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Favorite hike☺️

feel-better-yoga

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theforce

i was 14 and i was walking through a mall by myself at 12am after my shift at coldstone creamery lol and a bunch of men started whistling and meowing and getting really close to me and they kept asking me questions and i kept not answering until i didn’t know what else to do so i said “i’m only 14” and almost in unison they said “we don’t care” i was so fucking scared i didn’t know what to do and they kept talking about how i looked and how my body looked and what they would do i was on the verge of tears i was all alone in a huge mall i knew i couldn’t outrun them all i felt totally hopeless until a maintenance worker came up to all of us with a huge industrial broom in her hand, i thought she was going to yell at all of us for being in the mall after hours bc she probably thought we were all friends but instead she cursed all of them out in spanish, threatened to press a panic button on her belt and then proceeded to walk me to the basement garage and waited with me until my mom got there to pick me up she had a death grip on her cart the whole time and a face of steel she looked so strong and i just kept saying thank you and she kept saying not to thank her because she had to stop them.

that was the moment i realized women were the most important beings on this planet and we have to protect each other bc nobody else is going to, she didn’t even know me, we couldn’t even communicate that well because of the language barrier, she could have lost her job for waiting with me in the parking lot but she looked out for me when she didn’t have to, she had nothing to gain from it, i’m 21 now and i tell everyone this story even though it happened 7 years ago, what she did that night helped me form and shape lot of my beliefs early on.

actuallunalovegood

i was at a grocery store really late one night and some old guy kind of eyed me as i walked out of the store next to this other lady. She and I made eye contact and i knew she was scared too. we loaded up our groceries into our cars as fast as possible and I had way more bags than her so she got done faster than me. I panicked because i was sure she was going to leave so i just hurried faster, shaking a little, and then i noticed she sat in her car, watching me and making sure nobody came near. She waited not until all my groceries were loaded, or until my cart was put away, or until I got into my car. No, she didn’t drive away until I drove away.

And that was the moment that I realized how much women need other women. That we can’t win this war without each other and we have to be looking out for each other, every second.

ofgeography

my last year in new york city, i got off the subway around 9 or 10p.m. i only lived about 5 blocks from the f train, but i hadn’t gotten more than two before a woman’s hand suddenly touched my arm.

“that guy behind us is following you,” she said. “he was watching you leave the train car and followed you up.”

i hadn’t noticed him, or at least not noticed him following me. when we stopped outside a grocery store, he stopped half a block back and loitered. the woman linked her arm with mine and walked me several blocks out of her way to my front door and made sure i got inside safely.

another time, nocigar and i were walking home and at a stoplight a stranger grabbed my arm when i wouldn’t respond to him and tried to physically drag me over to him. she—who is, by the way, not a very physically imposing girl—ripped his hand off my arm and snarled, “don’t fucking touch her.”

protect your friends. protect strangers. there are good men in the world, but don’t wait for them to do something if you can do it yourself.

edmundo-noches-buckley

I was at a club once and my friend left with her boyfriend so I finished my drink and was heading out to the parking lot when three girls came up to me and basically surrounded me.

“Those guys behind us were talking about following you. We can walk with you.”

I have MMA training but have never in my life had been offered the protection and sanction of my own gender. This is so important.

stele3

GIRL CODE. FUCKIN’ GIRL CODE. LEAVE NO GIRL BEHIND. EVER.

joshliving

Eat your carbs, eat your proteins and eat your fats. Get outside, go to the gym or lay in bed all day. Make yourself a priority and do what makes YOU happy. Simple as that.

parsleysage-rosemarythyme

decided to try something other than mirror selfies 😹

grilledcheese-samwich-deactivat

UM OH OK??????

pinkweightsproteinshakes

oh my goshhhh

instigatinglittleshit

‘Cause let’s be real, here. Despite what tumblr will tell you, it’s okay to not be attracted to fat people (or skinny people or anything in between). What gets your motor running isn’t really something you have complete control over. What you DO have complete control over is how you treat people you don’t find attractive. You always have the option to not be an asshole.

grinchlybear

not finding someone attractive because of their weight (or lack of it) is having a type.

Treating someone badly because of their weight (or lack of it) is shallow and hurtful. You don’t have to be sexually attracted to someone to be nice to them.

chronicallyillfemme

You don’t have to be sexually attracted to someone to be nice to them.

beesplosion

A little louder I’m not sure the mra’s heard you

jaydeyfit-deactivated20180520

I am very sorry for only really uploading legs lately but jeebus they feel jacked #stillskinnybut

pnut-butter-deactivated20150910

😍😍

geekandmisandry

Why are you so fat

Every time you give a woman an unfulfilling sexual encounter I gain a pound.

lastcupofsorrow-deactivated2024

these hit home so hard

bando--grand-scamyon

I’m really trying to fight tears like…. I suppressed all these fucking memories and here they come

im-made-of-saltn-sand

Exactly.

pizzapizzanisa

💦💦💦 jakextaylor

charlottewinslow

symphonyofawesomeness

eat-well-and-go-to-the-gym

All of these yes…. apart from the make up. Who cares how much make up a person wants to wear to the gym… what if they came from work/school and couldn’t be bothered to take the make up off? Stop judging people who wear make up to the gym, some find that they are more confident when they wear make up while working out. And if that works for them,then great!!

ryd-or-die

^^^^ Exactly that. Sometimes I go to the gym straight from class. If I’m cool with eyeliner running down my face for the sake of the sweat, then you can be too.

blushandbourbon

Sometimes you fall off the wagon for months. Sometimes you tell yourself you’re gonna start fresh on Monday and by Wednesday you’ve already fallen back off. Sometimes you have to restart a 100 times and it’s frustrating. But it will be okay. You can do this. One day at a time