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"Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you..."

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:29:57 -0500

“Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.”

- Jorge Luis Borges (via uoa)

fairelemort: Vogue Mexico featuring Frida Kahlo (2012)

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:59:12 -0500

fairelemort:

Vogue Mexico featuring Frida Kahlo (2012)

laughingsquid: Photoshop in Real Life, Artist Imagines Applying...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:43:20 -0500

laughingsquid:

Photoshop in Real Life, Artist Imagines Applying Photoshop Filters to Herself

brianmichaelbendis: Donald Glover talking about the comments he...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:41:42 -0500

brianmichaelbendis:

Donald Glover talking about the comments he received during his campaign to be the next Spider-Man

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Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:40:15 -0500

The awkward moment when you get a flashback of something embarrassing that you did.

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:39:55 -0500

fuckyeahlaughters:

THIS IS SO ACCURATE THAT IT HURTS.

ALL THE TIME

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Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:33:07 -0500

thatkrunkkid: unexcite: having-wanderlust: smoshtasticbro: I...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:28:59 -0500

thatkrunkkid:

unexcite:

having-wanderlust:

smoshtasticbro:

I tried to scroll over this..

we all tried…

its impossible to scroll over this

everyone

has

tried

kingsterjay: How could you not reblog this

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:28:23 -0500

kingsterjay:

How could you not reblog this

These little fuckers dress better than me I am done

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:05:34 -0500

These little fuckers dress better than me I am done:

shepherdstart:

leilabarros:

dampernt:

prealingitin:

orangecounty:

limparaid:

ravagess:

pinpoin:

SO CUTE I want to squeeze them

and then smash them for looking better than me wtf

….i am not happy

yes ^

oh my god

radicalrebellion: vegannvagina: Feminist Frequency on...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:34:38 -0500

radicalrebellion:

vegannvagina:

Feminist Frequency on race and casting for The Hunger Games

think HARD about that: not only did they white-wash Katniss, they EXPLICITLY PROHIBITED WoC TO AUDITION FOR THE ROLE OF KATNISS. Smells like blatant racism.

Can we focus on that last part? B/c white people will always come up with “well the white actor/actress was just the best one to audtition.” Well, yeah if that’s ONLY who auditioned.

They’re theory of white actors/actresses being better doesn’t hold up if no one else if given the opportunity to even audition.

You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:33:17 -0500

You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you

stophatingyourbody: 1. Saying Things Like, “She Would Be So...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:32:38 -0500

stophatingyourbody:

1. Saying Things Like, “She Would Be So Pretty If…”
Have you ever uttered anything along the lines of, “But she has such a gorgeous face” or “She would be more beautiful if she put on a few pounds?” You are limiting your idea of beauty to a cultural stereotype. Beauty is not conditional. If you can’t say anything nice, maybe it’s time to learn how.

2. Judging Other People’s Clothes
While it’s fine for you to choose clothes any way you want, nobody else is required to adhere to your style.The person wearing that outfit is, in fact, pulling it off, even if you think she’s too flat chested, big chested, short, tall, fat or thin. And fat people don’t have to confine themselves to dark colors and vertical stripes, no matter who prefers it. And spandex? It’s a right, not a privilege.

3. Making It an ‘Us vs. Them’ Thing
The phrase “Real Women Have Curves” is highly problematic. Developed as a response to the tremendous body shaming that fat women face, it still amounts to doing the same thing in the opposite direction. The road to high self-esteem is probably not paved with hypocrisy. Equally problematic is the phrase “boyish figure” as if a lack of curves makes us somehow less womanly. The idea that there is only so much beauty, only so much self-esteem to go around is a lie. Real women come in all shapes and sizes, no curves required.

4. Avoiding the Word “Fat”
Dancing around the word fat is an insinuation that it’s so horrible that it can’t even be said. The only thing worse than calling fat people “big boned” or “fluffy” is using euphemisms that suggest body size indicates the state of our health or whether we take care of ourselves. As part of a resolution to end body shaming, try nixing phrases like “she looks healthy,” or “she looks like she is taking care of herself,” and “she looks like she is starving” when what you actually mean is a woman is thin.

5. Making Up Body Parts
We could all lead very full lives if we never heard the words cankles, muffin top, apple shaped, pear shaped or apple butt ever again. We are not food.

6. Congratulating People for Losing Weight
You don’t know a person’s circumstances. Maybe she lost weight because of an illness. You also don’t know if she’ll gain the weight back (about 95 percent of people do), in which case earlier praise might feel like criticism. If someone points out that a person has lost weight, consider adding something like, “You’ve always been beautiful. I’m happy if you are happy.” But if a person doesn’t mention her weight loss, then you shouldn’t mention it either. Think of something else you can compliment.

7. Using Pretend Compliments
“You’re really brave to wear that.” By the way, wearing a sleeveless top or bikini does not take bravery. “You’re not fat, you’re beautiful.” These things are not mutually exclusive — a person can be fat and beautiful. “You can afford to eat that, you’re thin.” You don’t know if someone has an eating disorder or something else; there is no need to comment on someone’s body or food intake. “You’re not that fat” or “You’re not fat, you workout,” need to be struck from your vocabulary. Suggesting that looking fat is a bad thing is also insulting, so also out the door are, “Does this make me look fat?” and “I look so fat!” when you are a size 2.

8. Thinking of Women as Baby-Making Machines
One of my readers mentioned that her gynecologist called her “good breeding stock.” Also awful: “baby making hips.” Worst of all is when people ask fat people when they are due. As has famously been said, unless you can see the baby crowning, do not assume that someone is pregnant.

9. Sticking Your Nose in Other People’s Exercise Routines
A subtle form of body shaming occurs when people make assumptions or suggestions about someone’s exercise habits based on their size. Don’t ask a fat person, “Have you tried walking?” Don’t tell a thin person, “You must spend all day in the gym.” I have had people at the gym congratulate me for starting a workout program when, in fact, I started working out at age 12 and never stopped. I had a thin friend who started a weight-lifting program and someone said to her, “Be careful, you don’t want to bulk up.” How about not completely over-stepping your boundaries and being rude and inappropriate?

10. Playing Dietitian
If you have no idea how much a person eats or exercises, you shouldn’t tell her to eat less and move more or suggest she put more meat on her bones. (Even if you do know what she eats, don’t do it). How do you know she’s looking for nutritional advice from you or the newest weight-loss tip you saw on Dr. Oz?

(taken from http://www.ivillage.com/guilty-15-ways-we-body-shame-without-knowing)

ilobanna: :)

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:28:17 -0500

ilobanna:

:)

prettycolors: #f10e56

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:25:43 -0500

prettycolors:

#f10e56

taengthehero: lego-batmann: 9 Hilariously Distressing Letters...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:22:00 -0500

9 Hilariously Distressing Letters From Kids

taengthehero:

lego-batmann:

9 Hilariously Distressing Letters From Kids

“Not to be hard but I need money.” Classic

goldenlocket: Marlon Brando with his pet cat, 1954.

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:20:01 -0500

goldenlocket:

Marlon Brando with his pet cat, 1954.

gingerhaze: alyssakorea: Tumbling over the past year and a...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:18:55 -0500

gingerhaze:

alyssakorea:

Tumbling over the past year and a half has made me see the problems of gender roles that exist in media, but sometimes it gets to the point where I over analyze every single piece of television or film that I come across. (However this in no way means that I think feminist media criticism is wrong, or should be avoided!) Mostly I just over think everything.

I’ve thought about this a lot and I think the answer is MORE, and MORE DIVERSE female characters.

We’re used to having one or two female characters in a cast of mostly men, and hold them to a higher standard because of that. So all of feminism is resting on the shoulders of one female character - and that DOESN’T WORK. Because there isn’t one right way to be a woman.

If casts had more diversity of gender, we could have warrior women and non-warrior women, sexual women and non-sexual women, feminine and non-feminine, and mixtures of all of the above…all are completely legitimate ways to be a woman.

We’re used to seeing a lot of hypersexualized, scantily clad, one-dimensional stereotypes of women without stories or motives of their own. We respond by asking for characters that AREN’T THAT, but we may end up pushing too far in the opposite direction, and demonize traits like sexuality, conventional attractiveness, and traditional femininity as “sexist.” That’s why the most popular female characters are the ones that are most similar to male heroes - the Arya Starks - emotionally distant, unattached, solve their problems with violence, not remotely sexual. That’s fine too of course. I love Arya. It’s just not…the only way to be.

the brightest witch of her age.

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:16:58 -0500

the brightest witch of her age.

betype: Lyrical Type

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:13:47 -0500

betype:

Lyrical Type