SHINING

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Who quit Twitter and is ready for the Tumblr renaissance?

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[yrbestlife]

It takes political courage.

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Advice from Maria Bamford (Via @soalexgoes on Twitter)

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“When I watch action movies with female protagonists—from “Crouching Tiger, Hid­den Dragon” to “The Hunger Games”—I come out feeling charged up, superhuman, indomita­ble. It’s like a drug for potency and confidence. Lately, I’ve come to wonder what it would feel like if, instead of seeing a dozen or so such films in my lifetime, I had the option, at any moment, of seeing several new releases lionizing my gender’s superpowers, if lady Bonds and Spiderwomen became the ordinary fare of my entertainment and imagination. For men, the theatres are playing dozens of male-action-hero films now, and television has always given you a superabundance of champions, from cowboys to detectives, more or less like you, at least when it comes to gender (if not necessarily race and body type and predilection). I can’t imagine how I might have conceived of myself and my possibili­ties if, in my formative years, I had moved through a city where most things were named after women and many or most of the monuments were of powerful, successful, honored women.“ 

-Rebecca Solnit

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Myth

Long afterward, Oedipus, old and blinded, walked the roads.       He smelled a familiar smell.       It was the Sphinx.       Oedipus said, “I want to ask one question. Why didn’t I recognize my mother?”        “You gave the wrong answer,” said the Sphinx.      “But that was what made everything possible,” said Oedipus.     “No,” she said. “When I asked, What walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening, you answered, Man.      You didn’t say anything about woman.” “When you say Man,” said Oedipus, “you include women too. Everyone knows that.”       She said, “That’s what you think.”

Muriel Rukeyser, 1973

[yrbestlife]

This interview about Feminist Bird Club is v v v cool and soothing.

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Letitia Jones is the coolest. 

[momandpopmusic-blog]

Spotted in Greenpoint. #CourtneyBarnett

[claggie]

Biggest moon I’ve painted so far, 22x30. 🌚

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“Fredric Jameson famously observed (in 2003) that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism, and that was the slogan that ricocheted around the left in the early years of the Great Recession. In fact, however, the two are linked: capitalist patriarchy has always justified its own existence by insisting that there is no alternative but chaos, destruction, the end of civilization as we know it.” - Fear of a Feminist Future, Laurie Penny

[harrietleemerrion]

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“You do have to treat yourself like a priority, which is not easy for many women because everyone expects us to accommodate them. But that’s also why you need that time more than most. Part of the reward of exercise it is gives you time to put yourself and your wants first in a world that’s constantly demanding your attention. But it can also give you an incentive to develop the skills that go into getting it — demanding respect for your priorities from yourself and from others, being forgiving of your failures and learning from them, but also starting things and doing them. Be the friend who miraculously gets so much done, and not the friend who is definitely going to start going to the gym on Monday for sure.” - Ask a Swole Woman

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