Jac. 24.

Lioness.

[kjn]

There was external factors that led to [my eating disorder]. A lot of anorexia nervosa can come from control issues or something you’ve inherited but in my case, I believe it was from external factors. I broke my back at 17 [in a car crash] and it changed my relationship with my body. It probably saved my life otherwise I’d still be anorexic now. I learned how to appreciate my body that I had taken hugely for granted and actively hurting for so long. It literally knocked some sense into me. — Jameela Jamil on society’s routine abuse of women and how it has shaped her life. 

[folkstellar]

#current financial situation

[starwarsfilms]

Donald Glover by Austin Hargrave for The Hollywood Reporter

[psych2go]

Anyone who takes the time to be kind is beautiful.

-Richelle E. Goodrich 

[adeles]

I have crossed the horizon to find you // They’re everything you say but so much more

Moana (2016) // Wonder Woman (2017)

[ithelpstodream]

[jonpertwee]

I feel like this would be a slippery slope towards making it illegal for people to choose to not vote.

[hamfistedbunvendor]

that’s already how it is in australia

[jonpertwee]

That’s just so fucked up. :( Do certain medical conditions exempt you?

[sapphicdalliances]

?????? why is it be fucked up to have compulsory voting? that’s the way it is in most democratic countries? it’s a part of being a citizen, like paying taxes and obeying speed limits? the fine for not voting is only like $50 and because of the compulsory voting law, our country bends over backwards to make it accessible: it’s always on a weekend, lasts most of the day, and is set up at schools and community centers so there’s one within easy reach of almost everybody. you can also mail your ballot or vote early if you’ll be out of the country on the day. like, IT’S EASY TO VOTE, and the penalty isn’t even that ridiculous. i don’t understand why the usa doesn’t have this, except obviously it would make it harder to literally stop minorities from voting.

[salparadisewasright-deactivated]

I think we Americans tend to forget that a lot of other countries don’t actively work to make it harder to vote.

[thisdiscontentedwinter]

Adding to this here, in Australia you don’t have to vote. Or, more precisely, there’s no way they can tell if you ruined your ballot. You have to turn up, get your name marked off, but you can put a line through the ballot if you don’t think any of the candidates are worth voting for. Or do this: 

Or this: 

Or this: 

You have get your name crossed off (if you don’t want to wear the fine), but you don’t have to make your vote counted if you’re opposed to it. 

And it is so, so easy to vote. Stuck at work or on holidays? That’s fine. Do a postal vote.  Stuck in hospital? That’s fine. They’ll go to you. Stuck in an old people’s home and can’t get around? Again, they’ll go to you. It’s amazing to me that it’s so hard for so many Americans to actually vote. If you make it compulsory, than at least the government is obligated to provide you with the means to vote. 

And look, I get it. Sometimes I don’t want to vote either. But I suck it up, I walk three minutes down the street, and I hope that this year they’re selling lamingtons again. Oh, and I buy a democracy sausage, which, even if all the candidates suck, makes the effort of turning up pretty worthwhile. 

[julad]

ALSO, you can see even on the fucked up ballots that you NUMBER CANDIDATES IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE. There’s no need to calculate whether I would be throwing away my vote on the candidate that I most agree with if they’re not from a major party. I can say, I want that independent person to get in, but if not them, give me Big Party A, and if not them, that minor party person is still better that Big Party B, and I’m not giving any preference to the Lunatic Fringe Party.

Our system certainly has some issues still, but I can show up to somewhere nearby, line up for a few minutes (if at all), vote exactly in line with my values (on paper, leaving a paper trail that can be recounted), and then buy a sausage and some home made cupcakes on my way out.

A country’s voting system matters a hell of a lot and every citizen deserves one that makes it easy to vote and results in a government that is representational and accountable.

And by the way, one time I had a bad asthma flare-up on Election Day and didn’t make it to my polling station. I got my fine in the mail, I filled out the form explaining why I couldn’t vote, no more fine. I would rather have, you know, expressed my preference for who should run my country, but they were cool with the fact that I couldn’t do it that day.

[batmanisagatewaydrug-deactivate]

“oh no, what if people actually have to participate in picking the government officials who will impact their lives” jesus christ

[valkyrie-the-lost-deactivated20]

And with the pre-polls,they run for about four days, from about 8am to 6pm, so you can go in your lunch break or whatever. I worked there last year for the local council elections and so many people were happily taking advantage of it? It was fantastic, and while I was there I went and voted, and I made it count even though pretty much everyone was a shit candidate (because there’s no point throwing away your shot and then complaining when things suck). It’s simple and easy, and the fact that people in America see this as a chore that shouldn’t be compulsory fucking blows me away.

[avocadobananas]

who fucking litters. why do i ever see litter. who thinks that’s okay. who. who NEEDS to throw their fast food bag out the fucking window instead of waiting until they get somewhere with a trashcan. what kinda clown behavior. get fucked.

[mytamakomysookee]

John Boyega shares his favorite Carrie Fisher memories

[clarkent]

“not all men” you’re right. superman would never do this.

[clarkent]

unrelated side note: that daily planet reporter clark kent would also never do this.

[fuckyeahstvincent]

[acolorblue]

Chance The Rapper plays the original version of ‘Waves’ he made for Kanye.

[almorosa-deactivated20170822]

Kanyes such an idiot

[goddessofidiocy-deactivated2019]

thinkin about my two hundred different embarrassing and completely self-indulgent daydream universes that i’ve actually taken time out of my day to create content for and have never shared with anyone bc they’re that embarrassing but not being able to stop bc they’re one of the few things that bring me genuine joy 

[basketcasemp3]

[baawri]

[theriddleinwriting]

Captain America in the 80's: Gay people deserve to be protected from a homophobic society, sometimes the government cannot be supported, Nazis are vile and their movement deserves to be destroyed

Captain America now: haha millennial cucks triggered sweetie? kek

[vilus685-deactivated20200321]

Hidden Figures (2016) dir. Theodore Melfi

[chessys]

the real me is three kids in a trenchcoat and they all have anxiety