February 2012
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“Love, what does this turn
us into? What does distance do
except open like a...”
– A Box of Paperclips by Erin Elizabeth Smith (via taylamp)
January 2012
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“You should never read just for ‘enjoyment.’ Read to make yourself smarter! Less...”
– John Waters (via millionsmillions)
“Rape culture is telling girls and women to be careful about what you wear, how...”
– I might just copy and paste this so I can have this perfect answer ready when people say things like “but how does this “rape culture” actually affect women?” (via holdmecloser-tonydanza)
This. THIS. Read it. Now read it again. Now the next time you victim-blame, or rag on women for any of the...
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The Half-Finished Heaven, Tomas Tranströmer
kathleenjoy:
During the heavy months my life caught fire only when I made love with you. The firefly too lights up and goes out, lights up and goes out —by quick glimpses we follow its route among the olive trees in the darkness of night. During the heavy months the soul sat indolent and crushed, but the body took the nearest way to you. The night heavens gave off moos. We stole...
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“[I]t is illegal for women to go topless in most cities, yet you can buy a...”
– Violet Rose, in Three Steps to Better Sex (via muffdiver)
This reminds me of the post going around which contrasted the pathologizing of public breastfeeding with the gratuitous, objectifying images of women’s breasts that can be found in advertising.
The legal and social message is that our...
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pallid-fire:
What I loved most was the patience and skill you took to explore my anatomy, how you applied careful fingers to probe and study my physical reactions. It was in the way you made my cells flow, in the way you made my connective tissues let go. The way you covered every angle and broke me down to a perfect science. I’ve always liked the way in which avenues were named by the...
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December 2011
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“Each time a girl opens a book and reads a womanless history, she learns she is...”
– Myra Pollack Sadker (via aninsufferableknowitall)
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“I’ve never read William Faulkner,
and this leaves me out of certain...”
– Teresa Petro-Micchelli, While We’re Talking About Books (via grammatolatry)
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“She understood then, too, that everyone drowns differently, and that for...”
– Lauren Oliver, Liesl & Po (via holdonmagnolia)
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“f I have any romantic notions left,
please let me abandon them here
on the...”
– 4th of July, Keetje Kuipers (via jessieflux)
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