Behind the moon beyond the rain.

Briana, 23, New York. These are a few of my favorite things.

[sandandglass]

Russell Howard’s Good News s10e07

[b-prettybtch]

That last line.

If you’re so pro-life, why don’t you fuck off and get one.

[beyondtherain]

me, if i talk: i'm being so annoying and everybody hates me and thinks i'm weird

me, if i don't talk: i'm being so weird and distant and everybody hates me and thinks i'm weird

[in-love-with-movies]

How to Deal (USA, 2003)

[espikvlt]

No, but honestly, as an English major, there is nothing more hilarious than white/straight people who use the dictionary as their only defense.

You know what all my English professors have taught me? How useless the dictionary is, and how it could never reflect the intricacies of the relationship between language and culture.

The dictionary won’t save you. Sorry.

[tealass22-deactivated20201101]

Ah, the classic “Oh, but the dictionary defines racism/sexism/{anything} as…”

Interesting from the perspective of a language major. Also, the “dictionary-definition” argument wouldn’t work for any subject if you study it at an advanced level.

You wouldn’t argue with a geneticist over the definition of a gene based on what is defined in the dictionary.

You wouldn’t argue with an astronomer over the definition of a black hole based on what is defined in a dictionary.

So why take a discussion on racism/sexism/oppression and boil it down to a dictionary definition of half a sentence?

In secondary school, at age 13, my answer to the question “What is a species?” was no more than a sentence, copied directly from the text book and corresponding to the dictionary definition.

At university, at age 21, my answer to the question “What is a species?” was a 2000-word essay which discussed different perspectives on the topic over the last hundred years. 

When you bring in the dictionary definition to a discussion as a means of ending it, you are being nothing short of ignorant.

Dictionary-thumpers are just as bad as bible-thumpers. Read another goddamn book, nobody will take you seriously if you only have one source.

[arcaneloquence]

LOUDER FOR THEM IN THE BACK

[bogleech]

Exactly. The dictionary does not define language. People define language. The dictionary was only ever intended to be a guide to how people are using words at the time.

[casijaz]

As someone studying English, I’d like to affirm this, too.

[doublesslightpeppa-deactivated2]

people: omg how are you single????

me *internally*: because i have deeply rooted emotional issues and a debilitating fear that im not good enough for anything

me: guess I just haven’t caught my fiSH yet! haha reel one in for me if you find one, sharon!!

[dreamingofthe-dreamlife]

Just some of Hillary Clinton’s past

[skeptikhaleesi]

This is 100% accurate, she explicitly and deliberately smeared that little girl - and funnily enough, pulled a very similar act a couple decades later, when the girls/women in question were the victims of her husband’s abuse in the 90s.  (So much for “there’s a special place in Hell for women who don’t support other women.”  Fuck you, Hillary.)

Hillary Clinton isn’t just bad on the environment, bad on social issues, bad on healthcare, and bad on people in poverty, she is fundamentally a bad person, and the American people deserve to be aware of that.

This election matters.

vote.berniesanders.com

[sannhetormen]

Welp, there’s something I didn’t actually know this time.  The links definitely get worse than the photo. I’d say she deserves a lot more than to lose an election at this point…

[angelrecipe-deactivated20180602]

Hey

Does anyone else have like. Anxiety-related memory problems. Like, after you do something, you start wondering if you messed something up or did something wrong, and you get really anxious over possible mistakes you made and you genuinely can’t remember if you made those mistakes or not?

Like for example maybe you write someone a letter and then after sending it you start imagining you made some terrible mistake and despite the fact that you yourself wrote and proofread and sent it, you can’t remember if you did or not?

It happens to me a l o t and it’s terrible and scary because I can’t trust my own memories when I’m anxious

[catsruntokyo-deactivated2020112]

🎶 without losing a piece of me

how will I get to heaven? 🎶

[loumandliker]

also - here’s 9 lockscreens of some of lin’s prettiest tweets because i love them and him 

[astrological-kpop]

The "wants to be affectionate but isn't sure how" squad

Capricorn, Aquarius, Scorpio, Virgo, Sagittarius, Gemini, Aries

[badfoodnetworkpuns]

My answer when people ask me how my day is going

[queenentina-deactivated20180121]

my talents include avoiding difficult conversations and getting really sad over things i saw coming

[disneydorito]

YES

[adidastan]

THIS IS THE CUTEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE

[reverseracism]

[digenovanicolo]

[theconcealedweapon]

Conservatives: I hate Muslim people. Look at what that Muslim person did at that Orlando LGBT bar.

LGBT people: So, does that mean you care about LGBT people?

Conservatives: No! Gay people are pedophiles, and transgender women are just men who want to invade women’s restrooms and harass women! WE NEED TO PROTECT WOMEN!

Women: So, does that mean you care about women?

Conservatives: Shut up, feminazi! Women in the United States are not oppressed! If you want to talk about women’s oppression, you should be focusing on how women in other countries are treated!

Refugees: So, does that mean you care about people from other countries?

Conservatives: Stay out of our country! Why should we care about refugees when we have people here who need help?

Homeless People: So, does that mean you care about people who need help?

Conservatives: No! Get a job, freeloader!

[sushinfood]