Derp.

Savanna | 27 | AZ I'm facing the world with a smile on my face.

[mentalquotes]

[forever-can-be-just-one-second]

[bolesci]

[raychillster]

sometimes you have to put that nice girl act in your back pocket, stop being so shy, stop being so self conscious, and just do whatever the hell you want. look out for you.

[blenheimapricot1999]

the 20s are soon upon us

things to include

flapper dresses

jazz music

sex positivity

women’s rights

renewal of arts & culture

increased immigration & cultural sharing

sequins

eyeliner

things to leave behind

racism & nativism

consumerist culture

white guys writing “the great american novel”

[captainlordauditor]

more things to include

black/jewish solidarity

short hair of all textures

suspenders

beaded & embroidered dresses

subtly homoerotic advertising

masculine women, feminine men

things to leave behind

ineffective prohibition laws

wealth gap

[nonasuch]

also let’s bring back:

egyptian revival jewelry

really high-waisted wide-legged pants

monocles

comfy one-piece bathing suits

the labor movement

yiddish

and leave behind:

robber barons

tuberculosis

anti-semitism

sweatshops

[balladofabrokebitch]

Let’s not forget:

Fun dances, balls, masquerades, and parties

And leave behind:

A Great Depression

[imgoingtofighttheocean]

U kno what???? Honestly?? All jokes side about the Duolingo owl, Duolingo is one of the only language education services I know of that doesn’t charge for the full course and I really think we don’t appreciate that enough in a world where knowledge is severely (and increasing) restricted based on income. I just went through the app store and downloaded every language app I can find, and the only two that didn’t charge hefty subscription fees to access all the lessons were duolingo and memrise. Support free education.

[yndu-deactivated20161204]

every semicolon i’ve ever used has been a shot in the dark

[allegedadulthood]

Semicolon use is actually quite simple; semicolons separate two complete, related sentences.

[yndu-deactivated20161204]

cool; bro

[belovedbane]

Concept: I finish school. The job I work isn’t my dream job but I enjoy doing it greatly still. It pays enough to cover everything I might need. My bills are never overdue. Money is not a thought in my head. I have a place to live. So do my dogs. It is nice and warm, I have some plants, my bookshelves are full, my sheets are always clean. There is time to read at the end of a day. I read a lot. Thinking is a good thing. I meet up with friends regularly, old and new. They love me. We make memories. I have nothing to be ashamed of. I travel a few times a year, always different places. The places I see steal my breath away. The people I meet teach me of life. They are good. There is no war. The sea calls to me and pay visit. I am independent. I am content.

[lxzyfangirl]

we are such a sad generation. the dream is a modest and decent life.

[reddpropaganda]

And still, it feels unattainable.

[autumnhobbit]

You know? I actually prefer to think of it as regaining sanity after all the delusions of grandeur older generations had. There is absolutely nothing wrong with a normal, decent life with just enough, and tbh it’s their fault we think there IS something wrong with it.

[quotefeeling]

“A woman who opens her heart to love you when it’s already been broken, is braver than any person you’ll meet.”

—

Steven Benson

(via quotefeeling)

[stillesgeschrei]

“One day someone is going to hug you so tight, that all of your broken pieces will stick back together.”

— Unknown (via thoughtkick)

[hardlyfatal]

[hurdygurdywizard]

Me: Doctor, why is that syringe filled with glitter? Doctor: Anaesthetic.

[luckticket]

[floozys-deactivated20180908]

“girls aren’t allowed to participate in no shave november!1!!! it’s gross!!!!”

i’ve been participating in no shave november, december, january, february, march, april, may, june, july, august, september and october and if you have a problem you can lick my fucking panda legs

[hellfyreak]

No thanks, I’ll just go find one of the girls that actually enjoy taking care of themselves.

[floozys-deactivated20180908]

yeah i’m fucking sure girls are lining down the block to get a piece of you

[psyducked]

how is it that of all people a fucking furry is disgusted by hair

[parskis]

i swear to god, men raising their voice is the most terrifying thing in the whole world. they dont understand, like its an immediate panic response, game over

[cl4yton-deactivated20180207]

I actually had no idea women found this so scary

[periwinklepromise]

my downstairs neighbors fight on a regular basis, and every time he starts yelling i’m a little afraid he’s going to kill her. i have no reason to think this except that he is a man and he is angry

[thewonderfulthingaboutfish]

My math teacher has a loud voice and a temper and he scares the living shit out of me almost everyday. He’s made me and other kids cry more than once and he and his teacher buddies make a joke out of terrifying students.

[diamondsamura1-deactivated20220]

this was women in general? i knew my gf didn’t like it but I was unaware if this affected most women

[survivor-surviving]

Yes, it does

[pandora-ness]

As a woman, I had no idea it effected other women like this. I was too afraid to even talk about it. I thought I was weak. Thanks for bringing attention to this.

[kaldraws8280]

My dad thinks it’s funny that I used to cry when he raised his voice. I freak out whenever some one does. Once my director did, and I started crying I couldn’t stop. I’m glad to see I’m not alone…

[suicunesrider]

This is so important– seeing how common this is– and I also want you all to know that this is not normal. It isn’t something instinctively ingrained into women, to be afraid of men. There is no natural state of men being a threat that women constantly have to be afraid of. This is cultural. So many women and girls here have a mutual understanding of this feeling, and I think it really shows an unsettling truth about our society, particularly about how men are raised to act and how so many women have this defensive reaction gradually develop. It’s so important that these people have their voices heard, because it teaches us about problems that we just can’t deny the existence of any longer.

[shidoninoure]

I’m glad I’m not the only one

[anexperimentallife]

My fellow men, pay attention. I didn’t realize how scary this could be until one of my exes explained it to me, and it’s heartbreaking.

Also, when we move too much during an argument, or lean forward, it’s scary, and I never knew. I was even a little insulted at first, because surely she didn’t think I would hurt her. But see, that doesn’t matter. It wasn’t a sign that she mistrusted me specifically; it’s a conditioned response. (Although if you keep doing it once you realize it scares her, she SHOULDN’T trust you.)

Not every woman has been physically harmed by a man she trusted, but every woman KNOWS a woman who has.

I used to be horrible about this, because I didn’t realize how intimidating it was. I didn’t understand why the woman I was with clammed up or tried to tell me what she thought I wanted to hear, and I only got angrier, and acted even more like an asshole. It was wrong. It was abusive. It didn’t matter if I INTENDED it that way; it was still emotionally abusive. And it was inexcusable.

I get that when passions are high, and when you’re frustrated, it’s a natural tendency to let your voice get louder, to shout and gesture and lean forward. But you can train yourself to do better. You can train yourself to keep more of an even tone, to refrain from large and fast gestures, to not lean into her personal space. I did. I’m not perfect at it yet, but goddamn it, I WILL be.

Don’t tell me it’s too hard, that you just can’t do it, or that you “shouldn’t have to.” I’m 53 years old and just now getting the hang of it, and if this old dog can learn something new, so can you.

[elfwreck]

Note to guys: It really, REALLY doesn’t matter if you’re thinking, “but I would never…”

History is littered with the bodies of women who believed a man “would never.” This includes women killed by men who honestly, deeply, truly believed they “would never”… right up until she said that one thing or moved in just that way and he just got so mad, just that once, and pushed her or punched her or slashed her or shot her… just once, y’know, to shut her up, or because she was flinching and didn’t she know that HE’S NOT LIKE THAT and I’LL TEACH HER TO BE AFRAID OF ME…

We are trained, from infancy, that Men With Loud Voices are a source of pain from which we cannot escape, and attempts to escape may result in more pain. And as soon as we’re old enough to comprehend a world broader than our immediate circle, a world that extends into the past and will run into the future, we realize that there is no way, no way at all, to tell which men “would never” and which men “would never… except if.”

We live or die on that “if.” And any man who doesn’t like facing that hyper-vigilance can work on fixing OTHER MEN, not women’s fear.

The reaction shouldn’t be “not all men are like that;” it should be “no woman should have to live in fear.”

It’s telling that so many people will hear a story of long-term abuse and say, “why did she stay with him?” and not “why did he treat her like that?”

[plaggnoir]

This made me cry.

[galactic-gangstar-gibbon-deacti]

Don’t skip over this.

[friend-o-dorothy]

History is littered with the bodies of women who believed a man “would never.”

[giveme-yourhand]

Okay but I can go from the most innocent little shit who’s scared to kiss you to slamming you against the wall and making out with you in a public restroom

[firstfullmoon]

christopher citro, “our beautiful life when it’s filled with shrieks” / @inkskinned‘s poem about love between women

[6thlovelanguage-deactivated2020]

nina lacour, everything leads to you

[dprssdbtwlldrssd]

You know you’re fucking alone when you’re lying in bed listening to sad music and need someone to admit to just how much you want to end it all - and realize there’s no one.