The Grass Is Greener Where You Water It

New blog dedicated primarily to self-love and self-growth. Social identities and systems will be discussed.

[keepcalmstay-s-t-r-o-n-g]

A couple reminders for everybody headed back to school

• your mental health is more important than your grades/school work • you are fabulous • they’re probably not even paying attention when you give a presentation • one friend is better than no friends • eat a healthy lunch • take care of yourself • please stay safe • your mental health is more important than your grades/school work • I love you

[666nuns]

[lluvia-hierbaverde]

Person: you don't look gay

Me: yeah sorry I forgot my flannel, rainbow flag and strap on at home.

[art-directter]

[jessehimself]

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[wordsnquotes]

On the journey to myself I’ve been so many people.

Indigo Williams (via wordsnquotes)

[relateforteens]

[ourafrica]

"Africans go to jail for poaching, white men go home with trophy"

[jonnyhendrix]

Truth…

[aloofshahbanou]

Tear Gas Is an Abortifacient. Why Won’t the Anti-Abortion Movement Oppose It?

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A couple of years ago, when I was newly pregnant and reporting in the West Bank, some of my local colleagues insisted that I skip covering a protest at an Israeli checkpoint. At first, I was resistant to letting pregnancy stand in the way of my work, but they knew from experience that there might be tear gas, and tear gas, they said, causes miscarriages.

They were right: though rigorous studies are few, there is evidence that tear gas is an abortifacient. In 2011, Chile temporarily suspended its use after a University of Chile studylinked it to miscarriage and fetal harm. Investigating the use of tear gas in Bahrain in 2012, Physicians for Human Rights found that local doctors were reporting increased numbers of miscarriages in exposed areas. And UN officials have connected tear gas to miscarriages in the Palestinian territories.

This means it’s likely that police in Ferguson, Missouri, have been spraying abortion-causing chemicals on crowds of civilians. Recently at TheNation.com, Dani McClain wrote about the killing of black youth as a reproductive justice issue, one that goes to the heart of the rights of parents to raise their children in peace, safety and dignity. She’s correct, of course, but if the anti-abortion movement were actually concerned about the well-being of the unborn, then the violence in Ferguson would be a pro-life issue as well.

[youngbadmanbrown-deactivated201]

jesus fuck

[terraoliveira]

We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.

Anaïs Nin (via cosmicroots)

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[teenbitch-deactivated20151216]

Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein arrested during peaceful protest in Ferguson for “blocking the entrance”

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[vjezze]

Amsterdam is turning rainbow for a visit of the Russian president Putin. The council of the city of Amsterdam has decided to hang out the gay pride flag on all council owned buildings and offices, in protest to Russia’s new anti-gay law.

[hey-assbutt-its-a-parade]

immortaliarty:

there’s several of these as well;

pretty sure Amsterdam is now the sass capital of the world

[lacigreen]

this is the actual best thing

[musical-treasures]

this is very important