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Only white women have the privilege of reclaiming the word ‘slut’ without facing any real social penalty. Miley Cyrus, for instance, is being hailed as a woman who is in control and liberated, unlike her black counterpart Rihanna. Rihanna does not get worshiped for owning her sexuality or her agency. Rihanna gets pity, scathing criticism, and ( Read more... )

“hey protesters if you have an up to date android or iphone mobile device you can get an app from the aclu called ‘policetape’ and when you take video of cops committing brutality against your comrades it automatically uploads to the aclu server, which means if your phone gets confiscated the police cannot delete the evidence. might be useful for ( Read more... )

"[commenter talks about eventually ending a relationship with a gaslighter] I didn’t even realize it had happened until after the relationship was long over and I realized I had somewhere developed all these new insecurities that I didn’t have 4 or 5 years ago."                                                                    HOLY SHIT OMG: the ( Read more... )

'I can really relate to the “permission” thing. When I am depressed, I desperately want to please everyone, because I feel like such a burden and a downer and a waste of space in general. The last thing I want to do is “be a problem” by worrying people, and the more I would try to please them by being normal and happy, the more frustrated they ( Read more... )

"Sometimes," he says, soft and deliberate, "you need time, and quiet space, and silence. Someone is

coming. It might be you."

"The next show is a commercial-free three hours of iced tea being stirred, and Carlos

listens to it absent-mindedly for a few minutes before taking his earphones out."                                                                                                          ETA:      http://archiveofourown.org/works/1004209

http://therealallecto.tumblr.com/post/63781813301/but-really-though-i-want-a-derek-lydia-fic-where                                                                                                                                                                                                      In other news, everything still shit, but I smiled ( Read more... )

Ugh. Working hard at not freaking out cos brokesobroke. With all the family travel this summer, did not work nearly as much as I should have. Dealt w/stress by comfort eating a lot of takeout food and slipping back into smoking ... being bad to my body while spending when I shouldnt've been. Dammit. Bank accounts drained, credit card @ max, $500 ( Read more... )

It's hard for me to articulate how much this means to means to me, and how much I love it . . .1984, live performance, "For the Longest Time": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nR0dkiHEW8     That was the summer I had moved from Houston to Memphis (for me, a much better place), and I bought Billy Joel's An Innocent Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ ( Read more... )