Beautiful smile

So uhh today I was chastised by my sociology professor when I said that FGM and child marriage are inherently wrong and constitute human rights violations regardless of where/why they’re practiced. He said I “can’t think like that” and that I wasn’t using the sociological perspective of cultural relativism. I’m amazed that I managed to stop myself from screaming, but somehow I did and now my blood’s just been quietly boiling all day instead. And my doctor wonders why I have high blood pressure this young… Jesus FUCKING CHRIST

he’s right though. Why do your cultural values and moral imperatives have more value than anyone else’s?

BECAUSE WOMEN AND GIRLS DON’T DESERVE TO BE MUTILATED IN ANY COUNTRY, ANY CULTURE, ANY FUCKING CONTEXT, PERIOD. FUCK YOU ETERNALLY.

women: we deserve full bodily autonomy

some inbred fucktard: idk bro this seems kinda racist maybe if you took into consideration how important oppressing women is to my people you’d underst

“When men are oppressed, it’s a tragedy. When women are oppressed, it’s tradition.” — Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Me, flirting: -leaves you alone-

my philosophy is “nothing an individual can do could possibly be worse for the environment than major corporations dumping tons of pollutants into the atmosphere every day but also don’t just toss shit on the ground you idiot have some manners” 

We don’t have voluntary control over our internal organs because our brains don’t trust us enough to keep ourselves alive.

*gets dumped once*

Shuttem down girls it’s over

Selfies at monuments are basically the human equivalent of dogs pissing on fire hydrants to let other dogs know they’ve been there

one time we were listening to fleetwood mac in the car and my sister who was probably 4 at the time asked, without being prompted, “can girls marry girls?” and THAT is the power of stevie nicks

Otter teaches human how to pet him.

fuck summer i want it to be dark and misty and frigid and october

Your optimistic eyes Seem like paradise To someone like me

@suntideripshine

David Bowie, “Sweet Thing” single, 1974

Tip:

When it comes to stuff like racism, sexism, homophobia, etc, I’ve found it’s usually way better to think to yourself ‘I don’t want to be’ than ‘I’m not’.

I.e. if someone goes ‘that thing you just did is ableist’, instead of going ‘I’m not ableist, I don’t hate disabled people!’ it’s usually a lot better to go ‘I don’t want to be ableist, I should rethink what I’m doing/saying/etc in light of that fact’. Because that shifts your thinking so rather than jumping straight into denial and attempts to defend your character, you’re instead more inclined to look at how your actions could be misrepresenting your intentions. Or whether you’ve overlooked something, been callous, or acted in ignorance.

Good thinkin

Depression meal 1739

adderall and two bottles of water

“In my personal experience, women raise their voices because they feel like they aren’t being listened to. Men raise their voices because they feel like they aren’t being obeyed”

I want this tattooed on my face