Not Just Anybody

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:31:37 +0700

"I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for..."

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:50:14 +0700

““I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for someone you love.””

- ― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (via justbesplendid)

noraleah: I have to say that the single most important lesson...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:42:26 +0700

noraleah:

I have to say that the single most important lesson I learned in 25 years talking every single day to people was that there is a common denominator in our human experience. Most of us, I tell ya, we don’t want to be divided. What we want—the common denominator that I found in every single interview—is that we want to be validated. We want to be understood.

I’ve done over 35,000 interviews in my career, and as soon as that camera shuts off everyone always turns to me and inevitably in their own way ask this question: “was that ok?”

I heard it from President Bush. I heard it from President Obama. I’ve heard it from heroes and from housewives. I’ve heard it from victims and perpetrators of crime. I even heard it from BE-YON-CÉ in all of her Beyoncé-ness. She finishes performing, hands me the microphone, and says “was that ok?” [x]

(via beyoncegifs)

Yes, please? O.O

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:30:06 +0700

Yes, please? O.O

cd-fish: “Our designer is amazing. By the time I put on the...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:18:34 +0700

cd-fish:

“Our designer is amazing. By the time I put on the wig, the corset and the belt that squeezes out your lungs, I’m already uncomfortable and slightly angry.”

LOL. I gotta get myself to watch this whole thing this summer.

Yes, please. :) ezdra2: to be free

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:18:17 +0700

Yes, please. :)

ezdra2:

to be free

sweeeet-dreams: such a good perspective Behind the beautiful,...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:38:24 +0700

sweeeet-dreams:

such a good perspective

Behind the beautiful, successful performance you see, there is ugly pain and hard work. :)

"I wanna go back to being weird. I like being weird. Weird’s all I’ve got, that and my sweet style"

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 23:13:25 +0700

“I wanna go back to being weird. I like being weird. Weird’s all I’ve got, that and my sweet style”

- Moss (via letsgobananas) (via blarfengahr, coldfuq) (via exhaustive, weepling)

"Whoever said ‘What you don’t know can’t hurt you’ was a complete and total moron. Because… for most..."

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 23:12:12 +0700

“Whoever said ‘What you don’t know can’t hurt you’ was a complete and total moron. Because… for most people I know, not knowing is the worst feeling in the world.”

- ~ Grey’s Anatomy (via conflictingheart)

"It is much easier to be brave if you do not know everything."

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:30:09 +0700

“It is much easier to be brave if you do not know everything.”

- Lois Lowry (via kari-shma)

Those who seem OK on the outside may not always be on the...

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:23:09 +0700

Those who seem OK on the outside may not always be on the inside. Be kind.

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Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:15:02 +0700

Angela Lee Duckworth: The key to success? Grit

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:53:34 +0700

Angela Lee Duckworth: The key to success? Grit:

“Life is a marathon, not a sprint.”

justbesplendid: Important!

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:25:23 +0700

justbesplendid:

Important!

"I think that’s what’s wrong with the world. No one says what they feel, they always hold it inside...."

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:17:07 +0700

“I think that’s what’s wrong with the world. No one says what they feel, they always hold it inside. They’re sad, but they don’t cry. They’re happy, but they don’t dance or sing. They’re angry, but they don’t scream. Because if they do, they feel ashamed. And that’s the worst feeling in the world. So everyone walks with their heads down and no one sees how beautiful the sky is.”

- (via thelovewhisperer)

A post that understands how I feel about feeling. Seriously. Why is it considered weak to show a little vulnerability, to show that we are humans after all? Tsk.

"Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious."

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:05:23 +0700

“Forget safety.
Live where you fear to live.
Destroy your reputation.
Be notorious.”

- Rumi (via middlenameconfused)

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Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:28:16 +0700

featherandarrow: akatriel-rowanborn: khaleesicle: fsufeminist:...

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:13:15 +0700

featherandarrow:

akatriel-rowanborn:

khaleesicle:

fsufeminist:

wtfhistory:

theshewomanboyhatersclub:

jesuisuneetoile:

THIS IS MARRIAGE!!

Thats right!

Permission to be a bad ass. Nod.

He looks back at the guy like, “SEE THAT? SHE SAID YES. YOU’RE SO FUCKED.”

Like, guys. Sparta was so kick ASS sometimes when it came to women. Spartan women were given these small knives so that if their husbands came home and tried to hit them or assault them, they had a weapon within reach. That weapon was for CUTTING THEIR HUSBANDS’ FUCKING FACES so that when he went out in public everyone would know he was an asshole, abusing jerkface and they would publicly shame him.

I DID NOT KNOW THAT THAT IS GREAT

LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT SPARTAN WOMEN FOR A SECOND.

In Sparta, women could own land and were considered citizens. THAT IS A HUGE BIG FUCKING DEAL. Why? Because that was RARE AS FUCK and there are lots of places TODAY where women don’t even get that much.

Divorce was totally fine, and a woman could expect to keep her own wealth and get custody of the kids because paternal lineage wasn’t very important. And it didn’t make her a pariah! She could totally remarry, no big deal at all.

Spartan women participated in some fuckin’ badass sporting events, too. And because they were expected to be as physically fit as the Spartan menfolk (who all had to serve compulsory military duties, btw, and couldn’t marry until they finished them at thirty) they didn’t have time for lots of swishy dresses. So they wore notoriously short skirts. According to some accounts, their thighs were visible at all times. HOLY SHIT.

Also, In Sparta men only got their names on their graves if they died in battle. And women? Women only got their names on their graves if they died in childbirth. THE SPARTANS COMPARED CHILDBIRTH TO FUCKING BATTLE AND IT WAS VIEWED AS A GODDAMN BADASS AND HONORABLE WAY TO GO OUT.

FUCKING SPARTAN WOMEN. THIS DUDE HAD FUCKIN’ BETTER MAKE SURE SHE’S COOL WITH WHATEVER HE’S DOING, IF HE KNOWS WHAT’S FUCKIN’ GOOD FOR HIM.

Thank you, Women in Western Culture class, for teaching me all of this.

we should write a book

Sparta, And Other Reasons “Tradtional Gender Roles” Are Bullshit

The Greeks also kicked the Spartan women out of their Olympic games because they 1. refused to only compete against other women and 2. always were beating the Greek men.

reblog because fuck yeah

"I am excited to see a generation of women who will raise their boys to be good rather than their..."

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:02:33 +0700

“I am excited to see a generation of women who will raise their boys to be good rather than their girls to be scared.”

- Date By Numbers (via visceralconnection)

Can we change women to parents? (via thatfeministdyke)

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Sun, 02 Jun 2013 19:47:29 +0700