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

If you don’t have a pole dancing Deadpool in your blog that’s fine

imperatorannakas:

i-dont-like-this-one-bit:

but deep down we all know we need one

Vanessa: Shake that booty! Show me what you have learned.

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PSA

lesbianrunner5:

If you see someone in a wheelchair stand up or walk, just keep your mouth shut. They either were prescribed that wheelchair and their insurance agreed they needed it, or they became so desperate for the mobility the chair would provide that they paid a lot of money out of pocket (because they don’t have insurance or they have a shitty ableist doctor or whatever).

It’s estimated that around 85% of full time wheelchair users can stand or walk to some extent. Think of it like glasses: the majority of people who wear them can technically see without them, but they reduce pain, improve the quality of the wearer’s life, and enable millions of people to do things they otherwise couldn’t. A wheelchair is no different. In fact, even part time users legitimately need their chair, just as people who need reading glasses legitimately need their glasses. In addition to paralysis, some reasons for using a wheelchair include pain, fatigue, fragile joints/bones, vertigo, and many, many other debilitating symptoms.

Using a wheelchair is already stressful enough as it is, thanks to iffy accessibility. Please don’t add to a disabled person’s difficulties by calling them a faker.

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widowbitesandhearingaids:

give me natasha with this quirky, weird-ass sense of humor because she has no idea how to connect with people and she had to learn from clint barton of all people

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To Everyone Who Has Been Wait-listed

witchfinder-major-saucepan:

college-bound-2016:

You’re probably thinking, “oh, this is just a nice way of getting rejected.” But it’s really not. Someone on the admissions committee fought for you to be admitted. Someone on the admissions committee realizes your academic potential to excel at that institution. I hope that this gives people peace of mind. 

Also: if you can, submit additional materials! Show them something they don’t know about you yet.

I got waitlisted, then submitted a supplemental essay that showed then what an articulate, angry feminist I was, which they didn’t know from my other essays, and THAT’S what tipped the scales, I’m sure.

Find out if supplements are an option! You will not be bugging them if you submit something. You will be helping them develop a more complete picture of you, which will help them make an informed decision about whether or not you’ll be a good fit for the school!

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to all the 13 year old girls that follow me

witchlatte:

squidwurd:

prongs-and-prejudice:

moritzfer:

will-ansmeer:

punkdadsclub:

smellslikeateensblog:

girls-and-theirmagic:

peachtrick:

• if you think her skirt is cute, tell her
  
• the guy that you have a crush on probably doesn’t take enough showers
• liking 1D or taylor swift isn’t embarrassing. dont hide it
• draw draw draw! you’ll be happy to have the skill later on
• do your homework it’ll help with stress
• when you’re overwhelmed you should run. it makes you feel better
• don’t start cutting no matter how afraid you are
• if that shirt doesn’t fit you it doesn’t matter
• hug the people you love
• know that your life is weird right now and it will get better

reblogging because I wish someone told me this when I was 13

- don’t talk shit about people
- if you wanna experiment with your hair/makeup go for it, find what suits you.
- if you start to feel sad alot, tell your parents/friends talk about it
- be the best you can be
- learn to love yourself 

-don’t be embarrassed of anything you like.
-clothes from Hollister and Abercrombie and Fitch only fit a certain type of body. Don’t let their narrow-mindedness make you cry in the dressing room
-don’t starve yourself. Please don’t.
-there’s a reason you don’t look like people in magazines and on TV. You look like you and that’s wonderful.

-Be yourself, no matter what other people say
-Don’t start smoking or drinking alcohol, IT’S NOT COOL
-Don’t waste time on judging others

Thats not only for the 13 years old!

- don’t stay friends with someone who makes you feel shitty inside

- don’t be afraid to be friends with people in different grades

- your worth is not defined by what you can afford

- do what you love as often as you can, because that’s how you get better

- forgive yourself

-drink milk for strong bones

-you might end up liking girls and that’s okay

-you might not end up being a girl and that’s okay too

- sometimes it’s hard to remember this stuff and that’s okay, we all work hard at it

- try to remember that everyone has their own shit they’re dealing with, it’ll make the world a little brighter if you don’t go through life thinking people are just arbitrarily awful

- that being said, sometimes people are just arbitrarily awful and it’s not on you, it’s never on you, and if someone tells you that it is, they’re wrong

- take the opportunity to stand in front of the mirror and find just one thing you like (anything, literally anything, even just that the line your collarbones make is nice or that your lips are well balanced)

- if someone ever puts a hand on you in a way you don’t like, you are within your rights to make them take it off by any means necessary

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On Building Better Male Protagonists

kyraneko:

theotherwesley:

lierdumoa:

We need more women in the media on every level and in every aspect. That’s a given. 

We also need better men in the media, on every level, and in every aspect.

Women in the media still have to achieve twice as much as men to get half the respect, both behind the scenes and on screen.

Chris Rock, while remarking on Obama being the first black U.S. president, said “That’s not black progress. That’s white progress. There’s been black people qualified to be president for hundreds of years.” This same sentiment applies to feminism. If we’re seeing more women in the media, it’s not because women have gotten better. It’s because men have gotten better. Ultimately, if we want to continue making things better for women, it’s men’s behavior that has to change. If we want to bring more women into male dominated fields, men need to stop creating hostile work environments for them.

And this is why I grow so weary of feminist media that continues to surround its female leads with Loveable Misogynist^TM and Nice Guy^TM male protagonists.

We need more protagonists like Steve Rogers, who accept rejection with grace, instead of treating flirtation like a sales transaction to be haggled over. We need more protagonists like Wade Wilson, a man in his mid thirties who thinks getting hit on by an woman nearly half his age is awkward and disturbing, instead of sexy, and who genuinely respects and admires his age-appropriate girlfriend who does sex work. We need more Fury Road version Max Rockatanskys, more Finn Damerons, more Peeta Mellarks, and more Raleigh Beckets.

I by no means want to devalue the importance of calling out problematic male behavior. On the contrary – it’s important to show that even well meaning men can unintentionally cause harm.

But there’s no point telling men and boys “what not to do” if we’re not also showing men and boys what they should be doing.

When the media fails to consistently portray positive male role models, the consequence of this failure is the normalization of male entitlement, casual misogyny, and other sexist micro-aggressions and macro-aggressions. 

Yo, I feel this way about most forms of social justice and call-outs: you can’t just leave it at identifying the problem, you need to show how to fix it too. You need examples of how disparities in privilege can be navigated gracefully and fairly; what recovering from being wrong looks like; what respect looks like; what self-control and humility looks like; what combating inequality looks like. 

Positive media examples are one of the best ways to do this. I feel like mobbing everything that’s “problematic” is a great way to make yourself feel good, like you’re punching up, but that’s the easy part. Trying to make something that people can look up to and be a good role model is contentious and scary. People will disagree with you. What you make will never be enough to combat all the negative stereotypes that need addressing.
That’s why it’s important to remember that there’s more than ONE way to be a positive example, and we need ALL of them.  Having a good protagonist or a good role model who inspires one kind of person may not be the right model for every person. It’s important to have quantity; you can’t load all the expectations of being the perfect role model or character on ONE person. It’s impossible, and in fiction, it’s boring. It’s belief-straining. We need Steven Universes AND Mad Maxes AND Ray Holts etc etc. The more examples you have, the less need there is for every one of them to be perfect, and the more room there is to explore variety. 

Yes. Identify problems, then suggest solutions.

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