i don’t like the way books for middle schoolers and teens put every character their age in a serious relationship cuz it’s actually not that rare for people to never be in a relationship in their teens (especially if ur not straight…) and to me it always made it seem like there’s a ticking clock on finding a romantic partner but like meanwhile of the approx 12 ppl im friends with irl (who are all in our 20s) at least 4-5 including me have not been in any relationships… it is not that uncommon lol

here is a petition to reopen Sandra Bland’s case 

“because…because she came here with me.”

not to be all “tw*light did nothing wrong” but misogyny honest to god killed the hunger games

it was no masterpiece sure but it also sure as hell wasnt the love triangle bullshit everyone made it out to be. seriously everyone blames this whole “YA fiction with the special One and teens overthrowing the oppressive government tropes” trend on the hunger games but the truth is that none of those books are anything like thg

god!!! im mad!! name one cliche YA novel where the government actually is BAD like not just “oh love is illegal” or “they barcode you!!uwu” instead of like. actual slavery and rampant poverty while the rich waste their money on dumb bullshit!! and name one main character who ACTUALLY suffers under the government’s regime!! who actually starves and works and suffers and has genuine REASON to rebel!! thg is the only YA book that had anything to say about wealth disparity and the dehumanization of the poor,, every other YA book uses it as a plot device to put some dumbass romance together or show how “badass” the MC is!! thg is genuinely emotional and the focus of the book isnt katniss’s archery and how cool she is and its NOT gale or fucking peeta bread. and then the marketing for the stupid fucking movies took the WHOLE POINT OF THE BOOK (which is to satirize and critique how women in entertainment have any serious things about them ignored in favor of whatever dress theyre wearing or who they’re dating) and turns that into……….. a fucking love triangle. and then the world forgets it because its just another dumb teen girl series. okay. 

Me @ myself rn

oh also last thing. the fact that at the end katniss chose to kill Coin (the rebel leader/soon to be newest dictator) instead of just having a plain and simple boring happy ending shows just how different thg is from the YA fiction its compared to. no other book in this genre would have the guts (or even the idea) to put out such a blatant, obvious “the fight against oppression never ends, stay diligent” message and thg is iconic for it and it shows how much thought was actually put into its message. im sorry to susan collins for my 12 yo self for not understanding at the time and thinking it was just bad writing

thanks to everyone adding on about the representation! about finnick’s story and being trafficked! and about peeta and his disability!! and katniss and her  indigenous coding and PTSD!! And about how it shows how war n dictatorships always prey on marginalized groups!! and a billion other things!!! that the movies just fucked off n forgot about!!!

“you dreamed of me?” “no, i thought of you” is just literally insane. it throws everything out the window. the yearning, the hoping, the wishing. it’s about loving someone on PURPOSE. loving someone INTENTIONALLY. 

“Seals In A Kelp Forest” by Kyle Mcburnie

New York on Pause. 3/18/2020.

the most comforting words a father can say

My team’s really not happy with me right now, all I’ve talked about for the last couple of months is the election in Tennessee. It’s not that I want to step into this, I just I can’t not at this point, like… There’s something different in my life, completely and unchangeably different since the sexual assault trial last year and no man in my organization or in my family will ever understand what that was like.

booty shorts that say "tell you what, we coulda had a good life together! fuckin real good life. had us a place of our own. but you didn’t want it, ennis! so what we got now is brokeback mountain! everything’s built on that! that’s all we got, boy, fuckin all. so i hope you know that, even if you don’t never know the rest. you count the damn few times we have been together in nearly twenty years and you measure the short fucking leash you keep me on – and then you ask me about mexico and tell me you’ll kill me for needing something i don’t hardly never get. you have no idea how bad it gets! i'm not you- i can’t make it on a couple of high-altitude fucks once or twice a year. you are too much for me ennis, you sonofawhoreson bitch! i wish i knew how to quit you." on the ass

um can we talk about the fact that stephen colbert asked penn badgley 'what do you think it says about our society that people are attracted to this psychopath?' and he replied 'well, it says something about how much we are willing to be patient and forgive someone who inhabits a body that looks something like mine, the colour of my skin, my gender, these sorts of things, these sorts of privileges, and, you know, how much less willing to forgive people who don't fit those boxes'

Help Australia

Millions of hectares have burned, a dozen people have died, we’ve had our hottest day on record. More than four times the amount of land burned in California, nine times more than the Amazon. Flames taller than the Sydney Opera House. 

Only donate to safe, verified sites and funds like the ones linked above. Don’t hesitate to link more services on this post, and please, please reblog.

just to add, 5 MILLION hectares is larger than some countries. here’s a tweet with some visuals.

the air quality in sydney is so bad it’s almost equivalent to smoking 37 cigarettes. in some parts the air is so bad it’s exceeded delhi’s pollution when it reached “unbearable” levels last month.

here’s a pic from a town in nsw that was taken at 2pm:

the smoke is so bad it’s drifted across the ocean to new zealand and is polluting their air too. 

the fires are so bad they’re creating their own weather conditions:

what’s really frustrating is our prime minister, scott morrison, doesn’t seem to be taking this seriously:

here’s the article.

here in australia, we’re experiencing first hand the extreme effects of global warming and the changing climate. these fires are the result of years of drought and exceptionally dry conditions.

nsw coastline:

these pictures are of people camping out in/around a lake to escape the fires. these pics were taking in the morning/mid day:

homes are being destroyed, people are dying and our wildlife is being devastated.

i don’t think this is global news, but it should be. please spread the information and inform people. 

#sleeping beauty