"...followed by a brisk mauling."

vicktorina:

fuckyeahtattoos:

This is my tattoo of a quote from the book The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. It reads: “And in that moment I swear we were infinite”
My artist helped a heap with picking the font and positioning, and we ended up going with this one he drew freehand. I’m incredibly happy with it and just want to show it off all the time!

Shit, someone did this before I did. This is awesome, btw.

Beautiful. PoBaW is one of my favorite books. I read it once and don’t know that I’ll ever be able to read it again. It spoke to me in a way which I don’t think any other book has. I cried hysterically for hours when I got to the end. The thought of reading it again scares me; I had recurring nightmares for a week straight after I finished it—a nightmare I hadn’t had for years.

There is something in me which I need to know. There is something secret in me. I want to know, I do want to know. But that fear—if I read it again I may learn what I’m hiding, and that thought terrifies me.

I mean, this was repressed for a reason, wasn’t it?

This has more and more become one of my rules. I definitely judge people by the books in their bookcases, too.

The other most important dating rule? “If they use either philosopher pick-up lines (‘If you’ve got an immovable place to stand, I’ve got a lever of infinite length, if you know what I mean…’) or quantum mechanics to chat you up, marry them.”

(via justchristen)

feminally:

fuckyeahanarchopunk:

Jan 28: “Don’t fuck with the Oakland Commune”

Dear Mayor Jean Quan, Oakland Police Department, and Oakland City Council,

As you probably know, Occupy Oakland is planning the occupation of a building on January 28th that will serve as a social center, convergence center, headquarters, free kitchen, and place of housing for Occupy Oakland. Like so many other people, Occupy Oakland is homeless while buildings remain vacant and unused. For Occupy this is in large part because of yourselves, having evicted us twice from public space that was rightfully ours. For others it is because of the housing bubble, predatory lending, the perpetual crises of capitalism, and far reaching histories of imperialism and systemic violence.

Our families, friends, and communities built the buildings that sit empty in post-industrial Oakland. Now these buildings outnumber the homeless and represent the theft of our collective labor as the class of the unpropertied and dispossessed. Allowing this building to remain vacant while so many are in need is injurious theft, injustice; its extralegal occupancy is not.

When Occupy Oakland was first evicted on October 25, we organized a General Strike on November 2nd with only a week to plan. November 2nd proved our strength and relevancy. Conservative estimates said twenty thousand took the streets, but for those of us who marched on the ports it could have been a hundred thousand.  November 2nd was an inspiration for the Occupy Movement and public condemnation of your violent repression. 

Eventually we reoccupied Oscar Grant Plaza only to suffer a second violent eviction on November 14th. At this time there was a national crackdown on the Occupy movement as evictions were happening in Boston, New York City, Atlanta, Portland OR and elsewhere. It was revealed that you, Jean Quan, had been coordinating with federal agents how to best repress dissent. In response Occupy Oakland was the impetus for a West Coast Port Shut Down, in solidarity with Longview ILWU workers whose union is under attack by EGT. The action escalated to a national and then international action as more occupations signed on. In Oakland alone the shutdown cost some $8.7 million dollars in lost revenue and proved that when civic and economic institutions do not serve us, we can shut them down.

Since the beginning of the Occupy Movement when you have exacted violent repression on us we have proven that we are more powerful and diffuse than you. If you try to evict us again we will make your lives more miserable than you make ours.

This may be in one or more of the following forms:

-Blockading the airport indefinitely

-Occupying City Hall indefinitely

-Shutting down the Oakland ports

-Calling on anonymous for solidarity

It will be in our mutual interest if you respect our occupation by recognizing our residency and eminent domain. We are sure that we all look forward to the needs of Oakland’s people finally being met.

Don’t fuck with the Oakland Commune.

Signed,

Occupy Oakland Move-In Assembly

This is happening. And if you are not sure what “this” is- believe me when I tell you it is Revolution.

“You say you want a revolution? Well, you know, we all want to change the world…”

And we will. Little by little, dissent is creating change, while solidarity continues to give us hope.

(via suburbancinderella)

(via crunchybytes)