December 2011
30 posts
Home again! Snuggled up with a book and a puppy in the quiet house… Yay
“I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow, the million...”
– The Bell Jar. Sylvia Plath. (via -thespeedofpain)
Merry christmas! It’s snowing!!
In the central leatherstocking region!
No, really. Look it up. Singing along to christmas songs and dancing like an idiot. 3 hours to home!
Going home today!!
I’m waiting in the vet office, and telling my dad about the very loudly unhappy chihuahua. So of course he responds:
Wouldn’t you be unhappy to be a chihuahua? a little dog that knows it is little! unlike Miss V…
Men's Magazines Promote Rape Culture →
stfufauxminists:
**Serious trigger warning on the link for rape/rape culture**
Wow. This is…disturbingly unsurprising.
Bébinn: For All Your Pro-Choice Needs!: When I say... →
feministblackboard:
I found this a while back and just wanted to pass it on:
“Let me tell you some things.
I used to investigate child abuse and neglect. I can tell you how to stop the vast majority of abortion in the world.
First, make knowledge and access to contraception widely available. Start teaching kids before they hit puberty. Teach them about domestic violence and coercion, and...
I know I was only gone 3 days, but it’s always so good to be home.
“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky. We fell them down and turn them...”
– Khalil Gibran, Sand and Foam (via itgivesitthew; jakeisg)
“Although foreign-aid spending represents about 1 percent of the federal budget,...”
– Christine Leon, working in Mozambique with MSF, writes in the Orlando Sentinel about how foreign aid funding is vital in the global battle against AIDS
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The ordinary man doesn’t have the resources to protect against a beautiful...”
– Alicia Ramsey