March 2012
121 posts
Lipstick Feminists: CALL FOR FEMINISTS IN EL PASO,... →
shelbabies:
lipstick-feminists:
The Women’s Studies Department at The University of Texas at El Paso is beginning a new initiative, The Feminists Speaker’s Bureau, to share Feminist principles on campus through the power of personal story.
We are looking for anyone who identifies as a feminist who wants to share…
Reblogging, plus posted the info on my Facebook. I’m from El Paso so I...
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How to Perfectly Ripen a Banana (A Filmmaker's...
I was walking under the blue-white fluorescent lights in the campus library questioning the decision I had just made to purchase a banana that was just too green for my taste. I walked outside with banana in hand and noticed it looked a little less green now because the sunlight didn’t have that awful stark blue that made my banana look extra green. But it still was a smidge too green to...
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Talking Pictures: "Hide This Please" by Ransom... →
Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children:
I started collecting found snapshots a few years ago — at swap meets, antique shops and the like — but the thing that got me started wasn’t the photos themselves so much as the writing I’d sometimes find on the backs. When you’re looking through bins of unsorted photos, every thirtieth one or so will have some writing on...
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Busy, Busy Mind [Anxiety]
First day of classes tomorrow after my first term off in seven terms. Always get anxious and my mind gets busy, busy, busy and starts going at 200 mph and if I get too caught up in it then I set myself up for a panic attack or flashback. So I am trying to sort through my nerves and decided to just list things that were on my mind so I can get myself to sleep. Pay no mind if you prefer. [[MORE]]
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HUNGER GAMES!
“There are still some facts to figure out. There are still some questions to be...”
– White People, You Will Never Look Suspicious! by Michael Skolnik (via alicescribbles)
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C is for cookies!
And cookies are for stomachs!
“The sex drive of men is something we are all comfortable with in this country....”
– riese (via fuckyeahautostraddle)
[TW: discussion of depictions of rape] Funny (read: fucking infuriating) thing about this: where female pleasure is generally a no-no, female pain is often viewed as less extreme. This skewed perception of female sexuality results in “Blue Valentine” being rated...
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“As we have so recently and publicly discussed, girls and women have ‘anger...”
– Soraya L. Chemaly, Stop Telling Girls They’re Hysterical (via sparkamovement)
Ahhh! Legend of Korra Episode 1 has leaked!
Just finished watching! Excited!
Your Future Just Got a Little Less Pap Smeary →
bedsider:
As we noted in a “Get on Top” digest back in November, new guidelines recommend a Pap smear every 3 years instead of annually. Check out Jezebel’s post for more information on the new guidelines, or NPR’s coverage for even more detail.
“Enchantment” by Lily Frost
(Also,...
