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[surprisebitch]

otp tbh

[threwmeaway-blog]

[belj88-blog]

Unsent Letter

Matthew, I don't understand it, but you've been in my dreams lately. A lot. I haven't seen or spoken to you in 5 years, and, up until recently, it felt like the 6 something years we spent together hadn't really existed. That you hadn't really existed. I must have never come to terms with how badly you actually treated me. How badly I let myself be treated. In my dreams, I go back to being the forgiving doormat that you turned me into. Sure, we fought like mad. I believed every lie you told me, every single fucking lie. You made me feel like I was crazy, unnecessarily jealous, a controlling bitch. But all my fears were founded. You couldn't even tell me the truth when you did me the mercy of breaking up with me - 6 months after I had tried to so the same to you. That's right, you manipulated me so horribly, used our friends to do the same, that I took you back without question. I went from feeling free to being back under your spell in a matter of 3 days. All of the shit things aside, I don't hate you. It would mean actually wasting energy on you. The only times that seems to happen now is when I'm sleeping. Which is why I had to write this all down - maybe this will make you leave my mind forever. I wish you well, and I wish her well too. Hopefully you're good to her and the little boys she had for you. I hope the drinking has slowed, the selfishness has given way and that you've opened your heart fully to the family you've created. There would be nothing worse for me than knowing you are putting them through the same things you put me through.

[hannahpixiepixie]

[evgenomalkin]

[happytripawd]

[patti-so-moist]

So majestic

[bryko-deactivated20170127]

[surprisebitch]

otp tbh

[the-butt-hut]

Is there a gif for when you’re simultaneously very depressed and deeply pissed off?

[sdvart]

“Rust Cohle” - Matthew McConaughey in “True Detective”. WORK IN PROGRESS by sdvart

[tisjadamenlingerie]

[livewildliveloud]

"I want to fucking taste you. And feel you shake."

[thelostie]

[colinfirthhasmoved-blog]

Matilda was left alone. That was how she liked it.

#forever pissed off that a five year old can make better pancakes than me

[moobeams]

She could move things with her mind and was a god damn genius and you’re jealous of her pancake making.

[memoriesinatrunk]

My friend just showed me this shirt.  She bought it for her daughter.  I need one for my girls too.  I screamed when I saw it.  It’s so awesome!

[baal-hala]

the only two women that actually did shit were Susan b Anthony and ammelia earheart.

[memoriesinatrunk]

Listen up, Fuckboy.  I realize you’re some anti-feminist troll, but take a seat because I’m going to give you an education.  All of these women “did shit”, not just Susan B. Anthony and Amelia Earhart.

Harriet Tubman was born a slave, beaten so badly that she suffered from epilepsy and severe headaches the rest of her life.  Despite everything, she managed to escape slavery.   “There was one of two things I had a right to,” she explained later, “liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.”  She created the Underground Railroad and went back to the South time and time again to rescue her family and many other slaves.  She worked with Frederick Douglass and other abolitionists.  Later in life she worked with the suffragettes, including Susan B. Anthony.

Sally Ride was a physicist and an astronaut.  Not only was she the first woman in space, but she was the youngest person to ever travel to space at the time, and is still the youngest American ever to go to space.  After her NASA career she was a professor of physics and the director of the California Space Institute.  She co-founded a company in 2001 that creates entertaining science programs and publications for upper elementary and middle school students, with a particular focus on girls.  She wrote 7 books about space that encouraged children to study science.  She was also the first known LGBT astronaut.

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakastani woman who has fought tirelessly for female education.  She’s also the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.  Due to her efforts to secure education for women, an Islamic terrorist group attempted to kill her on her way to school.  The Taliban has also stated they want her dead.  Yet, she’s continued her fight for the education of women and female children in Pakistan.  She’s spoke to the UN and during a meeting with President Obama, she confronted him about his use of drone strikes in Pakistan.  She’s done all this and she’s only 17.

Rosa Parks was an African American Civil Rights activist.  She refused to obey orders to give up her seat on a bus, resisting segregation laws.  Her defiance and the defiance of others led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which were important events in the Civil Rights Movement.  She worked for civil rights and educational organizations for the rest of her life.  She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal and was the first woman and second non-US government official to lie in honor in the Capital Rotunda.

These women did a lot, what exactly have you done?  What are your accomplishments?

You go ahead and continue to sit in your mom’s basement, wearing your Meninist t-shirt, and trolling people on the internet.  I’ll be over here raising the next generation of women who are going to get shit done and help make this world a better place.

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[belj88-blog]

Okay iZombie, you can come back now.

Seriously, don’t make me wait for another season!!!

[lavernecox]

On May 29, 2014, the issue of timemagazine magazine which proclaimed the “Transgender Tipping Point” was revealed with me on the cover. June 1, 2015 a year and 3 days later, Caitlyn Jenner’s vanityfair cover was revealed proclaiming #CallMeCaitlyn I am so moved by all the love and support Caitlyn is receiving. It feels like a new day, indeed, when a trans person can present her authentic self to the world for the first time and be celebrated for it so universally. Many have commented on how gorgeous Caitlyn looks in her photos, how she is “slaying for the Gods.” I must echo these comments in the vernacular, “Yasss Gawd! Werk Caitlyn! Get it!” But this has made me reflect critically on my own desires to ‘work a photo shoot’, to serve up various forms of glamour, power, sexiness, body affirming, racially empowering images of the various sides of my black, trans womanhood. I love working a photo shoot and creating inspiring images for my fans, for the world and above all for myself. But I also hope that it is my talent, my intelligence, my heart and spirit that most captivate, inspire, move and encourage folks to think more critically about the world around them. Yes, Caitlyn looks amazing and is beautiful but what I think is most beautiful about her is her heart and soul, the ways she has allowed the world into her vulnerabilities. The love and devotion she has for her family and that they have for her. Her courage to move past denial into her truth so publicly. These things are beyond beautiful to me. A year ago when my Time magazine cover came out I saw posts from many trans folks saying that I am “drop dead gorgeous” and that that doesn’t represent most trans people. (It was news to be that I am drop dead gorgeous but I’ll certainly take it). But what I think they meant is that in certain lighting, at certain angles I am able to embody certain cisnormative beauty standards. Now, there are many trans folks because of genetics and/or lack of material access who will never be able to embody these standards. More importantly many trans folks don’t want to embody them and we shouldn’t have to to be seen as ourselves and respected as ourselves . It is important to note that these standards are also infomed by race, class and ability among other intersections. I have always been aware that I can never represent all trans people. No one or two or three trans people can. This is why we need diverse media representstions of trans folks to multiply trans narratives in the media and depict our beautiful diversities. I started #TransIsBeautiful as a way to celebrate all those things that make trans folks uniquely trans, those things that don’t necessarily align with cisnormative beauty standards. For me it is necessary everyday to celebrate every aspect of myself especially those things about myself that don’t align with other people’s ideas about what is beautiful. #TransIsBeautiful is about, whether you’re trans or not, celebrating all those things that make us uniquely ourselves. Most trans folks don’t have the privileges Caitlyn and I have now have. It is those trans folks we must continue to lift up, get them access to healthcare, jobs, housing, safe streets, safe schools and homes for our young people. We must lift up the stories of those most at risk, statistically trans people of color who are poor and working class. I have hoped over the past few years that the incredible love I have received from the public can translate to the lives of all trans folks. Trans folks of all races, gender expressions, ability, sexual orientations, classes, immigration status, employment status, transition status, genital status etc.. I hope, as I know Caitlyn does, that the love she is receiving can translate into changing hearts and minds about who all trans people are as well as shifting public policies to fully support the lives and well being of all of us. The struggle continues…

[loganlemans]