Life is for Adventure

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And who am I? That’s one secret I’ll never tell. You know you love me. —XOXO. Gossip Girl.

Happy 10th Anniversary, Gossip Girl! (September 19th, 2007)

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the best😪😪

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What are some advocacy organizations you ask? https://www.muslimadvocates.org https://www.cair.com https://www.mlfa.org http://www.cunyclear.org/ https://www.aclu.org http://www.humanrightsfirst.org http://www.afj.org http://ccrjustice.org http://www.amnestyusa.org http://www.aila.org

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Additional resources here

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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, this twitter account is posting the names and photos (when available) of refugees turned away from America who became victims of Naziism. #NoBanNoWall #RefugeesWelcome 

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I want to be really clear about something: Planned Parenthood has done more to prevent abortion than the pro-life movement ever has.

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YES !!

[liberalsarecool]

A Republican will borrow $20 BILLION for a vanity project before they spend $55 MILLION to protect citizens from lead in drinking water [that MI Republicans are responsible]

This is fiscal idiocy mixed with hatred of black communities, aka, GOP default.

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BITCH, IT’S SATURDAY

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Women’s March around the world [January 21, 2017] 

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Thank you for your service, 2008-2016.

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Ryan on Defunding PP

Defunding Planned Parenthood will be in reconciliation bill.

Y’ALL.

CALL YOUR REPS AND YOUR SENATORS. MAKE NOISE.

“Hi, I’m a constituent from [town], and I’m calling to urge [rep name] to oppose all attempts to defund Planned Parenthood.”

[finnglas]

I want to tell you a thing about Planned Parenthood: Planned Parenthood is the reason a lot of people are alive. They offer medical services – anything from annual check ups to “i have a bladder infection” to “I need a prescription for antidepressants” – to people, and most of them have a sliding scale payment system that allows them to offer services to low-income people and people without insurance. 

That is why they receive federal funding at all – so that poor people who are sick can see a doctor. So that poor people who aren’t sick can receive preventative medical services. That is why they are subsidized by the federal government. Part of the government’s money goes to make up the difference between what poor people can pay for their medical treatment and what that treatment actually costs Planned Parenthood.

Regardless of where you stand on issues of abortion, you should know that they are already prevented from using federal subsidies to fund abortion services. So when conservatives talk about defunding Planned Parenthood and try to hide behind the excuse of “well I don’t want my tax money paying for abortions,” they are full of absolute shit. They are just trying to take away one of the few sources poor people have to stay healthy and treat their illnesses, and it’s not like they’re contributing to our GoFundMe’s when we end up in the emergency room because we couldn’t afford to receive preventative treatment. Fuck that shit.

Don’t stand for this.

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Phone calls from constituents blocked the gutting of the congressional ethics office. Phone calls from constituents can block this, too. (You are still a constituent if you are represented by someone, whether you can vote yet or not; this is something teens can do.)

People in the US: get on your phone on Friday. Call your rep, regardless of party. If your rep is a Republican, especially call them. The call will take less than 5 minutes, unless the office is overwhelmed, in which case, stay on the line. Most offices only count you if you speak to someone.

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This is way more effective than tweeting at them or making petitions or whatever! Boosting this!

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There’s a difference between challenging yourself and overwhelming yourself.

Something that took me too many years in school to realize (via alltherightnotes)

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Thanks, Obama 🇺🇸

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FYI Paul Ryan and the GOP’s plan to defund Planned Parenthood later this month has NOTHING to do with abortion. They will scare you into believing that this is about stopping abortion but federal funding DOES NOT and CAN NOT fund abortions. 

This is nothing more than an attack on healthcare, specifically women’s healthcare, and the fact is that 2.5 million people rely on their services a year. This also includes pap smears, cancer screenings, family planning, birth control, STD testing, pregnancy tests, sex education, etc. Some Planned Parenthood locations also provide general health care services such as vaccinations and physical exams, and testing/screenings for anemia, diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, thyroid, etc. 

Defunding Planned Parenthood will leave tons of people without affordable ways to access healthcare services and birth control. There’s nothing “pro-life” about that. Now here are some basic steps you can take right now:

1. Call and/or email your own local representative and demand they oppose the defunding of Planned Parenthood. You can see who your representative is HERE. Just type in your zip code and it will tell you. There will also be a small image of a computer next to their picture, which takes you directly to their website where you can find their contact information.

2. Call Paul Ryan at 608-752-4050, or visit his contact page with his other office phone numbers. You can also email his via this website. 

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this makes it very easy to call, all you have to do is put in your phone number and you’ll get a call in a minute connecting you to Paul Ryan’s office. there’s also a call script provided, so you don’t have to worry about what to say.

[refinery29]

HBO is releasing its Carrie Fisher documentary early in light of her passing and it’s chock full of amazing mother/daughter feels

The newest offering from HBO’s documentary wing is an unfortunately timely one. Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds was shot over a year in 2014 and 2015. The film covers the relationship between mother, daughter, and fame as Fisher films Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Gifs: HBODocs

WATCH THE TRAILER

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Can we PLEASE remove the stigma for blue collar work in America?

“You don’t wanna be a garbage collector when you grow up, do you?”

$34,000 a year, no college needed?

God forbid you take an honest job $7,000 above Michigan’s average cost of living line.

“You don’t wanna be a ditch digger.”

Bitch, I was making $15 an hour, post tax, doing exactly that, the fuck is wrong with it? (Other than it was physically exhausting.)

We need to help America, as a whole, understand that college is not, and should not be he only option, and that there is NO SHAME in trade school or even getting a career right out of high school.

I, personally, know plumbers making $80,000+ a year. Better than most 4 year degree workers.

We need plumbers, janitors, truck-drivers, garbage collectors, machinists, to keep this nation running smoothly. And they deserve respect for what they do.

Miss me with your classist bullshit.