red my lips 2016

april is sexual assault awareness month. join me on my journey to raise awareness for victims like me and some of my friends as i wear red lipstick every day this month. for more information, google "red my lips" and consider joining the movement! click "explore" for more links related to this movement, "my story" for my personal posts, and "others" for the stories of others who are part of the movement.

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This was such a good outfit and made perfect with @redmylipsorg 😍

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A few days of supporting @redmylipsorg and my fellow survivors ❤️

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My friend made a "Van Gogh inspired mini M&M portrait" of me on some brownies we made. She included @redmylipsorg in there ❤️

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It's hard when the only people who ask you about your red lips are your 3rd graders but you can't talk to them about rape culture...

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Today I want to talk about the various forms sexual assault can take. There are so many ways in which we as human being can break each other down until our self worth is completely skewed. This violence can include: Physical abuse: Slapping, choking, or punching her. Using hands or objects as weapons. Threatening her with a knife or gun. Committing murder. Sexual abuse: Using threats, intimidation, or physical force to force her into unwanted sexual acts. Emotional or verbal abuse: Threatening to kill her (or to kill the children, other family members or pets), threatening to commit suicide, making humiliating or degrading comments about her body or behaviour, forcing her to commit degrading acts, isolating her from friends or family, confining her to the house, destroying her possessions, and other actions designed to demean her or to restrict her freedom and independence.  Financial abuse: Stealing or controlling her money or valuables (of particular concern to older women). Forcing her to work. Denying her the right to work. Spiritual abuse: Using her religious or spiritual beliefs to manipulate, dominate, and control her. Criminal harassment/stalking: Following her or watching her in a persistent, malicious, and unwanted manner. Invading her privacy in a way that threatens her personal safety So just because someone doesn’t have bruises or scars, doesn’t mean their spirit is being broken daily. Speak out. Lend victims your voice, and courge. You never know who around you might be suffering… #redmylips #sexualassaultawareness #fightforchange #voiceforvictims #voiceforthevoiceless

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I refuse to stop surviving

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Today is my 21st birthday. There was a point where I never thought I could even reach 21. I have been depressed since I was 8 years old, being abused as a child by a women I considered a mom. When I was in high school, a guy I trusted sexually assaulted me. A few months later, I entered an abusive relationship, which I was in and out of for a year.

Sometimes, when I look in the mirror, I just feel pure hatred. After my relationship, I gained over 50 lbs. I have chronic anxiety and PTSD and getting up every morning is honestly so hard.

When I found out about @babe-wear, I saw so many of my insecurities on shirts… Fat babe, Thick Thighed babe, Hairy Babe, etc.

 When Kait announced a Survivor Babe shirt, I was almost in tears. April is sexual assault awareness month and knowing I could have this to wear along with participating in @redmylipsorg made me happy. To have this shirt arrive on my birthday was just….fate. ♥ 

I do not deserve to hate myself so deeply. I am a SURVIVOR not a broken mess; I am WORTHY not unlovable. I made it to 21. I am a babe not despite my flaws but because I can embrace my brokenness

Thank you to Kait for giving me a way to display that on my chest and to the Red My Lips organization for giving me a way to speak out. I can’t wait to wear this shirt this month ♥

[misfitcaravan]

why do we treat the Fall and the Garden like it was all Eve’s fault?   if Adam was so great, why did he also eat of the tree? if Adam was given great domain, why don’t we blame him, too?   sexism will always find a woman to blame a reason to shut women down   won’t it?   food for thought: female does not equal evil and Eve isn’t singularly to blame   she did not lead Adam to sin, he led himself.   guess what? Eve was her own person and Adam was, too. sin comes from the Fall and not from Eve.   so pack up your stupid high and mighty act. Eve is not to blame for all of sin.   Sin was inevitable.

anger for Eve | k.h. (via xwinggs)

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#RedMyLips

by Clary Estes

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A piece for my cousin @la_stylingbymickey in support of her and her work with @redmylipsorg. We have the ability create change, let’s do our best to try. #redmylips2016 #redmylips #CREATEMORE #typebyhand #typography #lettering #letterdesign #letteringbyhand #handtype #handdrawn #handmadefont #handlettering #papermate #sketchbook

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It’s April & I’m supporting #redmylips campaign wearing red-lipstick to raise the awareness of the daily suffering and trauma of the #rapevictims of the world. During #Cromwell’s Commonwealth 1649-1660 #Protestants stole #QueenHenriettaMarie’s dowry - the largest fortune in Europe to fund an army to persecute women who were put in stocks & their faces scrubbed until they bled, if the were suspected of wearing lipstick. Protestants believed #beauty & #fun were gateways to sin. A beautiful woman was believed to be a temptation to decent men, luring & coaxing him to sins of the flesh. Our Great Queen Henrietta wife of King Charles I owned the largest collection of #artemisiagentileschi in the world & it was sold off to prevent the men & women of Britain enjoying themselves - toys for children, dancing, ale & art & singing were all outlawed. In 1660 when King Charles II & his court rode triumphantly through the streets of London the fountains flowed with champagne, women rouged their lips & according to diarists #Pepys & #Evelyn they danced & sang for a full fortnight as women were granted freedom to wear makeup, pursue careers & act on stage for the first time in history! Not all men rape women! The Men who rape women hate them with a brutal burning rage. Rape is an act of violence & has nothing to do with sex. As mothers sisters daughters brothers fathers sons we must ensure all women are safe. While one half of the world’s population is objectified by the other we are all victims of abuse. A slash of red lipstick across your lips, brightens up everyone’s day! #ok2share #notaskingforit #redmylips2016 #stillnotaskingforit #sexualabuseawareness (at Savile Club)

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Yesterday was brought to you by complete exhaustion, @redmylipsorg, and Arcadia's Scarlet & Gray day.

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I red my lips so other survivors knows it’s still okay to wear makeup and go out looking Fire. It took me 4 years to get to this place and I still feel nervous about it but it’s okay. You can wear dresses that make your boobs look nice. Flaunt your makeup. You’re a SURVIVOR.

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I was given 5 minutes at the start of my Christian Fellowship's meeting to talk about rape culture and stats. I didn't stick to the script I wrote myself and I talked more about what rape culture actually is and how much my fellow Christ followers can help reduce statistics and love victims. Christians are supposed to love everyone super duper hard and that is my FAVORITE thing about following Christ.... His love for me and my love for the world. Oh, I also ended talking about @redmylipsorg ❤️

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Yesterday, I rocked my red lips AND saw @berniesanders in person ;) He spoke sooo passionately about women and equality. I felt like such a part of something, so represented and important and loved. I'm here to say it is NOT unfeminist to vote Bernie and not Hillary. Bernie is here for us, too.

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I’ve always been very insecure, but after getting out of my abusive relationship, I put on a lot of weight over the course of a year. Often, I take selfies that hide those insecurities I have about my face shape, placing Snapchat words and emojis to hide my chin. But I think that @redmylipsorg is partly about embracing that vulnerability I feel every day. The self hate that stems so much from trauma. To say I am a survivor. I am a babe not DESPITE my flaws and trials, but BECAUSE of them. #ok2share

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Healing is not linear