“And if you look a little closer, you’ll see that if a person believes that life is terrible, they’ll constantly look for proof of this, to confirm their view of the world. They’ll find quotes and situations and events in their life and magnify them a hundred times. If a person believes that life is wonderful, they’ll look for the corresponding signage and behave in a similar manner to the previous person with their view of the world. Often, this is the same person on different days of the week. ” — I Wrote This For You: The Falling Or Rising (via paceyjwitter)
“The important thing is: at the end of the day, I don’t owe the world a thin body in exchange for their acknowledgement and approval. I’m not a magically better or more worthy person because my pants size is smaller. If someone’s going to make a contingency for love and acceptance based on my weight, then they belong with all that toxic sludge I was eating back a few years ago— in the trash.” — Laci Green (via fallintomyowleyes)
People are so scared of seeing a woman be like, ‘This is who I am!’ You’re not going to change it.’ You know, If you’re a woman, you do not sing about sex, and now, if that’s not what you’re singing about—if that’s not your entire image—you won’t get played. I think it was the last season of my show, I put out “I Can’t Be Tamed,” which that, even just the title of that—for a woman to say that she can’t be tamed? In front of the world, my face, I can’t be tamed? When that’s all people really wanted to do? I mean that, I think, proves how sexist people still really are. It’s the whole thing of saying: ‘Be sexy, but… our way. Our way or no way.’
Here’s a friendly reminder:
-You cannot be sexist toward men. Sexism is based on a system of oppression. You CAN be discriminatory, rude, inconsiderate, and/or prejudiced against men but you CANNOT be sexist toward them.
-You cannot be racist towards white people. Racism is based on a system of oppression. You CAN be discriminatory, rude, inconsiderate, and/or prejudiced against white people but you CANNOT be racist toward them.
This is not difficult.
do you ever wonder if people could watch your life on tv who they’d ship you with
“She hated the namelessness of women in stories, as if they lived and died so that men could have metaphysical insights.” — Chad Harbach, The Art of Fielding (via commanderspock)
“I tried to drown my sorrows but they learned how to swim.” — Frida Kahlo (via anemolia)
- everyone: you're so quiet
- me: i'm not quiet i just don't fucking like you
“I promise to plant kisses like seeds on your body, so in time you can grow to love yourself as I love you.” — Tyler Knott Gregson (via ontelbaar)
"There is a universal truth we all have to face, whether we want to or not: everything eventually ends. As much as I looked forward to this day, I’ve always disliked endings. Last day of summer, the final chapter of a great book, parting ways with a close friend. But endings are inevitable. Leaves fall, we close the book, you say good-bye. Today is one those days for us. Today we say good-bye to everything that was familiar, everything that was comfortable. We’re moving on. But just because we’re leaving and that hurts, there are some people who are so much a part of us, they’ll be with us no matter what. They are our solid ground, our North Star, and the small clear voices in our hearts that will be with us. Always."
maria, seventeen, the netherlands.
