canary calls and soldier songs

kerralee. 20. australian. mostly it's about television shows and mental breakdowns but sometimes it's about comics, films, mythology and fairy tales.

[sj0]

you have been visited by the seven magic dragon balls your biggest wish will be granted but only if you reblog

[hersheyhipster]

Couldn’t risk it.

[justjengie]

didn’t realize they change colors. now I know o gotta wish.

[pinayputa]

THIS SHIT IS REAL I GOT THE JOB I WAS NUTS ABOUT BC I REBLOGGED THIS YESTERDAY maybe it’s a coinkidink but it okay just take the necessary steps to achieve what you’re wishing for and YOU CAN DO IT

[wintercanarys]

i’ve had to come up with an entirely new thesis and write 4000 words of it in less than two days. two words: lesbian death.

[tilly-and-her-books]

Save Australian literature!

HEY GUYS! I don’t often post about serious things because well, serious things aren’t very fun but this a serious thing that brings me fun (a.k.a books) so I’m going to address it and I hope you can help! 

SHORT VERSION: The government sucks and wants to harm Australian authors and publishers by removing PIRs (Parallel Importation Rules). Help stop this by signing this petition (https://www.change.org/p/scott-morrison-save-australian-literature-stop-parallel-importation-of-books) and talking about it!

LONG VERSION: In Australia the Australian Federal Government is looking to change existing copyright laws in a way that will do huge damage to the Australian book industry, particularly to creators and publishers. They want to remove Parallel Importation Rules (PIRs) that currently exist to protect Australian territorial copyright. These rules were put in place to ensure that if an Australian publisher holds the rights to a book – whether from a local or overseas author – then they have the exclusive ability to publish that title in Australia.

I’m guilty of buying books internationally because a) it’s cheaper and b) when bookstores don’t have it in stock i’m an impatient little book dragon so I do that. In my defence, when I have money i spend it at bookstores and the amount times I go into one empty handed and come out with my arms full kinda makes me proud. Anyway, I’m getting side tracked. 

So Australian authors have royalties at the moment that allow them to get paid enough money to still live (Although, it’s nothing huge in the first place.) but with the new law, books will be much cheaper and authors will be getting paid considerably less. Anyway, The Federal Government hopes that removing PIRs will mean cheaper books for readers, but they have little evidence to suggest the move will actually result in market-wide lower prices. However, it will have a huge impact in reducing the size of the Australian publishing industry, and thus the number of books published in Australia.

But the WORST PART? They want to limit copyright ownership to just fifteen years. Unsure what that means? IT MEANS THAT THE BOOK AN AUTHOR HAS WROTE ISN’T THEIRS ANYMORE AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS. Anyone can steal, use, rewrite that story and the author doesn’t get a single penny. 

Anyway please help because even though books might cost a little more (or remain the same price) you’re helping out Aussie publishers and authors. Want to help? Sign this petition here: https://www.change.org/p/scott-morrison-save-australian-literature-stop-parallel-importation-of-books

BETTER VERSION: Basically, Jay Kristoff wrote about this and did a much better job than me (I also stole some of his paragraphs because they’re better) but read it here: https://jaykristoff.com/2016/05/31/australian-readers-take-note/

Plus I’ll love you for all eternity. So that’s good too. 

[nevillles]

“ I’m not a hockey fan, which is probably why I had to leave Canada in the first place. ”

[malsaud]

[dippy-ecks]

Nothing’s impossible!!

based on this

[free-dogs]

hurrybaack

[sexedplus]

This piece about slut-shaming is some kind of expansion of this post and companion to this post about prude-shaming. None of my stuff is ever intended to be totally comprehensive or the last word on any subject. For example, in this piece I didn’t even have a chance to talk explicitly about gender, or mention intersections with race, or overlaps with rape culture, or the way slut- and prude-shaming work together to create a terrible double-bind. But if you follow SexEdPlus, maybe I’ll get to some of that stuff later!

[sexedplus]

(My girlfriend wanted a post with bunnies.) To be clear: it’s also fine not to have sex, and compulsory sexuality is a problem too, but this post is a response to slut-shaming. For more like this, follow sexedplus or visit sexedplus.com.

[sexedplus]

This piece is about prude-shaming and compulsory sexuality. It’s sort of a companion to this other piece, which is about slut-shaming and how wanting to have lots of casual, unconventional sex doesn’t make you a bad person. Follow SexEdPlus or check out SexEdPlus.Com for more stuff like this!

[aradicalbedclerk]

Had a talk to a friend about this the other day. Not being into kinks, and enjoying vanilla sex doesn’t make you boring, and you’re certainly not less of a person for not experiencing sex before 

[bisexualwhovian-deactivated2016]

Sex positivity should make saying “no” just as valid as saying “yes.”

[gay-zing]

08 ♥ 13 ♥ 2015

[wildehope-deactivated20201028]

100 Reasons to Stay Alive~ Just a friendly reminder in case you had forgotten all of the wonderful little things that makes life worth the struggle~

Wrote up this list as an additional page on my blog and will be adding more as time goes on. If you have any suggestions you want to see on this list, feel free to message me. 

Life is worth it.  I love you.

[girlwhocried5sauce]

For all my plus size girls

- Coconut oil is great for boob sweat

- Essential oils/Deodorant for thigh chafing

- Crop tops? WEAR THAT

- Wanna ride his/her face? Do it. They’re grown. They will find a way to breathe.

- Afraid to have sex with the lights on? Girl, they knew what they signed up for, flaunt them stretch marks. Guarantee you that your confidence will turn them on even more

- Double chin troubles? Search for contouring videos on youtube

- Trouble with confidence? Walk with your shoulders back and your head high, I promise you it works

-Scared to eat in fear of judgment? Please eat, they’re probably not paying you any attention and if they are? Fuck em

- Worried about if you could get away with wearing that? Well I’m telling you that you CAN

And last but not least important, ALWAYS remember:

-YOU FUCKING PRETTY, BITCH

[dividingconstellations]

All the yes to this post!

[taka0-deactivated20180911]

i had a hetero phase

[wintercanarys]

can u pretend im not ugly and annoying and fall in love with me

[thereadachine]

It’s the language boys use, the language all of us use when we talk about girls. It’s so screwed up. Like, there are all these horrid words for being girls with no male equivalent – like ‘slut’ or ‘psycho girlfriend’. Like Tim saying “being tied down” implies we are a burden, that we, as a species, tie boys down and take away their freedom. Why do they get freedom and we don’t? Why does everyone assume boys want freedom and girls want to be attached to someone? Think about it. When boys get older, if they don’t find someone they get called bachelors. We get called spinsters. There isn’t a word that means male spinsters. Just like there isn’t a word for a guy who sleeps around – whereas there are TONS for girls. The English language itself is sexist – it reinforces these overgeneralised, screwed up notions about how boys and girls are allowed to be …

Am I Normal Yet? by Holly Bourne (via thereadachine)

[alyciadebnamcareys]

raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally victimized by a poorly written, forced, love triangle 

[theartofangirling]