fuckyeahbeinghuman:vianegativa:escapethenest:
i am enjoying annie’s ~ghostly glow~
i’m so excited!!!
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paganpoetry:(via lostlovers)
29 years today.
- Reporter: George, what do you miss most about John Lennon?
- George: John Lennon.
- (via iquitelikethebeatles)
this ain't livin' » Now Listen Here
For me, though, the winter holidays always mean one thing: A growing tide of articles guilting people about food, which crests in the few days before Christmas, and then subsides again, only to bubble up again in late October of the following year. It starts with a vague headline in the New York Times Health section, and it only goes downhill from there, getting bolder and bolder and bolder until I fear navigating to any website because I’m afraid of what I will see.
You know the sort of thing I’m talking about. “How to enjoy the holidays, without gaining weight!” “Low calorie potluck ideas” “10 rules to keep your waistline trim this holiday season!” “Eat like the stars/French and fit into your New Year’s gown!” “How to avoid the danger zones at holiday potlucks!”
These articles are aimed almost entirely at women, and they are based on a number of assumptions which irritate the pants right off me. They’re all part of this industrial complex which spends rather a lot of time telling women what to do and how to do it, and reminding them that if they don’t, they will be disgusting and unlovable and possibly fat. They’re also all aimed at reminding women that they don’t know their own bodies or their own minds, that they require guidance because they are clearly too stupid to know how to care for themselves. (And, of course, forcing your body to become thin when it does not want to be is “caring for yourself,” because being fat is a sign that you don’t take care of yourself, right?)
"There is nothing that annoys me more…and you can find this often on feminist blogs when the issue of race comes up…than when someone begins a comment by saying, “We’ll, I’m just a clueless white woman, but…” To this, I say…”No.” First, the constituencies of most of the popular feminist blogs prove themselves to be far from clueless on other topics. They talk of being PhDs and scientists and teachers and journalists. These are smart women. What this statement really means is, “I have the privilege of not having to educate myself on this issue, so I’m going to make a cutesy disclaimer before I speak in case I say something wildly offensive.” That’s a cop out. It’s an attempt to get around owning your mistakes. And it demeans me and you. If you think you really are “clueless,” do something about it."
When Allies Fail, Part I | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture (via bthny) (via robot-heart-politics) (via abbyjean) (via rakalak)
Therapy!
I’ll be making a weekly trip up to Womencare Counseling in Evanston to get therapized, starting this Saturday. $30.00 sessions with a sex-positive post-doc are worth the three hour round trip on the CTA. I have an appointment with a psychiatrist at the end of the month. I can’t fucking wait.
huh. really good to know this exists so (relatively) close to Chicago!!
