them how darn cute/ pretty/ beautiful/ well-dressed/ well-manicured/ well-coiffed they are.
What’s wrong with that? It’s our culture’s standard talking-to-little-girls icebreaker, isn’t it? And why not give them a sincere compliment to boost their self-esteem?...
panic attack in the parking lot at school awesome great
this ought to be a read more but I can’t do that on my phone
I am so stressed about money ugh
I’m paying for school out of pocket, which, yeah it’s mcc so it’s really only about 3500 per year, and I did have a lot of help with financial aid for one semester, and a little bit for the others, but with most of my books coming from the bookstore, I’ve probably spent like 1500 on books alone between this semester and last
and I’m...
just wrote a book for my women in lit discussion
I have lots to say about this stuff!
if you look down on domestic help or maid services or things like that, then you obviously have no idea how hard their jobs can actually be
wow it seems like everyone in all of my online classes (three so far, one doesn’t start til feb 13) is married
and it’s not like back to school adults with college-aged kids (though there are those as well)
like 21-23 year olds! all married! in my class!
“11. Bring consent out of the bedroom. I think part of the reason we have trouble...”
– Holly over at The Pervocracy with an excellent 101 post on Consent Culture. Read the whole thing. (via notafraidofruins)
this is especially important to me, because I’ve noticed that when someone asks me to do something, and I say no, and they persist, I really really really dig in my heels...
trying to find out where that love story came from has led me to a very confusing blog and now I have no idea what’s going on
“Although we read with our minds, the seat of artistic delight is between the...”
– Vladimir Nabokov (via salveo)
I really love how liv tyler’s smile takes over her whole face
I love that
so scatterbrained how am I gonna do school
Cymbalist Abstain: they lie next to each other in... →
shaleandbone:
they lie next to each other in bed. cold butter colored blankets in afternoon sun.
do you want to see them now, she asks. okay, he says, if you don’t mind, I don’t want to pressure you or anything. he props himself up on one narrow elbow, staring into a face that he doesn’t understand. blue…
the dress that angelina jolie wore to the golden globes was $80,000
!!!!!!
that is a lot of money for a dress! a very beautiful dress, yes, but still…wow!
Fight Like a GRRRL!: undercoverterrorist:... →
undercoverterrorist:
pussytooth: Using the pronoun “they” to refer to a single person is grammatically incorrect.
charthebutcher:
inconvenient:
satan-dennys-powerviolence:
Please stop doing it. It’s not progressive or cool, it’s just plain incorrect.
wha wha wha I’m…
god. I love language, I love words, I love grammar, I love all that stuff.
but it’s so much fucking...
making a huge pot of tea for myself because I sorely need some pick me ups
sigh I was thinking about using the elliptical in my house, but the problem is that as soon as my dog hears the beeps from it being turned on, no matter where he is in the house, he will come running and stick his head between the middle post and the wheels (arms? legs? the part that goes in a circle). he only does this when someone is using the machine. most of the time the machine just sort of...
made chocolate-chocolate chunk cookies, which taste great!
except I didn’t bake the first batch long enough, and they kind of fell through my wire rack into little uncooked crumbles.
but they still taste good.
also the batter makes about ten cookies, because they’re big.
Ending nightmares caused by PTSD →
saw this on a friend’s facebook
this could be so…idk, it could change so many things in a positive way
on that note, I would like to express embarrassment that some merchandisers/stores/companies have decided that today would be a great day to have a SUPER SALE!!!!!!!
embarrassment and condemnation, because if you are going to capitalize on today through heavy advertising of sales (especially without really even mention WHAT today is), then I think that speaks to a huge problem
how to solve stress-related problems by buying things: the american story
this is my story
I think I took on too much this semester.
shit.
my mom is really really drunk and just ugh I hate it
“Mom, I’m Fat:” One Mother’s Inspired Response to... →
melasaurus:
nowfigureativelyspeaking:
by Janell Hofmann
I am sitting, cross legged, on the bathroom floor trimming my five year old daughters’ toenails. My nine year old son showers his muddy body as I lean against the tub. My three year old daughter wrestles herself into pajamas in her bedroom. My eleven year old son bursts in from football practice and hollers upstairs about reheating...
“I knew I hadn’t committed any crime. But the sense of sadness—tinged with...”
– The Accidental Rapist — The Good Men Project
Hugo Schwyzer, folks. This is an essay in which a man tells his readers about how he willfully and repeatedly disregarded his partner’s negative responses to his sexual advances, and then insists that she played an equal part in the situation because she...
shaleandbone:
sea-foam soul, tiny soap bubbles, salt slicked, algae blooming under full moons.
moody give and take. you were here first. in another life you were iron-rich, red, you ate everything and everyone, swallowed them dancing in your belly.
woo just got my copy of a history of the wife for my women in lit class
I probably will finish it before class even starts!
when people source a post back to themselves
…?
you just…why?
you really need to put yourself as the source?
for every single post you make that isn’t a reblog?
I don’t understand it
I’m looking at this gap application, and one of the requirements is that the applicant should be knowledgeable and enthusiastic about current fashion/trends, and the applicant should be consistently seeking new fashion.
not too sure that I fit this requirement.
god I almost killed myself getting to jon’s house today. it took me twenty minutes to get there; normally it takes me about three. I fishtailed a couple of times and almost spun out.
sigh my life is so hard.
I hate the winter. give me heat and humidity and sunshine.
I’ve been daydreaming about hawaii since idk how long. I want to go to kauai almost more than I want to go to...
and I can say that because I am THE model of perfect emotional adjustment, peace, and well-meaning good vibes
right
what the fuck is wrong with you
some people just blow my mind with how hateful, nasty, spiteful, and awful they are