June 2012
49 posts
I don't own my child's body →
atea-y-feminista:
bemusedlybespectacled:
(CNN) — My daughter occasionally goes on a hugging and kissing strike.
She’s 4. Her parents could get a hug or a kiss, but many people who know her cannot, at least right now. And I won’t make her.
“I would like you to hug Grandma, but I won’t make you do it,” I told her recently.
“I don’t have to?” she asked, cuddling up to me at bedtime, confirming...
“I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful,...”
– Neil Gaiman (via johngreenismypatronus)
Amen. (via topographe)
Check, check and check. I love my life :)
Historical Slut: A Friendly Guide for Tumblr... →
tehsunshine:
I’ve been noticing a lot of anti-choice activity on Tumblr lately, and (thankfully) I’ve noticed an even bigger pro-choice backlash to the antis’ posts. And I cannot appreciate all of you more than I already do, I promise. You all are amazing people, and I encourage you to…
“Don’t give me a diamond, just give me a big closet.”
– Carrie Bradshaw (Sex and the City)
“You can totes have an abortion, you just have to climb over this wall, run...”
– Shakesville commenter Fnibbit, about increasing restrictions on abortion in this country. (via jadelyn)
In the early 80s, the federal government set out the blueprint for banning abortion. States couldn’t outright ban it, but they could pile on so many restrictions as to create an effective ban -...
“A woman’s worst nightmare? That’s pretty easy. Novelist Margaret Atwood writes...”
– Mary Dickson, A Woman’s Worst Nightmare (via thenewwomensmovement)
How I want to be cheered up if I'm down.
for Emily, because this should totally happen to you :)
