February 2012
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We spoke all night in tongues,
in fingertips, in teeth.
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Robert Hass, from “Spring” (via the-final-sentence)
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Is the United States the only country where more... →
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A fantastic article about prison rape and sexual assault, it’s prevalence in the United States prison system, and the links between prison sexual assault and sexual assault of non-prisoner women.
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The force that allows white feminist authors to make no reference to racial...
– bell hooks, Ain’t I A Woman, pg 138 (via butcheredmentality)
another quote that I needed to find to put in my essay - tumblr has the shittiest search feature known to existence. just saying.
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Show emotion and you are too fragile, untrustworthy, and incapable for the...
– Female Candidates and the Emotion Doublebind – this ain’t livin’ (via lookoutsideyourself)
Extremely personally relevant.
(via modernistwitch)
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I’d like to raise both of my middle fingers to him and anyone who thinks...
– M.I.A. (via transformfeminism
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Was gonna love you so well
I’d wake every morning
and tell you things like...
– Andrea Gibson (via transformfeminism
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I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.
– Pablo Neruda (via likespancakes)
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My body shuddered with giving, and her body shuddered its acceptance.
This was...
– Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (via thechocolatebrigade)
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mohandasgandhi:
Mexico’s poor sell life-saving blood plasma in struggle to survive
Along the border, blood is big business, in particular plasma. The protein rich substance that is full of infection-fighting antibodies is bought and sold by pharmaceutical companies for life-saving treatments.
Many plasma centers on the border rely heavily on donors from Mexico like 25-year-old Andres Cano...
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papaisarollinstone asked: I can see you reblogging me!!! ^____^
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I think you could fall in love with anyone if you saw the parts of them that no...
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survivor-problems:
Non-survivors telling you how you should feel. submitted by toranseisstrong
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