Shelby; he called me hollow bones and he built a boat for me. but he left with his words when he left by sea. “[Shelby is] my inspiration. I owe all of my success to her. Literally.” –Mindy Kaling “My best friend. My soulmate. My role model.” –Shannon Woodward “I always look forward to the 3am hookups we have when Shelby is in town. If she was up for it, I would marry her.” –Dave Franco “I based the lead character in my play entirely on Shelby. I just think she’s fantastic. It’s been a struggle finding an actress who can embody everything about her that makes her special.” – Jesse Eisenberg "Actually, 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' is about Shelby." - John Lennon "Whenever I need someone to just chill out and smoke weed with, I always call up Shelby. Sometimes we cuddle." - Kristen Stewart "I asked Shelby to run as my VP, but she said no. I'd still be willing to bring her on; I think she could make a significant difference in this country." - Barack Obama
“You know that episode where Holt goes ‘Hot damn’?” the actress added suddenly, referencing a scene where Capt. Holt and the precinct took bets on why Amy (Melissa Fumero) was late for work. “That was an improv. He just busted out with it. That’s why they cut away so fast at the end of the ‘Hot damn,’ because all of us died laughing.”
Right this minute, there is someone going through chemotherapy shopping at your grocery store, buying popsicles and ice cream to help their sore mouth, and worrying what the cashier is going to think.
There is someone on hemodialysis buying white bread instead of whole wheat, trying to keep their phosphorus levels reasonable between appointments and hoping for the best.
There is a person attending intensive outpatient treatment for their eating disorder who has been challenged by their therapist to buy a Frappuccino.
There are dietitians picking up a dozen different candy bars to eat with their clients, who feel ashamed and guilty about enjoying them.
There is someone who just doesn’t have it in them to cook right now, and this frozen pizza and canned soup will keep them going.
There are people recovering from chronic dieting and semi-starvation who are buying chocolate and chips at their deprived body’s insistence.
All around us are people listening to what their bodies need and attempting to make the best possible choice within a context of overwhelming food pressure. All of their choices are valid, and every single one of these foods is “real.”
people have been illegally dumping their old boats all around abandoned neighborhoods in detroit so this one newscaster on the local news station has been collecting them and finding out who the owners are by looking up the ID numbers on the boats and then she puts them on a flatbed truck and she brings them back to their owners wearing a fucking captain’s hat and she knocks on their doors and goes “hey we found your boat!”
(molestation tw) Shelby, as somebody who's gone through a similar experience, what do you make of the Lena Dunham scandal? I don't mean to be invasive but I'm VERY confused and disturbed by it especially in light of how ignored children abusing children is.
Ugh, I've been away from the internet for a couple of days so I just found out about this this morning and I am SO uncomfortable with it. I would never want to dictate how her sister (or any other child victims- and yes they are victims) should feel, and if she feels comfortable with it, that's fine and great, but Lena's response to everything has me RAGING. She literally described what she did to her sister as 'things a sexual predator would do' and is somehow also outraged that people are calling her on it.
I really don't understand how Lena keeps pulling shitty tricks out of her shitty hat and still has this army of so-called progressives supporting her. I've seen a lot of 'children experiment' and 'kids are always exploring their sexuality' as arguments, and it's just bullshit. If a child has had ~the talk~, they know better. If a child is in school, they know better. This isn't 'i'll show you mine if you show me yours', this is a very common situation where a child manipulates and pressures another child (usually younger) into what is essentially molestation.
I get that children don't understand the full scope of what effects abuse has on people, but that is all the more reason to draw a line in the sand and let people know that this shit is not okay. If you walk in on a kid with her hands down her sisters pants, that shit is NOT OKAY. And when adults brush it off, it both invalidates the experience of the victim, and leaves a door open for this to keep happening.
If someone points at your black clothes and asks you whose funeral is it, a look around the room and a casual “haven’t decided yet” is always a good response.