I was your silver lining...'s Tumblelog

Girl:
*whispers* Um, your bra strap is showing...
Me:
WOAH
Me:
OH MY GOD
Me:
NO
Me:
NO PLEASE DON'T LET IT BE SO
Me:
AHHH NOW EVERYONE WILL KNOW
Me:
THAT MY BOOBS DON'T MAGICALLY STAY SUPPORTED
Me:
THEY'LL KNOW
Me:
I WEAR A BRA
Me:
AH, NO GOD PLEASE

(via brokenpromisesanddbrokenhearts)

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Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected to educate men. Lesbians and gay men are expected to educate the heterosexual world. The oppressors maintain their position and evade their responsibility for their own actions. There is a constant drain of energy which might be better used in redefining ourselves and devising realistic scenarios for altering the present and constructing the future.

Audre Lorde (via twocatsandatrombone)

(Source: 1000profoundvirtues, via ladystain)

Let me tell you a story:

non-disabled people:
I've never met you before; can you have sex?
non-disabled people:
But how do you have sex? Will you draw me a diagram? 
non-disabled people:
Wow you're so gross and unusual, I think I'll post your picture on facebook without your permission, and people will admire me for being a Good Person
non-disabled people:
Here, let me touch you and violate your personal space without permission.
non-disabled people:
Do you need help? No? Ok let me help you.
non-disabled people:
Differently Abled
non-disabled people:
"The only disability in life is a bad attitude"
non-disabled people:
I'm taking disability studies this year. Let me tell you all about disability, and how you should feel about it.
non-disabled people:
Disabled people should not want to have sex, because it offends me on a personal level and I believe that I have the right to dictate what other people do with their lives.
non-disabled people:
But I have a disabled friend
non-disabled people:
But I have a disabled child (...that I'm probably abusing)
non-disabled people:
Disabled people are not productive members of society; they don't have a right to live.
non-disabled people:
I broke my foot once, I understand.
non-disabled people:
If I were you, I would want to be dead. You're so inspiring.
non-disabled people:
Why are you so angry all the time?
non-disabled people:
Why do you have a crowbar?

(via thisfeministbites)

dasfagafasga-deactivated2013032 asked: Anderson Cooper came out because people thought he was ashamed of his sexuality. He didn't do it for headlines but rather prove to the world that he's comfortable with who he is and isn't afraid of others opinions. Publicly stating it was just proving that he isn't ashamed. That's what his email that announced it said anyway.

I know what he said, I read it. What bothers me though, is that he felt he needed to announce it. If he was simply trying to let people know he wasn’t ashamed he could have stopped hiding when he had a boyfriend…other anchors/TV personalities mention their husbands/wives in conversation so he could have done the same. Yeah, people would have talked because that’s how our slowly evolving society deals with “shocks” like this but I just think that these big headlines when people come out are slowing down progress by making being gay and proud seem so abnormal or heroic when really it should be as natural as breathing.