December 2010
“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the spaces between the notes and curl my...”
– Maya Angelou (via josiemac28713)
Have a Happy New Year!
fuckyeahyoga:
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. ~T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding”
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer...”
– -Dr. Seuss (via life-or-somethinglikeit)
I have always loved Dr. Seuss, but recently i have been thinking of re-reading many of the classics i grew up with to see if i find something more or different that i can take from them.
fuckyeahyoga: Yoga Journal: Resolve to Evolve →
fuckyeahyoga:
A new year’s resolution is a noteworthy concept—start off the year with a change for the better. So how did it devolve into a subconscious exercise in self-loathing? Lose 10 pounds! (Message to self: You’re fat.) Stop drinking caffeine! (You’re unhealthy.) Call Mom and Dad once a week! (You’re…
“Books, records, films…these things matter! Call me shallow, but it’s the fucking...”
– Rob, High Fidelity (via enicoleh)
“People often say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ and I say that the...”
– Salma Hayek (via kari-shma)
Trans 101 →
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
spectrumnaut:
From Binary Subverter
You are human. You are worthy of respect. You deserve to be treated with the same dignity as anyone else. There is nothing inherently wrong with your gender. You are not broken, you are not disgusting, you do not deserve to be hurt.
You’ve been brought up and live in a world that’s designed to erase and demonize your existence,...
“Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest...”
– Louis E. Boone (via kari-shma)
“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.”
– Salvador Dali (via quote-book)
“All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist.”
– Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse Five (via jesthenoir)
Texas School Outs Lesbian Student to Her Parents →
pansexualpride:
We have read so many stories about LGBT bullying in 2010. Too many. And as the year rolls to a close, the stories are not getting any nicer or any less frequent.
This story, however, is a bit different, because it is not about a student being bullied by another student. We are heading into adult-on-youth bullying, which is an even more disturbing trend. These are the people that...
Metallic Ink 4th Amendment Underwear. Yes, you... →
loveyourrebellion:
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“Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are,...”
– Norman Vincent Peale (via julie911)
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt (via wearethedigitalkids)
“I don’t want to be married just to be married. I can’t think of anything...”
– Mary Ann Shaffer (via kari-shma)
Transgender woman seeks restraining order against... →
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
A transgender woman is asking for a temporary restraining order against a California Department of Motor Vehicles employee who allegedly wrote her a letter condemning her to hell.
Amber Yust told HLN’s Jane Velez-Mitchell on Wednesday night that she got the letter after she went to a San Francisco DMV office in October and successfully changed her name from David to...
fckh8 →
“One is not born a woman, one becomes a woman.”
– Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (via libraryland)
10 Things Men Can Do To Prevent Domestic and... →
mohandaskgandhi:
am-:
1. Acknowledge and understand how male dominance and aspects of unhealthy manhood are at the foundation of domestic and sexual violence. 2. Examine and challenge our individual beliefs and the role that we play in supporting men who are abusive. 3. Recognize and stop colluding with other men by getting out of our socially defined roles, and take a stance to prevent...
“Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet.It is a way of entering into...”
– Deepak Chopra (via 122782)
“It wasn’t until I started reading and found books they wouldn’t let us read in...”
– John Waters (via scopophiliacs)
“It wasn’t until I started reading and found books they wouldn’t let us read in...”
– John Waters (via scopophiliacs)
“If talent doesn’t matter, what do you need then? Passion, passion and passion....”
– from Why there is no Talent (via jeremywatt)
“You’ve gotta be original, because if you’re like someone else, what do they need...”
– Bernadette Peters (via justbesplendid)
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
– (via roxyscores) 