January 2012
4 posts
Fuck capitalsim. →
historicalupstart:
In 2010, Mitt Romney made $33500 in 13 hours 32 minutes and 51 seconds. It would take you 646 years 7 months 8 days 17 hours 48 minutes and 15 seconds to make what Mitt made in 2010.
capitalism*
Pink Zebra Ninja Shoes →
fuckinglesbian:
r0bertbrowniejr:
Yesterday my mom posted a picture on Facebook of my 5 year old brother Sam wearing a pair of shoes he picked out for his first day of preschool.
She explained to him in the store that they were really made for girls. Sam then told her that he didn’t care and that “ninjas can wear pink shoes too.”
Sam went to preschool and got several compliments on his new...
December 2011
26 posts
Here's to a new year.
Happy new year, everyone.
A Cleverly Designed Device: A Title is Optional →
audreyyeo:
Dear friend,
We have always spoken very frankly about our world views. It’s a given you’re intellectual. But this time, I’d like to disagree with you. Below is my point:
As requested, I’ll share a conflicting idea. Years ago, women couldn’t choose who they wanted to marry. Women didn’t choose….
My Dad recently said : “Marry the one you love, and love the one you...
“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe...”
– Audrey Hepburn (via wordsandlyrics)
“We all want to be loved…to be happy. So why aren’t we? Because we’ve become...”
– One Tree Hill (via eletheowl)
1 tag
“It is impossible to live without failing at something. Unless you live so...”
– J.K. Rowling (submitted by lostinthisdisguise)
“Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and above all, those who live...”
– Dumbledore to Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows By JK. Rowling (via quote-book)
1 tag
the soliloquy of a lion-hearted girl: A reflection... →
graceyeoh:
fear·less /ˈfi(ə)rlis/ See synonym: Love (verb)
I’ve been in a certain type of mood lately, the kind that engulfs you at 2am one night and doesn’t leave for days, forcing you to entertain and analyse your way out of the sudden cascade of pseudo-philosophical musings about Love, Life and…
“The trouble with quotes on the internet is that it’s difficult to discern...”
– Abraham Lincoln
“You are wonderful, young person. And you don’t need to convince someone of the...”
– Because I Love You(th): Part 1, Everyday Isa
(via themorninglight)
November 2011
8 posts
“Trigger Warning: Trans*-bigotry The average life span of a transgender person is...”
– Guernica / Trans-Formative Change
Dean Spade is the first openly trans law professor. Meaghan Winter interviews him for Granta.
H/T The Rumpus
FUCKING READ THIS SHIT. NEXT TIME ANYONE THINKS IT’S OKAY TO RAG ON TRANS* PEOPLE (BECAUSE LOLOL THEIR EXISTENCE IS JUST SO FUNNY, ISN’T IT FUNNY THAT...
“Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise...”
– Stephen Colbert (via imfantasyparade)
October 2011
51 posts
7 Reasons Why Your Writing Dreams Aren’t Coming... →
“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer (via quote-book)
3 Reasons to Travel While You're Young →
an open letter to my second home
graceyeoh:
Dear Ngee Ann Poly,
Where do I begin?
People don’t really understand my deep love for you when I talk about you. To be honest, neither did I. Until I had a huge lack of love for some place else to compare it to.
I remember the day we met. It was a life-changing experience; one I will tell for years to come. Sixteen year old me, fresh out of secondary school, full of hope and...
““I think love is a useless word for descriptions these days. Love binds and...”
– Nova Halle (via)
