Little Frankenstein Girl

survivorrat: “Why don’t you want kids?”I’d be a terrible...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:41:51 -0500

“Why don’t you want kids?”
I’d be a terrible parent…It’s probably genetic - Survivor Rat

I’m a survivor of an abusive/neglectful parent. Among other reasons, I wonder if I’d act just like them if I had kids. I honestly don’t want to find out.

she who rides on dinosaurs: stfuconservatives: I know someone personally who also compared a...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:33:31 -0500

she who rides on dinosaurs: stfuconservatives: I know someone personally who also compared a...:

stfuconservatives:

I know someone personally who also compared a higher minimum wage to a handout. This is a good sign of our times when a living wage is considered a “handout for doing nothing.” - zenodotus5

And minimum-wage workers are the hardest workers in America. I’ve worked minimum-wage jobs, and I’ve worked part-time jobs that pay barely above minimum wage. I’ve also worked well-paid desk jobs.

Compared to waiting tables and scrabbling at startups? White-collar jobs are a vacation. You’re not docked pay if you come in late. You take lunch whenever you want. You sit in front of a computer all day. Your legs don’t feel like cement pillars by the time you get home because you’ve been standing for so long. When you’re sick, you can take a day off without worrying about whether you’ll make rent. You can afford to take a vacation and relax for a few days. You can afford to visit your family at the holidays. You can afford to replace your car when it breaks down. This is paradise.

And there are fewer and fewer jobs like this in America, and more and more minimum-wage jobs that require physical labor and dealing with customers and not having benefits or health insurance, and the least - the VERY least - that we can do as a society is make sure that people who work those jobs, or two or three of those jobs, don’t have to struggle to pay for food and housing. Minimum-wage workers aren’t “doing nothing.” They’re achieving record-breaking corporate profits for their CEOs. They’re doing EVERYTHING.

"I hate it when the only solution to a problem is ‘get a tattoo’"

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:19:44 -0500

“I hate it when the only solution to a problem is ‘get a tattoo’”

- Elizabeth Trundle (via nevver)
Hate to love it.
(via submissions)

"i did not like to be touched, but it was a strange dislike. i did not like to be touched because i..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:19:12 -0500

“i did not like to be touched, but it was a strange dislike. i did not like to be touched because i craved it too much. i wanted to be held very tight so i would not break. even now, when people lean down to touch me, or hug me, or put a hand on my shoulder, i hold my breath. i turn my face. i want to cry.”

- marya hornbacher (via infantgirl)

rosalarian: littlefroggies: bisexual-community: Common Myths...

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:32:29 -0500

Common Myths About Bisexuality 1

Common Myths About Bisexuality 2

Common Myths About Bisexuality 3

Common Myths About Bisexuality 4

rosalarian:

littlefroggies:

bisexual-community:

Common Myths About Bisexuality from the lovely Webcomic “Jesus Loves Lesbians, Too” by bi blogger & author Maria Burnham (writer/memoirist) and Maggie Siegel-Berele (comic artist).

I usually don’t reblog stuff like this because this is my art blog but this hit close to home and reminded me of so many conversations that made me feel like garbage.

It always makes me see red when I see lesbians (and gay men) treating bisexuals this way. I don’t think I can even type too much more without quickly reaching a point where I just smash my head into the keyboard.

"‘When did you first feel like a grown woman and not a girl?’ We wrote down our answers and shared..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:28:28 -0500

“

‘When did you first feel like a grown woman and not a girl?’

We wrote down our answers and shared them, first in pairs, then in larger groups. The group of women was racially and economically diverse, but the answers had a very similar theme. Almost everyone first realized they were becoming a grown woman when some dude did something nasty to them.

‘I was walking home from ballet and a guy in a car yelled, ‘Lick me!”’
‘I was babysitting my younger cousins when a guy drove by and yelled, “Nice ass!”’

There were pretty much zero examples like ‘I first knew I was a woman when my mother and father took me out to dinner to celebrate my success on the debate team.’ It was mostly men yelling shit from cars. Are they a patrol sent out to let girls know they’ve crossed into puberty? If so, it’s working.

”

- Tina Fey (via cat-grrrl)

alphastridercest: bambiisqueen: alphastridercest: queer noises [ religious mob noises in the...

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:24:37 -0500

alphastridercest:

bambiisqueen:

alphastridercest:

queer noises

[ religious mob noises in the distance ]

panicked queer noises

Do I get along with my co-workers? Well, first of all, I don’t...

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:23:31 -0500

Do I get along with my co-workers? Well, first of all, I don’t have co-workers anymore; I have subordinates. So, have I gotten along with my subordinates? Let’s see.

johncoveredinjam: universal-magnetic: stache-tastic: medea37: ...

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:16:43 -0500

johncoveredinjam:

universal-magnetic:

stache-tastic:

medea37:

clotpole-prince-arthur:

Anne and I just decorated our graduation caps and I’m so pleased with mine.

That is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

In which my friends are far craftier than I’ll ever be.

Kylee, you are the greatest, ily 5evr

literally the best

unironicgoth: my favorite eye color is your eye color and my favorite height is your height and my...

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:15:46 -0500

unironicgoth:

my favorite eye color is your eye color and my favorite height is your height and my favorite weight is your weight my favorite hands are your hands my favorite knees are your knees

"3 percent of the decision-making in media comes from women. That means 97 percent of how women are..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:08:02 -0500

“3 percent of the decision-making in media comes from women. That means 97 percent of how women are portrayed is decided on by men.”

- Independent Lens, PBS
“Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines” (via ihopeyoucontinue4ever)

It also means that 97 percent of how men are portrayed in media are decided on by men. Something to remind MRAs and their ilk of when they complain about the stereotype of men as inept slobs, bad fathers, etc in media and advertising.

Men have the power. So when we men are shat on by the powers that be you don’t get to try and blame women for that.

(via karethdreams)

etchpea: I never understood this insult because wtf, fat pigs...

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:06:17 -0500

etchpea:

I never understood this insult because wtf, fat pigs are so goddamn adorable??

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Sat, 18 May 2013 06:03:06 -0500

lucillesballs: i like how there’s barely enough room to fit a phone in the pockets of girl pants...

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:01:23 -0500

lucillesballs:

i like how there’s barely enough room to fit a phone in the pockets of girl pants but in boys’ pants pockets you can perform your nieces baptism

mattfoundglory: the only reason i wear all black is so i can absorb the energy from the sun and...

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:38:05 -0500

mattfoundglory:

the only reason i wear all black is so i can absorb the energy from the sun and become the most powerful being on the earth

thelovenotebook: Love quotes? you will love this blog!

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:52:26 -0500

thelovenotebook:

Love quotes? you will love this blog!

nemomeimpune-lacessit: The Nu Project’s Nude Photos Tell The...

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:46:14 -0500

nemomeimpune-lacessit:

The Nu Project’s Nude Photos Tell The Truth About Women’s Bodies

The Nu Project is a no-glamor honest look at beauty and image in our world.

Female nudity isn’t hard to come by in the media, but the bodies we see usually represent a fairly limited scope of sizes and shapes. The Nu Project, a collection of nude photographs shot by Minneapolis photographer Matt Blum, seeks to add some variety to the mix. Blum started The Nu Project in 2005 but said it really took off when his wife, Katy Kessler, became the project’s editor. Blum sees the photos as filling a void. “When I started shooting nudes there was no project like it,” he told The Huffington Post in an email. The things that I had seen either used models with typical model bodies or average people who were made to look extremely unimpressive. I figured there was a way to treat women (of any size/shape) like models and photograph them beautifully, respectfully without a lot of sexual under or overtones. The women photographed are all volunteers, and most of the pictures are taken in the subjects’ homes — where they feel most comfortable. The Nu Project’s website showcases six galleries of nudes, three shot in North America, three in South America. Although Blum told HuffPost that he feels that they have a “good variety of people involved,” he and Kessler acknowledge on The Nu Project website that they’d love for the subjects to be more diverse. “The hardest part for us is that the project is 100 percent volunteer, so I do not see the women until I show up at their door,” Blum writes on the website. “We’re doing our best to encourage all types of women, but we need volunteers of all backgrounds and walks of life to make the project more complete.” Blum said he ultimately hopes that these images inspire the women who see them to feel better about their own bodies. “It’s been really exciting to hear people react to the images,” he told HuffPost. “We get a lot of feedback from women (especially) who have struggled to see themselves as beautiful, and this project has helped them on that path.”

http://thenuproject.com/

"It’s easy to be considered a misandrist when men are socialized to feel entitled to women and our..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00:47 -0500

“It’s easy to be considered a misandrist when men are socialized to feel entitled to women and our time. So, if you ignore them, you’re a misandrist. If you insist they leave you alone, you’re a misandrist. If you focus on building healthy female-centered relationships over relationships with men, you’re a misandrist. Misandry is basically, prioritizing your agency, autonomy and fellow women, over men in a society that teaches you that being feminine relies on giving into men’s feelings of entitlement.”

- (via angrywomanistcritic)

annnnnnd BOOM

(via stfuhypocrisy)

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Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00:11 -0500

meeeah: Ahhh, I wish I had the money for a pair of...

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:57:45 -0500

meeeah:

Ahhh, I wish I had the money for a pair of these…..sigh.

So if anyone has a strong urge to buy them for me, you’re more than welcome to. ;]