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So much has changed since I was here last. Looking for better connection than Instagram and worried about the end of Twitter. 

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We actually got SNOW!

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Taking a beginner knitting class. It looks janky because, well, it is janky. But I am really enjoying it. ☺

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

Don’t chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing, and love people. The right people - the ones who really belong in your life - will come to you, and stay.

Will Smith (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[projectunbreakable]

Hi everyone. In light of our current political climate - the fact that a man accused of multiple instances of sexual assault is about to be the president of the USA - I have decided to repost images from Unbreakable on its Instagram account.

For those who have never heard of this project, it was created in 2011. It features survivors of sexual assault holding posters with quotes from their attackers. It closed in 2015. But today, it is back. We are back. And we won’t stay silent - not for the oppressed, not for the marginalized, not for anyone. 

This is the first image ever taken for Project Unbreakable. If you would like to share your own, feel free to use the hashtag #projectunbreakable.

Here is a link to the instagram account.

Thank you.

[just-shower-thoughts]

When medication says “do not operate heavy machinery” they’re probably mainly referring to cars, but my mind always goes to forklift.

[wilwheaton]

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[hthrrloooo]

December 26: last thing I read.

Mary Oliver, <i>Upstream: Selected Essays</i> (2016), a Christmas gift from @internationalorange.

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Ida Maria - Sweet About Me (Live Lounge 3)

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[alonesomes]

when the boys pull your hair and push you to the ground during recess I promise not to tell you that it’s because they like you. when the teachers call home to tell me that you pushed them to the ground after you I’ll take you out of school early and buy you your favorite ice cream. when you get older and the boys try to touch you when you don’t want to be touched I’ll look at you like the sun when you come home with anger in your fists. they all tell you not to fight fire with fire but that is only because they are afraid of your flames. when the boys yell after you like hyenas you yell back, baby. I will not teach you to be afraid of your anger so that you look for it in others. I will not make you be the better person because you already are. you wanna fight ‘em? fight 'em. don’t you dare apologize for the fierce love you have for yourself and the lengths you go to preserve it. when the boys try to tell you to soften up I hope you make them bleed with your edges. I hope you remember that you are not theirs that their disappointment in you is not yours. when the boys come to your door with pretty words and angry eyes I hope you show them the anger in yours. I hope you show them just how strong your mommy thinks you are. I hope you show them the animal they can’t always see in their own reflection. when the boys come with the intention of hurting you my advice will always stay the same, my darling: give 'em hell.

when the boys come | Caitlyn S. (via alonesomes)