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Three Cheers For My Morose And Grieving Pals
Everything, I suppose is the best explanation. Things about me, what I like, what inspires me, what makes me angry, sad, happy. Everything.
~ Wednesday, April 24 ~
“ We were discussing homosexuality because of an allusion to it in the book we were reading, and several boys made comments such as, “That’s disgusting.” We got into the debate and eventually a boy admitted that he was terrified/disgusted when he was once sharing a taxi and the other male passenger made a pass at him. The lightbulb went off. “Oh,” I said. “I get it. See, you are afraid, because for the first time in your life you have found yourself a victim of unwanted sexual advances by someone who has the physical ability to use force against you.” The boy nodded and shuddered visibly.“But,” I continued. “As a woman, you learn to live with that from the time you are fourteen, and it never stops. We live with that fear every day of our lives. Every man walking through the parking garage the same time you are is either just a harmless stranger or a potential rapist. Every time.” The girls in the room nodded, agreeing. The boys seemed genuinely shocked. “So think about that the next time you hit on a girl. Maybe, like you in the taxi, she doesn’t actually want you to.
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Homophobia: The fear that another man will treat you like you treat women. Andrew Sullivan.
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(Source: andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com)
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“ People should not be able to vote to take away the rights of others.
— Ron Paul (via tall)
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8 month old baby hearing his mother’s voice for the first time with cochlear implant
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“I teach music.”
“Tell me something about music that also applies to life.”
“It’s good to vary your tempo.”
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“ Peace and happiness isn’t a mood or a high, it’s a state of living that is completely achievable when you work hard to clear off all the crap that blocks the sun from shining inside of you.
— Padhia Avocado (via theangrytherapist)
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