real power is going outside knowing you look ugly and also knowing that if you chose to perform femininity in accordance with patriarchal standards you could look attractive, but genuinely prefering to look ugly and not feeling bad about it. feels good feels organic

True, honest, genuine power is going outside knowing you look gorgeous bc you don’t need to perform hyper femininity the way men want you to and that you can be stunning despite patriarchal ideals

i appreciate the intent but i actually made this post in direct response to the liberal feminist tendency to widen the parameters of “beauty” rather than challenging the concept itself and specifically the notion that women must be beautiful to be valuable, and as such my choice of words was very deliberate—i have no interest in being assured i am beautiful and a great deal of interest in existing without being told i must be such. this post is not self-deprecating and does not call for bathroom-stall platitudes. ugliness in women is threatening and i embrace that.

This is a result of the inhumane decisions that members of this administration want you to be silent about in public for fear of a loss of “civility”.

The kid and her lawyer were about the only humans there. For fucks sake, they’re kids.

HERE’S THE LINK TO SUPPORT HER WORK

Call your reps. Tell them to abolish ICE and prosecute the ICE officials responsible.

Thread: https://twitter.com/theradr/status/999798256644378625?s=21

Article: https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2018/05/22/immigration-children-separate-families-lost-kirstjen-nielson/631627002/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/us/politics/migrant-children-missing.html

Wow its been exactly 1 year since I painted this! The original is for sale in my shop - https://goo.gl/wsavX9

To the art teacher that told me in 6th grade I needed to stop outlining my watercolor work. I hope you see this person’s masterpiece and rethink your life.

Net Neutrality Dies On April 23

We just need one more vote to overrule the repeal of Net Neutrality

Please contact your Senators and Representatives urging them to vote for the CRA (Congressional Review Act)

List of Senators onboard for protecting Net Neutrality:

The Senators in red are the ones who are currently not voting so convince them to vote for the CRA: https://www.battleforthenet.com/scoreboard/

Text “RESIST” to 50409 to send an email to your Senators/Representatives! Tell them to vote for the CRA and give them details to persuade them on why Net Neutrality is so important and why it should be preserved. You can also call at 202-224-3121.

Script for phone calls:

Now get to it!! We only have until April 23rd to keep our Internet freedom otherwise.

Therapists aren’t people who you “pay to pretend to care about you”, therapists are people you pay to teach you how to care for yourself

Me: I am violently depressed.

Therapist: Oh! Sounds like you need to do YOGA! That will help!

Me: *signs up for yoga*

Me: *is violently depressed in Downward Dog*

Me: I hate myself and only see my flaws

Therapist: ok lets refocus on things you like about yourself. This week i want you to try and journal about good things you’ve for yourself and others.

Me: *does the homework* yeah but i still hate myself but feel bad cause i shouldn’t

Therapist: feeling like you shouldn’t hate yourself is a step in the right direction. Mental health is complex and isn’t something that will ~magically~ improve. We have a lot of hard work head of us but I’ll be here to help you.

TL;DR stop perpetuating the idea that therapy is unhelpful because the results are not instantaneous.

This. Therapy is a process, not an instant fix. Therapists care about their patients and work to help them reach a better mental state.

destroy the idea that bunk beds are just for kids

especially the sort where the lower bunk is actually a desk or a couch

i mean

come on

tell me you don’t want one of these

i need it

action movie about a guy who pretends to be a hitman and does the whole “25% up front and the rest when the job is done” thing but then just keeps the down payment, doesn’t kill anybody, and stops responding to the client’s calls, knowing that they can’t sue him for breach of contract without confessing to trying to hire a hitman. problem is now a lot of people who are comfortable with the concept of paying someone to kill someone else are mad at him

none of his former clients know his real identity, due to him using a fresh fake for each con, so he decides that his only hope of making it out of this mess unscathed is to land the inevitable contract for his own assassination and fake his own death. thus begins his deadly race against the clock and against other actual bounty hunters, former clients, and a smoldering ex lover, whom he must betray, persuade or kill. darknet: the catfish bounty

Someone make a movie please.

Just send me 25% of the funding up front and the rest when I deliver the completed movie. I’ve got a kickstarter and

Things I Never Learned In High School

but I’m so glad I know the fucking pythagorean theorem

thank you

didn’t learn any of this in college either

yoooooo (part II)

BONUS

There are two types of writers…

Writer A: “I’ve fleshed this character out to the point where they’re more real then I am. I know everything about them, including their blood type, their thirty-first favorite song, what they did for their sixth birthday, and which brand of apples they prefer.”

Writer B: “This character exists as a full person in my head, but I know absolutely nothing about them. Once I forced them to talk about themselves,  and they simultaneous lied about their past and told me accurate trivia facts I don’t remember learning.”

Behold, the worst written line of all time:

Aro laughed. “Ha ha ha,” he giggled.

-Stephenie Meyer New Moon

Excuse me but

“His voice is warm and husky like dark melted chocolate fudge caramel… or something.” -EL James Fifty Shades of Gray

Fifty Shades is a treasure trove of terrible lines.

“I feel the color in my cheeks rising again. I must be the color of the Communist Manifesto.”

“His erection springs free. Holy cow!”

“Holy crap! He’s wearing a white shirt.”

The fact it used to be Twilight fanfiction really comes through when you actually look up some of the text.

“His eyebrows widened”

- E.L. James; Fifty Shades of Grey

This post always makes me feel better about myself.

I stopped my work day so I could make this stupid gif.

I nearly peed.

YOU ASSHOLE I ALMOPST CHOKED ON MY APPLE JUST NOW

Y’know what? This makes me feel a hell of a lot better about the quality of my writing 😂 😂

This is a confidence boost!! 🙌😂😂

I needed this today.

In case anyone needs writing inspiration during the last two weeks of NANO

If you look at the world and say “Yes, there are enough homes for people, yes, there is enough food for people, but if we give it away for free they won’t have earned it and the economy will collapse.” Then you have chosen money (a constructed medium of exchange) over living beings who only want to continue living in peace and safety.

And I have no qualms telling you, that is the wrong choice, and you have been brainwashed by this destructive, exploitative system.

I was overthinking the other day about how money literally has no value. How gold, silver, bronze, etc. literally has NO value. That we assigned some kind of value to these things but in the end it means nothing. Obviously, I know that doesn’t change anything. I was just having a weird philosophical monetary crisis??

Here’s what Donald Trump doesn’t want you to know: ACA open enrollment begins TODAY!

Spread the word and #GetCovered.

healthcare.gov 80% can find plans under $75/month.

Please, please go check this out for yourself. Thanks to Obamacare, I had a good plan from a good local provider for $36 a month. My income fell thanks to my health, so at my most recent renewal the site directed me to Medicaid, which fortunately my state had expanded even though they didn’t take the ACA Medicaid expansion for stupid ideological reasons.

We’ve stopped Republicans from utterly destroying Obamacare and Medicaid (so far). They still exist. Please go do this for yourself, and well before December 15 to be safe. You deserve comprehensive coverage and it is probably a lot more accessible than you think.

In closing, fuck Trump.

healthcare.gov