July 2012
June 2012
“It was always the becoming he dreamed of, never the being.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (via mirroir)
“Not being assaulted is not a privilege to be earned through the judicious application of personal safety strategies. A woman should be able to walk down the street at 4:00 in the morning in nothing but her socks, blind drunk, without being assaulted, and I, for one, am not going to do anything to imply that she is in any way responsible for her own assault if she fails to Adequately Protect Herself. Men aren’t helpless dick-driven maniacs who can’t help raping a vulnerable woman. It disrespects EVERYONE.”
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Emily Nagoski. (via rapeisnotajoke)
#Oh my God. #THIS. #FUCKING THIS. #I would like to print this out and staple it to the forehead of every guy who’s tried to tell me that women “just need to be careful about where they go/how they dress/how they act/who they flirt with.” #Because no. #The only deciding factor on whether or not someone gets raped is the presence of a rapist. #And guess what? #They are EVERYWHERE. #Including but not limited to the local bar. #Your high school. #Your college dorm building. #Your workplace. #Your group of friends. #Your family. #And if you’re telling me that laughing at a guy’s jokes is the equivalent of telling him I’ve given up my right to say no… #Then you are the problem. #Not me. #YOU.
(via madeofglass)
“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was and the present worse than it is.”
—Marcel Pagnol (via i-can-never-make-up-my-mind)
