December 2010
106 posts
Why I stopped saying Retarded →
clitoritastic:
Butting in: I’m absolutely disgusted by anyone who uses words with such a negative history - such as faggot - as easily as that. Have you ever had that word spit in your face as a threat? It’s not as easy to use after that. There’s a difference between reclaiming a word - as a queer fag, I’m fully entitled to use faggot, dyke and queer - and using them as insults. If you hear...
“22 people each year die in police custody, due to police brutality.”
– Socialisimo - Home office statistics.
http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/prgpdfs/fprs26.pdf
(via socialisimo)
“Rape culture is telling girls and women to be careful about what you wear, how...”
– This is a damn good read. (via mermaidmilk)
grrrlvirus:
T'was the night before solstice →
‘Twas the night before solstice and all through the co-op, Not a creature was messing the calm status quo up. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, Dreaming of lentils and warm whole-grain breads. We’d welcome the winter that day after school, By dancing and drumming and burning the Yule. A more meaningful gesture to honor the planet, Than buying more trinkets for Mom...
BEST MOTHERFUCKING SERIES EVER →
Ahhh lovelovelove these books. Read them when I was like 13 and totally had my perspetives on the world smashed and became obsessed with the idea of anarchy, corruption, the future, d.i.y. and fucking hoverboards. I want to run away and join the Smoke. Totally was so bummed when I got to the end of this book before I realized I just had to work on my own reality.
Oh man. So great. I still want a...
