PolkaDots and Coffee

My name is Michelle, I am strongly addicted to all things teal, polkaDotted and coffee. I have the best friends you could imagine and they put up with my nonsense.

[hydratedbitch]

dragons can literally never blow out candles that is so sad

[casualmalexlfan]

best horse names on wikipedia

[chiesatonakas-archive]

you missed the best one

[marrymejasonsegel]

This is not about personal preference. My feelings about the people on this list range from adoration to indifference to disgust. But none of these people had as positive reaction as Laverne Cox and Lupita Nyong’o did. In fact, many of them actually have a higher percentage of “no” than “yes”. With the exception of Benedict Cumberbatch, Laverne Cox received more reactions than anybody else, AND she has one of the highest “yes” percentages of anybody on the voting list.

So what is the point of voting, if the results of the voting don’t matter? We were told to vote for who we believed should be on the list, we did, and two of the people who received the most affirmative votes were not included.

So what was the point? Did you include them in the voting as some sort of kick-back, or an attempt to placate their fans, without any intention of including them? You included Megyn Kelly in a list entitled “pioneers”, and yet Laverne Cox has done more pioneering for the rights and interests of trans women than Megyn Kelly has ever done. You included two men who run dictatorships and commit human right violations routinely, people in media who haven’t really done anything spectacular within their fields, two politicians who had overwhelmingly negative reactions and…the Koch brothers?

Perhaps you had other criteria for the title “influential”. Perhaps a trans woman who campaigns for the rights and awareness of issues relating to trans women (one of the most denigrated groups in the world) didn’t meet that standard. Perhaps being awarded several humanitarian-related awards and being the key note speaker at several events wasn’t enough. Perhaps a woman who dares to speak out about these issues at the risk of her very identity being derided and attacked, because she wants to make her community better and she wants to help young girls just like her accept themselves and grow up in a better world just wasn’t influential enough for you.

And I guess a young actress who swept the awards season isn’t what you would call influential. I guess a woman who took on an emotionally trying role in a film that highlighted the atrocities on our nation’s past wasn’t good enough. A dark skinned woman who has just been deemed the most beautiful woman in the world, bringing hope and happiness to millions of black girls and women who are often insulted because of their skin—that just didn’t quite meet the same standards as being in a few films in one year. 

Or maybe, just maybe, the accomplishments of these two women challenge societal norms too much. Maybe what they have done and what they stand for is too uncomfortable for your readership and your editor. Maybe you just think the people the Koch brothers and Rand Paul influence are more important than the people Laverne and Lupita influence.

And that is a damn shame.

[unwene-deactivated20160331]

fucking Kim Jong Un? really?

[gr4ceffa]

hey everyone! so i’ve seen a lot of masterposts for things such as depression, anxiety, and a lot of other things. but i don’t think i’ve ever stumbled across a masterpost that has all of those things in it PLUS more! under the cut are websites that specialize in different solutions for whatever you’re going through. please reblog and hopefully brighten someone else’s day. =u=

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[michellebakesacake]

Some random guy just winked at me. Is this real life, does this actually happen to people?!

[taherehmafi]

ransom and i got married several months ago in an intimate ceremony, but recently had a larger reception for more family and friends, and it was a blast! as we’re both writers, it seemed fitting to have the event at one of our favorite bookstores: the last bookstore in downtown LA. we’ve had a lot of requests for photos, so i thought i’d drop a few here. hope you enjoy them as much as we do! 

:::for the especially curious:::

my bouquet: was made from the pages of ransom’s novel (miss peregrine’s home for peculiar children).

our photographers: brandon + katrina of brandon wong photography.

venue: the last bookstore in downtown los angeles.

catering: the extremely fabulous heirloomla.

flowers: from floral art!

rentals: furniture from found rentals, dishes from dishwish!

the band: one of our favorite local indie bands, the gallery.

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hugs and books!

xx

tahereh

[ransomriggs]

Goinnnn to the bookstore 

and we’re

gonnnnna get maa-aa-aarired 

*whistles*

[fishingboatproceeds]

The beautiful wedding of my beautiful friends!

[peachofcake]

if i ever get married i am gonna be too embarrassed to kiss my husband in front of everyone, especially my parents, so we will probably just high five or something

[moldygal]

After an announcement yesterday outlining what girls (and only girls) could and could not wear to school today (even though it was 80 degrees and the school would not turn on the air conditioner) someone posted this in a stairwell. A lot of girls were supportive of these posters, seeing as some teachers were sending down absolutely any girls wearing shorts.

[amimarriedtokeshayet]

maybe now we can stop doubting her intelligence just because she sings party songs

[steven]

i may not be that funny or athletic or good looking or smart or talented i forgot where i was going with this

[waywardcastiel]

i hate it when you’re walking along and you suddenly become really self-conscious about the way you are walking so you concentrate on walking normally and just end up like

[cutegirlonline-deactivated20181]

cough

rough

though

through

why dont these words rhyme

[heros-of-the-bluebox]

but for some god forsaken reason pony and bologna do

[my-teen-quote]

[togehterwecanburnthisplacedown]

It’s all not perfect. We need music to save us; spinning the soundtrack to our beautiful chaos.

(via togehterwecanburnthisplacedown)

[sn00p4prez-deactivated20140712]

if i give you a boner please tell me so i can feel good about myself

[emilys-nostalgia]

‎’Slut’ is attacking women for their right to say yes. ‘Friend Zone’ is attacking women for their right to say no.

And “bitch” is attacking women for their right to call you on it.  (via madgay)

[asanaambitions]

Friendly reminder to check your breasts while you’re just sitting there scrolling the internet, then reblog so your followers do the same. Two people I know were just diagnosed within the same week.