i was 14 and i was walking through a mall by myself at 12am after my shift at coldstone creamery lol and a bunch of men started whistling and meowing and getting really close to me and they kept asking me questions and i kept not answering until i didn’t know what else to do so i said “i’m only 14” and almost in unison they said “we don’t care” i was so fucking scared i didn’t know what to do and they kept talking about how i looked and how my body looked and what they would do i was on the verge of tears i was all alone in a huge mall i knew i couldn’t outrun them all i felt totally hopeless until a maintenance worker came up to all of us with a huge industrial broom in her hand, i thought she was going to yell at all of us for being in the mall after hours bc she probably thought we were all friends but instead she cursed all of them out in spanish, threatened to press a panic button on her belt and then proceeded to walk me to the basement garage and waited with me until my mom got there to pick me up she had a death grip on her cart the whole time and a face of steel she looked so strong and i just kept saying thank you and she kept saying not to thank her because she had to stop them.

that was the moment i realized women were the most important beings on this planet and we have to protect each other bc nobody else is going to, she didn’t even know me, we couldn’t even communicate that well because of the language barrier, she could have lost her job for waiting with me in the parking lot but she looked out for me when she didn’t have to, she had nothing to gain from it, i’m 21 now and i tell everyone this story even though it happened 7 years ago, what she did that night helped me form and shape lot of my beliefs early on.

i was at a grocery store really late one night and some old guy kind of eyed me as i walked out of the store next to this other lady. She and I made eye contact and i knew she was scared too. we loaded up our groceries into our cars as fast as possible and I had way more bags than her so she got done faster than me. I panicked because i was sure she was going to leave so i just hurried faster, shaking a little, and then i noticed she sat in her car, watching me and making sure nobody came near. She waited not until all my groceries were loaded, or until my cart was put away, or until I got into my car. No, she didn’t drive away until I drove away.

And that was the moment that I realized how much women need other women. That we can’t win this war without each other and we have to be looking out for each other, every second.

ofgeography

my last year in new york city, i got off the subway around 9 or 10p.m. i only lived about 5 blocks from the f train, but i hadn’t gotten more than two before a woman’s hand suddenly touched my arm.

“that guy behind us is following you,” she said. “he was watching you leave the train car and followed you up.”

i hadn’t noticed him, or at least not noticed him following me. when we stopped outside a grocery store, he stopped half a block back and loitered. the woman linked her arm with mine and walked me several blocks out of her way to my front door and made sure i got inside safely.

another time, nocigar and i were walking home and at a stoplight a stranger grabbed my arm when i wouldn’t respond to him and tried to physically drag me over to him. she—who is, by the way, not a very physically imposing girl—ripped his hand off my arm and snarled, “don’t fucking touch her.”

protect your friends. protect strangers. there are good men in the world, but don’t wait for them to do something if you can do it yourself.

I was at a club once and my friend left with her boyfriend so I finished my drink and was heading out to the parking lot when three girls came up to me and basically surrounded me.

“Those guys behind us were talking about following you. We can walk with you.”

I have MMA training but have never in my life had been offered the protection and sanction of my own gender. This is so important.

stele3

GIRL CODE. FUCKIN’ GIRL CODE. LEAVE NO GIRL BEHIND. EVER.

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cuttheheadliights

“This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” performed live in a fucking stadium is gonna be the best thing to ever happen.

#yes nor get it

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fernbrake

Traditional Georgian dancing.

date a man who

wizardshark

i cannot even imagine how fit these people are they could kick my ass they could kick muhammad ali’s ass

Let me show you the Aggression of my people… through dance.

inthroughthesunroof

If your dance doesn’t require knee pads and posing en pointe it isn’t worth doing.

bonehandledknife

@dadvans I feel like you can do Things with this

arrghigiveup

So the last time I reblogged this, someone reblogged from me with a comment along the lines of “wait till you see them with swords”. So I went to search it up, and… guys. GUYS.

There are actual sparks flying holy shit =O

neoma-eltanin

@ffxivtribehydrae I wanna see Dusk do this. Holy shit.

#there should be a movie with a lot of this kind of dancing so i can watch it everyday

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Anonymous asked:

Are you gay or straight ?

hennyramen-deactivated20200802 answered:

im stressed

#i already reblogged this but I'm doing it again because I need to #if i could reblog this an infinite amount of times right now I would

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Gravel to Tempo by Hayley Kiyoko sign language cover (PSE)

hayleykiyoko

#this is the best video I've seen in a long time

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micdotcom

Jon Stewart delivers some brutally honest breakup advice to the media on Donald Trump

Source: bit.ly

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So today I was in the car with my friends and I quickly checked my newsfeed and something about Flynn was on the headline and I just freaked. My mind started to spin because everyone is so used to seeing outrageous headlines about outrageous accusations that no one thinks twice when the previous security advisor discusses illegal actions with the FBI. My mind continued to spin and think about how much of this has affected my life because instead of thinking about mundane high school things I am thinking about problems with our nation and possible corruption and how if I want to make it far in this political world I am going to have to work 10 times harder to find the truth in the information I use. Eventually, I thought about how in that moment there was nothing I could do. I was in the car with my friends, with no internet access so my options for action were limited. When stressing about politics I always come back to this question about what I can do. There are about a million things I can do with internet access and time, but the most important thing to consider when asking yourself what you can do is where are you and if is it physically possible to make a positive change. If the answer is no then there is no reason to stress because you have to believe someone somewhere else is asking the same question but is instead in the right place at the right time to make positive change.

#politics #trump #flynn

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incendavery

flock together, love each other

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katebelate

don’t you miss the days when we didn’t have to be so politically correct all the time?

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opheliallove

In light of recent events, I felt that this was necessary as a reminder.

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selina-meyer

Julia Louis-Dreyfus mocks Russia in her SAG acceptance speech and calls out the Muslim ban for being un-American.

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finnicksghost

emilyscartoons

www.instagram.com

Who’s in

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markruffalo

Today, Trump signed an Executive Order allowing the construction of both Keystone XL and the Dakota Access Pipeline. It’s going to take a lot more than than that for him to overturn what we and the Army Corps of Engineers have done. But it’s a step in the wrong direction. Join Standing Rock in continuing to fight for a cleaner, safer, and renewable future:

standwithstandingrock.net

350.org/campaigns/stop-keystone-xl

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alloverthegaf

I can’t believe Miss Congeniality, a movie from 2001, tackles internalised sexism, women’s self-defence and rape (”did you report him? “no, that stuff happens all the time.” “no, no it doesn’t!”) and shows the story of a tough, independent woman learning that she can still be all of that, and so can other women, while still being beautiful and sexy

alloverthegaf

also, competing women supporting each other??

“which one of these… is… the lipstick…”

*huge group of women freak out and converge on her to help her prepare*

alloverthegaf

HER WHOLE FINAL PERFORMANCE IS LITERALLY JUST TEACHING WOMEN HOW TO DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM ASSAILANTS

alloverthegaf

AND I FORGOT ABOUT CALIFORNIA SHOUTING TO THE CROWD ABOUT “I WANNA LET ALL THE LESBIANS KNOW, IF I CAN MAKE IT TO THE TOP 10, SO CAN YOU”

alloverthegaf

“I realised that these women are smart, terrific people, who just want to make a difference in the world.”

“For me, this experience has been one of the most rewarding, and liberating experiences of my life.”

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cutedeadgxrl

I didn’t know I was lonely ‘til I saw your face.

#the perfect chorus to scream out of your car