Rise Up, Oh Heart, For There is Another Battle to Win

Aug 20

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manicsrealm:

Dear comic book fans,

With the casting of Zendaya as Mary-Jane Watson in the upcoming Spider-Man film, I’ve noticed some tension and controversy surrounding this topic, and I just want you all to know…

WE COMIN FOR ALL YOUR REDHEADS!
WE TOOK MARY JANE
WE TOOK IRIS WEST
WE TOOK WALLY WEST
WE TOOK JIMMY OLSEN
WE COMIN FOR JEAN GREY NEXT
WE’LL MAKE BLACK WIDOW A MUTHAFUCKIN BLACK WIDOW

All right hear me out here, this is coming from a DEVOTED X-men geek: Please do a POC Jean Grey.  South Indian Jean Grey.  Nigerian Jean Grey.  Latina Jean Grey.  YO YOU KNOW WHAT I COULD GET BEHIND?  MOTHERFUCKING IRANIAN JEAN GREY OR SOMETHING FROM THAT AREA, YES OR YES.

I mean the others are good too but I love Jean, I am obsessed and I can think of like five AMAZING actresses I would love to see crush it as Jean Grey.

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Aug 19

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Your body is your house

thefunnythingabouttherapy:

thefunnythingabouttherapy:

Your body is your house 

when someone breaks into your house it is not your fault

I don’t care if your house had alcohol in it

I don’t care if your doors were unlocked

I don’t care if you had a welcome mat outfront

I don’t care if you were having a party

I don’t care if you weren’t even home

I don’t care if you had beautiful short shutters on the outside

If someone enters your house without your permission it is not your fault

when someone breaks into your real house the police don’t say “your curtains provoked the intruder”

They don’t say “well you had a welcome mat outfront so I can see why the intruder decided to come in. I think you were asking for it.”

They don’t say that. Because a house break in is never your fault.

Nobody is allowed to enter your house without your permission.

I don’t care what color your house is

Or where your house is located

Or whose been in your house before

If you’re not letting them in, they don’t get to force their way in

  It is Your house. your house belongs to you. It is not your fault.

Don’t do that to yourself. Yes, You can take steps and set up different systems to do what you can to prevent another break in but ultimately you can only control so much. no matter what, if someone breaks into your house it is not your fault. Period.

**** I wish lawyers all over the world would use this analogy in rape cases so the jury and spectators can get a real glimpse and have some sort of earthly idea what an invasion of your body is like. to take them mentally to their safe place, their home, and describe an invasion of their house and then have someone try to make up some excuse as to why it’s their fault. They would be appalled.

The same goes for your body. the same goes for every human out there. an invasion isn’t your fault. Rape isn’t your fault. Sexual assault isn’t your fault. incest isn’t your fault. none of it is your fault!! Ever!!! So don’t let anyone tell you it is.

because it’s your house, Not Theirs!

Your house belongs to you!

YOUR body is YOUR house!

It feels like it’s been forever since I wrote this. It was almost 3 in the morning 2 years ago, and my heart was crying. my soul was broken. And my peace of mind was shattered.
This was the only way to explain how I felt.
Every now and then I still need this reminder.
And that’s ok.

“You will suffer.
But you will survive.
And that’s what makes all the difference.”

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boypositiveplace:

For some of the boys out there who are feeling insecure about their bodies, I want you to look at some Olympic athletes:

Mo Farah, 10000m gold medal winner. He’s quite small and doesn’t have huge muscles. But he’s still a champion

Lasha Talakhadze, weightlifting gold medal winner. He’s not skinny; he clearly has body fat and a rounded face. But he’s still a champion 

Kōhei Uchimura, gymnastics gold medal winner. He’s muscular, but is only 1.61m tall (5ft 3″). But he’s still a champion 

So what I’m trying to say is that men and boys are often given expectations to be muscular, thin and tall - the diversity in male Olympics athletes shows that you absolutely do not need to be all/any of those things to be valid. You and your body are valid no matter what.

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lydiagalaxy:

gehayi:

bri-ecrit:

rbnhood:

colethewolf:

clairenovac:

undercoverangryangel:

brainstatic:

Look at me. Look me in the eye. On November the 8th, 2016, one of two things will happen: Hillary Clinton will become president, or Donald Trump will become president. These are the only two possibilities. The superdelegates aren’t going to switch. An indictment isn’t coming. There is no third possibility. There is no space between the spaces where you can hide. Every vote for Donald Trump requires two Hilary Clinton votes to overcome. A Hillary Clinton vote can only be overcome by two Donald Trump votes. If you stay home, a Donald Trump vote doubles its power. This is the real, actual reality of the situation. There is not one other option.

And there’s no ctrl-alt-del for the election. Read up on 2000 if you doubt this.

And to those of us who supported Bernie, he WANTS you to vote for Hillary. If you believe in him and his mission you will follow his advice. He knows that writing his name in, or voting for anyone else besides Clinton, is effectively voting for Trump.

Refusing to vote for Hillary is a vote for Trump, no matter how much you scream and say how it’s not. And if you’re standing by to do nothing in regards to taking down Trump, then you ARE grouped along with the rest of the people in this country that ruin things for everybody else.

No, seriously, go read about the presidential election in 2000.

If you weren’t old enough to remember and/or understand the ramifications of the 2000 election, I WILL TELL YOU.

Do not let Trump win. Please. I beg you. I went to grad school with people who voted for Nader in 2000 and my FB feed is full of them begging others not to make the same mistake they did. Bernie has his priorities straight, and the priority is stopping Trump.

And if that doesn’t do it for you, this is the Republican platform 2016. It calls for:

• Conversion therapy for queer kids. Let me repeat that. CONVERSION THERAPY FOR QUEER KIDS.  Some members of the RNC even wanted to endorse it more explicitly than they did.
• Zealous opposition to same-sex marriage. Here’s the quote:  “Our laws and our government’s regulations should recognize marriage as the union of one man and one woman and actively promote married family life as the basis of a stable and prosperous society. For that reason, as explained elsewhere In this platform, we do not accept the Supreme Court’s redefinition of marriage and we urge its reversal, whether through judicial reconsideration or a constitutional amendment returning control over marriage to the States.”
• Reversing the Obama administration’s order to grant trans students access to restrooms, locker rooms, etc. The Republicans feel that such things should be based on biological gender, not gender identity.
• Treating internet porn as “a public health crisis.” Quote: “Pornography, with his harmful effects, especially on children, has become a public health crisis that is destroying the life of millions. We encourage states to continue to fight this public menace and pledge our commitment to children’s safety and wellbeing[.]”
• Gender discrimination. To quote Time magazine: “[T]he platform committee voted against including the word “gender” in a list of types of discrimination that should be opposed.   On Tuesday, one member described the attempt to add that word to a list including qualities like race, sex and creed as a “sneak attack.”
  
• Repeal of the Johnson Amendment. The Johnson Amendment currently prevents churches and other tax-exempt organizations from organizing politically, endorsing political candidates, etc. Repealing it would throw separation of church and state out the window…not to mention that it would give evangelical churches and televangelist organizations much more power, driving the country further to the right. 

If you vote for Trump, these are some of the planks of  the platform you’re voting for. 

Please, PLEASE, register and make sure to keep track of where you can go to cast your vote as well. 

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A camp tries to reinvent the Hebrew language, so transgender kids can fit in -

guillemott:

ayellowbirds:

Some of the important bits:

When Zev Shofar, a 14-year-old from Takoma Park, started going to Jewish summer camp seven years ago, the children all learned the Hebrew words to introduce themselves. “Chanich” means a male camper; “chanichah” means a female camper.

But what if Zev didn’t feel male or female — neither a chanich nor a chanichah?

Zev’s camp didn’t have a word that worked for Zev. In fact, the Hebrew language doesn’t have any words. Like many other languages — Spanish, French and Russian, for example — Hebrew assigns each noun a gender.

In Israel, or anywhere else that Hebrew is spoken, there’s no linguistic solution, either. But now there is at camp. Zev is a chanichol.

The seven Habonim Dror camps, spread across North America, are pioneering a new gender-neutral form of Hebrew this summer. They hope to set an example that Hebrew-speakers worldwide might someday follow.

…

Those cheers have had to be rewritten this summer to fit the new gender-neutral Hebrew. Plural masculine nouns in Hebrew — including any group of people that includes at least one man — typically end in im, while feminine nouns end in ot. At Camp Moshava, all groups of both boys and girls now end in a blend: imot.

…

In Israel, some LGBT communities have adopted the –imot plural, but few seem to have decided on a non-binary singular.

…

So Habonim Dror decided on its own that –ol would be its singular non-binary ending, based on the word kol, which means “all.”

So…
?אני אישל

אתול אישול, אני חושבת.

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fieldbears:

sewingfrommagic:

thealternativeisburning:

i want spock to give someone the vulcan salute and have that person misunderstand and give him a jubilous high five and spock just stares at his hand in confusion as an awkward silence ensues

What if that’s part of the basic sexual harassment training Starfleet gives at the academy like “do not highfive the Vulcans. Don’t do it. They look like they want highfives. They do not want highfives.”

the professor looking directly at student!kirk like “are you listening to this lecture today sir? because you strike me as the person who is going to need to remember this”

(Source: jazm00n, via youfightlikemysister)

A Note to my Followers

yutaone:

thebookishwitch:

To the followers who don’t say much: having you there still means a lot. Even if you never send in an ask or anything, I don’t care. I appreciate that you still follow me anyways. And it’s nice to see you there liking and reblogging my stuff.

To the followers who buzz like bees: When you reblog 17 of my posts or send my multiple asks in a row, you aren’t being irritating. You’re making me feel like I’m doing something right as a blogger. Thank you.

To the shy anons: I don’t know if you follow me or not, but regardless of why you sent in that ask, I’m just happy to be hearing from you. You aren’t a bother. You make me feel awesome.

To all of my followers whoever you are: Thank you for hitting that button. Thank you for sticking with me. If you ever need a shoulder to cry on or someone to celebrate with you, I’m here for you! If you ever need something explained, I’ll answer as best I can.

Thank you all of you.

!!!!!

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