August 2011
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“Female fat [as] a moral issue is articulated with words like good and bad. If...”
– -Naomi Wolf The Beauty Myth
One of my favorite quotes I put in my paper tonight!
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“And it all starts when we say no. We can say no. When someone instructs us to...”
– Lesley Kinzel (via friendlyneighborhoodcurmudgeon)
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Watchunfamiliarize:
From Science Friday. This blows my mind. Octopuses are incredible animals. Their skin is like a computer screen, and even though they’re colorblind, they can replicate any color and texture to be fully camouflaged, including in their sleep.
This is so crazy awesome!
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“I began to care more about writing as a means of communing with my maker, and...”
– Janna Barber, from The Rabbit Room. (via unfamiliarize)
THAT'S SO MAJESTIC: Body Talk →
innerfatgirl:
As I was walking down the street today I heard someone talking loudly on the phone. They were talking about how they were gaining weight, and the emotion they used to describe this was serious panic. I think panic is a normal thing to feel when our bodies change, especially if they change in ways…
“People who think that no one uses welfare/food stamps to actually buy things...”
– Queen of Zan
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YAAAS TO ALL OF THIS
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All these bullshit “welfare reform” laws that are designed to fix some imaginary problem in the system that doesn’t exist all comes out of the perpetuation of the “welfare queen” stereotype that we love to vilify all...
“Being a photographer is not a career. It’s not a job, it’s not a hobby, it’s not...”
– My identity as a photographer. – The Blog of Humanitarian and Cause-Driven Photographer, Rhys Harper
“People always ask me, ‘You have so much confidence. Where did that come from?’...”
– Gabourey Sidibe, Harper’s Bazaar 2010 (via buttahlove)
Amen!
