May 2012
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Nyamh Iris Newell
You’ve been on my mind a lot lately. I suppose that’s perfectly natural, given the sort of year it’s been. It’s been six years now; I’ve grown, I’ve moved on, and I’ve let some things go. But not you. Never you.
I never got to hold you. Never got to see you smile, feel you grasp my thumb, hold you against my heart and soothe your tears. I never got a...
World of Warcraft account has been hacked and then banned. I was looking forward to playing now that I finally hit 85 and bought another month’s worth of game time (that until I got paid today, I really couldn’t afford). That’s what kept me from just collapsing during my 10-hour day at work. I realize this is NOT a real problem, compared to EVERYTHING ELSE THAT EXISTS. But it...
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“Winter is coming. And I’m going to punch the hell out of it.”
– Tony Stark
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“We are the most well-fed country in the world, on the backs of people who go to...”
– Eva Longoria, “Real Time with Bill Maher”
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Not All Black People Look Alike, But All New...
I have one friend who thinks Will Smith is in Pulp Fiction and another who thinks Samuel L. Jackson is in The Matrix.
It shouldn’t be funny, but when the Somalian exchange student laughs about it, I just go with it.
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“A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at...”
– Abraham Joshua Heschel (via theconsciousmuslim)
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“The Arabic word تكلم (to speak), has another root meaning كلم which means to...”
– (via theconsciousmuslim)
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Atheism and God
A friend recently asked me the following:
How do you calmly debate with people who shove atheism down your throat & personally insult you for believing in something above yourself?
I thought about my response for a long time, and it’s something I want to put here, too, because I think it’s something that all of us with faith struggle with (being one of three Muslims in my...
April 2012
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“If your daddy paid your way through Harvard, I think you have a special...”
– Paul Begala, Real Time with Bill Maher
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“They’re just donuts; they’re not love.”
– Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) , Supernatural S2E19, “Folsom Prison Blues”
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Watching “Rare Exports” for the second time in a week with my mum and 93-year-old Finnish grandmother. Because that’s how we roll.
(Also yesterday I learned what YOLO means. I’m proud of myself).
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“Beneath this floppy exterior beats the heart of a bulldyke.”
– Hex, S1E1
^ Also this.
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“Maryland has the ugliest state flag ever. It’s hideous. It looks like a redneck...”
– Cat (via trixiejackmattachine)
^^^^
Also, who actually takes time to criticize state flags of all things? God forbid there be actual meanings to what is put on a flag.
(via criminal-record)
^^^
She prolly from Virginia like shit
(via underage-thinker)
“She prolly from Virginia like...
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“God, it’s been forever since I had to smell my pillows for pee.”
– Anonymous
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“Maryland has the ugliest state flag ever. It’s hideous. It looks like a...”
– Cat
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“What are you, my dyke in shining armor?”
– Hex, S1E1
^ This.
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“TW Rape
I don’t know if rape jokes encourage rape culture. I don’t care. You...”
– An Addendum, On Rape Jokes. (via transformfeminism)
THIS.
I seriously don’t get why so many people—including my best friends, who know exactly what I’ve been through because I’ve sat down and told them—insist on making rape jokes in front of me, or using that word...
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"The Pain's All In Your Head," And Other Pithy...
I have fibromyalgia. For those of you who are unaware of what that is, let me break it down for you:
Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition that manifests through pain, weakness, stiffness, and fatigue. It’s been linked with several secondary disorders such as obesity, depression, and sleep disturbances, but the research is cloudy as to whether these are causes of the condition or primary...
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“I don’t know how to say “double tap” in Finnish, but…”
– Dad, while watching “Rare Exports”.
Genius, what what?
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Body Love (Trigger Warning: Body Image)
I hate my body.
I make myself nauseous when I see myself. My body sickens me. My body disgusts me. I disgust me.
I have internalized so much anger and shame and guilt and hatred that it’s become a part of me.
I am disgusting.
I want to take pictures of my body and post them here. I want to scream as loud as I can that I am beautiful, that this fucked-up society that helped create me...
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So let go all of these mixed emotions:... →
deadlycamille:
Planned Parenthood Funding - with a twist
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
wheretheweedstakeroot:
A month ago, the story The Right Not to Know appeared in the Texas Observer: one woman’s experience with a second-trimester abortion after discovering her…
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JK, JK
Watching North Woods Law with my parents.
Last weekend, I could have been on North Woods Law.
Farmington, I miss your face (although not your black powder).
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I need feminism because
whoneedsfeminism:
“it’s the internet” is an acceptable excuse for some of the ugliest, most dehumanizing, and backwards bullshit ever published.
This is supposed to be the medium of the future, and it’s done more to advance racism, sexism, and homophobia more than any other means of communication in history.
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Friend of Mine
Trigger warning: sexual assault, domestic violence, PTSD, self-harm, ED
I’m feeling pretty lost. So many things feel futile or worthless or broken.
I no longer feel safe at home. Cars driving by start me panicking, but leaving the house feels so unsafe too; there’s so many more people when I leave. I have to go to work for 1 hour tomorrow, and I’ve been panicking to the point...
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“We also get respect from our fellow students. Yes, some of that respect might be...”
– Prefect Gemma Farley, about Slytherin House (from JK Rowling’s Pottermore).
Yep. I’m apparently a Slytherin. My mother is not amused.
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