September 2011
126 posts
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To Have Without Holding →
this reminds me of things i learned last year…
To Have Without Holding
by Marge Piercy
Learning to love differently is hard, love with the hands wide open, love with the doors banging on their hinges, the cupboard unlocked, the wind roaring and whimpering in the rooms rustling the sheets and snapping the blinds that thwack like rubber bands in an open palm. It hurts to love...
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“It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache...”
– Oriah Mountain Dreamer (via hellanne)
This makes me think of when people say their name and then ‘I’m a (insert job here)’ No you’re not. You’re not your job. You’re what you live for.
(via ailura)
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“Having privilege isn’t something you can usually change, but that’s okay,...”
– Sindeloke, on Privilege (via rebel-grrrl)
Preach!
(via drmeltron)
“It’s just paying attention to it, and knowing what it means for you and the people around you.”
(via newwavefeminism)
August 2011
139 posts
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“Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness...”
– Osho (via suzywire)
Watchdirtyprettything:
Nike Ballerina commercial - Don’t let your body stop you. (by victor kiam)
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“And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much...”
– p. 18, Slaughterhouse-Five ~ Kurt Vonnegut
“‘I came out here because I feel like you and I make sense together,’...”
– p. 290, How Happy To Be ~ Katrina Onstad
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I'm still figuring it out.: How to Be a Friend to... →
kiriamaya:
This goes out to all the cis people who, it’s quite obvious, want to help and befriend trans people, but who keep alienating and angering us instead. I’ve seen the befuddled looks on your faces when this happens, and I thought I’d try to clear a few things up for you. Let’s look at some common scenarios in which well-meaning cis people screw up with the whole pro-trans thing, and...
“I think I would rather be asleep. Being awake is the dream where everything is...”
– p. 238, How Happy To Be ~ Katrina Onstad
“Dancing is not just getting up painlessly, like a leaf blown on the wind;...”
– Rumi (via oceanofmind)
“Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts,...”
– Shel Silverstein (via couragehopestrength)
“Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live...”
– James Baldwin (via kari-shma)
“The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved — loved for...”
– Victor Hugo (via kari-shma)
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naturalprairie:
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“My body is not your community service project, my body is not your soulless...”
– Asha Zappa (via sleepydumpling)
(via feministslut)
“Learn how to quit a job, break up with a lover, and confront a friend without...”
– Pamela Redmond Satran (via kari-shma)
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